A Portrait of Self
I don’t know. I think I’ll write something. Or sculpt something. Or maybe I will just collect some objects - they have really interesting things to say, you know. I like making conversation with them from time to time. But after that I still don’t know what I’m going to do. Perhaps I’ll perform something. But then again, when am I not performing? These days I'm at a loss as to where life ends and performance begins. Surely it's more fluid than our Apothecary dictates. What to do. What to do. Maybe I’ll go to therapy.
If you want, you can pick me up in London. Around 4 o’clock.
Maybe I will. Can you see my hands in the mirror?
Yes.
You think they are pretty?
Yes. Very pretty.
And do you like my palms?
Yes.
And my knuckles too?
Yes. I love your knuckles.
And the back of my hands?
The back of your hands, too.
Can you see my fingers in the mirror?
Yes.
You think I have cute fingernails?
Yes, precious.
Shall I get down on my hands?
No, it’s not necessary.
And my scars. Do you like them?
Yes, they drive me crazy.
All of them? The abortion? The sexual assault?
All of them.
Gently, Abbie. Not so hard.
I’m sorry, Abbie.
Which do you like better. My scars or my hands?
I don’t know. I like them the same.
You like my adrenal glands?
Yes.
They don’t seem triangular enough to me. And do you like my eyes?
Yes.
And my brain?
Yes.
All of it? My frontal lobe, my temporal lobe, my parietal lobe, my occipital lobe?
Yes, everything,
Then you love me, the artist, the person, totally.
I love you, the writer, the sculptor, the performer, totally, tenderly, tragically.
Me too, Abbie. What about the lawyer? Do you love her too?
Not as much as the artist. I can’t seem to recall her face.
Me neither, really.
CV
Education
2024 M.A. Fine Art Chelsea College of Arts, UAL, London, UK
2023 Graduate Diploma Fine Art Chelsea College of Arts, UAL, London, UK
2021 M.A. Law. University of Cambridge, Queens' College, UK
2018 Postgraduate Diploma Legal Practice BPP University London, UK
2017 B.A. Law University of Cambridge, Queens' College, UK
Exhibitions
2024
Second Score ALUO, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Show Chelsea Parade Ground, London
Unbound Chelsea Library, London
Test-drive The Triangle Gallery, London
FavArte Contrapposto, Athens
Host St Saviour's Pimlico, London
We Are (B)one Cookhouse Gallery, London
Excavating Memory Cookhouse Gallery, London
It's a Wee Bit Nippy in Ol'Blighty Cookhouse Gallery, London
E3 Presents: Home Simmons Bar, London
Everything Must Go Cookhouse Gallery, London
The Third Place AVA, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2023
Body Language Chelsea Parade Ground, London
Blue Shout Set Social, London
A Playground For All MP Birla Millennium Art Gallery, London
Departure Lounge Chelsea College of Arts, London
Degree Show Chelsea College of Arts, London
House Safehouse 1 and 2, London
BAMS Medal Exhibition Central Saint Martins, London
PLOT: CLAUDIA RANKINE Chelsea Space, London
Kare The Morgue, London
2022 Smelly. Dirty. Clean. Chelsea College of Arts, London
2021 Finding Home Tate Britain, London
Published Writing
2024 Ethereal Sibling, published in Seedlings Magazine
Senses of Self, published in Force Majeure by UAL Writer's Collective
Backstreet, published in Force Majeure by UAL Writer's Collective
Lady Justice, published in Force Majeure by UAL Writer's Collective
2023 Innocent Until Proven Guilty, published in Force Majeure by UAL Writer's Collective
The Birth of an Artist, published in Force Majeure by UAL Writer's Collective
Good Morning Mr Magpie, published in Force Majeure by UAL Writer's Collective
Panel Discussions
2023 International Women's Day with Camberwell, Chelsea and Wimbledon Colleges of Arts Subjectivity and Feminisms research group, London
Scholarships/Awards
2024 The Sir Frank Bowling Scholarship, London
2023 UAL Home Postgraduate Scholarship, London
2017 Foundation Scholarship for academic excellence at the University of Cambridge, Cambridge