My Art Practice is a reflection on a past childhood illness and a process of ‘fictioning of reality’, where I create worlds where peculiar things can grow. I feel the need to reflect on this experience as a way of processing my own disability which I acquired due to my illness, as well as questioning what the ‘disabled’ body’s place in society is, but in a peculiar and explorative way. I view the figures as both survivors of an illness but also the illness itself, inspired by the way cancer cells were often described to me as unexplained, curious and unknown growths that took control.  

 

Through investigating the garden space, I aim to draw comparisons with how non-normative bodies are unruly in similar ways to weeds, which are often extricated by ‘gardeners’ due to their ‘undesirable’ nature. I’m also aim to create ‘stage set’ spaces, where multiple paintings can interact with sculpture and installation, creating an ambiguous and layered world.