VACATION NOTICE: I will be closed for all work and enquiries until I am back from leave in mid December.
I am an autistic animator and illustrator from the Midlands in the UK. I studied Illustration and Animation at Kingston University and recently graduated, but already have a lot of professional experience.My work often covers themes of mental health, overlooked histories, archive, and more often than not, animals and their relationship with humanity. As an autistic artist, my work often also explores neurodivergence, and I have worked for Kingston University’s Autism Peer Network since 2022.I have previously been commissioned twice for animated adverts by the Ashmolean Museum, part of Oxford University, as well as Kingston Museum, winning their Brill Award for artwork of at-risk buildings.I also have a lot of experience using my creative expertise in academic contexts, working closely with psychologists particularly at Kingston and Bath Universities.
Showreel
I currently have two films in their festival runs:the 9:22pm bus, and BARKER.
Snappity the Crocodile - Social Media Animations for Kingston Museum
Seven short animations of the museum’s children’s mascot, Snappity were commissioned and used for event promotion on social media, as well as inside the museum itself.
Autistic Art Exhibition: Autism Assemble! (Project Leader and Curator)
As intern for Kingston University's Autism Peer Network, helping with administration of the group and advertising, me and the group decided to collaborate with Stanley Picker Gallery to hold an 'autistic art exhibition' - Autism Assemble!a huge variety of both artists and types of art were displayed at the exhibition, from film to comic to sculpture, from as young as age 4* As Project Leader and Curator for the exhibition, it was my job to recruit artists to take part, mainly through posters around the university. 16 autistic Kingston University students from a variety of courses (mostly non-art!) took part, as well as local artists from outside of the university. Our Open event was successful with university students, tutors, and complete strangers coming from as far as central London to see the variety of creative work on show, showcasing how unique and interesting autistic-made work is.
* One of the projects within the exhibition was ‘I wonder what we can’t see?’, an animation that brought to life characters made by autistic adults from United Response Kingston, and autistic children from Surbiton Hill Nursery School. Inspired by Thomas Pausz's 'Haunted Ecologies', an exhibition at Stanley Picker Gallery that explores the local Hogsmill River. Dozens of characters were photographed and then animated by me, using sounds that their creators made for them too, resulting in a rich and exciting collaborative animation! This project really tested my editing skills, and I really enjoyed facilitating the work of the character- creators and seeing their visions up close over the course of several workshops.
Snappity the Crocodile - Social Media Animations for Kingston Museum
My most recent project was commissioned by Kingston Museum, who heard of me winning their Brill Award for painting in 2023 and learned I was also an animator. They introduced me to their mascot, a toy crocodile called Snappity, and asked me to bring him to life in 7 short animations to be used on social media and inside the museum. After making a reference sheet for my design of snappity with a picture-book aesthetic, I came up with ideas for each animation, from Snappity reading to him painting the spots on himself, usually relating to activities children do in the museum.
