about

Interdisciplinary creative, based in Kent and London working across participatory art, performance, Happenings and installation. My playful, experimental practice is like a giant collage, combining different mediums together in site-specific settings: sculpture, found objects, collage, drawing, printmaking, photography, video, poetry, spoken word, improvisation, dance, meditation, sound and scents.

Inspired by mindful curiosity in the everyday, my artworks respond and transform spaces with embodied experiences and quirky, tactile creations to alter perceptions and benefit well-being. Exploring our connection with touch and the natural world, the importance of play for all, the psychology of making and performance in the everyday. Often my work is spontaneous and comes from observation with a slow looking approach. With experience of dancing in many styles (Contemporary, Lyrical, Swing, Latin, Ballet, Tap, Modern Jazz & hula hooping) I fuse these together with performance techniques (improvisation, non-matrixed) to create a unique movement language…enter Kate Bush the Organised Dancer.

Experienced in delivering workshops around sensory play, art making, mindfulness, improvisation and performance for all ages and abilities. Recent examples include, adults with dementia and learning disabilities with Spare Tyre, children with SEN/D at Squish Space, Barbican Centre, mixed ages for Folkestone Fringe and young families with Leap Then Look. I believe everyone has a unique sense of creativity; I just help to plant the seed.

I’ve made work for community, outdoor, domestic, gallery and online spaces across Kent, London and Europe. Most recently for Beyond Text: Innovative Poetry Festival (2023), Last Fridays at Creative Folkestone (2021), Folkestone Fringe: Sub Plot (2021) and Domestic by Word of Warning (2020). I have an MA in Performance Design & Practice from University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins and BA in Fine Art from Kingston School of Art.

news + press

“I’m not an early bird, or a night owl, I’m a permanently exhausted pigeon” performance for Last Fridays Folkestone (November 2021)

Sensory Sloshing: The Plot Thickens workshop for Folkestone Fringe (October 2021)

Graduating in a pandemic: Class of 2020 by UAL Post-Grad Community

Refugee Crisis and Energy of Music Icon Kate Bush Among Inspiration for Exhibits Being Unveiled

Elly’s Creative Opportunity