I’m an interdisciplinary photographic artist with a professional background in Earth science research. As a former geoscientist, with a PhD in palaeoclimatology, my creative practice represents a form of environmental and ecological research; I investigate how landscapes have been shaped and how they respond to human influence.

Fifteen years ago, I was researching past greenhouse climates as a potential analogue for future climate change. Since then, I’ve retrained as a visual artist, but my desire to communicate stories about the natural world remains unchanged. My artwork therefore combines studio-based construction with landscape-based experimentation in order to create spontaneous and evocative imagery.

In essence, my creative practice aims to raise awareness of prescient global issues – such as the prevailing climate and biodiversity crises – by using the natural elements of my local surroundings.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS & SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS

2025 | Menhir, Wells and Mendip Museum, Wells, UK
2025 | Ripple Effect, Dunster Castle, Dunster, UK
2025 | Lotic Waters, Chapel Cross Tearoom, South Cadbury, UK (outdoor screenings)
2025 | Lotic Waters, Art Bank, Shepton Mallet, UK
2024 | Lotic Waters, Somerset Film at The Engine Room, Bridgwater, UK
2024 | Arborea, Horner Wood, Exmoor, UK (outdoor installation)
2024 | Arborea, Minehead Library, Minehead, UK
2024 | Menhir, Somerset Film at The Engine Room, Bridgwater, UK
2024 | Diagenesis, Studio 10, East Quay, Watchet, UK
2023 | Menhir, Cheddar Gorge, UK (outdoor installation)
2023 | Diagenesis, St John’s Church, Highbridge, UK

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 | Earth Photo, Royal Geographic Society, London + Forestry England national tour
2022 | OPEN Eco, Photo Fringe Festival, Worthing Seafront, UK
2022 | Your Body Belongs to You, Festival Pil’Ours, Saint Gilles Croix de Vie, France
2021 | Landscape, F-Stop Magazine Issue #109, online
2021 | Tāctus, 17th Athens Digital Arts Festival, online
2021 | Four Degrees: Eco-Anxiety and Climate Change, Strange Fire Collective, online
2019 | Bath Open Art Prize, 44AD Artspace, Bath, UK
2018 | Osmosis, The Island, Bristol, UK
2018 | Showcase, OXO gallery, London, UK

COMMISSIONS & RESIDENCIES

2025 | Freshwater Renaissance, Photographic artist commission, Holnicote Estate, National Trust
2024 | Digital Arts and Natural Environment, Artist in Residence, Somerset Film
2024 | Landscape – Flux and Flow, Festival artist commission, Somerset Art Works
2023 | Moments on Mendip, Photographic artist commission, Mendip Hills AONB & Seed Sedgemoor
2023 | Digital Image and Visual Culture case study, BA course material, Open College of the Arts
2022 | Reclaiming Analogue Photography, Commissioned essay, Fabric of Photography

SELECTED GRANTS, AWARDS & HONOURS

2025 | Future ecologies: multisensory, extended reality landscapes, Immersive Arts, Explore Funding
2025 | a-n Artists’ Bursary, The Artists Information Company, professional development bursary
2024 | Earth Photo, Forestry England, Royal Geographical Society & Parker Harris, shortlisted
2023 | Women Behind the Lens: Place & Space, An Indian Summer, shortlisted
2022 | International Photography Exhibition (IPE) 164, Royal Photographic Society, shortlisted
2021 | Photographic Resource Center Award, Shutter Hub Yearbook 2021, winner
2021 | The Light of Day Project, Artquest, shortlisted
2020 | AOP Student Awards 2020, Association of Photographers, gold ‘Places’ winner
2019 | Bath Open Art Prize, Fringe Arts Bath, shortlisted

SELECTED TALKS & WRITING

2025 | In Conversation: Elizabeth Woodger & Andrew Conroy, Open College of the Arts
2024 | Exmoor rivers and cymatics, Ignite Somerset, Somerset Film, artist’s talk
2024 | Arborea, Somerset Art Weeks Festival installation, guided walks and talks
2023 | From geology to photography (and back again), Seed Sedgemoor, guest blog
2023 | Geology and photography, Open College of the Arts photography social group, artist’s talk
2023 | Environmental art, Ignite Somerset, Somerset Film, artist’s talk
2022 | Photopocene podcast, episode 27, guest speaker
2022 | Geological aesthetics, self-published zine
2022 | Diagenesis, Bridge collective, artist’s talk
2021 | Teresa Williams / Not many people here yet, Photomonitor, exhibition review
2020 | Diagenesis, OCA Europe Group, online, artist’s talk
prior | Numerous articles in scientific journals and presentations at international conferences

SELECTED TEACHING & WORKSHOPS

2024–present | Online tutor, Royal Photographic Society
2024 | Series of Family Friendly sun printing workshops, Somerset Art Works Festival
2023 | Series of photography workshops, Mendip Hills AONB and Somerset Nature Connections
2022 | Experimental photography workshop, 1st Exmoor Scout Group
prior | Extensive university teaching experience in the Earth Sciences

SELECTED INTERVIEWS & FEATURES

2024 | Artists and scientists respond to Exmoor landscapes, Exmoor Magazine, featured
2024 | The heart of the art, Be Somerset Radio, recorded interview
2024 | Somerset Art Weeks to showcase innovative and groundbreaking works, WSFP, featured
2024 | Earth Photo 2024 shortlisted entries portray a planet in peril, The Times, featured
2024 | A distressing reality: our beautiful planet under threat – in pictures, The Guardian, featured
2024 | Bridgwater exhibition celebrates beauty of Mendip landscape, Bridgwater Mercury, featured
2024 | Simon Parkin, BBC Radio Somerset, live interview
2023 | Moments on Mendip, Seed Sedgemoor website, featured
2023 | Charlie Taylor, BBC Radio Somerset, live interview
2023 | Cheddar Gorge to become huge outdoor art gallery, Somerset Live, featured
2022 | Brave. Bold. Beautiful., RPS Journal, featured
2022 | Elizabeth Woodger – Diagenesis, Shutter Hub, close-up feature
2022 | Inside the Outside, Instagram feature
2022 | Tied to Light, Instagram feature
2020 | Real Photography Company, Instagram takeover

EDUCATION

2012–2022 | BA (Hons) Photography (1st class), Open College of the Arts, UK
2003–2007 | PhD Palaeoclimatology, University of Plymouth, UK
2002–2003 | MSc Palaeobiology, University of Bristol, UK
1999–2002 | BA (Hons) Geology (1st class), Cardiff University, UK