About

Rikki explores key concerns of abstraction through drawing, collage and screen printing. His practice is engaged with sources ranging from architecture, landscape, European folk art, textiles and colour-field painting. 

 A keen sketchbook keeper, he often works from drawings and photographs he collects. Symbols, icons, and geometry that interpret his environment are regularly used as references. His work explores the visual language of his surroundings by reimagining and reconfiguring these spaces through the lens of abstraction. 

Then, he embarks on a printmaking process rooted in collage-based experimentation. He incorporates painting, drawing, screen printing and collage – allowing an intuitive approach to image-making. Shapes and silhouettes are overlapped, cut out, or erased in an impromptu tug-of-war between the addition and subtraction of colour and form. The results are rich in colour and full of pattern, and they maintain a visual history of experimentation. 

His work has been featured in exhibitions across London, Bristol & Cardiff,  including the AOI Illustration Prize and the Wales Millennium Centre.  He has been featured in magazines such as Digital Arts Magazine, Pressing Matters and was shortlisted for the Contemporary Collage Award 2024. His prints are also available in various galleries and stores in the UK.

Featured in
Pressing Matters Magazine
Contemporary Collage Magazine
Digital Arts Magazine

Exhibited in
Wales Millennium Centre
Art Market Cardiff
Cardiff Made
Space Gallery
Secret 7” Record Exhibition
AOI / Serco Illustration Prize
D&AD New Blood

Clients
Stray Studio
Printhaus
Olive Clothing