101

contemporary
artists
and more...

VOLUME 5 | COLLECT ART | 2024 | GEORGIA

 Introduction
The concept of Collect Art emerged in late December 2019 as a
response to support both Georgian and international artists
amidst the challenges posed by the pandemic. However, the
amalgamation of accumulated experience over the years and
ongoing creative processes urged us to expand and diversify
the roles of Collect Art.

In our daily lives, we are granted the privilege to visually

conceptualize various ideas—an essence mirrored in art. Art,
with its myriad presentations, encompasses a spectrum of
visual, ordinary, and performative works. These creations, born
from the imaginative and technical prowess of artists, beckon
appreciation for their beauty, emotion, conceptual depth, or
primitivism.

The '101 Contemporary artists and more...' book series serves as

an aesthetic exploration of what contemporary art offers to
viewers and how it intertwines with literature. Through this
series, our aim is to showcase artists and writers who are
actively shaping today's history—individuals worthy of
attention, inspiring exploration of the unconventional and
unexpected. We aspire to evoke emotions, challenge
preconceptions, and provoke introspection, leaving readers and
viewers occasionally feeling exposed, vulnerable, yet
authentically natural.

Collect Art's mission is to forge connections between Georgian

and international cultural events and artists, providing a
platform for diverse perspectives. By doing so, we aim to
encourage others to contemplate from alternative angles and
make the realm of art more accessible to those passionate
about cultural exploration.
Collect Art | Tbilisi, Georgia | 2024 | Volume 5
 101 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS:

Delia Zorzoliu 06 66 Christie

Robbie McKinstry 08 68 Ralph Klewitz
Natasha Burenina 10 70 Riley Sims
Yangyoongab 12 72 Caitlyn Matthews
Kenneth Henckel 14 74 Sofiia Olena Kalmykova
Andrea Gangi 16 76 Ronis Varlaam
Francesca Brivio 18 78 Philip Westcott
Ann-Marie Brown 20 80 Wang Shuo
Svitlana Tetokina 22 82 Jenna Arnot
Laura Candet 24 84 Olena Yemelianova
Mark Sajatovich 26 86 Trine Bumiller
Catherine Levey 28 88 Irina Metz
Candy James 30 90 Ariel Chavaro Avila
Alexandru Crișan 32 92 Monique J Dufour
Robert Dingle 34 94 Jen Janes
Lior Locher 36 96 Mark Stopforth
Tyler Worthington 38 98 Sophie Smith
Marie Magnetic 40 100 Egli Petta
Hero Granada 42 102 Rubica von Streng
Bernadette Louise 44 104 Jack Catling
Kate Fallon-Cousins 46 106 Yining Dong
Julia Prikhodko 48 108 Delnara EI
Lidia Lidia 50 110 Bob Hellyer
Gianluca Lattuada 52 112 soulimmix aka Kétino Mikadze
Lesia Kvitka 54 114 Janet Stafford
Nour Khwies 56 116 Darina Kharaman
Petra Štefanková 58 118 Daniel Porto
Tim Clarke 60 120 Rita Long
Michael Wagner 62 122 Vaibhavi
Chloe Stevenson 64 124 Harry Levene
 Claire Manners Wood 126 184 Chloe Nesbitt
Wictor Doarte 128 186 Elisaveta Sivas
April Key 130 188 Cesar Cornejo
Eiko Nishida 132 190 Susan Williams
Chan Hoi Yeung Ocean 134 192 Kees Ouwens
Melody Hesaraky 136 194 Laura Campbell
Ken To 138 196 Helene Barrott
Chloe Williams 140 198 Zuojie Li
el.shot.that 142 200 Jessica Guerreiro
Adam Strange 144 202 Rimin Lim
Christopher Matthews 146 204 Ocean Gavin-Mitchell
Luo Mengmeng 148 206 Tony Perry
Ronald Gonzalez 150
Salome Kobulashvili 152
Rachel Clarke 154
Gary Hill 156 and more...
Lewis Andrews 158
Hagen Klennert 160
Joas Nebé 162
Daphne Ting-Yu Chu & 164 210 Delia C. Zorzoliu
Teng Xue 213 Mark Stopforth
Aaron Oldenburg 166 214 Lulu Panatti-Reeve
Xiaodong Ma 168 210 Sylvie Gral
Suyu Chen 170
Amy Jackson 172
Greg Kent 174
Jessica Swift 176
Michelangelo Arteaga 178
Joan Brenda Hunt 180
Zoe Sijia 182
Delia Zorzoliu

Delia Zorzoliu is a painter, writer, graphic designer, and illustrator born on March 28, 1987, in
Bucharest, Romania, and based in Southampton, Great Britain.
Her passion for art, in general, is a family legacy, especially from her grandfather Traian Zorzoliu, a
man of art and culture, who throughout his life encouraged her, and guided her in this direction.
Delia made her debut in painting in 2021, with the exhibition entitled “Inspiration and The Road”, an
exhibition that included both acrylic works on canvas and works in oil. On the occasion of this
exhibition, the artist received a Diploma of Merit from the Romanian International Art Centre for her
exhibition debut.
In addition to painting, Delia is also the author of books for both children and adults.
Delia organized several personal exhibitions in Romania and participated in numerous group
exhibitions in Great Britain.
The artist also has works in public collections (museums, and county libraries in Romania).
Delia is a member of the Artists' Union England, a Member of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain, and
vice-president of the Romanian Writers League "Eugen Ionescu " Olt Branch.
In her works, Delia uses various mediums depending on her mood. She used acrylic, oil, and mixed
media, transferring the emotions represented by color to the canvas.
Each of the artist’s paintings is unique and full of life, her paintings being inspired by the artist’s
feelings, that’s why Delia never paints duplicates, nor does she like to do so.
„I close my eyes and paint feelings. I let myself be carried away by what I have in my soul at the time
and I paint my experiences. I paint the feeling of emotion, sadness, love, joy, suffering, putting in that
painting all the emotional charge, for that painting for me is actually what I have in my soul.” -Delia
Zorzoliu

06 The Dacian Wolf - Acrylic on glass, 40x30cm, 2023

 Robbie McKinstry

Robbie McKinstry is a visual artist who captures sensual, mundane, and emotionally potent moments
from his daily life. His primary mediums are painting and drawing, which he employs to encapsulate
memories and daydreams. Working instinctively, he often draws inspiration from the world around
him, using art as a tool to process his thoughts and feelings, aiming to glean insights from each
creation.

With a historical nod to modernist artists such as Sidney Nolan, Tarsila Do Amaral, Marsden Hartley,
and Joy Hester, McKinstry engages in an ongoing dialogue of the globalized modernist language. He
seeks to communicate with both the past and present, contributing to the burgeoning representation
of queer lives in the art world. Currently residing and working in London, McKinstry holds a BFA in Fine
Art from the Victoria College of the Arts, with a specialisation in Animation.

08 Moon - Oil on canvas, 25x20cm, 2023

 Natasha Burenina

Natasha Burenina, a digital artist originating from Kyiv, Ukraine, utilizes the potential of AI and an
assorted range of digital tools in her artistic pursuits. Her creative journey is an ode to the heartfelt
exploration of love, the captivating allure of women's beauty, and the enchanting essence of
magical power. Natasha's artistry transcends conventional norms, transforming personas into vibrant
embodiments of artistic expression. Her art speaks a universal language, resonating with a global
audience, and illuminating the multifaceted nature of human emotion and experience. Through her
work, Natasha invites viewers to immerse themselves in the captivating stories woven within each
creation, reflecting a common human heritage.

Swim, Fish, Swim

Digital, various sizes, 2023

‘’In "Swim, Fish, Swim", the woman becomes a liquid melody, an abstract reflection in the aquatic ballet of fish.
These digital strokes whisper of femininity's dance with nature's liquid poetry, beckoning souls to dive into this
aqueous symphony, where existence flows in undulating harmony.’’

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Yangyoongab

Media artist Yangyoongab is an animator who wants to share time with the audience.
She wants to communicate her own story of the time that is given equally to everyone and provide
her audience with the experience of being in the same space within that time. She also approaches
the audience with a performance that combines music and videos on the outer wall of the building,
a space where people always stay, to create a new world.

She's a person who plays "With Light and Drawings." Yangyoongab is also a person who has different
senses that humans can use and allows each person to travel where they want to go in the same
amount of time that they are physically given to them. She would like to study the strengths and
weaknesses of each medium through different mediums and use video grammar that can be
understood more easily.

What Happened To Me?

