I’m a tetraplegic VISUAL artist.

My work reflects the complexities of my experience living with a disability, revealing fragments of a personal narrative and speaking to themes of loss, independence, transformation and the crossed and broken boundaries of disabled bodies.

In November 2020 during the pandemic, I was a victim of gun crime in East London as an innocent bystander. After being shot through the neck my life changed forever. I became paralysed from the chest down with a C4 spinal cord injury; this also meant losing the use of my hands.

During my rehabilitation I found my line again with the help of splints attached to my hands which enabled me to make my mark and start using drawing tools. Not only did this improve limited movement in my arms, but it gave me a form of expression, helping me reconnect with my identity and start to process the loss of independence.

As a tetraplegic artist I explore the lived experience of my disability by developing physical and digital adaptive tools. This process gives a unique aesthetic to my work, where the obstacles to creation; the frustration of the medium, become both subject and form. Utilising a multitude of adaptive devices, including eye gaze technology and custom hand splints I work with abstract form that combines digital and traditional elements. 

One thing that has become apparent in my new life is the lack of representation of people with disabilities. My aim is to spread awareness of spinal cord injury and the experience of living with a disability, using my own personal journey through loss and how I reconnected with my identity and new body, embracing my restrictions. Through my exhibitions, workshops and personal projects, I want to bring visibility and insight to my process of adapting without the use of my hands, within a society where paralysis is rarely seen or spoken about.