I am an artist, HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist and facilitator with 28 years of professional experience in the arts. I am a multi-disciplinary artist based in Wales with a visual art, performance and participatory practice. I co-direct Feral Theatre, am co-founder of Remembrance Day for Lost Species, and make work as a solo artist. 

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ONGOING/CURRENT WORK

Freelance artist, 1998 - present. I am a multi-disciplinary artist making work about queerness, the ecological crisis and social justice. I work in a number of mediums: as a writer/performer/director using visual theatre and live art; as a designer/maker/film-maker often working with puppetry and costume; and as a community artist. My work is rooted in participation, theory and creative research methods. I have facilitated participatory and community art projects for many organisations including National Theatre Wales, National Museum Wales, and London's Southbank Centre.

Co-founder and Co-director, October 2007 - present, Feral Theatre. Feral Theatre creates films, theatre and performance art. We performed our latest work, The Last Dance, at the eCARTE conference in Ghent, Belgium in 2024 and at Yale University, Connecticut in 2023.

Co-founder, 2013 - present, Remembrance Day for Lost Species. An artist and activist led participatory project honouring extinct species, held annually on the 30th of November. 

Coordination group member for Local Motion Carmarthen, 2020 - present, a 10-year consortium funded project addressing social, economic and environmental inequality.

Art Psychotherapist, 2025 – present, a part time role for New Pathways working with children and young people who are the survivors of sexual abuse and sexual violence.

 

PAST WORK 

Artist, 2026, Arts Council of Wales, Experiment a creative learning through the arts enquiry with Richmond Park School in Carmarthen.

Artist, 2025 - 2026, SPAN Arts, part of the steering panel for a series of queer-led events in Pembrokeshire, and devising and leading Cynhaeaf Cwiar/Queer Harvest and Emergence.

Artist, 2025, Hywel Dda University Health Board, facilitating StARTing well, a peri-natal art group for vulnerable new parents.

Performer, 2024 - 2025, Tyst, a touring  experimental performance work by Tracy Breathnach combining improvisation, deep listening and authentic movement.

Play Officer, 2023 –2025, National Trust, Dinefwr, Llandeilo. Part time two-year research role to explore ways to encourage play at Dinefwr.

Lead Artist, 2023, Date Nature a Love Stories to Nature commission with SPAN Arts. Participatory film-based project inspired by eco-sexuality and queer ecology. Outcomes included events and a short film.

Project Lead, 2023, i fyny – Nurturing Welsh Artists at Oriel Myrddin. A five-month associates programme for early career artists. Role included devising and delivering a programme of workshops, talks and trips.

Community Art Coordinator, 2016 – 2022, Oriel Myrddin. Part time post, included: developing and nurturing partnerships and collaborations with organisations and community groups; facilitating Young Artists Clubs for 8–15-year-olds; delivering intergenerational workshops for families; and one-off projects.

Lead Artist, 2022, The Wallich, leading a co-created writing project with homeless people in Llanelli.

Lead Artist, 2021 - 2022, All the rage (The princess and the pea), funded by ACW, Amgueddfa Cymru and the Welsh Government, under the umbrella of Making New Work: Artists Respond to the Now part of Celf ar y Cyd. The project explored: women who worked in the garment factories of Wales 1960s – 2000s and the contemporary ready-made garment industry. Outcomes included an essay and film.

Lead Artist, 2020, National Theatre Wales Dream a little dream for me part of NTW's Network season. A live streamed participatory performance gathering lockdown dreams from the general public and turning them into puppet theatre.

Lead Artist, 2020, Shared Worlds, community project commissioned by SPAN Arts. An intergenerational participatory project inviting vulnerable people to share stories which were brought to life using puppetry via digital platforms.

 

EDUCATION/ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

MA Art Psychotherapy (2025) Distinction, The University of South Wales. Clinical placements: Year one (15 weeks), Drug and Alcohol Service; Year 2 (20 weeks), NHS, Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (sCAMHS), working in the Early Intervention Psychosis team (EIP); Year 3 (26 weeks), Integrated Psychological Therapy Services, NHS, working with service users with complex PTSD.

BA Hons Development Studies (1997) 2:1, SOAS, University of London.

 

I speak some Welsh although I am not fluent.

I have a full driving licence and current DBS.