Tyreis talks about her lived experience of growing up in South London as a third generation young Caribbean woman, and how her practice explores community, healing and mental health through poetry and textiles. For Tyreis, art brings tangibility to otherwise unrealised thoughts, giving them a form that we can touch and feel. Textile becomes a universal language that can address the trauma experienced by black women who have historically had to repress their emotions as a survival tactic. Listen to her interview with Defne Oruc to find out more on the power of being vulnerable and why “It’s O.K. not to be O.K.”

Tyreis Holder (b.1999) is an artist, poet and visual storyteller of with Jamaican/St.Vincent descent, born and raised in South London. She works across installation, textiles, performance, poetry, sculpture and sound to explore identity, lived experience, mental health and colonial spaces. She is currently a resident of Somerset House Studios and holds a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths University. Recent exhibitions and projects include AGM (Somerset House, 2020), Room to Room (Goldsmiths CCA, 2020), Working Progress (South London Gallery, 2019), Stop Making Sense (Deptford X, 2019) and Reflect Remember Reclaim Heal (ICA, 2019). 

Defne Oruc (b. 2000) is an artist and writer from Istanbul living and working in London. She is  currently studying a BA in Fine Art and History of Art at Goldsmiths University, and has previously had her writing published on 5Harfliler - an online feminist journal focusing on gender, politics, art and pop culture based in Istanbul.

Tyreis talks about her lived experience of growing up in South London as a third generation young Caribbean woman, and how her practice explores community, healing and mental health through poetry and textiles. For Tyreis, art brings tangibility to otherwise unrealised thoughts, giving them a form that we can touch and feel. Textile becomes a universal language that can address the trauma experienced by black women who have historically had to repress their emotions as a survival tactic. Listen to her interview with Defne Oruc to find out more on the power of being vulnerable and why “It’s O.K. not to be O.K.”

Tyreis Holder (b.1999) is an artist, poet and visual storyteller of with Jamaican/St.Vincent descent, born and raised in South London. She works across installation, textiles, performance, poetry, sculpture and sound to explore identity, lived experience, mental health and colonial spaces. She is currently a resident of Somerset House Studios and holds a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths University. Recent exhibitions and projects include AGM (Somerset House, 2020), Room to Room (Goldsmiths CCA, 2020), Working Progress (South London Gallery, 2019), Stop Making Sense (Deptford X, 2019) and Reflect Remember Reclaim Heal (ICA, 2019). 

Defne Oruc (b. 2000) is an artist and writer from Istanbul living and working in London. She is  currently studying a BA in Fine Art and History of Art at Goldsmiths University, and has previously had her writing published on 5Harfliler - an online feminist journal focusing on gender, politics, art and pop culture based in Istanbul.

Tyreis talks about her lived experience of growing up in South London as a third generation young Caribbean woman, and how her practice explores community, healing and mental health through poetry and textiles. For Tyreis, art brings tangibility to otherwise unrealised thoughts, giving them a form that we can touch and feel. Textile becomes a universal language that can address the trauma experienced by black women who have historically had to repress their emotions as a survival tactic. Listen to her interview with Defne Oruc to find out more on the power of being vulnerable and why “It’s O.K. not to be O.K.”

Tyreis Holder (b.1999) is an artist, poet and visual storyteller of with Jamaican/St.Vincent descent, born and raised in South London. She works across installation, textiles, performance, poetry, sculpture and sound to explore identity, lived experience, mental health and colonial spaces. She is currently a resident of Somerset House Studios and holds a BA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths University. Recent exhibitions and projects include AGM (Somerset House, 2020), Room to Room (Goldsmiths CCA, 2020), Working Progress (South London Gallery, 2019), Stop Making Sense (Deptford X, 2019) and Reflect Remember Reclaim Heal (ICA, 2019). 

Defne Oruc (b. 2000) is an artist and writer from Istanbul living and working in London. She is  currently studying a BA in Fine Art and History of Art at Goldsmiths University, and has previously had her writing published on 5Harfliler - an online feminist journal focusing on gender, politics, art and pop culture based in Istanbul.