be it visual or political, such as in the series of Irish nationalist tattoo iconography in Dublin in 2001 and more recently,

in the clash between the discourse of leisure and dwelling in the parks of Tokyo in 2007.

Tristan is a co-founder of ArchLab, a collaboration with a resident film maker and artist on an estate in Hackney, East

London. ArchLab is developing work around how residents sustaining a place called “home” and use narratives from the

past and of the future to conflict certain notions of urban regeneration.

Tristan was one of the first students to graduate with a BA of Photography in Ireland from the Dublin Institute of

Technology in 2002 and he moved to Japan the following year. There he was heavily influenced by the eastern concepts

of spacial relations, typified by the sensibly of the Japanese garden.

During his MA at Goldsmiths College in 2007 he continued to visually explore the uses that people make of objects and

space. His work is continually developing an emphasis on the dichotomy of organic growth and society's attempt to delimit

non-organic asymmetry. The series 'Midori' focuses on the conflict between the homeless community to maintain their

visibility in the Tokyo green spaces in the face of marginalisation and exclusion by the local Tokyo government. 'Midori' was

recently selected to be exhibited at the Catalyst Arts Gallery in Belfast and Tristan was awarded a grant by Culture Ireland

to participate in the Singapore International Photography Festival 2008. His work has also been exhibited in Dublin,

London, Tokyo.