In June 2025 I founded the Trans+ Identities Art Collective, a group comprising myself and 4 other students from the Open college of the arts with a shared interest in celebrating gender diversity through art.
My personal motivation comes from my trans daughter Chloe and a desire to use my practice to promote trans visibility and acceptance for her, and the wider gender diverse community.
The Trans+ Identities Art Collective are working towards a joint exhibition in Torrevieja in Autumn 2026.
Read our manifesto below, and find out more about us and our work in Instagram.
Manifesto of the Trans+ identities art collective
We are a group of multimedia visual artists located across Europe brought together by a desire to effect positive cultural change for the global gender diverse community.
- Our collective will celebrate gender diversity in all its forms across different cultures.
- In an era of injustice, inequality and misinformation, we will provide a platform for gender diverse voices to be heard. We will work with local and international communities whilst also drawing on our personal experiences as gender diverse artists, close relatives and allies.
- We will show that gender diversity exists in all sections of society and that it has a historical and spiritual context.
- By providing insight into gender diverse lives, we will amplify the visibility of transgender people within the public consciousness, highlighting their lived experiences and achievements.
- We will broaden understanding of gender by inviting our audiences to question what gender identity and gender transition mean to them.