I’m an interdisciplinary photographic artist based on the edge of Exmoor in Somerset, UK. I use photography, moving image, sound and installation to create experimental artworks that celebrate the natural world. In recent years, I’ve turned a 17th century stable into an immersive waterscape, hung windblown prints in a temperate rainforest, and projected digital imagery onto England’s largest gorge.
As a professionally trained geologist, with a PhD in palaeoclimatology, my creative practice represents a form of environmental 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 indicator for future climate change. Since then, I’ve retrained as an artist, but my desire to communicate stories about the Earth’s ecosystems remains unchanged.
Exploring ancient landscapes and conducting physical experiments are the catalysts for my artistic work. Some days I use a camera, but other days I might be found growing crystals, building a ripple tank or visualising sound waves in my studio. In essence, my creative practice aims to raise awareness of global environmental issues – such as the prevailing climate and biodiversity crises – by playfully blending art and science to spark people’s curiosity.
Solo exhibitions & site-specific installations
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, 2025
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, 2024
Menhir, Cheddar Gorge, UK (outdoor installation), 2023
Diagenesis, St John’s Church, Highbridge, UK, 2023
Selected group exhibitions
Earth Photo 2024, Royal Geographic Society + Forestry England national tour, 2024
OPEN Eco, Photo Fringe Festival, Worthing Seafront, UK, 2022
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, 2021
Bath Open Art Prize, 44AD Artspace, Bath, UK, 2019
Osmosis, The Island, Bristol, UK, 2018
Showcase, OXO gallery, London, UK, 2018
Selected commissions & residencies
Freshwater Renaissance, Digital artist commission, Holnicote Estate, National Trust, 2025
Digital Arts and Natural Environment, Artist in Residence, Somerset Film, 2024
Landscape – Flux and Flow, Festival artist commission, Somerset Art Works, 2024
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, 2023
Reclaiming Analogue Photography, Commissioned essay, Fabric of Photography, 2022
Selected grants, awards & honours
Future Ecologies, Immersive Arts, Explore Funding, 2025
a-n Artists’ Bursary, The Artists Information Company, professional development bursary, 2025
Earth Photo 2024, Forestry England, Royal Geographical Society & Parker Harris, shortlisted, 2024
Women Behind the Lens: Place & Space, An Indian Summer, shortlisted, 2023
International Photography Exhibition 164, Royal Photographic Society, shortlisted, 2022
Photographic Resource Center Award, Shutter Hub Yearbook 2021, winner, 2021
The Light of Day Project, Artquest, shortlisted, 2021
AOP Student Awards 2020, Association of Photographers, gold ‘Places’ winner, 2020
Bath Open Art Prize, Fringe Arts Bath, shortlisted, 2019
Selected talks & writing
Ripple Effect, National Trust, artist’s talk, 2026
Menhir, Wells and Mendip Museum, Mendip Rocks! Festival, artist’s talks, 2025
In conversation: Elizabeth Woodger & Andrew Conroy, Open College of the Arts, 2025
Exmoor rivers and cymatics, Ignite Somerset, Somerset Film, artist’s talk, 2024
Arborea, Somerset Art Weeks Festival installation, guided walks and talks, 2024
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, 2023
Photopocene podcast, episode 27, guest speaker, 2022
Geological aesthetics, self-published zine, 2022
Diagenesis, Open College of the Arts Europe Group, online, artist’s talk, 2020
Numerous articles in scientific journals and presentations at international conferences
Selected teaching & workshops
Online tutor, Royal Photographic Society, 2024-present
Sun printing workshops, Somerset Art Works Festival, 2024
Photography workshops and walks, Mendip Hills AONB and Somerset Nature Connections, 2023
Experimental photography workshop, 1st Exmoor Scout Group, 2022
Extensive university teaching experience in the Earth Sciences
Selected interviews & features
Ripple Effect, National Trust & Somerset Film, interview, 2025
Dunster Castle stables transformed by nature-inspired art show, Somerset Live, featured, 2025
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, 2024
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, 2023
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, 2022
Real Photography Company, Instagram takeover, 2020
Education
BA (Hons) Photography (1st class), Open College of the Arts, UK, 2012–2022
PhD Palaeoclimatology, University of Plymouth, UK, 2003–2007
MSc Palaeobiology, University of Bristol, UK, 2002–2003
BA (Hons) Geology (1st class), Cardiff University, UK, 1999–2002
