Using video and stained-glass, I explore family dynamics, my Catholic upbringing and Irish heritage in relation to the digital age. Being raised in opposition to the internet, where it was restricted and secretive, has caused an unhealthy obsession with it in adulthood. My previous work traces stories of sainthood, religions devoted to data, and purgatory as a bad party. Films collaging found footage, digital renderings and filmed scenarios are encased in stained-glass frames, as an extension of the screen. Glass is used for its properties to frame, obscure or reflect, drawing on the tradition of storytelling in stained glass windows. Videos are often short vertical loops echoing the attention span of short form video content on social platforms. Current interests include generational divides, digital amnesia, link rot, purgatory, virtuality, family group chats, and shame. My work considers the potential to construct new identities, belief systems, and perceptions of reality online.

Recent residencies and awards include CSAV with Ed Atkins (Como), Dos Mares (Marseille), Beyond Boundaries (BJCEM, Fabbrica del Vapore, UK New Artists, Milan), New Artist Collective (UK New Artists, Lincoln), Hotel Generation (arebyte, London), and from Arts Council, DYCP, and a Project Grant for solo show iConfess. Recent exhibitions include Mediterranea 20 Biennale (BJCEM, GO!2025, UK New Artists, Nova Gorica/Gorizia), God Willing (Shipton Gallery, London), Touch Me, I’m Trying (serf, Leeds), Festival Provence Art Contemporain (Dos Mares, Marseille), Relation de Voyage (SLQS Gallery, London), Leeds Artists Show (Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds), and I Was Baptised in Fortnite (School of the Damned X West, Antwerp Mansion, Manchester).

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