Occulta Dama
Artist, Filmmaker, Lecturer & Researcher
Publications
PhD Thesis - April 2026
“The Bio-liminal: Imagining Beyond Crisis Through the Animated Lens”
Baltic Horror Collection - University Of Wales Press - 2026
“The Devil Is In The Details: Horror Objects Through The Baltic Lens”
DARK- Field Report 3, Zine MMU Press - 2024
“Not of the Home: Redefining Liminal Space”
Exhibits
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The Bioliminal - Manchester - April 2026 - solo exhibit
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Wild research - Manchester, SODA gallery - October 2025
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Research in Play, MODAL gallery - December 2025
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Kinder Than Cuts - AniJam GLOBAL - June 2025 - exhibitor
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SODA x Montag Residency showcase - Istanbul, Montag gallery - April 2025 - exhibitor
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CHEAD Exhibit - Manchester, SODA Gallery - March 2025 - exhibitor
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ECR WIP Art Exhibit - Manchester, MODAL GALLERY - November 2024 - exhibitor
Talks
Emotions In Turmoil - University of Western Australia -June 2025 - Speaker
“The Bio-liminal: An Alternative Future for the End Times"
The Omnipotence of Dreams exhibit - Salford Museum & Art Gallery - February 2025 - Presenter
“ Welcome to the Black Forest - Re-imagining Environment to Resolve the Anthropocene"
LFA Conference, Recognition and Empathy - York College PA - September 2024 - Speaker
“The Black Forest: Welcome to the Realm Of the Bio-Liminal”
Birmingham Festival - BBC Birmingham - August 2023 - presenter
“ The Bio-liminal: The Vast Universe of Micro Insect Worlds”
Society of Animation Studies Annual Conference - June 2023 - Rowan University - Speaker
“ Knowing Doesn't make us feel: Disrupting Biophobia through the animated Lens”
20th Annual Interdisciplinary Conference - March 2023 - Indiana University - speaker
“Matter without Meaning: The Anarchic Unconscious and the Liminal Horror Space”
Society of Animation Studies Annual Conference - June 2022 - Teesside University - Speaker
“ The Insect World Versus Biophobia: How Animation Can Encourage Biophilia In The Wake Of Insect Extinction”

Artist, filmmaker, PhD researcher and senior lecturer based in Manchester, UK.
Areas of expertise: Animation, Puppetry, Psychoanalysis, Occultism, Folklore and Activism