Edgelands
Edgelands is a term for the transitional, liminal zone of space created between rural and urban areas. These spaces often contain nature alongside cities, towns, roads and other unsightly but necessary buildings, such as industrial estates and rubbish dumps, at the edge of cities. It is an area where nature meets manmade. Man casually dumps its rubbish in woodlands and hedgerows but nature creeps into derelict factories to take back the landscape. We bury our waste, covering it to form a new landscape.
In this series, I have also included spaces where nature creeps into our cities; between the cracks in the pavement or the bricks in old buildings.
“Mind The Gap”, Bolton Open 2026, juried group exhibition, Bolton Museum & Art Gallery.
“What Lies Beneath” , Longcliffe Prize 2026 shortlist.
“What Lies Beneath”, Overlooked, selected group exhibition, World of Glass, St. Helens.
“Mind The Gap”, OPO Open 2025, juried group exhibition, Old Parcels Office, Scarborough
“What Lies Beneath”, Cycles of Change installation, CAF24.
Edgelands, Prism Contemporary Textiles Collective, Art Pavilion, Mile End, London.
“Mountains of Madness”, Artist of the Month, Buy The Kilo, Tynemouth.
“Mountains of Madness”, Landscape, selected group exhibition, Open Gallery, Halifax. (winner public choice award)
“Mountains of Madness”, Beyond Landscapes, group exhibition curated by Cotton On Creative, Saul Hay gallery, Manchester.
“Mountains of Madness”, Untold, Prism Contemporary Textiles Collective, Art Pavilion, Mile End, London.
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