Conflict

Abstract

Northern Ireland during the 1980s and 1990s was a socially and politically volatile place to grow up in. Of course, when you’re born there, you don’t necessarily know any different. It is only relatively recently that I have begun to investigate this experience in relation to my current context as an artist and a teacher based in London. I grew up during the later stages of ‘the troubles’ and issues of identity were hugely significant.