PRACTICE
My multi-disciplinary practice is an expansive, experimental and continually evolving passion that has at its core an on-going enquiry into the profound, generative and dynamic relationships between human experience, the environments we inhabit and the encounters that shape us.
I often use walking to lift the lid on life and discover new materials to work with. I am a great collector of lost and discarded ephemera, curious relics of human endeavour and often-overlooked natural wonders, and through investigating their physical and conceptual properties, I seek to uncover hidden narratives, latent energies and their potential to inform, transform or become artefacts.
I am one third of artist trio Room to Manoeuvre, a member of Sapphire Blue Collective and a founder and lead member of CAMP Writers’ Kin. Working closely with other creatives is a key part of my practice and includes collaborative projects, sharing skills, and producing and curating exhibitions and events that increase access to the arts.
My work is held in public and private collections and I regularly exhibit in galleries and other contexts in London and the South West (UK).
BIO
I grew up in London but in 2001 relocated to rural North Cornwall where I have lived for almost twenty-five years on a smallholding with a home studio, working freelance as a multi-disciplinary artist, workshop facilitator, producer, curator and arts administrator.
With a BA (Hons) in English & Philosophy and a PGCE, I followed a career in the FE sector until 2016 when I returned to full-time studies and gained a First Class degree in Painting, Drawing and Printmaking, and an MA in Fine Art with Distinction from Arts University Plymouth.
I am a member of CAMP (Contemporary Art Membership Platform) a 240 strong member-led support and professional development network for creatives across Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, and in February 2025 I completed a twenty-six month tenure as a CAMP Co-Director responsible for helping ensure the smooth running of the organisation, strategic development and member care.
RECENT ACTIVITY & EXHIBITIONS
OCT 25 Exhibition Dialogues (exhibitor) The Plough Arts Centre, Great Torrington
SEP 25 Exhibition Where Are We Now? (exhibitor) Thelma Hulbert Gallery, Honiton
AUG 25 Exhibition Alliances & Counterpoints (co-producer/curator) for Plymouth Society of Artists at MIRROR, Plymouth
JUN 25 Exhibition The State We’re In (exhibitor and co-curator) Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun, Launceston
MAY 25 The End Artists’ Books Fair, (exhibitor and speaker) The Exchange, Penzance
APR 25 Exhibition Desire Lines (exhibitor and co-curator) Sapphire Blue Collective - Birdwood House, Totnes
MAR 25 I led the CAMP Writers’ Kin project The State Were In, 2024, a limited edition (24) boxed sets of artist books
OCT 24 Exhibition More Headroom (exhibitor and co-curator) Sapphire Blue Collective - Leadworks, Plymouth
SEP 24 Residency and evolving exhibition Up for Air by Room to Manoeuvre - Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun, Launceston
JUL 24 Exhibition Headroom (exhibitor and co-curator) Sapphire Blue Collective - Krowji, Redruth,
JUL 24 Exhibition Printers’ Paradise, (exhibitor) Hatherleigh Festival, Devon
JUN 24 Exhibition BRINE (exhibitor) Sapphire Blue Collective - Garrison Gallery, Maker Heights
OCT 23 Poem Selected for Plymouth Art Vending Machine - Drake Circus, Plymouth
SEP 23 Exhibition SYNERGY (exhibitor and curator) Leadworks Art Weekender, Plymouth
JUL 23 Exhibition Radiance, Rubrics & Rituals: so we are held (exhibitor and co-curator) Sapphire Blue Collective - Maketank, Exeter
FEB 23 Exhibition Car Parks Project III (exhibitor and co-curator) Room to Manoeuvre: Fish Factory Arts, Penryn
JAN 23 Exhibition Tipping Point (exhibitor – work selected) Studio KIND, Braunton
NOV 22 Exhibition Car Parks Project REPRISE (exhibitor and co-curator) Room to Manoeuvre for CIVIC STATES at Vacancy Atlas, Plymouth
NOV 22 Exhibition Migrations (exhibitor) CAMP Writers’ KIN audio-drama - How Long? - Vacancy Atlas, Plymouth
