Sam, the Red Flour Beetle (2020-2022), was a two-year project documenting my adoption of a lab beetle as a companion animal during the Covid lockdowns in Leeds. The project took the form of creative writing, installation, and performance and has been exhibited across England. The inflatable sculpture of Sam has been featured as one of the ten most loved things in the 2023 Summer Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts by Timeout Magazine. > Click to check out <
For more context of the project, please download the book—"Sam, the Red Flour Beetle"—below.

3D model of Sam

Giant Sam's Tea Party, 2022, 2 minute 45 seconds moving image with sound

Moving image shown at 'Safe in Each Other's Shadow', MA Interim exhibition, at the University of Leeds, 2022

Installation shown at ‘Material and Memory’, Nottingham Trent University, 2022

Installation shown at ‘Material and Memory’, Nottingham Trent University, 2022

Inflatable sculpture shown at 'Through the Party Ring', the Art House, Wakefield, 2022-2023. Photo credits to Paolina Hurry.

Inflatable sculpture shown at 'RA Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2023

Inflatable sculpture shown at 'RA Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2023

Inflatable sculpture shown at 'RA Summer Exhibition', Royal Academy of Arts, London, 2023

Inflatable sculpture shown at 'Through the Party Ring', the Art House, Wakefield, 2022-2023. Photo credits to Niamh Donnelly.

Moving image shown at 'Leeds Artists' Show', Leeds Art Gallery, 2023

Book sold at the shop of Leeds Art Gallery

"SAM X SOULMATES NEVER DIE", photograph, one of the five hidden artworks at Hidden, MA Degree Show at the University of Leeds

Installation shown at ‘Material and Memory’, Nottingham Trent University, 2022

Screenprinted creative writing shown at 'Through the Party Ring', the Art House, Wakefield, 2022-2023. Photo credits to Paolina Hurry