As an artist, I'm fascinated by pop culture representations of horror and science fiction, particularly found in Golden Age comics and classic B-Movie films. My work explores the use of retro-futuristic punk tropes to dissect modern society's complex and uneasy relationship with technologies and artificial intelligence.

My artwork sparks an element of nostalgia, but also confronts contemporary issues surrounding the collective fear of emerging AI technologies and how that affects the future role of artists.

I explore themes such as technophobia, post-human philosophies, media-cultivated propaganda, and the creative challenges artists face in what from the outset appears to be a bleak dystopian future.

These themes serve as a lens through which I examine how these forces shape our perceptions and interactions with emerging AI technologies.

Using digital scans of comics from the 40s/50s now under public domain licence and AI-generated visuals as a starting point, I aim to create new narratives by forcing these digital sources to undergo a manual metamorphosis through various hands-on printmaking techniques.
Like Victor Frankenstein, I take pieces of existing matter to create a new monster that embodies the tension between human creativity and technological advancement.
Ultimately, my artwork serves as a visual narrative, inviting viewers to contemplate the complex interplay between the past, present, and future of our creative world.
I want to spark conversations on the emergence of mainstream AI technologies in the creative sector and what that means for the evolving role of artists in the 21st Century and how we can use this technology more ethically.

Trick or treat?

Treat

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Do you like scary movies? And if so which ones?

Absolutely! I love classic horror and b-movies and have a particular love of 80s horror especially Hellraiser 1-3, Evil Dead, Braindead, comedy horror and Troma films.

Whats the biggest influence on your work?

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Horror and cult pop culture, death metal, pulp comics and skulls…lots of skulls.