(She/her) 2022 | MA Painting; Royal College of Art

I’m a recent graduate of Leeds Arts University, specialising in abstract expressionism, and will begin my MA at the Royal College of Art in the Autumn. Painting is a powerful and proficient cognitive experience which I embrace as a healing tool for complex trauma after sight loss. My practice centres around an authorial, performative approach. I have an emotional, challenging, and purposeful relationship with art. Since going blind it has become more engaging and profound. I’ve featured on BBC News and in Marie Claire, among others. At present, I’m painting for the Wellcome Collection and will soon release a limited clothing range with Warehouse. It’s my sincere hope to be an exhibited artist and to inspire positive social change, drawing significant attention to disability in the art world. Our artistic voices are just as valuable!

I have a wealth of skills and experience in campaigning for disability rights, as well as fundraising and public speaking for sight loss charities including Guide Dogs, RNIB, and Henshaws Society for Blind People. I’ve spoken at both UK and European Parliament, and co-chaired a campaigning network with RNIB.

Being awarded the Snowdon Scholarship has allowed me to accept my offer to study at such a prestigious school, to join the ranks of outstanding alumni, and be afforded opportunities I wouldn’t have otherwise had access to. It felt worlds way from a working-class artist from Salford but the Snowdon Trust have given me a much brighter future. Thank you!