I am a socially engaged, multidisciplinary artist, living and working between Donegal and Belfast. My practice moves through dialogue, participation, and collective storytelling, using photography, print, collage, and mixed media to create spaces where communities can connect, share stories, and explore lived experience.

My practice emerged from a foundation in photography and visual art, following a BA (Hons) in Photography from the University of the Arts London, where I explored photography through editorial and portrait work, developing a keen eye for movement, composition, and narrative. Early experiences in dance and performance continue to shape my interest in movement, embodiment, and storytelling within visual practice.

After graduation, I lived in Berlin (2011–2021), immersed in a city alive with radical art and political culture. Working as a photojournalist and photo editor, initially for mainstream media, I became acutely aware of the power of images: who gets to tell stories, and who gets left out. This insight drew me toward socially engaged art and my work at an independent socialist newspaper, where I supported more human-centred storytelling away from dominant narratives: researching and editing images, archiving, collaborating with photographers and artists, creating graphic collage works and developing supplements on environmental and social struggles.

In 2019, I joined Stattlab, a Berlin-based analogue print collective, where I deepened my collaborative practice and experimental, tactile approach to image-making, an approach that continues through my membership at Belfast Print Workshop.

Today, my work centres on participatory and collaborative practices. Projects often unfold over months with small groups or communities, creating supportive spaces to share stories, challenge stereotypes, and contribute to collective narratives.

Current projects include Connecting Through Our Lens, an Artist in the Community Project Award initiative (Create / Arts Council Ireland) that I lead alongside Joselle Ntumba. Over eight months, a multi-vocal community group in the Municipal District of Donegal explores rural life, diaspora, and belonging through photography, oral histories, folklore, and textiles.

I also part facilitate Creative Minorities for Donegal Intercultural Platform through the PeacePlus Programme, delivering participatory arts workshops in schools engaging with the Yellow Flag programme. These workshops foster intercultural dialogue, inclusion, and belonging, encouraging students to explore identity, culture, and community through creative expression.

Recent projects include True Colours Shining Through, commissioned by Roscommon Arts Centre with Foróige LGBTQIA+ youth and the wider Roscommon community ahead of the county’s first Pride celebration in 2024. Using photography, portraiture, collage, and text, participants explored identity, visibility, and belonging. The installation ran from 13 February – 27 March 2025, and a community Pride flag which resulted from our work together was displayed outside Roscommon County Council for Pride 2025, symbolising collective visibility and support.

Each project is an invitation, to learn, experiment, and reflect together. I approach art-making as a shared process, where dialogue and exchange open new perspectives, deepen understanding, and spark collective creativity. At its heart, this work is guided by my ongoing commitment to learning. Each collaboration, conversation, and encounter offers new ways of understanding and deepens the practice of learning and unlearning.