Digital, various sizes, 2023

‘This is inspired by Kafka’s novel “The Metamorphosis”. In the novel, after becoming a bug, the event proceeds
through the reactions of the people around him. On the other hand, in this work, the event unfolds in the
process of changing. It is just “Changing” It doesn't come out what kind of object it turns into. The 2D part is a
conflict with the surrounding people that the main character (referred to as One for convenience) experiences
in the process 3D is a visualization of emotions. It will be a landscape of nightmares. OSC part is a part of
quantifying this by concluding that the cause of all these conflicts is that the "distance of mind" of each
relationship is different. Repeat the beginning and the end so as not to inform the result of the knot.’

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 Kenneth Henckel

Kenneth Henckel's paintings show us a surreal, subtle, sometimes tormented universe. He pictures
anecdotes, crazy humor, and modern everyday nightmares. He is an artist who embarked on a
serious exploration of painting 12 years ago. His artworks intricately weave together thoughtful
contemplation, states of mind, and reflections on the surrounding world. Infused with a touch of
humor, his paintings carry a distinctive angle that adds an engaging layer to the visual narrative.
Recently, he developed a curiosity for artificial intelligence, inspired by an artist friend who utilizes it
as a wellspring of creativity. Embracing this approach, he has made it his preferred method for
generating new ideas, sketches, and inspiration for his paintings and drawings. He appreciates the
seemingly anarchic nature of AI, relishing in its ability to assemble images and create unique visual
compositions. Residing in Copenhagen, this 58-year-old artist is wholly dedicated to his craft, living
and breathing for his art. While he has a background in photography, video art, and graphic design,
his serious commitment to painting began 12 years ago.

There is a smell of success around me

Oil and pencil on canvas, 40x40cm, 2023

‘This man is bitter and envious of others who are successful. Where he feels he does not have it himself, he is
not able to give it to others.’

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 Andrea Gangi

Andrea Gangi was born in Italy in 1992, he currently lives and works in Barcelona. His art is a journey
into the depths of human emotions and the metaphysical beyond the concrete things. He explores
the nature of human relationships and conflicts that people face every day, creating a sacred space,
like a crypt, where metaphysics and tangible forms intersect. His main subjects include children,
birthdays, amusement parks, swimming pools, and dinners. Loneliness, mystery, lost love, and the
struggle to hold onto memories are the threads woven through his creations.

16 Dentist room - Acrylic on canvas, 60x40cm, 2021

 Francesca Brivio

Francesca has been active since a very young age and has contaminated her artistic research with
the world of fashion design. She trained in important art studios, with a period of further training in
London. She is drawn to subjects such as portraits, human bodies, animals, mythology, water, and
untouched landscapes.

“When looking at a painting, you immediately recognize the author, it means that He is original, coherent, and
authentic. In Francesca Brivio's canvases, we immediately grasp her decisive and dynamic traits that are made
delicate, despite the rapid brush strokes, with harmonious colors and the lightness of the paint. A constructive
and pictorial gesture, fast and without second thoughts animates the canvases inside, giving her subjects a
manifest vitality and a strong emotionality. Francesca focuses on numerous themes even though the feminine
world prevails while never stereotyped or banal. On the contrary, her elegant and fluid style gives the figures,
simultaneously, a unique and universal character. These are introspective and lonely characters who
experience emotions that we all feel and share. Sometimes they appear to us indeterminate but never
uncertain or weak, instead gritty and strong despite the sweetness that inhabits them. Spontaneity is the
technical and expressive mean that Francesca chooses and that allows her to transfer what she feels and
what she experiences at that moment on the canvas. The Author must always finish the paintings “alla prima”,
the next day would be too late. Her excellent technique is never an end in itself, but placed at the service of
the emotion she feels and that asks to get out to stick on the canvas. It is difficult not to be enchanted and
captivated by her works; we are faced with a rare case of artistic intensity, maturity, and truth.”
(Massimo Bollani, artist and mentor)

Darkness - Oil on canvas, 30x30cm, 2023 18

 Ann-Marie Brown

Ann-Marie Brown is a Canadian painter working in encaustic and oil. She is currently working out of
a studio on the west coast of British Columbia. In coastal B.C., she and her family have cultivated a
vibrant forest garden. This unique landscape bears a diverse array of fruits, including hazelnuts,
walnuts, cherries, apples, pears, figs, plums, apricots, and sea buckthorn. Complementing the fruit-
bearing trees are blueberries, raspberries, goji berries, gooseberries, grapes, and wildflowers, all set
against a carpet of clover.

Facing challenges posed by climate change, she has experienced the impact of freak weather and
unseasonal temperatures, such as the drought last summer and the floods in the current season.
Amidst these challenges, she channels her artistic expression into painting the fruits that thrive in her
garden. Her portraits of apples and plums reflect a keen attention to individuality, mirroring the care
she dedicates to her figure works.

20 Tender Fruit/Imperfect Vessel - encaustic & Oil, 30'’x30'’, 2023

Svitlana Tetokina

Svitlana is a versatile artist with a background in animation, graphic design, interior design, and
bookselling. Her experiences in these fields have influenced her unique artistic style and perspective
on the world. Growing up in Ukraine, she developed a deep appreciation for the natural world,
which became a constant source of inspiration for her art. Svitlana uses drawing as a means of
observing the world around her with heightened attention and inspiring others to discover their own
hidden beauty in the chaos of everyday life. Currently residing in Vancouver, Svitlana draws
inspiration from the abundance of nature and animals that surround her. Her love for oil painting
remains unwavering, but she also enjoys gouache and the delicate and unpredictable nature of
watercolor. Through her art, she aims to evoke a sense of connection and inspire viewers to
appreciate the beauty that can be found in both the ordinary and the extraordinary. Svitlana’s works
are held in private collections in worldwide.

‘’As an artist, I am constantly inspired by the world around me, particularly the beauty of nature and the wildlife
that surrounds us. From an early age, I possessed an insatiable curiosity, always seeking out the interesting and
the unconventional. My work is rooted in the belief that even in the midst of chaotic city life, there are small,
unnoticeable moments that are both interesting and amusing. I find great joy in capturing these moments and
bringing them to life through my art, highlighting the beauty and humor that can be found in everyday life. It
was through this lens that I began my artistic journey as an urban sketcher, using drawing as a means to
observe the world around me with heightened attention. While my love for oil painting remains unwavering, I
still cherish the delicate and unpredictable nature of watercolor. Each medium allows me to express myself in
unique ways, capturing the essence of the subject matter with distinct textures and tones. In my art, I aim to
evoke a sense of connection, urging viewers to appreciate the beauty that can be found in both the ordinary
and the extraordinary.’’

22 Self-portrait - Oil on paper, 28.4x20.6cm, 2022

 Laura Candet

Laura Candet, born and raised in the post-communist era of Romania in the early 2000s, creates
fragments of identities often reflecting the constantly changing experience living in the Romanian
cultural society where we live in a constant state of grasping the Western culture. Thus, her
reflections on identity distortions and fragments begin with experimenting with oil painting and New
Media art.

Young Blood
Acrylic on canvas, 20x15cm, 2021

‘’A reference to the collective imagination of the childhood and the sorrows of growing up, living behind a
nostalgic fear.’’

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 Mark Sajatovich

Mark Sajatovich is an artist, historian and whose creative journey is guided by a profound belief in
the enduring role of art. In his eyes, art is a reminder that contemplation and communication remain
the cornerstones of a brighter future. At the heart of Sajatovich's artistic philosophy lies a deep
appreciation for abstract art's capacity to challenge, provoke, and inspire. While his work is currently
exploring blends of contemporary gothic and geometric abstraction with modern social issues, he
views all forms of abstract art as a conduit for self-exploration. Dynamic mirrors encourage viewers
to delve into their beliefs to forge deeper connections with the world.

Sajatovich's journey through art has been marked by a lifelong dedication to its study. His foray into
the museum world saw him designing digital marketing campaigns and serving as art director for
museum exhibits. However, a rediscovery of the rich tapestry of Canadian folk and Indigenous art led
him back to the world of acrylic and canvas. During the pandemic, new artists and online galleries
were thriving and by 2022, Sajatovich had produced a volume of new work. He believed that fresh
international perspectives would broaden his scope and over the past year, his works have appeared
in a number of international exhibitions, magazines, and catalogs.

26 The Happiest Colour - Acrylic on canvas, 51x40cm, 2022

 Catherine Levey

Levey is a Nottingham UK-based artist and recently completed a BA in Painting degree. She has
curated and exhibited in group shows and held her first solo show at Nottingham University. She has
been the keynote speaker at art events, including a panel discussion ‘Can Art Change Our
Preconceptions of Mental Health Problems?’ for the Mental Health Institute, Nottingham. This
combined her experience working in the field of mental health with her art practice. Levey has been
shortlisted for the Zealous Amplify Art Prize and is featured in upcoming publications including ‘Flux
Review 10’.

