This summer has been a time of bedding down, turning in and writing my heart out. I was fortunate to be awarded DYCP funding from ACE earlier in the year, which afforded me time to concentrate on developing this aspect of my practice. As this has naturally started to coalesce around writing about my maternal…

I recently got asked for a link to a profile photograph.

It was a thrill to see Octavia Feels get her first official airing at the RWA in Bristol recently. She has a fantastic spot in the middle of the monochrome room, which is part of the 171st Open Exhibition. I am showing for the first time as an Academician and it feels mighty appropriate that…

It’s now out – Hettie Judah’s book published by Thames and Hudson. It has the same name as the show but it is a different project, with a long historical look at the topic right up to the present day. What is truly amazing to me is that my work opens the chapter ‘Creation’. After…

Hugely pleased to have some beautiful installation images of my work Role Play (Woman with Cushion) from Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood – open now at Arnolfini, Bristol, until May 26th 2024. The first venue as part of the Hayward Touring Exhibition throughout 2024-25. Installation view of Acts of Creation: On Art and…

It’s been extraordinary being in Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood. There’s the obvious thing of being in a show which everyone goes to see. It’s incredible to see work that you made living it’s own life. And there’s the place where it lands – that feeling – inside the body of the artist…

I returned from a month in southern Italy recently, where I spent time at Domus Artist Residency. This was transformative for my practice. The time out to think deeply, and concentrate without the pressure of having to stop and put down my idea, just because of the time of day, was incredible. There was no…

Getting things done as an artist means: All of this his means point number 1, the most important bit, gets less and less time devoted to it as you go on. Getting help has been incredible and means more time to make art. At the moment Maddy is helping me plan how I should best…