My work as an artist has led me to be an experienced collector of ephemeral things. Installing a sculpture of 150 steel birds this month took me back to when I first began, collecting paper aeroplanes I found on the street…
Read MoreInterview with curator Valeria Ceregini from JournALL
During lockdown I was interviewed by curator Valeria Ceregini from JournALL. We discuss the challenges of working from home during lockdown and how that has changed the scale of my practice.
Read MoreArt critic Tabish Khan & the Inner Critic
This week has been a little bit tough. It is clear that lots of us have started to hear the voice of our ‘inner critic’ louder than ever. Here I share with you some tips from from art critic Tabish Khan and from psychologist Rick Hanson. What helps you to quieten the voices which try to bring you down?
Read MoreOn Self Judgement - with art competition judge Daryl Goh
In this video you step inside my art studio to see the sketches and doodles about ‘guilt’, (a subtle emotion which has been creeping into our daily interactions as we emerge from isolation), some yoga demonstrations from my lockdown art-studio-assistants (aka cats), and hear a rare interview with professional art competition judge Daryl Goh about understanding objectivity and bias.
Read MoreInstallation of a public sculpture in Aspen
It is always a magical moment when the piece is installed, and suddenly becomes one with the space it has been made for. On this occasion, the sculpture sits outside the impressive Aspen Chabad Jewish Community Centre, framed by an awe-inspiring mountain
Read MoreThe Artist as a migrant: Living life on the border
My work often tells the stories of people who live life on the border - be that the edge of a geography, an identity, or even time.
Read MoreThe Artist as a migrant: Finding migration experiences
Over the years I have created many text sculptures. These sculptures start off their lives as spoken stories, life stories, human stories.
Read MoreThe Artist as a migrant: From one Island to another
I feel it is time to share the reason why I make the work I do, to tell you a bit about my personal transcultural background. This is not written on my ‘artist bio’, but it is the thing that leads me to delve into the sometimes sensitive topics which I explore through art.
Read MoreFrom my art studio in Los Angeles →
Recently I asked myself three questions: What is home? What do I need in order to create? And why is English such a different language to American?!
Read MoreA shift: London to Singapore
It’s been a while since I put fingertips to keyboard. As some readers, fellow creatives and friends will know, my efforts and braincells have been flurrying around over the last few months working to set up a second art studio in Singapore. Here, I will be creating a new body of artwork, as well as some exciting opportunities for other artists who will get the chance to take part in an exchange programme. Whilst time intensive, the process has involved forging many exciting new relationships and collaborations, meeting new people and discovering new places. I am delighted, amazed and overwhelmed to tell you that I am finally here: ensconced in my new art studio, equipped with a fresh horde of brushes, metallic pigments and ink pens, in the inspiring city of Singapore.
Read MoreThe Spectacle of the London Olympic Ceremony 2012
I don't usually blog this sort of thing, but I was pretty impressed by this cultural spectacle. As were the hundreds of other watchers who had come to see the ceremony on the big screen at Greenwich royal naval college, which was a fantastic place to view it and a real display of the multicultural nature of London.
Read MoreInvisible in London: Understanding invisible art
Anyone living in London will have noticed that in preparation for the Olympic Games, a myriad of shiny new buildings, facades and artworks are materializing all over our City. This weekend I decided to bypass the luster and ostentation of new sights, and the glister of resurfaced old ones. I took a closer look at the things that have de-materialised, or are simply not there. (Like the Australian team bus that got lost somewhere between Heathrow and the Olympic Park last week, being spotted briefly somewhere around Buckingham Palace.)
I took a look at some invisible visions and the Hayward Gallery's exhibition Invisible Art of the Unseen...
Read MoreVIDEO: ‘World’s Largest Kinetic Art Sculpture’ Unveiled at Singapore Airport
The seemingly alive installation, composed of 1,216 bronze droplets attached to individual motorized pulleys, bobs and weaves in Terminal 1′s departure hall at Changi Airport. While some examples of airline art look like they could’ve used more planning (the Oslo wang) or boldness (or less boldness, as is the case with Denver International’s “evil robo-horse” and what-the-freak murals), this moving artwork is minimalism at its best.
Read MoreContemporary Korean art at the Saatchi Gallery: YeeSookyung
The exhibition presents the largest survey of new Korean art to date, and highlights an exciting group of artists who have recently emerged on the global art scene, producing work that provides an arresting insight into the future of contemporary art in Korea. The show begins on 26th July, but if you pop into the gallery now you can see a taste of Korea coming through. Intricate oil paintings on aluminium surfaces by Hyung Koo Kang really draw you in, and beautiful 'translated vases' by Yeesookyung are growing in the lower gallery spaces. Made from 'ceramic trash', Yeesookyung's uncanny and bumpy objects have organic, bubbling forms featuring fragments of Korean patterned vases joined in a frankenstein-like manner to make new, growing forms.
Read MoreThe New Designers show
I will be popping along to this show on Wednesday, and would recommend it for everyone who loves design at its most exciting and cutting edge. My specific thoughts to follow, in the meanwhile here is what it's all about....
Read MorePANDAMONIUM: MELTING THE HEART OF EVEN THE MOST MISERABLE CYNICS
I REVIEWED THIS SHOW IN TREBUCHET MAGAZINE, SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE OR READ ON BELOW… “Sometimes an aesthetically appealing tiger cub or a quirky ladybird can overshadow the actual substance of the artwork” 
Read MoreArtHAUS features in Guardian
The genre-busting artHAUS exhibition at DegreeArt Gallery is still open until June. Having been featured in the guardian's lifestyle picks, it's well worth a visit - It is very inspiring for me to see the art in the context of interior design. The art spills out onto the walls (in some cases quite literally) and inspires other elements in the room. It's very imagination capturing and eclectic. But also rather nice to get inspiration for how to place objects & art in our own homes & spaces. I have recently rearranged my studio to reflect a string of inspirations emanating out of one central artwork.
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