‘’My interest in people is reflected in my practice. My process involves immersing myself in stories from
biographies and archives and painting my emotional response which is naturally self-referential and ever-
changing. Lately, this has involved a reflection on people who have suffered from mental illness. Through
drawing and painting in fragile layers, the dream-like presence of these people appears.
Figures are often presented without context, inviting a unique dialogue through questions about the narrative.
Recently my practice has taken a feminist turn, investigating reductive attitudes in historical and contemporary
experience.’’

28 Blanche I - Oil on , 105x148cm, 2023

 Candy James

Candy James BA (Hons) Fine Art, is a professional, contemporary, environmental artist exploring
psychological narratives surrounding place identity, and inner and external landscapes. Her work is
exhibited nationally and held in private collections both in the UK and internationally. She lives and
works with her husband in South West England.
Candy's distinctive personal style of abstract painting pays homage to the beauty of this area,
specifically the Cotswold escarpment from where she collects natural earth pigments from the local
landscape. From these pigments sourced from streams, soil, rock, limestone, and charcoal from
found campfires she makes her paints often adding diamond dust and 24ct gold leaf for her current
series of work.

‘’I am a contemporary abstract artist known for my large-scale, textured, nature-inspired paintings on canvas
using natural earth pigments to depict the Cotswold landscape in abstract form. As an environmental artist, I
explore psychological narratives surrounding place identity and the interconnectedness of man, nature, and
art.
Walking in the Cotswold countryside, locating interesting natural earth pigments from soil, limestone, streams,
and rock I capture organic elements of the landscape drawing me closer to nature. The relationship between
these activities and my thinking considers my exploration as a creative aesthetic practice.
The subsequent process of cataloging, crushing, and refining the pigments to create my paints is both primal
and mesmerizing, ancient yet contemporary. There is a complexity to the simple natural elements used in my
paintings. Their many layers fold in the past, present, and possible futures of our actions and an outcome that
is minimalistic and abstract in nature.’’

Fading Habitat - Mixed media on canvas, 100x100cm, 2022 30

Alexandru Crișan

Alexandru Crișan is a visual artist interested in the existential complementarity of objective and
nonobjective forms of expression. As far as the latter is to be unpacked, his “counter-professional”
career in photography began in 2008; his paintings stand, for almost three decades, as the most
intimate, borderline atavistic, acts of divulgence. Assuming that taxonomy is of any consequence, he
is partial to fine-art photography and Abstract Expressionism. Crișan’s works have been presented in
over a dozen international exhibitions, have been published in over 40 peer-reviewed magazines,
have received over 400 international awards and nominations, and are part of several privately
owned collections and art galleries.

‘’Entropy’’
Entropy II (T/ime’s A/rrow, the O/nomatopoeia)
Acrylic on Magnani paper, 76x56cm each, unframed diptych, 300gsm, satin
varnish, 2021

“I’ve called the consequential symbiosis “Brutalisme lyrique”. It “simply” indicates a filiation in which the
Abstraction Lyrique is a phenomenological motherly figure, while the nybrutalism may claim ontological
paternal custody, yet the – ultimately needed – IVF-like metabolic praxeology is delivering the visceral
coherence.”

Entropy is an eschatological murmuration. Surrendering to its cooling protectorate (and its dull, dire dare) will
force an artist to either freeze or flock amok (since artists and groupishness don’t mix very well). This is a
diptych about the Second Law of Thermodynamics and (objective) tinnitus.

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 Robert Dingle

Robert Dingle lives and works in London. His large-scale, monochromatic drawings are durational
works - minimalist and geometrical abstractions emerge out of a dense crosshatch of lines,
reconfiguring themselves in relation to the viewer. Their delicate compositions meticulously worked
out in advance and painstakingly executed, consider our physical yet transitory relationship with the
world

Landscape 1 (change in local authority spending, 2009-2023), left Landscape 2 (number of rough
sleepers, 2009 – 2023), right
Charcoal, 42x29cm each, 2023

'Mountains' is a series of monochromatic drawings in which data relating to the use (and misuse) of our natural
environment and economic resources is overlaid to form delicate, minimalist compositions.

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Lior Locher

Lior Locher is a nonbinary mixed-media artist, mainly working in acrylic, collage, and printmaking.
After having lived in 6 countries on 4 continents and being homeless at some point, they are now
based at the English seaside. They are largely self-taught and started making art later in life,
building on some local classes in drawing, floristry, painting, and printmaking.
Their work is particularly popular with American literary magazines where Lior has pieces featured
every few months. They have done an art commission with Colossive Press in Croydon UK on AI and
the medieval legend of the Golem. Lior showed in 10 group exhibitions mainly in the UK in 2023 and
will have their first solo gallery show in April 2024 with Elms Window Gallery in London.

‘’I work in mixed media, for its broad range of options and for the sheer joy of it. This usually involves several of
these: Acrylic paint, ink, marker pen or colored pencil, collage, and printmaking. I love bright colors and media
that dry quickly so you can add more layers. College was my first love and still plays a prominent role. It started
with travel ephemera and a fascination with Japanese origami paper and traditional patterns while living there
and has since expanded to anything that’s flat and sticks. In my other life, I trained in personal development,
coaching, and psychotherapy as well as teaching different styles of yoga. I continue to be fascinated by our
inner lives as humans, how we make sense of our own journeys and experiences, and how our mind and body
come together. Our lives always involve picking up what already is, at this point in time, and recombining it to
move forward, adding our own flavor. Often ripping things up and starting again, layers and sedimentations
that form over time into something uniquely ours. That applies to life and art. Mixed media work is a great way
to capture this.’’

The Inability To Plan - Mixed media collage on paper, A3, 2021 36

 Tyler Worthington

‘’To be blunt, the canon of art I was aware of was primarily focused on making the human race “look good”,
and I wanted to do the exact opposite. Humans are silly creatures. We are the source of every great miracle
and every tragedy to happens on earth, and I believe our mistakes are our most valuable teachers. If the idea
of art to most people was simply appealing and unoffensive aesthetics, then I will become its anti-thesis.’’

Tyler Worthington is a multimedia artist currently living in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated cum
laude from Austin Peay State University in 2018 and received a BFA in Studio Art. He prefers to work
in many different mediums, including but not limited to video, sound, collage, printmaking,
performance, and sculpture. After being told to “be himself” one too many times as a child, he
pursued his passion to become an artist.

I could tell - Collage. 8x10, 2022 38

 Marie Magnetic

Marie Magnetic is a Chicago-based artist focusing on neurodivergence, queer identity, feminist

issues, discrimination, human rights, politics, and social commentary. Growing up in a small town in
southwestern Michigan helped to shape her values as she witnessed friends and family experience
addiction, mental health issues, poverty, and other forms of systemic disadvantage. Marie was
awarded a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Central Michigan University and originally worked
in positions with child services, state government, and several library roles before returning to art
during the COVID-19 pandemic. She is dedicated to exploring culture and the multi-faceted of
humanity through her art.

‘’I am inspired by my experiences as a Jewish, Indigenous (Blackfeet Nation), neurodivergent (ADHD), and queer
woman as I examine dystopia, delight, and delusion in society. My artwork reflects the experiences of being
othered. In my work, I critique the mundane, the morose, and the magnificently mad. Within my practice, I use a
bit of Dada, surrealism, and satire to engage my audience and play with color and form. I like to experiment
with art. Painting, collage, and mixed media allow me to delve into a world where familiarity and the unknown
merge.
Art is more than a means of expression for me- I use my creations to heal, connect with others, and grow. My
Indigenous roots help to ground me as I explore the elements through art. Overall, I hope to teach my audience
to think about the world differently, challenge societal norms, and inspire a greater social consciousness.’’

40 authority absconded - Collage on paper, 11'’x8.5'’, 2023

 Hero Granada

Hero Granada stands as a digital illustrator and designer hailing from La Union, Philippines. In
addition to his creative pursuits, he excels as a digital marketing specialist and web developer,
demonstrating a multifaceted skill set. Hero holds a Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology
from Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - MLUC.
His artistic prowess shines through a unique fusion of surrealism and animation, breathing life into his
creations using Augmented Reality. Guided by personal experiences, emotions, and a unique
perspective on the human condition, Hero's work resonates with depth and meaning.

‘’My creative journey is a testament to the idea that art knows no boundaries, transcending the conventional
and merging with the digital landscape. Art has transcended the confines of traditional frames on walls and is
now evolving into a profoundly interactive experience. It is a voyage into the uncharted waters of surrealism
and animation, where the lines between the real and the fantastical blur.
Through the transformative power of Augmented Reality, I breathe life into my creations, inviting the viewer to
experience a world that exists beyond the confines of traditional art. My work is an exploration of personal
experiences, emotions, and a unique perspective on the human condition. It seeks to resonate with depth and
meaning, offering a glimpse into the intricate tapestry of our shared existence.’’

