About me

I’m a creative, driven and enthusiastic Illustrator and Designer with a consistent record of academic achievements and award winning projects. I have a First Class Hons in Illustration and over 3 years London agency experience working as a Illustrator and Designer.

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Projects

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  City CafeThese drawings were made at different kebab vans around Bristol during the early hours of the morning.
• Organised ChaosAmongst the severe floods last winter in the UK, Somerset was one of the most severely hit areas. I volunteered for several weeks building flood defences in locations based around Bridgewater and have reflected upon my experience in these works. The instantaneous nature of mono-printing allowed me to work loosely and echo my experience through the fast paced nature of the water and its muddy aesthetic. Using visual journalism and reportage drawing I was able to capture the frantic efforts of the environmental agency and volunteers battling the increasing water levels. By interacting first hand with my subject matter, I feel I was able to give a more honest depiction of the scenes I witnessed. I initially wanted to capture the severity of the disaster. However, through this process I came to realise the positives of a particular strong community in Burrow Bridge that collectively helped each other rebuild their lives and homes. This became the area that I chose to hone the focus of the artwork.
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  LeftoversFrom farm to fork, this project recognises the importance of challenging our conceptions and knowledge of existing systems of food production, distribution and waste. The catalyst for this work stems from the recent substantial rise in both food waste and hunger within the UK. By recognising this subject matter also as a global issue, will reinforce the importance of documenting the innovative steps projects are making locally within Bristol. The work presented uses primary, visual journalistic principles of illustration; documenting, interviewing and investigating different projects that are all combating food waste at different stages of the food cycle. This project extensively highlights the ramifications of the way in which we, as a nation, are dealing with food waste. However, through making these works has created a platform of drawings that collectively show resilience, protest and solutions to this issue. The projects often involve volunteering programmes that tackle social isolation and ideologies that push for positive social change within communities. By collating these projects into visceral and engaging forms of visual data: the correlation of beliefs towards change can be realised as a platform, to challenge and interrogate stubborn attitudes of social responsibility.

Work history

blHarvey & John
Dec 2003Av. Rivadavia 1235, C1033AAC CABA, ArgentinaFreelance
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Other ProfessionUWE Bristol
Apr 2016 - Apr 2016Bristol, United KingdomFreelance
Present a hour long lecture on Illustration to over 100 university students and deliver a follow up 2 day workshop and tutorial session.

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Skills

• Advertising
• Events
• Film
• Marketing PR
• Visual Arts
• Print Design
• Art Direction
• Design
• Illustrator
• Indesign
• Office
• Photoshop
• Word

Education

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BA(Hons) IllustrationUWE Bristol
Sep 2012 - Jun 2015Bristol, United Kingdom
Graduated with a First Class Honours

Awards

Shortlisted for the V&A Student Illustrator of the Year 2015
http://www.vam.ac.uk/b/villa-2015/student-illustration-2015
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Winner of the Reportager Student Prize 2015Moleskine
http://reportager.uwe.ac.uk/award.htm

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