TYSL

A Bristol-based artist whose practice explores recollection and intimacy across painting, drawing, and digital media.
He is fascinated by how our memories are so integral to our sense of self; stored memories of loved ones, experiences with former partners, and significant past moments—remaining largely persistent—are all due to this densely packed, interconnected organic matter hidden away in our skulls. He explores the transient, transformative, and entropic states that shape recollection and emotional capacity, encouraging viewers to reflect on how this impacts their self-perception.

“As someone who’s made a career from working visually, my interest in neuroscience revealed that I have Aphantasia; I have zero mind-eye. I have a sense of remembered things, and within that a feel for movement, space, and the passage of time, I just can’t evoke mental imagery. I imagine this is why objects, totems of memory, take on significance – like a replicant (Blade Runner) holding onto photos. But I don’t see this as a hindrance, especially with memory as my core subject, but an opportunity for exploration within painting…