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Bernadette Louise

Bernadette makes work in response to deeply personal experiences, but it speaks beyond
autobiography. Creating artwork about difficult scenarios, sometimes domestic and sometimes
disability, she employs psychology and legal research to visually represent her own family
experiences and that of other parents; Parents who are wrongly accused of fabricated or Induced
Illness (Fii), Munchausen’s by Proxy, or Parental Blame. Studies show that disabled parents appear to
be four times more likely to be accused of FII than non-disabled parents and that 1 in 5 mothers of
autistic children, reported being assessed by social services. These women were 100 times more likely
than the general population, to be investigated for FII child abuse.
These institutional attacks on mothers by local authorities, health, and education, are rampant in the
autism community. FII is a way of covering up systemic incompetence and silencing strong female
voices. Parental Blame and FII is nothing more than a modern-day witch-hunt, to punish those who
resist neurotypical norms, oppose the patriarchy, and fight against the system. Research shows that
50% of allegations of FII were made after a parent had complained about poor service by health,
education, or social care. Incidentally, evidence also suggests that autistic people are 9 times more
likely to die by suicide and autistic women are at higher risk, 13 times more likely than non-autistic
women to die by suicide. Highlighting these heinous injustices through any medium possible is the
only way to put an end to these attacks on innocent families. As a mother of autistic children, and
being late-diagnosed autistic herself, Bernadette has needed to redefine what her art practice looks
like, what is practical, when can it be done, and how, whilst still being raw and honest, without
tearing herself apart in a live art setting. Bernadette’s artwork is a tangible by-product of a time that
traumatizes her family. Small insights into a dark and hidden world of autistic parenting.

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 Kate Fallon-Cousins

Kate Fallon-Cousins is a 43-year-old artist from Liverpool. She has a studio at her home which she
shares with her partner and dog. Kate finds inspiration by listening to music, watching TV and movies,
and scouring car boot sales and flea markets looking for interesting objects. She believes that if
beauty goes in your eyes and ears, beauty will come out of your fingers. In her spare time, Kate
makes Christmas crackers for her family and friends. She writes corny jokes, makes paper hats, and
sources cool prizes. She also likes making CDS for everyone.

Kate specializes in collages made from paper and assemblages made from objects. Her work used
to be more random but has developed a more religious and spiritual theme. She creates human
figures made from objects. Often these humans have halos and wings. This is aspirational and
represents enlightenment and ascension. They have graduated from the cycle of birth and death and
have become masters like Jesus and Buddha. Sometimes these characters are holding up a small
version of themselves or a bird or an object. This she says is a kind of show and tell. As an artist, she
believes she is representing the human race and exploring her beliefs and the human condition. Just
like an athlete pushes the boundaries of what is physically possible, an artist seeks spiritual and
metaphorical possibilities. Kate says that she has recently decided to make Art for only herself and if
anyone else likes it so much the better. This immediately took the pressure off and success now is
measured only by herself and anything else is gravy.

46 Untitled 6 - Collage, A4, 2023

 Julia Prikhodko

Julia was born in Kazakhstan but currently lives in Sweden. Art was always one of the ‘5 big things’ in
Julia’s life. From kindergarten artworks and 5 years of art school to the current moment with no
option to escape this inner call. Julia mostly works with graphical materials such as paper and liner
pens and digital tools to provide bigger room for experiments. Her visual stories are illustrations-
reflections that resonate with mixed feelings and inner conflicts. They show the complexity of adult
life with an aftertaste of naïve kid’s worlds. Extensive usage of botanical motifs is a particular way,
how Julia sees the beauty in the world around her.
To provide infinite growth as an artist Julia does a mentoring program with great illustrator Gleb
Solntsev; finished professional illustration course. She also worked on some successful commercial
projects including a partnership with the illustration agency Bang!Bang!Studio.

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 Lidia Lidia

Lidia Lidia is a UK-based transmedia artist working at the intersection of visual art, performance, and
activism. In her work, she investigates shared human experiences and the important concerns of the
day.
Lidia passionately believes that through art it is possible to shape society; for this reason, she is
always looking for alternative spaces and ways to share her work with a wider audience. As well as
appearing in various galleries, her work has been shown in public spaces through billboards
(including a mobile advan), public performances, street art, postcards, and social media projects in
both the UK and abroad.

Bag Lady-365
Digital Collage,
Various sizes, 2023

This work explores the loss of identity that our global society is experiencing caused by the use and abuse of
social media and the subsequent mental issues that arise from it.

50
 Gianluca Lattuada

Gianluca Lattuada is an Italian artist based in Madrid, Spain. He has exhibited in Italy, Mexico,
Spain, UK, and his works have been published in international art books and magazines.
In his paintings, Lattuada frequently references literature, mythology, and urban culture, creating a
puzzle that the viewer can decode and reconstruct using their tools and vision to find meaning in a
continuous process of intimate and spiritual tension.
In other words, "Through references to the past, Lattuada finds spotlights that help him shed light on
the present, thus revealing new meanings that were previously unknown. In this way, the artwork is
intended as a testimony of the present, acting as a medium between a before and an after,
managing to guide the viewers' gaze in a specific
and new direction." (Pontormo, monograph, p.127, "Tra genio e follia" series, La Repubblica, 2023).
His unique language and search sets him apart from other artists of his generation, thus he is able to
"illuminate the present in an innovative way with the energy, forms, and meanings of the past. "
(Pontormo, monograph, p.128, "Tra genio e follia" series, La Repubblica, 2023).

52 Qui la vita è dei sogni (Here, life is of dreams) - Acrylic on canvas, 109x90cm with frame, 2023
Lesia Kvitka

Lesia Kvitka, a multidisciplinary artist, curator, and documentary film director, originates from Ukraine
and is currently based in Vienna, Austria. Lesia's artistic journey began amidst the war in her
homeland, leading to a subsequent refugee experience that brought her and her 12-year-old son
from Ukraine to Vienna. In her previous life, she held roles as a creative producer and digital creator,
but life's circumstances prompted a profound shift in her mindset and values. Engaged in extensive
work with multimedia, hybrid art, and documentary filmmaking, Lesia is immersed in a creative
exploration that aligns with her evolving perspectives and passions.
Lesia Kvitka's creations embody a fusion that seamlessly blends the innovations of today with the
timeless essence of traditional storytelling. Lesia's deep fascination lies in hybrid multimedia
techniques, where the convergence of generative art, augmented reality, and experimental media
with analogue methods produces a dynamic synergy. This fusion allows her to transcend the
established boundaries of time and space, resulting in a unique world that gazes toward the future
while embracing a sensually nostalgic aura. In her creative pursuits, Lesia delves deep into personal
narratives, embarking on a journey that uncovers the subtleties of femininity, profound connections to
national heritage, and the transformative experience of the artist's identity.

Who am I? (2022/2024)
Generative animation, poetry, sound art

Embarked in artist’s head in October 2022, the poem "Who am I?" has become a profound
reflection on her refugee experience, a narrative born from the depths of loss and disquiet. A year later, Lesia decided to
breathe life into these verses, crafting a generative animation accompanied by a soundtrack. This project represents her
deep dive into the sea of emotions and trauma, utilizing art as a vessel for healing.

54
 Nour Khwies

Nour Khwies was born in Damascus in 1986 and lives in Berlin. She studied at the "Adham Ismael
Institute for Fine Arts" in Damascus until 2004. In 2002 she learned graphic design and won the first
prize for Illustrator artwork in Damascus.
In 2009 she completed her architecture studies at the University of Damascus.
In Damascus, Nour took part in various exhibitions for children, teenagers, and young artists and won
several Arab and international prizes. In 2012 she moved to Germany thanks to the DAAD scholarship
and obtained a master's degree in architecture at the Bauhaus University Weimar. In Germany, Nour
was able to benefit from her different knowledge and experiences and thereby shaped her own
identity in art. Her artistic activity in Germany consists of selling some paintings in shops,
participating in group exhibitions, and publishing some drawings in magazines. She also took part in
an exhibition in London in March 2023.

56 Ladies Beauty_Reader - Acrylic on canvas, 60x42cm, 2023

 Petra Štefanková

Slovak artist Petra Štefanková studied graphic design and film and TV graphics in Bratislava, Prague,
and London. She has worked on global advertising, editorial, animation, publishing, and fine arts
projects. She collaborated with VooDooDog Animation in London on the animated title sequence for
the Hollywood film Nanny McPhee 2. She is an author, designer, and illustrator of books Moje malé
more, Don't take my dreams from me, Čmáranica a Machuľa. Petra Štefanková is a winner of many
awards, such as Channel4's 4Talent Award 2007, Minister of Culture of the Slovak Republic Award
2019, American Illustration 42 Winner in New York and she is a Life Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
in London.

