An Anthology of Displacement - An artist's journey about migration

My artwork tells the stories of people who live life on the border - be that the edge of a geography, an identity, or even time. For this series, I invited personal stories from migrants and newcomers who have crossed physical and mental borders.

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Abu Dhabi TV interview about 'See things Differently' sculpture at UK Pavilion

I was really honoured by the depth of the questions and insight in this Abu Dhabi TV interview, where I talked about the challenging topic of climate change and my artwork See Things Differently

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Press for 'See Things Differently' at Expo 2020 Dubai

A selection of the press that my new sculpture ‘See Things Differently’ has received

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Bija Seeds Projects featured in Passage Magazine

PASSAGE is Friends Of the Museum's bi-monthly magazine featuring articles relating to Singapore's museums, permanent collections, special exhibitions, local history, and Asian art. This edition features an article by writer and journalist Uta Weigelt who was interested in my installation artworks made with Saga seeds, the bright red seeds of the Saga (Adenanthera) tree found in SouthEast Asia, which symbolise love, nostalgia, and longing….

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Appraising Your Art Collection

I am often being asked how my collectors and clients should go about appraising or valuing their art collections or works of mine that they have had for some time.

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JournALL discusses Poetry Net (III)

Thanks to JournALL, the art journal by international curator Valeria Ceregini for the interview and for featuring my poetry net series, in the light of this time of isolation, and the great isolation and disconnect expressed in these works which tell the story of migrants stranded around the world.

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Holding Space

In this post I talk a little bit about my recent artwork ‘Holding Space’. I wanted to create an artwork which used hands to convey the human need for closeness, the cultural disconnect between social groups, and the potential to reach out and heal this gap.

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Closing the Distance: Behind the Artwork

Closing the distance, 2020, has been a very meaningful artwork coming out of the lockdown and challenges of the past 12 months, and as this piece has been selected for another exhibition I wanted to give you a bit more insight into the artwork.

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Migrating Murmuration

You could say I've been working the wrong way round with my 'birds with words instead of wings' - I started with large steel large birds in a 15m high public sculpture, and now a series of mini paper birds have taken flight - which started when people kept asking me if they could "take just one bird home"…

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Audio Tour of Exhibition at The Lightbox Gallery

This summer I had the honour of being part of the exhibition Redressing The Balance: Women Artists From The Ingram Collection’. and I am thrilled to connect you with the audio tour of the exhibit by esteemed curator Jo Baring.

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Mekong Review - Our Time

Mekong Review includes my artwork ‘Our Time’ in this interesting article about the history of Lim Chin Tsong Palace.

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Every Survivor Has a Story to Tell

A reflection from the artist Nicola Anthony.

“There are certain quotes which convey so much in just a few words. These words are like keys, unlocking important ideas, and great insight.”

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