The recipient of our Yorkshire Graduate Award in 2024, George Moody will spend two weeks in residence at YSP in March 2025 researching and developing new work which will be displayed in the Boathouse in May 2025.

Moody recently graduated from the University of Leeds with an MA in Performance Design. Their multi-disciplinary practice spans bio art, sculpture, photography, installation and digital technologies, and they are inspired by the ideas of Queer Ecology (the combination of Queer theory and Eco-criticism), to tune into the unique rhythms of nature.

During their residency, Moody plans to collect and combine water samples from YSP’s lake with decomposable bioplastics made from algae to produce a series of seasonal ‘bio paintings’, experimenting with natural and artificial light forms to activate these works. They hope to learn about the lifespan of bioplastics and how the natural environment will impact the material’s growth.