/ interdisciplinary artist, scholar, and writer
artistic activity
As an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, it can be challenging to separate artistic output from research in a way that makes sense from the outside. They are entangled and inseparable in my work. This is a constant negotiation as I move between arts-based research and research-based art. I am learning slowly, occasionally painfully, to be more comfortable in these liminal, in-between spaces.
As I do not have a traditional arts education, I am working hard to independently develop my art practice and establish myself more formally as an artist through participation in artist residencies, engaging in collaborations with other artists and arts institutions, exhibiting my work, and of course making art. My creative focus at present is illustration and printmaking.
artist residencies
I have participated in two artist residencies in 2025, which have been transformative experiences. I started the year as an artist in residence at Velferden in Sokndal, on the west coast of Norway. I spent five weeks working at and exploring the Titania AS ilmenite ore mines at Sandbekk. Following this, I spent over four weeks as the first artist in residence at PADA Studios as part of the new Research Residency programme in Barreiro, Portugal. There I spent time exploring the decontaminated sites of the Companhia União Fabril (CUF) industrial park. I am still working with the materials from these residencies and with time hope to share some more reflections and output here.
As an artist with a background in geography, the site-specific aspects of artist residencies are extremely inspiring and something I hope to continue with as I develop my artistic practice.
artistic output
As an artist-researcher, the output from my artistic activities is varied. While working full-time as an academic researcher, my artistic output primarily took its form within academic research publications. Several of these publications explicitly discuss the use of artistic and aesthetic practices in research. In particular, I have published on the potential of more artistic approaches to photography within social scientific research. The focus of my research is consistently art-oriented and I have written on artistic activism, graffiti, and street art. I have given a high number of public talks in Norway and abroad on various topics relating to this artistic research andI have organised a number of arts events. I am increasingly participating in exhibitions and developing new works for show.