NOV 22 Exhibition SPROUT (exhibitor and co-curator) Sapphire Blue Collective - responses to BAS9 - GROW, Plymouth
OCT 22 Exhibition Car Parks Project (exhibitor and co-curator) Room to Manoeuvre - a British Art Show 9 Fringe event, Leadworks, Plymouth
OCT 22 Exhibition Mix Tape (exhibitor and curator) Leadworks Art Weekender, Plymouth
JUL 22 Feature article published by MIRROR Gallery, Plymouth, Devon and Platform Magazine in New Delhi, India. ‘Christina Kutter in conversation with Huma Mulji’
SEP 22 Exhibition One Minute! Film Festival (video selected)- Maketank at Positive Light Projects, Exeter
SEP 22 Exhibition Matters Arising MA graduates group show - Arts University Plymouth
MAR 22 KINsequences: A sculpture that wants to get made. A collaborative illustrated text performed as spoken word - Back Lane East, Redruth, Cornwall - also recorded and broadcast by Soundart Radio and the RADIA European Network
JAN 22 Selected to participate in Exchange 2 - a networking project bringing together artists from across the UK
DEC 21 Exhibition Last Chance Saloon REPRISE (exhibitor) Slash Arts, London
SEP 21 Exhibition CRUCiBLE - (exhibitor and curator) Leadworks, Plymouth
MAY 21 Exhibition A Spring Like No Other (exhibitor) Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun
MAR 21 Selected to be Assistant to Artist Huma Mulji for the South West Showcase - MIRROR Gallery, Plymouth
SEP 20 Exhibition In Extremis (exhibitor) Go Large Makers’ Collective - Ocean Studios, Plymouth Art Weekender
AUG 20 IGNITE Plymouth Futures - digital showcase for arts graduates across Plymouth
AUG 20 No Show 2020 - digital showcase for PDP graduates of Plymouth College of Art
AUG 20 Exhibition A Space for Dreaming (exhibitor) Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun
MAR 20 Awarded “Runner Up” in the Endelienta Open Exhibition, St Endellion, Port Isaac
OCT 19 Eleventh International Print Exchange (exhibitor) Banks Mill Studios, Derby
JUL 19 Exhibition Music and Memory: A story in stitch (exhibitor) Public Library, Wadebridge
MAY 19 Rediscovering Fowey Moor (exhibitor) Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun
MAY 19 Altered Territory, (exhibitor, co-producer/curator) in collaboration with Teresa Stabb, PS1 Plymouth College of Art
MAY 19 Selected Works by Emerging Artists (exhibitor) Artmill Gallery, Plymouth
MAR 19 Conversation Before Change, (exhibitor) PCA Print Club - Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London
JAN 19 Selected Works - The Big Cartel Online Gallery - Plymouth College of Art
AUG 18 On Terracotta (exhibitor) - Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun
JUL 18 Selected works (exhibitor) Grace’s Studio & Gallery, Padstow
JUN 18TiLT (exhibitor, co-producer/curator) in collaboration with Georgina Lewis - Endelienta, St Endellion
MAY 18 Spectrum (exhibitor) Artmill Gallery, Plymouth
JUL 17 Selected Works (exhibitor) Wave 7 Gallery, Port Isaac
JUN 17 Co-operatio (exhibitor) Radiant Gallery, Plymouth
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
JAN 22 Selected for Exchange 2 - a networking programme devised by Eastside Projects, Spike Island, CAMP, The New Bridge Project, and Turf Projects, bringing together artists from across the UK
SEP 21 Invited to be Artist in Residence, Terre Verte Gallery, Altarnun, Launceston
MAR 21 Selected to work as Assistant to artist Huma Mulji for the South West Showcase exhibition Your Tongue in My Mouth
SEP 20 Signpost 10 New Graduate Award
FEB 20 Counsel: Take Care (screen print) given a ‘special mention’ in the Endelienta Open
JAN 19 Lines into Light (screen print) awarded ‘runner up’ in the Endelienta Open
JUN 17 Bare Bone (collagraph) selected to hang in the Debating Chamber, Plymouth Magistrates’ Court
JAN 17 Selected to represent Plymouth College of Art at Making Learning, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern
MEMBERSHIPS
CAMP [member-led contemporary artist network]
Room to Manoeuvre Arts Collective
a-n Artists’ Information Company
Sapphire Blue Collective
VASW
WAN [Walking Artists Network]
Go Large Makers’ Collective (2019 to 2020)
Cornwall Artists Index [CAI]