‘’I am an award-winning fine and digital artist published all around the world. Now based in Slovakia,
I spent some time living in London in the United Kingdom and traveled to the USA, Australia, France,
and Germany to develop a professional artist presence. My work reflects my travel and life
experiences often using the automatic drawing method. This is how I collect experiences, memories,
feelings, and situations depicted in my drawings. I use computer tools – especially vector graphics to
redraw and aesthetically improve the doodles, but my work also represents traditional modern
painting, acrylics on canvas. My visual artwork refers to introspection rather than simple observation
of reality. As I studied graphic design, I tended to simplify shapes and objects. The paintings'
aesthetics are drawn from the culture of comics, graphic design, magazine illustration, and fashion
with strong black outlines and decorative elements.’’

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 Tim Clarke

Tim has been a practicing artist for over fifty years, residing and working in Leicester, United
Kingdom. He holds a BA and MA in Fine Art, showcasing a rich academic background in his field.
His artistic journey includes a significant milestone with his first solo exhibition at Kidderminster Art
Gallery in 1979, marking the commencement of his prolific career.
Throughout the years, he has actively participated in various solo and group exhibitions, contributing
to the vibrant art scene. In 2000, he achieved recognition by winning a Lisa Ullam Travelling
Scholarship award, dedicating his skills to drawing dancers.
The year 2000 also saw him serve as an Artist in Residence for the North York Moors National Park
Authority, where he captured the Lyke Wake Walk in drawings and paintings for an exhibition
commemorating its fiftieth anniversary. For the past 12 years, he has been immersed in his oil
painting, prioritizing the creative process over seeking exhibitions. Recently, he decided to explore
new opportunities, and his works are exhibited and published worldwide.

60 Helmsley Castle. Glenda Jackson as King lear - Oil on canvas, 35x25cm, 2023
 Michael Wagner

‘’For me, photography is a means of poetic expression. I am interested in images that reveal
something that goes beyond everyday experience. Images that raise questions instead of providing
answers. And images whose appearance evokes a meditative gaze rather than rationality. I like to
use photography as an experimental medium. My aim here is not to depict, but to visualize. In this
way, I mainly make use of macro photography, motion blur, and double exposure. These
photographic means promote the ambiguity, the complexity of my work. I am interested in the open
picture, in a creative approach whose aim is to create content that gives the viewer considerable
scope for interpretation. This leeway is, so to speak, part of the creative process. This results in
photographs that are ambiguous in a certain way and yet have a firm character and suggest a clear
goal.’’

Born in Heidelberg in 1953, Michael Wagner used every free minute for artistic studies during his
studies of social work at Mannheim University and then concentrated entirely on the fine arts after
completing his degree. Since 1981 he lives and works as a freelance painter, graphic artist, and self-
taught photo artist in Heidelberg.
While Michael Wagner worked in the beginning classically depictive photographic, this changed over
time in the direction of photographic abstraction. Today he is interested in images that reveal
something that points beyond everyday experience. Images that evoke questions instead of
providing answers. And pictures whose appearance does not evoke rationality, but a meditative
gaze. Michael Wagner wants his pictures to be understood under these aspects.

62 „Raum-Zeit-Momente (Rotland)“, 2019

 Chloe Stevenson

Chloe is a 23-year-old LGBTQIA+ artist from Hartlepool, North East England. Coming from a working-
class community, she grew up playing on the streets of council estates and often incorporates this in
her work. She is primarily a painter, working with acrylic in a contemporary, often abstract way to
portray the difficult situations she has faced or witnessed in her communities. Chloe lives to create
and enjoys working with all kinds of different materials, from printing to pencil, charcoal to sculpture-
she loves developing her practice through new skills and techniques.

Innocent - Acrylic on canvas, 18'’x24'’, 2023 64

 Christie

Christie took up painting again, after many years of abstinence, during total isolation in lockdown.
Meditation stimulated her imagination to produce over a hundred canvases - and still ongoing. She
sent a painting to the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, aiming high but not hoping. It was
accepted and sold on preview night for celebs in the movie and film industry. ‘TWINS (Ibeji)’, was
purchased by a person from the Yoruba people.
Since that time she has had many paintings accepted for online and live exhibitions, together with a
solo metaverse exhibition of 47 artworks.

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 Ralph Klewitz

Ralph was born in 1965, he grew up in Switzerland and pursued studies in visual communication
design and fine arts. Completing his Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts Practice at the Bern
University of the Arts in 2011, he went on to earn a PhD by Published Work in Visual Arts from the
University of Westminster in 2023.

‘’My artistic work and research delve into cultural, ethical, and political questions, explored in
different geographical contexts with a focus on both meaningful and everyday, tangible and
intangible aspects.’’

68 Uncategorized Artwork, Pastels, 29.7x21 cm, digitally transposed and progressed, 2020
Riley Sims

Born and raised in Fishers, Indiana, USA, Riley Sims is an emerging artist celebrated for her vibrant
and emotive creations that transcend the boundaries of conventional expression. A graduate of Ball
State University, Sims's artistic journey is a profound exploration of the connection between art and
personal healing. Her distinctive artistic approach is a dynamic interplay of controlled geometric
forms and organic bursts of color, symbolizing the complexities of life, particularly her intimate
exploration of Lyme Disease. Drawing inspiration from abstract expressionist Helen Frankenthaler,
Sims employs the soak staining technique, pouring diluted acrylic paint onto raw canvas, allowing it
to soak and stain—a visual representation of life's unpredictability. Sims's work extends beyond self-
expression; it is a call to action. Through her paintings, she advocates for Lyme Disease awareness,
shedding light on the financial struggles and limited resources faced by patients. Featured in
publications such as the Hamilton County Reporter and Lyme Disease.org, Sims's art becomes a
powerful vehicle for education, guiding viewers to recognize the subtle signs of Lyme Disease and
advocating for early detection. In various prestigious venues, including The Ned and Gloria Griner
Gallery at Ball State University and the Fishers Arts Council Hub, Sims's work has left an indelible
mark. Influenced by artists like Helen Frankenthaler and contemporary talents like Heather Day, Sims
weaves personal narratives into a broader artistic discourse. Her work, characterized by vibrant hues
and symbolic elements, reflects a relentless commitment to raising awareness and promoting
change. As Riley Sims continues to evolve her visual language, she remains dedicated to exploring
the intricate layers of meaning within Lyme Disease and contributing meaningfully to the world of
contemporary art. Her canvases not only serve as a celebration of resilience but as a collective
exploration of the human condition—a testament to the transformative power of art and its ability to
inspire change.

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 Caitlyn Matthews

Caitlyn Matthews is a UK-based artist recognized for her abstract figurative paintings and
environments created through meditative approaches. In her work, fragmented figures emerge as
silhouettes, auras, shadows, or manifestations of light energy. Employing a textural correlation of
abstract thinking, she utilizes fragmented self-imagery to construct multi-layered fields of the
abstract being.
Influenced by the cycles of life and spiritual awareness through those cycles, her work delves into the
juxtapositions between spirit and flesh, exploring the contradictions between chaos and grounding.
In a world dominated by a binary structure, her artwork aims to address the shared spiritual need to
feel limitlessly alive. It sparks discussions about the relationship between body politics, spiritual
philosophy, and third-wave feminism. The goal is to comprehend performance art and ego as
infinitely varied, non-limiting phenomena.
Her research focuses on investigating the relationship between contemporary feminism, body
politics, and developments in spiritual philosophical discourse. It delves into contemporary art
practices that use immersive meditative making as a critical visual language, employing absorbed
states of being for both creation and experience.

Untitled - Ink & Acrylic on paper, 16'’x23'’, 72

 Sofiia Olena Kalmykova

Sofiia was born in Simferopol, Ukraine on February 18, 1997. She has been interested in art since
childhood. In 2013 she witnessed the process of occupation of Crimea by Russian troops. As a result,
in the fall of 2014 Sofia and her family were forced to leave their home in the Crimea and move to
Lviv, the west of Ukraine, where she started to study design. During her studies, she took a deep dive
into the world of art. In 2019 Sofia had her first personal exhibition at the Lviv Palace of Arts. With her
fellow young artists, she organized several modern art performances which made an impact on the
cultural life of Lviv. In 2020 she graduated from the Ukrainian Academy of Printing (fine arts).
After graduating she took part in several open calls and artist projects in Berlin, and she was
published in the Boomer Galery magazine in 2020. During the period from 2020 till the end of 2021,
Sofia had problems with mental health and needed therapy and treatment, and art helped her to
survive the hardest, she thought so before the February 2022, period of her life.
But one day Sofiia's life, as life of millions of Ukrainian people in Ukraine and around the world, has
changed. After the beginning of the Russian invasion on 24th February 2022, she started
volunteering and later became an artist and main tutor for Ukrainian refugee children in a middle
school in the city of Leipzig. Sofia believes, that through art children could better manage their fears
after witnessing horrible things during their journey from bombarded Ukraine to Europe. But she also
never stops creating art by herself.

