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Excited to say I’ve received an @aceagrams Research & Development Grant! 🥳 I’m starting out by learning some printing techniques with @violawangstudio this week at @ochreprint 

I’m going to experiment to see if I can incorpora
6 months of fatherhood today! From a purple zombie to the Chunkadunk he is now ❤️ 😭
Bashir, 2024 
A1 hand painted c-type

From Making Solihull Home commission with @solihullcouncil

Bashir, a geography student from Baghlan, Afghanistan, fled his home in March 2021 after the Taliban targeted his village and killed several friends. Hi
Eritrea

Time spent waiting: 7 years
“At least they [could] give us permission to work when we come here, […] if you’re working you will forget everything about past things. Keeping busy is better, you know.

Just here we are sitti
Godefroid Seminega, 2025
From Settling 2.0 commission, exploring human migration to Stoke supported by @bartsstoke @stokeontrentcentenary @staffsfineart 

“They’re here because they need a safe place to live. Nobody chooses to come to liv
Abdul, hand painted c-type, 2024
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From Making Solihull Home commission documenting stories of human migration to Solihull at @thecorelibrary 

Stories included Ukrainians, Hong Kongers and refugees from Afghanistan and Iran who had moved to Sol
Time waiting for asylum: 15 years 

“Yes too long. Now I’m very sick. I got high blood pressure, depression [..]”

Democratic Republic of Congo,2015
Hand scratched c-type print
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Lingering Ghosts was my first long term portrait
“The girls have new friends and go on trips. It’s really good because we wouldn’t have a chance to send them to these places.” 
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There are at least 376,000 young adult carers, 16-25 years old, in the UK.
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