FAITH aylward
Faith Aylward is a British-Nigerian multidisciplinary artist whose creative world is both eclectic and unapologetically surreal. Moving between photography, film, music, and movement, her practice resists categorisation, thriving instead in the intersections where disciplines blur and the fantastical rubs up against the real.
Faith embraces the philosophy of being a “Master of none”, not as limitation, but liberation. This ethos pulses through every frame and note she creates. Her approach is wide-reaching, inquisitive, and intensely personal, defined not by technical orthodoxy but by curiosity, experimentation, and lived experience. Entirely self-taught as a visual artist, Faith has built a body of work that’s bold, dark, striking and unmistakably hers.
Rooted in a visual language that blends surrealism with emotional grit, her images teeter between dream and distortion, offering windows into psychological landscapes rather than physical ones. Whether working with the body in motion, manipulating light and shadow through photography, or producing haunting musical compositions, Faith’s output always reflects an inner tension between chaos and clarity, past and present, logic and feeling.
With an academic background in Politics and English Language, Faith brings a critical lens to her practice. Her work often operates on multiple levels: aesthetically arresting on the surface, and conceptually layered beneath. She weaves cultural memory, identity, and socio-political subtext into her visuals, infusing them with narrative energy. The result? A world that feels poetic and political in equal measure intimate yet universal.
Her soundscapes and visuals aren’t separate disciplines, they coexist, collide, and conspire. In Faith’s world, music bleeds into image, and image pulses with rhythm. Whether composing a piece of music or producing a self-directed film, she builds immersive universes where the sensory meets the symbolic. This multi-sensory approach isn’t just aesthetic it’s instinctual, born from her refusal to be boxed in.
Faith’s work resonates with audiences seeking authenticity beyond convention. She is part of a new generation of self-defined, self-taught artists rewriting the rules of engagement where process is as important as product, and genre boundaries are made to be crossed. Her journey isn’t about perfection; it’s about expression. Not about mastery, but about momentum. Each project is a learning curve, a risk, a radical act of self-trust.
Despite being early in her career, Faith has already carved out a distinct voice in the multidisciplinary arts space. Her practice speaks to the restlessness of those who refuse to fit neatly into one lane artists who straddle disciplines, identities, and realities.
Above all, Faith Aylward’s work is a practice of becoming fluid, open-ended, and deeply resonant. She creates from the in-between, and it’s in those in-between spaces that her audiences find connection, catharsis, and something entirely new.
Creative Debuts showcased Faith as part of the adidas showcase events
