Bethany’s practice attempts to explore the uncomfortability and awkwardness of inhabiting bodies, both biological and artificial, the history of bodily health, the human connection to clothing and costume, notions of worship and religion, and our relationship with the non-human sphere through the lens of class.
Metamorphic, animalistic and anthropomorphic, drawings and sculptures stand as beings, residing within unsettling or idyllic spaces. Symbolism and archetypes thread through the work, influenced by intergenerational storytelling and personal writing as therapy, drawing on psychoanalysis, magical realism, science fiction and folklore. Embodying a reconnection to forgotten worlds and ideas, she moves beyond visual escapism, aiming to embrace complicated experiences to do with class, gender, sexuality, health, ecology, technology and grief.
