About

CV

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Bio

I am an artist and community activist living in Cambridge and working towards our continued existence on a just and finite planet.

I grew up in Canada on the unceded land of the Semiahmoo and Musqueam people. I have moved internationally many times: to the US for work, to Denmark to change careers and to complete my Masters and PhD in computational biology, then to Cambridge to study molecular networks in cancer. After I developed chronic daily migraine, I decided to stay in Cambridge but to change my focus to making art and building resilience in the community here.

I am a founding member and director of the Resilience Web, a directory of place based community groups focused on sustainability and social justice. I run a weekly disability peer support group, Cambridge Care Collective. I also run two book clubs, the Transition Cambridge Reading group and the Cambridge Doughnut utopia book club.

My training as a biologist has honed my skill at observation, and living with chronic migraine has taught me that even amid suffering, there is joy in observing with curiosity and wonder. My watercolours begin with the moments of joy found in observing the natural world.

My art practice primarily uses materials that have a light ecological footprint, that are often foraged or handmade. In my painting, paper is not a neutral support, and paint is not just a colour. Everything comes from and returns to nature. I use my materials in ways that best celebrate their unique physical properties, while exploring our connections to chalk streams, the queerness of weeds, or navigating the landscape of disability.

Visual description

I am a pale white, mid 40s person wearing brown squarish glasses with hazel eyes and very short cropped brown hair. I am smiling in front of an array of colourful swatch cards.