bio

I have a diverse and multicultural background, I spent my formative years growing up in the mega cities of Asia, specifically Shanghai, China and Pune, India, moving to rural village near Bath in the UK for my senior education. At the age of 19, I moved to the Netherlands to study at the Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE), with a 6 month internship in Cape Town, South Africa. After a year living in Barcelona I am currently working in London.

Since a young age i have always been driven by; the random beauty of nature, play, colour and tactility. With a keen observant and intuitive approach to creating. I work with a curious mind, researching and investigating with openness and excitement. Embracing the physicality and intrinsic values of a material rather than bending them to be something they are not. Design infused with an artists visions and sensibilities.
One of my graduation projects, “The Devil and his Lettuce”, was nominated for the Melkweg Award 2020 announced annually in Dutch Design Week, recognises “a truly unique talent among DAE’s Bachelor graduates” for a project that is “both highly original and full of potential,” as well as winning the Kick That Ass award 2020 from Maarten Bass and Lowlands Festival, presented “to a graduate of Design Academy Eindhoven who has used the graduation year to make an authentic work - regardless of advice or assignments - within self-set frameworks”.

education

2016-2020         Bachelors in Design (fullfilling all criteria to achive Cum Laude), Design Academy Eindhoven, NL 2015-2016         Foundation Diploma in Fine Art & 3D Design (Distinction), Wiltshire College, Trowbridge, UK 2013-2015         AS + A-Levels, Beechen Cliff School, Bath, UK 2009-2013         Secondary Education, FCSEs and GCSEs, Hayesfield Girls School, Bath, UK 2008-2009         International Baccalaureate MYP, Mercedes-Benz International School, Pune, India 2005-2008         Primary Education, Dulwich College Shanghai, Shanghai, China

experience & other qualifications

2024                    Charity Trustee, Dorothy Pamela Smith CIO, UK

2022                    Junior Interior Designer, Hawkins/ Brown, London

2021                    Junior Buisness Analyst/Designer, Just Eat Takeaway, Amsterdam, NL

2019                    Intern, Studio H, Cape Town, South Africa

2019                     Intern, Hoick studios, Cape Town, South Africa  
2019                     Jewellery Making, Summer Short Course, Central Saint Martins, London, UK 2018                     Gold Duke of Edinburgh Award (2014 Silver Award) 2016                    Volunteer Warden (solo camping on the island by night), Brownsea Island, UK 2014                    Work Experience, H.O.K Architects London, London, UK
2013                    Qualified PADI Open Water Diver, Elba, Italy

exhibitions & awards

2022                     Exibiting “The Devil and his Lettuce” Custom Tent, Lowlands Festival, NL

2022                     Exibiting “The Devil and his Lettuce,” Milan Design Week, Milan, IT

2021                     Exibiting “Automatic Series,”The Heuvel, Eindhoven, NL

2020                     Winner, Kick That Ass Award for “The Devil and his Lettuce” 2020                     Exibiting “The Devil and his Lettuce,” Motta art books, Eindhoven, NL 2020                     Nominee, the Melkweg Award for “The Devil and his Lettuce” 2019                     Exhibiting “Sharing Plate” project, the Cor Unum Design Contest, ‘s- Hertogenbosch, NL 2018                     Exhibiting “Summit Soap” + “Jenever Glass” projects, Dutch Design Week 2018, Eindhoven, NL 2018                    Exhibiting “Beet Spirit” project as part of “Sticky Business,” the Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam, NL