“The medium is the message” – Roland Barthes
“Every artist needs to find the right material through which to express themselves” – David Mach
I am an artist that works with natural materials.
Whether I am creating a work that is symbolic or surreal, organic, biological materials are always at the conceptual heart of each piece.
I am inspired by a variety of formative interests; evolutionary biology, art history, myths and legends, religious iconography, dystopian fiction, film and philosophy.
I graduated from Goldsmiths University with a first class honours degree in Fine Art.
I have a gallery in Teignmouth that is open by appointment all year round. Please send me a message if you fancy a visit. It would be lovely to meet you and show you around.
I am happy to consider commissions. If there is a particular piece of work or idea you are interested in please send me a message.
The 2024 Show @ Meta Space Gallery
Existentialism @ Meta Space Gallery
inews.co.uk/culture/arts/working-as-a-taxidermist
Devon Live interview – Fabulous Beasts
Dead On Arrival
Red Propeller Gallery
Making It and Faking It; Homages, Copies, Pastiches.
Noah’s Art.
Artist Statement.
I decided many years ago to focus, define and limit my practice by working specifically with natural materials, that is to say material of a biological nature.
As a child I was intensely curious about the natural world. I joined entomology and ornothology clubs. I collected bugs and birds eggs. I would happily explore rock pools for hours, examining dead sea creatures with a sense of awe and wonder. I would also endlessly draw, paint, and sculpt, often creating whole worlds populated by fantastic animals. These two facets of my childhood curiosity and creativity followed me into adulthood as I developed a keen interest in both the Natural Sciences and Fine Art.
I studied at Goldsmiths University in London in my twenties, a time when I was highly influenced by the contemporary art scene, so I understood the potential of using animal material within an artistic context. Many years later I dabbled with taxidermy, a medium that was to became a crucial component of my practice. To me there seemed no better medium to explore philosophical questions of life and death, beauty and horror, and the looming existential threat of environmental catastrophe.
They say, ‘the medium is the message’, and that ‘every artist needs to find the right material through which to express themselves’. Taxidermy seemed to be the medium through which I could express all of my formative interests perfectly, allowing me to experiment and hone in on the materials I was most curious about; husks, bones, feathers, fur, insects, strange and beautiful objects washed up on the sea shore, creatures found dead by the side of the road or in the depths of a forest, ephemeral and mysterious echoes, the shells of life itself.
Whether I am creating a work that is symbolic or surreal, organic, biological materials are always at the conceptual heart of each sculpture.
Recently, I have been creating a series of chimera; surrealist hybrid sculptures that blur the line between fantasy and reality by seamlessly blending real animals into otherworldly beings, transforming the natural into the supranatural.
In other work I am interested in juxtaposing the natural with the man made, often housing animal remains within objects of symbolic significance. Clocks, radios and phones are recurring motifs, that can be seen throughout the series ‘dead space’.
