I am a London based artist who works between jewellery and performance. I am interested in power that exists within objectification, in particular the dominance that can result from excessive submissiveness. I enjoy opposites, contradictions and playful experiments on more serious underlying concepts and topics.
My practice is also driven by the value of labour, how it is measured and changeable, always in flux. I find the way the meaning or value of an object can disappear or alter depending on who is viewing it compelling, and use my practice to experiment with this.
In my work I aim to poke at and test the meaning of being ‘correct’ in our behaviour and interactions. I tend to use humour and subversion to work through my ideas, and am drawn to where humour can become awkward and tension can be felt.
Education
2021 - 2023 Royal College of Art, MA Jewellery and Metal
2012 - 2015 Central Saint Martins, BA Hons Jewellery Design
2011 - 2012 Central Saint Martins, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Exhibitions and Performances
2024
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023, Camden Arts Centre, London (upcoming)
2023
Lawless Imagination, RuptureXIBIT, London (upcoming)
FIX23, Catalyst Arts, Belfast
Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2023, Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (currently on)
Seams, Season Gallery, London
RCA Degree Show, Truman Brewery, London
JAMCabaret, Munich Jewellery Week Hub, Munich
2022
After acting like a doormat for many years, I will become a doormat, Hill Station Community Cafe, London
Precious Materials, Goldsmiths Fair, Goldsmiths Hall, London
Delivision: Three Video Projects by Lili Murphy-Johnson, Theatre Deli, Broadgate Circle, London
CAUTION: WORK IN PROGRESS, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London
W.I.P, Royal College of Art, Online
2018 The Jewellery Pop-Up, Shoreditch, London
2017 Decorating Dissidence, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
2016 Future Late, Turbine Hall, Tate Modern, London
2015 Central Saint Martins Degree Show, London
2014 Salvage, Central Saint Martins, London
2013 Entrance to Pearls exhibition, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2012 Central Saint Martins Foundation Degree Show, London
Awards and Achievements
2023 Long-listed for Robert Walters Group UK New Artist of the Year
2023 Graham Hughes Award
2023 New Contemporaries 2023
2021 The Griffin Scholarship, to study at the RCA
Public Talks
2023 Central Saint Martins, BA Jewellery Design, Autumn Lecture Series
2023 Glasgow School of Art, BA Jewellery and Silversmithing
Teaching Experience
2023 Glasgow School of Art, BA Jewellery and Silversmithing, Week-long teaching placement
2019 - 2022 Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance, Foundation Performance Platform, Commissioned Works Collaborator
Professional Experience
2021, 2023 Jeweller, Castro Smith, London
2021 - 2023 Self Employed Freelance Jeweller
2020 - 2021 Workshop Manager, The Great Frog, London
2018 - 2020 Workshop Supervisor, The Great Frog, London
2016 - 2020 Jeweller, The Great Frog, London
2015 - 2016 Workshop Intern, Shaun Leane, London
2015 Studio Intern, Lily Kamper, London
Publications
2017 Narrative Jewellery: Tales from the Toolbox by Mark Fenn, p.192
Press
2023 Aesthetic Anthologies Artist Feature
2020 Tampax
2019 She. Magazine, p.52
2018 She. Magazine, p.16-17
2018 BenchPeg
2018 Playboy
2017 Harpers Bazaar
2017 Separee Magazine, cover and p.80-85
2016 Cosmopolitan
2016 Glamour, p.62-66
2016 Huffington Post
2016 Teen Vogue
2016 The Telegraph
2016 The Daily Mail
2015 Paper Magazine
2015 Art Sheep
2015 Buzzfeed
2015 Vice
2013 The Guardian Weekend Magazine, p.63
2013 The Financial Times, How To Spend It