Inner Worlds, opening at Seventh Circle
This June, I’ll be exhibiting alongside Tara Harris at Seventh Circle in Digbeth, Birmingham, for a new collaborative exhibition titled Inner Worlds.
Although our work differs visually, both Tara and I share an interest in emotion, memory, inner pressure and the psychological spaces that sit beneath the surface. The exhibition became a way for us to explore those quieter internal states through painting, each from our own perspective and process.
Over the last year, my own work has gradually shifted away from traditional portraiture into something more unstable and emotional. At some point during the process, I realised I wasn’t really painting portraits anymore. The faces became repeated emotional states, stacked across canvases like fragments of a moving image. Small shifts in expression, tension and gaze started carrying more weight than likeness itself.
The works have slowly evolved into what I think of as totemic forms, psychological structures built through repetition, drift and subtle change. They reflect the idea that we are never fixed. We shift, we move and we exist in multiple emotional states at once.
There is also something meaningful about presenting this exhibition in Digbeth. My studio at the Custard Factory sits only moments away from Seventh Circle, so the show feels closely connected to the creative environment in which much of this work was made.
Alongside the exhibition, we have also produced a printed catalogue featuring an accompanying essay by Ruth Millington, created to sit alongside the exhibition and document the work as it currently exists.
Inner Worlds
6 June – 5 July 2026
Private View: 6 June 2026, 6–8pm
Seventh Circle
Birmingham, UK
Inner Worlds exhibition website