forthcoming:
exhibition; Wax, Lives and Afterlives, co-curating with Lou Stoppard.
group show; ‘The Hands That Shut The Sun’ at Hollybush Gardens (2025)
Belkis Ayón, Lucy Beech, Knut Henrik Henriksen, Kim Lim, Eline McGeorge, Laura Ní Fhlaibhín, Charlie Prodger, Altoon Sultan, Cecilia Vicuña, Trevor Yeung, with glass poems by Lucy Mercer.
Exhibition booklet
Readings
Glass poems, oil-based gloss paint on glass, 30.5 x 40cm
’THE FIRE FLOWERS AND THE FLOWER LIGHTS UP’ (2025)
group show; spine and wall text, as part of Hidden Noise Idiom, Bricks from the Kiln in collaboration with Fels, an exhibition hosted by Helen Marten Studio.
ongoing project; glass poems
I am working on glass poems as a new visual form for poetry, drawing on the refractive and contemplative counterglow
of stained glass and its texts. To be used by renters and in precarious circumstances rather than installed, the works are designed to be propped up against shelving units and windows. Like how poems themselves can be alternative spaces of perception, glass poems can be placed against different backgrounds and lights, bringing different temporalities and readings to the texts. The works consider also writing as a form of drawing, and can be arranged in overlapping rows, creating mutable and ongoing texts. As contemplative forms that transform surfaces like lichens, they add complexity to urban environments while remaining ephemeral and fragile.
Oil-based gloss paint on various glasses, 30.5 x 40cm and 30.5 x 20 cm
collaborative project; RENEWAL poster poems. Working with Prototype and commissioning poets to produce poster poems, with funding from the Biodiversity and People Network (2025).
Munken Pure Rough Cream, 150gsm, risograph printed in blue ink
collaborative project; co-investigator of ‘Poetry and Indiscipline’, funded by BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant. Symposium and commissioned creative work from participating poets and scholars on creative-critical.net.
ongoing project; poster poems
’A Visual Event’, limited edition print (2023)
‘Candle’, limited edition collaborative print (2023)
Poster poem, in collaboration with Prototype and the Aleph Press (2022)
‘Spa’, fold-out poem for I’M IN THE BATH ON ALL FOURS (Well Projects, 2019)
Poster-poem, collaborative limited edition print with Aaron Angell for More Sculpture About Dogs and Shadows (Koppe Astner 2018)
ongoing collaborative project; Too Little / Too Hard: Writers on the Intersections of Work, Time and Value. Funded by the Royal Society of Literature with a Literature Matters Award and the University of Exeter. Publication editor and podcast host with Livia Franchini.
ongoing collaborative project; Croydon Candles is a visual project with artist Jamie Shovlin. Our candles have been featured in British Vogue & sold at House of Voltaire, Selfridges & various galleries. Features asemic writing candles such as ‘Poem’ and ‘Essay’.
Aaron Angell, The Death of Robin Hood (2016)
Installation view, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow International. Image: Ruth Clark
collaborative work; ’Sequoia poem’, with Aaron Angell for The Death of Robin Hood, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, and reading at Glasgow Botanic Gardens (Glasgow International, 2016)
publishing project; editor and publisher of ‘Universe Magazine’ - a magazine of new art and writing (2012-2014)