74 The Bi - Acrylic on canvas, 80x100cm, 2019

 Ronis Varlaam

Ronis Varlaam has studied filmmaking at the London Film School and has produced and directed
several documentaries for television mainly for Channel 4, U.K. Gradually his interests moved to art in
general and now his practice includes painting, photography, videos, and conceptual art. But he is
primarily a painter.
He has taken part in more than 30 exhibitions including the Jerwood Drawing Prize, Creekside Open,
Discerning Eye, National Open Art, Royal Watercolour Society, Florian Museum Romania, Manchester
Metropolitan University, and events at the Venice Biennale and the Louvre. He has also been
included in more than 10 publications.
He works in series. THE NATURE OF THINGS series is an experimental series that has gone through
many changes from abstraction to figuration. Recently he has found a new way of applying paint to
figurative paintings and a new kind of abstract art.

76 The nature of things 23 - Acrylic on Deep Edge Canvas, 80X80cm, 2023

Philip Westcott

Philip was born in Salford, studied in Leeds, and now lives in Eccles.
He has had over 20 exhibitions in city galleries across the Northwest and his work has featured in
major exhibitions in the UK and USA. His paintings are in many private collections in Germany,
Canada, Australia, Spain, Denmark, Hong Kong, UK, and USA and cover a wide spectrum of styles
and themes.
As an artist interested in figurative work, he is always looking for contemporary subjects in situations,
which reflect today’s way of life. He believes that holidaymakers represent a new field in art. One of
the profound changes of modern times has been the growth and importance of the foreign holiday.
With the Mediterranean countries providing perfect hot, sunny weather, and the reasonable prices of
package tours, many more Britons are taking their seasonal two-week holiday away from the
unpredictable weather of this UK.
This has created a wonderful opportunity to observe people at their leisure. Under the intense, bright
light, the color sometimes becomes muted, and he finds trying to capture this effect on canvas quite
a challenge. In contrast, the gaudy swimwear and beach paraphernalia create instant bold images.
Coupled with these are the people themselves. The overcrowded beaches and the position people
relax in, figures constantly changing position look distorted as they seek an all-over tan. Relaxing
around the pool or sea areas provides much to observe and capture. The water itself can change
quickly and trying to represent this in unusual and diverse ways has been one of his main aims. These
scenes have been a delightful and exciting source of material from which he has sketched and
painted. Recently he has captured these scenes using an iPad drawn with an Apple pencil. Some of
these drawings have then been translated into acrylic paintings.

78 Who You Looking At! - Acrylic on canvas, 20x30cm, 2023

 Wang Shuo

Wang Shuo is an artist currently living and working in Beijing.

In her work, Wang Shuo refers to the socio-political environment and its impact on society. She uses
different media such as painting, sculpture, installation, video, and photography to examine the
relationship between architecture, gender roles, control, and power. In doing so, she often
incorporates the viewer as well as the exhibition space and its surroundings into her thinking.
Recent exhibitions attended: 'ART X TECHNOLOGY', META SPACE GALLERY, UK. 14th Community Art
Exhibition in Virtual Reality, Circular ArtSpace, UK. The Most Present--Chinese Contemporary Art
2023 Invitational Exhibition, Yibo Art Gallery, Shanghai. Immersed in Nature: An Artistic Exploration
Cista Art, UK. MONART III Suffolk Fox Yard Studio - Art Gallery, UK.

80 Travel diary - Oil on canvas, 2023

 Jenna Arnot

Jenna Arnot is an Interdisciplinary Artist who has engaged in a variety of creative roles and
commissions including festival and film scenic painting and construction, the curation and
fabrication of a public immersive art installation, set dressing, private painting, and photographic
series. Her personal practice often involves artworks depicting nature or natural forms.
I consider myself a visual individual with a passion for many forms of artistic expression and
communication. Experimenting frequently, I engage in the hybrid nature of art by varying my working
methods and projects. I have an understanding of different professional working environments,
having engaged in a range of commissions, workshops, and exhibitions. I consider myself a creative
thinker who enjoys conceptualizing, and proposing new ideas and the prospect of new challenges
ahead.

82 Willow on the water - Acrylic on mount board, A3, 2020

 Olena Yemelianova

Elena Emelyanova вorn in 1972, currently lives in Ukraine, in the city of Kharkiv. She has two higher
technical educations and has built a successful career as a manager in one of the largest
companies in the country. The journey into the art world began when she learned to paint through
online lessons and personal meetings with Ukrainian and European artists. A few years ago, Elena
completely switched her attention to drawing. Regularly participates in exhibitions and art
competitions. The paintings are in private collections in Ukraine, Europe, and the USA.

‘’My artistic research focuses on the study of how a person discovers himself through feelings,
emotions, and impressions and comes to understand his self. For me, the surrounding world is full of
meanings and emotions, and my paintings are a reflection of the ability to observe, feel, and model
the emotional states of a person. Recently, I have been rethinking my life experience and the
experience of past generations of people, namely the connection between life, and historical and
emotional processes. I am especially attracted to the urban theme, as a symbiosis of architecture,
time, and human life.’’

Peacful morning - watercolour on paper, 36.5x26.5cm, 2023 84

 Trine Bumiller

Trine Bumiller’s work focuses on memory and landscape in paintings and installations that balance
between realism and abstraction. She has a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and the
European Honors Program, Rome. She has exhibited widely, including solo exhibitions at the
University of Wyoming Art Museum, the Las Cruces Museum of Art, the History Museum of Bosnia, the
Fort Collins Museum of Art, the University of Colorado Art Museum, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the
Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Emmanuel Gallery and the DMZ Museum in South Korea.
Bumiller has received grants from the Colorado Council on the Arts, Rocky Mountain Women’s
Institute, and the Colorado Federation of the Arts, among others. She has been reviewed in Art in
America, artltd., ArtNews, the New Art Examiner, the Denver Post, and Westword. She has been an
artist in residence at Yaddo, Ucross, Pistoletti Foundation, Denali and Rocky Mountain National Parks,
and Rocky Mountain Women’s Institute. Bumiller’s public art commissions include the Colorado
Convention Center, the Four Seasons Denver, the Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong, and the University of
Colorado. She is represented by Robischon Gallery in Denver and Zg Gallery in Chicago.
Trine Bumiller is a member and on the board of the Artnauts Art Collective, a group of over fifty
artists using art as a vehicle for social change. The collective has exhibited in over 50 countries in
places of contention all over the world. Bumiller has curated exhibitions in Bosnia, DMZ Korea,
Uganda, Rwanda, and Cambodia, and exhibited in many more, including Colombia, Palestine, and
South Africa.

86 Glacier Project: Peck Glacier & Tyndall Glacier - Ink on textile, 72'’x36'’ each, 2019 | Photographs by Wes Magyar
 Irina Metz

Irina’s art reflects decades of intercultural studies that she carried out during her journeys all around
the world and while working on her PhD thesis. The pursuit and perception of Happiness have always
been the main themes of Irina's research in literature, history, culture, sociology, and psychology
making it only natural to find their reflection in her art. The artist has received several honored
commissions including paintings for private collections and 5* design hotels in Europe, Asia, and the
USA France, USA, and Maldives. Irina mainly works in her studio in Yerevan and en plein air during
her multiple travels.

‘’Turbulent times make us strive for eternal values. My paintings are my research of the world's
transformation from self-destruction to re-creation, the way towards conscious Happiness. I am
turning to impressionists’ fundamentals, their challenge to capture flashes of emotions, memories,
and dreams. Re-thinking historical traditions in my abstracts I reflect deeper feelings evoked by daily
life. The combination of oil and acrylic, eternal and modern techniques makes the pursuit of
Happiness in my art key to inner and outer Balance. I wish my art helps people to live through
turbulent times and teaches all of us to treasure moments of Joy and Beauty.’’

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 Ariel Chavaro Avila

In 1970 Ariel Chavarro Avila was born in the Central Andes Mountains in Colombia. His love for
nature, color, texture, and art began as a little child. Ariel is an Environmental Contemporary
Minimalist artist working in the medium of painting particularly with Oil and Watercolour. His main
aim is to communicate with you the audience about how important and beautiful is our planet Earth
and to create consciousness regarding how to look and care after it. Chavarro has been exhibiting
across the world and he has been collaborating with artists, art galleries, art dealers, museums, and
foundations worldwide. Ariel has been campaigning to plant millions and billions of trees everywhere
in the world.

