exhibitions

Throughout ‘The Starving Artist’ doctoral research, I have produced over 10 exhibition outcomes that serve as an important testimony to the global interest and recognition of the broader need of enhancing public awareness of Eating Disorders. The exhibitions explore my difficulties with my Eating Disordered body through diverse social and cultural contexts.

A Glimpse Behind The Blood |The Red House Period Museum, Taipei Taiwan | 2022

This exhibition explores my difficulties with my Eating Disordered body that is emphasised through my menstrual experience. In sharing my intimate menstrual issues, I reveal the complex and diverse impacts of Eating Disorders. Some of the main themes of this show is vulnerability within menstration journies, learning to adapt with amenorrhea; a condition where the body enters survival mode because it is under-fuelled, causing menstruation to stop (Mc Gregor, 2022). Audiences are able to learn from my experience and see how eating disorders were a form of resistance against the menstrating female body.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind | Summerhall, Edinburgh Oct - Nov 2022

‘Out of Sight, Out of Mind’ is an annual exhibition which showcases artworks made by people who have experience with mental health issues in Scotland. My work was featured among the diversity of voices in the 2022 show and shared my eating-disorder and mental health journey with over 800 attendees.

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Food: Recipe or Remedy | Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Apr 2022- Nov 2023

This exhibition encourages us to consider both the social and the medical ideas around food and aims to show how our shifting notions of, and relationship with, our diet have been central to medicine for hundreds of years. My work brought a contemporary reflection to our understanding of Eating Disorders and their relationship with food. I was also honoured to give a talk at the college to share more about the work and research.

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ArtHouse Jersey Exhibition | Mar 2022

ArtHouse Jersey was delighted to announce the upcoming launch of an art exhibition exploring Eating Disorders, ‘The Starving Artist’. They have invited me to share my collection of paintings focusing on my experiences of living with an Eating Disorder. The exhibition took place at Greve de Lecq Barracks.

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‘The Body Room’ Gallery Asna, Clonakilty Arts | Cork, Ireland, Mar 2022

My works were selected for a solo show titled “The Body Room” at Gallery Asna in Cork, Ireland. My art deals with themes surrounding heightened periods of emotions experienced during Eating Disorders, mental illness and social engagement and the effects it has both on the mind and body. Using the body as a focal point in this work, I created a visual language that externalises the internal, personal experiences. Where my work diverges from traditional body-focused experiences of mental illness, is my exploration into the body as a path to understanding the mind of the lived-in experience.

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‘Gender Now’, Golding-yang Art Gallery |Morehead State University, Kentucky 2021

‘Gender NOW’ is an exhibition of selected works on how artists are interpreting the word ’gender’. My work focuses on how, Eating Disorders can affect an individual’s perception of an individual’s gender and their relationship with their body, sense of identity and social roles.  

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Safeline UK Artist Showcase | Warwick

I curated the ‘Safeline’ UK artist showcase for 2021 that included both digital and physical exhibitions. These talented individuals explore the theme of hope regarding Eating Disorder recovery and resistance in their works. The artists are from all over the UK and each share a piece addressing these issues.

The ‘Safeline’ organisation works with vulnerable young people in the UK to help them develop skills to be confident, happy and safe. ‘Safeline’s’ services can make a difference to both prevent abuse and support survivors. In addition to my curatorial contribution to the project, I also included some of my work that featured some of her work looks at Eating Disorders and recovery concerning sexual abuse and trauma.

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Journey’s Festival International | Leicester, Manchester, Berlin & Portsmouth, 2021

‘Journeys Festival International’ curates, presents and commissions a varied programme of work created by artists that explores personal experiences after the pandemic through artistic and creative encounters. For the first time, the Leicester, Manchester and Portsmouth Festivals combine programming brought three weeks of public works, creativity, online content and world-class cultural experiences. My work focusses on taking the private and intimate conversations about mental health and bringing them into the public sphere through the public works displays, billboards and digital ads. 

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Look Up, Aspex Gallery | Portsmouth UK 2021

Produced by ‘ArtReach’, as part of the ‘Liberty EU’ project and ‘Journeys Festival International’, ‘Look Up’ 2021 is a collaborative visual arts mentorship programme, hosted by Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, and coculture, Berlin, Germany. Within this context I developed the bilboard campaign that was installed in Leicester, Manchester and Portsmouth as part of Journeys Festival International 2021 and partaken in two residencies at Aspex, Portsmouth and Coculture, Berlin.

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One Body, My Body, No Body 2.0 | The Herald, Glasgow Oct- Nov 2020

‘One Body, My Body, No Body’ exhibition had a debut at The Herald Building in Glasgow City Center. The exhibition featured a variety of pieces of mine, that documented the autoethnographic journey of my Eating Disorder experience. I give the audience a glimpse into the reality of living with an Eating Disorder. I strive to capture the personal struggles and experiences combating Anorexia. Each painting dives into the profound emotions and immense difficulty living with an Eating Disorder. The work includes difficulties with food consumption, excessive exercise and body image struggles, which led me to become ill.

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“Together!” CIC: Artist Exhibition Disability Month | London Nov 2020

This event featured a public viewing of my ‘The Starving Artist’ exhibition in collaboration with “Together 2012” 2020 Disability Month. The relationships between contemporary art, artists, disability and Eating Disorders are put under the spotlight in this event.

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One Body, My Body, No Body |Art House Holland | Oct- Dec 2020 Leiden

‘One Body, My Body, No Body’ is an art exhibition was featured at Art House Holland in October 2020. Some unique features were the inclusion of personal belongings (i.e scale, yoga mat, childhood teddy bear) to give more personal touches to the experience in the exhibition.

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