My research explores the intersection of contemporary art, water, and the climate crisis through the development of eco-aesthetics and curatorial theory. I coined and conceptualised the Hydrocene - a disruptive, conceptual epoch that names the tide of art going into the blue in response to the climate crisis. The Hydrocene challenges landlocked notions of the Anthropocene and presents a wet ontological shift that emphasises water's pivotal role in both the climate crisis and contemporary art, transcending anthropocentric and neo-colonial ways of relating to water.

My first monograph, The Hydrocene: Eco-Aesthetics in the Age of Water (Routledge Environmental Humanities Series, 2024), emerged from my doctoral research at UNSW, where I was awarded my PhD with distinction. The book binds feminist environmental humanities theories with the practices of eco-visionary artists through five case studies across swamp, river, ocean, fog, and ice. Published in the Routledge Environmental Humanities Series as an Open Access monograph, it articulates how contemporary artists cultivate critical and collaborative methods of relating with water from which we may learn, offering valuable lessons towards climate action and justice.

Currently, as a Senior Research Associate and Post-Doctoral Fellow at UNSW within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (ADM+S), I work with Professor Deborah Lupton on automated decision-making, ecosystems and multispecies relationships. I also serve as Curator and Steering Committee member for the Climate Aware Creative Practice Network at Monash University. My research is committed to meeting the challenges posed to creative practice and pedagogy by the climate crisis.

My work has been presented internationally across the Nordic and Oceanic regions, with publications in journals including Oceania and Art + Australia, and presentations at conferences spanning from Krakow to Perth. I maintain an independent curatorial practice, having curated exhibitions internationally including in Stockholm, Sydney, Melbourne and Madrid that investigate water-based artistic methodologies and climate-responsive curatorial approaches. My research activity encompasses regular freelance art writing for publications including Artforum, Memo Review, and Art + Australia.