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 Monique J Dufour

Monique is a Canadian self-taught expressive abstract painter living in Spain known for creating
“Healing Art”. Monique began painting in 2013 after returning from a trip to the South of France. In
November 2018 she relocated from Canada and is now living in Orba, Spain. After a lifetime in the
corporate world, she pursued her art career with passion and love, embracing new challenges and
spiritual growth. Monique paints with unbridled spontaneity from the heart. She is an intuitive self-
taught painter. she paints with music and music paints through her, orchestrating a symphony of
colors, movements, energies, and vibrations. Life, music, colors, and nature are her sources of
inspiration, and her paintings are a journey for both the artist and the viewer. She identifies herself
as painting from the inside out, she paints from personal feelings and experiences, and her art is her
process of storytelling.
She exudes, “It is indeed a journey and I have chosen to share it through my art.”
She has received many honors and accolades for her art and her collectors span the globe.

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 Jen Janes

Jen Janes, a British artist, is captivated by the landscapes, seascapes, and skies of nature; this is
reflected in her work. She was born in 1957 in Solihull, Warwickshire and now lives and works in rural
Worcestershire. Since her earliest years, Jen has loved art and has always drawn and painted. She
graduated in 1997 with a BA Hons in Art History from The Open University; and has studied Fine Arts
at Malvern Hills College. Her practice involves a variety of techniques and a range of materials,
including acrylic paints, oils, pastels, and inks, which she applies to canvases, boards, or paper. She
has partaken in many gallery exhibitions and Open Studios.

‘’My main genre is landscape; in my work I strive to celebrate the changing moods of nature, to
convey and express the emotions and feelings that these evoke in me. I love the tactile process of
creating art, and I use brushes, rags, pastels, and my fingers to generate marks. With these methods,
I endeavor to explore texture, color, light, shadows, and atmosphere. However, I hope that my art not
only creates a visual representation but communicates my emotional and spiritual connection with
nature. My influences include Joan Eardley, Fred Cumming, and David Tress.’’

Calm evening - Acrylic on panel board, 12'’x12'’, 2022 94

 Mark Stopforth

A painter of great lyricism and sensitivity, Stopforth captures the majesty and drama of the British
landscape at its wildest while expressing a profound reverence for the sublime tradition. His work
over the past twenty years has been devoted to those vistas that are associated with the untamed
and wild atmosphere that can be found in the moors, fens, fells, and coastal waters of Britain. He
has carried those impressions of the sublime in the landscape that were left on him as a child
growing up in the Fens of East Anglia, impressions that are still relevant to his work today. Recently it
has been the vast immersive spaces of moorland and river estuary that have consumed Mark's
imagination and which he strives to evoke through charcoal, pencil, and oil.
His influences are many and varied, and include the calligraphic paintings of Cy Twombly, the tonal
ink paintings of Hasegawa Tohaku, and the landscapes of Constable, Claude, Cotman, and Turner.
Mark has exhibited work around the country, most notably on several occasions at the RWA in Bristol.
He has also been successful as a published poet, being shortlisted for the Brit Writers’ Award in 2012
and winning Fleeting Magazine's International Best Short Writing prize in 2010. Writing has been put
on the shelf for the time being as Mark wishes to devote himself full-time to his painting.

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 Sophie Smith

Bradford-based Artist, Sophie has been creating mixed-media abstract work since 2019. Working
mainly on cold-pressed paper and canvas, she loves the texture these surfaces give. Her work is
exciting and authentic, letting her intuitive process lead the way. Sophie has previously exhibited at:
- Kirkstall Art Trail 2023
- Open Gallery in Halifax - Air, Water, Earth and Fire exhibition in September 2023
- The Old Red Bus Station in Leeds during December 2023 with a 2-week solo exhibition called
Intermixture

‘’Palette knives, catalyst blades, and old credit cards are some of my favorite tools which I use to
build up pieces layer by layer to give depth and intrigue. Mossy walls, knobbly trees, rust, and rickety
old wooden structures are a constant source of inspiration where the textures and lines draw me in.
Touchy-feely artwork is what I am always trying to achieve. When looking at others' works I often
can't help but steal a cheeky stroke to feel how bumpy and textured it is. This is why I use collage
and mixed media in my work - layering things up and covering them over to make something super
interesting to not only look at but to touch.’’

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 Egli Petta

Egli Petta was born in Athens and grew up in Chalkida which is on Evia Island in Greece.
She studied BA and MFA in the United Kingdom. She continued her studies in galleries and Museums.
She traveled a lot as it is important for her art journey and self-discovery. Now she lives and works in
London.

Egli’s Solo exhibitions include:

‘Promised Land’, Brunswick City Hotel & Gallery, Glasgow City Centre in Scotland.
‘The color of nonsense’, Westbourne Studios & Gallery, 242 Acklam Road, London, United
Kingdom.
‘Journeys and Protagonists’, Spyros Vassiliou Summer Residence, Spyrou Vassiliou & Glafkipou
Dionysou, Eretria, Evia.
‘Between Thought & Action, in touch with the soul’, Art Zone 42 Gallery, L.Konstantinou Street,
Athens.
‘Influences and experiences from my journey in Seoul’ Gallery Café, Andrianou 33, Thiseio,
Athens.
Her Works were exhibited in more than 30 group exhibitions. She received a Scholarship from the
Rootstein Hopkins Foundation, Hong Ik University, Seoul, Korea, and has been published in numerous
publications.

Bubble - Acrylic & collage on canvas, 120x90cm, 2023 100

Rubica von Streng

Abstract portrait and landscape painting form an exciting liaison in Rubica von Streng’s oeuvre. The
works of her “PortLand” cycle are multi-layered, aesthetically composed oil paintings that appear
watercolor-like and radiate an unexpected lightness, however heavy and complex the subjects may
be at times. The artist achieves this balancing act thanks to the self-developed so-called arpeggio
painting technique: wafer-thin layers of highly diluted oil paint are applied one after the other,
creating a powerful ensemble of overlapping color spaces and forms. Christoph Tannert, Director of
Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, found the perfect words to describe the paintings in his opening
speech for an exhibition in 2023: “In her ‘PortLand’ paintings, von Streng conjures up the wonders of
this world”.

The Berlin-based artist deals with topics such as nature conservation, biodiversity, and climate
change. This is also the case in the “PortLand” work cycle, which she began in 2018 and which now
consists of three consecutive parts with a total of more than 100 paintings and a sculpture. The cycle
starts with the series “Towards PortLand” (2018-2019), which is about the fusion and rootedness of
individuals and the environment. Four works from this series were shown in the international group
exhibition “Taking Root” at KIT Kunsthalle Düsseldorf in 2019/20. In the second part of the cycle,
“Limits of PortLand” (2020-2021), portraits and moods of the land come together; borders disappear
or are fluidly crossed. In “Beyond PortLand” (2022-2023), the third part, the traditional shapes of
landscape and portrait increasingly dissolve and take on a fleeting, sometimes even gaseous form.

102 Arcane Dignity - Oil on canvas, 150x150cm, 2022

 Jack Catling

Jack Catling is a UK-based artist, who works across a range of media including performance,
installation, sculpture, and film. Since 2002, Inspired by the faultlines where reality, theatrical illusion,
and suspension of disbelief grind against each other, Catling's work has been examining the
awkward moments where these elements fray and what is produced from these collisions. Catling is
interested in the way this intersects with Walter Benjamin’s notion of the “blue distance” that “never
gives way to foreground or dissolves at our approach,” presenting these moments as a lens for
bringing into question our acceptance of the world around us; an interrogation that necessitates a
gradual reveal of the magical backstage layers of the world around us.

Jack Catling has been living and working in London for over 20 years, using the fabric of the city, its
structures, and its relationships with other spaces as a way of driving his artistic practice forward. He
is also the founding member of the performance group Parlour Collective, a group project exploring
space and memory across different unique locations worldwide, and the co-director of Cabaret
Melancholique, a 20-year experiment in warped music hall. As a filmmaker Catling has produced
several films, including the multi-award-winning 'Scenes, Overheard' and 'Shifting Landscapes', that
have participated in a large number of prestigious international film festivals. Catling’s fictional
writing has also been published in various journals and publications.

104 Blue chair, 2012,A blue chair makes its silent journey across a frozen lake in the middle of winter.
 Yining Dong

Yining Dong is an artist and art tutor, and her work includes installation and moving images. Yining is
studying for her Master of Fine Art degree at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She earned
her BA in 2019 in Fine Art of Chinese calligraphy. She has been living and studying in London and
China. Yining's artistic achievements include being a Video Art Finalist at the International Moving
Film Festival for "I and Thou" and receiving an Official Selection at the Martinique International Film
Festival for her work "Simulacra."

‘’My artistic research and my art practice at the moment revolves around finding a dynamic balance
between natural resources and human desires. In my video installations, I try to create a restful, silent
space for my viewers, combining music and slow-motion video in the hope that the viewer will take
their attention back to themselves and return to their inner being in the midst of a fast-paced life.’’

