I was deeply honoured to be invited by the Phoenix Art Space curatorial team, Laurence Hill and Lucy Day, to recreate Feministo Collated Sculpture—originally made by pioneering feminist artist Monica Ross. This commission, funded by the Monica Ross Archive, revisits a work that was sadly destroyed in the 1980s, as so many artists’ works are, due to lack of storage.
While I aimed to stay faithful to the original, it felt more important to honour Monica’s creative sensibility: working with found and salvaged materials, garments that speak of domesticity, patriarchy, and women’s lives. I created 16 panels, drilled 440 holes, and used 60 metres of nylon string to assemble them.
Huge thanks to the Phoenix team and to Monica’s family, Alice Ross and Bernard G. Mills, for their support. The exhibition Monica Ross: Unquiet Woman exploring Monica’s practice and legacy runs at Phoenix Art Space until the end of August 2025.