artist residencies
Ensō House Portugal — artist in residence Mai 2026
The residency at Ensō House was an incredible opportunity: a creative retreat in a remote and expansive landscape, far from the intensity of city life, where Vivienne could work from a place of stillness.
Her time there centred on local seeds, extending her ongoing Future Foods research and developing new work for the Elements series. Freed from the studio’s usual boundaries, she let the land become a collaborator. She played, experimented and responded directly to her surroundings, laying paper over rocks to take impressions, letting weather and terrain shape the marks, and working with the materials the landscape offered.
The residency gave her space to explore how slowing down shapes her practice, and how time spent attentively in the natural world can cultivate a form of care. That care, in turn, becomes a source of hope, carried through environmental storytelling across ink, film, sculpture and publications.
OmVed Gardens — artist in residence 2024 - 2025
During the residency, Vivienne has collaborated with the OmVed team and her advisors and observed the growing process of a selection of beans, and conduct research on the potential of beans as a future food.
Her findings were transformed into stories and artworks that celebrate beans as a climate resilient food source and explore their ecological importance. The residency culminated in a display of a 30 minute film and 5 short films, an exhibition with paintings and sculptures, a series of workshops and a talk on climate ethics, hope and creativity. Please find more details about the exhibition INTO THE SEEDS OF TIME here.
Read Vivienne's blog post in the OmVed journal
Learn more about Vivienne’s residency.
Kindred House Margate — artist in residence February 2024
Exploring the theme of REGENERATION.
How can we work with nature to understand ourselves better and work with our surroundings, with art as a tool for collaboration and exploring our ongoing relationship with the environment.
During her residency, Vivienne engaged deeply with the local environment, exploring found objects and materials, and translating these discoveries into her artistic practice. She also conducted a focused mini-research project investigating how shifting climate patterns are affecting seaweed in Margate. Through conversations with local residents and experts, she examined how these ecological changes impact both the coastal landscape and the local community, weaving these insights into her creative response.
Seaweed research
Japanese woodcut
Open Studio - Presentation Japanese ink paintings and woodcut prints
Seaweed ink making preparation
Filtering the seaweed ink
Samples various seaweed inks
Workshop - ink and handmade nature brushes
Nature and ink workshop