Red

Red is an artist, researcher, and educator whose work sits at the intersection of trauma, creativity, and social justice. She is the co-founder of Becoming Arethusa CIC, an arts-based organisation using trauma-informed creative practice to amplify the voices of women impacted by domestic abuse and to contribute to reform within the family justice system. Red’s work is rooted in lived experience and informed by research frameworks including the Power Threat Meaning Framework. She co-facilitates Art Therapy workshops that support women to transform personal experiences into visual narratives. Participants are always offered choice and agency over how their work will be used; exhibiting artwork is entirely optional and undertaken only if and when it feels safe and meaningful for them. When chosen, these works will be exhibited publicly and brought into professional spaces through conferences, training events, and collaborative projects, allowing art to function as both personal expression and social advocacy. Alongside her practice, Red is developing a doctoral research proposal with Manchester Metropolitan University, School of Nursing and Public Health, exploring how art-based methods can operate as visual advocacy within family court reform. Her paintings and installations have been exhibited nationally and internationally, and her work has received Arts Council support. Through Becoming Arethusa CIC, Red collaborates with art psychotherapist Biddy Daniel, community organisations, and policy-adjacent partners to develop replicable models where creativity becomes a bridge between healing, voice, and systemic change.