Shadow Work

Commissioned by The Mental Health Foundation for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2022 ‘Shadow Work’ is a visual exploration of both the safety and anxiety felt when gathering in different spaces. In recent years, the artist experienced more intensely what it meant to show up as someone from a marginalised group. Following a global pandemic, it felt like the world was experiencing something a lot of us were already familiar with, the vulnerability of stepping outside your home. In 2022, whilst parts of our society are ready to take their first steps outside, some of us are more reluctant to return to ‘normal.’ As a community we have a lot of inequalities to work through. Before we can all gather safely and come as we are, we need to confront our proverbial shadows.