Artist Statement

My work utilizes items that are seen by many as junk; found objects, old printed ephemera, obscure packaging. The challenge for me is to create a visual language in which the beautiful and the sinister merge with the nostalgic and the contemporary in a dynamic clash of colour, media, technique and cultural reference.

My art manifests itself in a series of abstract, emotive and symbolic “statements”, which attempt to express my personal response to a ridiculous and chaotic world constantly in flux. The Universe is a giant pile of junk from which I want to cut, paste and create as I desire. 

A second generation Asian, I’ve had a culturally schizophrenic upbringing- sharing allegiance to - but never truly feeling part of my Indian Heritage nor my British birthplace. This confusing lack of grounding has played a major role in influencing my work, which, like me, defiantly refuses classification.