'Behind the scenes in the studio' for WIOP Vol.2

I am a sculptor who has worked internationally with NGOs, art institutions, and cultural foundations to create text sculptures and drawings which give glimpses into the effects of displacement, isolation, disenfranchisement and intergenerational trauma.

During the lockdown I was stranded without my metal-working studio. I began to focus on having meaningful conversations with other creatives and my own mentors. When the desire to continue making became too much, I decided to 'sculpt' videos and use these conversations as a leaping off point.

The episodes include tips from creative thinkers about getting through life. Skills we develop as artists - working alone, isolation, uncertain futures, the inner critic - are things which the whole world faces today. We should look to each other to remind ourselves how to stay strong, remember how much value there is in creative thinking and what we have learned about our human nature.