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 Delnara El

Delnara was born in Kyiv, Ukraine. Graduated with a master's degree from Kyiv National University of
Construction and Architecture. Since 2014 she has been living and working on a continuous journey
(more than 30 countries in Europe and Southeast Asia). Since 2020 lives mainly in Turkey. The author
of the "Artbookmania" project and the curator of the "Meta-senses" gallery. The main medium is
painting, collage, and film photography. Works with watercolor, acrylic, monotype, and mixed media.

‘’In my artistic exploration, I engage with the polysemy of the concept of "migration," seeking out
new facets within a multicultural and multiethnic world community. The dynamics of perception, a
rejection of settled life, and the theme of migration serve as tools for the constant re-actualization
of my "mental map," allowing me to see more clearly by resetting the automaticity of perception.
Nomadism, as a means of both cognition and estrangement, functions as a powerful catalyst for
fresh perception when applied to the realm of art, creating space for the miraculous and the
inherent manifestations of life itself. Following the onset of the war in Ukraine, my artistic practice
takes on reflections of these poignant events. As a research-based artist, I approach historical and
political moments through the lens of the natural world, intertwining the human experience with the
broader context of our environment. Delving into the intersection of migration and conflict, my work
becomes a nuanced exploration of the interconnectedness between human history and the rhythms
of nature.’’

108 My home - Cynotype on cotton fabric, 51x47cm, 2023

Bob
Hellyer

Bob began his professional journey as a technical assistant at the BBC, transitioning to the role of a
house electrician in a local theater. Subsequently, he joined a computer peripheral company, initially
as a prototype wireman and later as a test engineer. Simultaneously, he pursued a passion for music
by running a mobile disco during his spare time, eventually paving the way into the music business.
After spending 25 years as a stage lighting designer in the entertainment industry, and traveling
extensively with well-known performers worldwide, he experienced a significant life change when his
partner became pregnant with their son. Choosing to step away from the touring scene, he
embraced family life in Spain until his retirement. During this period, he developed a keen interest in
digital art.
His exploration into digital art began when he received a link to a Photoshop technique, despite only
having GIMP at his disposal. Undeterred, he found the software to be virtually identical and delved
into manipulating photos. This initial foray evolved into experimenting with black-and-white objects,
eventually leading him to explore the captivating world of coloring them. Throughout this creative
journey, he continued to learn and experiment, encountering moments of excitement with each new
project.
As his skills progressed, he incorporated drafting skills into his work and developed a fascination for
Sacred Geometry. The exploration of this intricate subject proved to be both fascinating and
rewarding. Over time, he ventured into creating "Pictures" with less emphasis on symmetry, although
his love for geometry persisted. This creative evolution is documented on his website, which follows a
roughly chronological order, even detailing his initial, perhaps embarrassing, beginnings. This
transformative journey spanned approximately five years.

110 Silver Birch - Vapours, 2023

 soulimmix aka Kétino Mikadze

Kétino Mikadze, also known as soulimmix, is a Georgian-Belgian mixed-media multidisciplinary artist.

In her artistic journey, she immerses herself in a realm where metaphysical ideas and a touch of the
surreal converge. Mikadze's creations function as bridges, seamlessly connecting the tangible and
the abstract, unraveling the unexpected, and delving into the interplay between the energy of the
surreal and the allure of the unknown. Through her art, she navigates intense emotions, extending an
invitation to transcend the ordinary. Each piece serves as a portal, encouraging viewers to step into
a dimension where the boundaries of time and space dissolve, and otherworldly connections and
higher awareness take shape.

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 Janet Stafford

Stafford has always worked in series—streams of thoughts and desires common to us all, represented
by images. She sees the images as signs of the material world, intimations of the nonmaterial.
At first Stafford's series were narrative, encompassing quotidian aspects such as romantic love and
building construction. And Stafford considered ideas—enlightenment, science, memory. Now
Stafford is thinking about nature and the planet.
For a long time, Stafford has been working on the Natural History paintings. It is a slow process. The
paintings are all based on photographs of trees that she has taken.

In March 2023, Stafford worked outside in Naples, Italy, projecting images of paintings from the
Natural History series. Stafford often worked in small spaces. Things changed rapidly from projecting
onto walls to projecting onto grilles, plants, windows, and other architecture.
The Napoli project is two-part: 1. delicate and detailed oil paintings; 2. projections. At times the
images seem to be just color and light, and they never resolve into a branch or a leaf.

Napoli 33 - Photograph of projection of painting, 50x30cm, 2023

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 Darina Kharaman

Darina Kharaman, born on October 29th, 1999, in Mariupol, Donetsk region, Ukraine, is an
accomplished art curator and contemporary artist. With a range of skills and experiences, she excels
in conceptualizing projects, bringing them to life, and organizing events that showcase artistic
endeavors. Alongside her curatorial work, Darina also possesses a passion for photography and
actively participates in exhibitions and art biennales. Furthermore, she finds joy in writing articles and
exploring her artistic expression through drawing. Darina's diverse talents and dedication to the art
world contribute to her thriving career and artistic endeavors.

116 Dancing flowers, 2023

 Daniel Porto

Daniel Porto is a passionate Visual Artist driven to create compelling visual storytelling.

His list of accolades includes the Teravarna International Art Competition in 2023, where his
exceptional skills were recognized and celebrated. In 2015, Daniel received the esteemed Lusos
Award, earning both Gold and Bronze distinctions. The recognitions include the FEPI Award in 2015,
the Young Directors Award in 2013, the ABCine Award from the Brazilian Association of Cinema in
2011, and the Gala International Awards in 2011.
Daniel Porto's work has not only been acknowledged through awards but has also been featured in
prominent publications. His contributions to the AI category were highlighted in the "One Eye Land -
Best of the Best 2023." Moreover, his name has been consistently listed among the "Best 200 Digital
Artists Worldwide" in Luerzer's Archive, earning this distinction in 2020, 2018, 2017, and 2016.
The artist has showcased his works in various exhibitions, with a notable recent appearance at "The
Holy Art" exhibition in Berlin in 2023. These exhibitions serve as platforms for Daniel to share his
unique perspective and artistic vision with a broader audience.
Daniel Porto's journey in the world of visual arts continues to be marked by excellence, innovation,
and a relentless pursuit of artistic expression.

118 Breathe - Photography and image retouch, 40x55cm, 2014

 Rita Long

Rita graduated from the University of Gloucester in 2017 gaining a BA 1st in Fine Art and winning The
P.J.Crook award for outstanding work for her degree show. She has exhibited many times in solo
shows as well as joint exhibitions as well as curating exhibitions for other artists and organisations.
Born in an immigrant family post WW2 her influences are varied, having an Italian Mother and a
Ukrainian father she was immersed in their cultures as well as her home country the United Kingdom.
Rita has always been interested in Nature her love of plants and flowers influenced by her mother
has stayed with her, as a child she would collect catkins and other plants and flowers and try to
preserve them, she also collected rose petals and placed them in water to make perfume, she was
doing this at a very young age with no prompts from anyone.
Her latest works are from flowers and plants that she collected from 2021 until 2023 which she has
preserved, at first Rita collected them on her daily walks during the pandemic trying to preserve the
fact that nature keeps going even when humans are struggling, she noticed that during this time
nature thrived, when her mother died two years ago she collected flowers, over a period of months
from her mothers garden also combining them with the earlier ones she has made works that act as
reminders of very difficult times and the processes that we follow to heal ourselves, keepsakes.
Rita also acknowledges that the flowers from her mother's garden are like a portrait of her, they have
her DNA in them as she planted them all.

120 Mother - Photograph, various sizes, 2024

 Vaibhavi

Vaibhavi is an artist with a decade-long practice based in India, recently making a move to
Manchester, UK, in pursuit of new opportunities alongside her partner, who is a doctor in the NHS.
Having received her post-graduation and earlier education in India, Vaibhavi's artistic journey has
been deeply influenced by her teenage memoirs, shaping the concepts in her ongoing artworks.
Her body of work primarily draws inspiration from her relationships, exploring themes of intimacy,
sensuality, eroticism, shapeliness, and the complexities of relationships. These themes are a
reflection of the insights gained from her emotional experiences, which she holds dear and seeks to
cherish through her art.
The symbolic representation of her relationships involves the use of cacti, drawing structural
similarities between cacti and the male figure. The characteristics of both, being rigid, rough, and
masculine, align in her perception. The flower on the cactus symbolizes fragility, seasonality, and
femininity, representing either herself or the females encountered in her works.
While her initial works were deeply personal narratives, Vaibhavi has shifted her focus towards the
visual aspects of her art over time. Experimentation with different mediums, shapes, and sizes,
including resin, videography, photography, and porcelain clay, adds versatility to her creations.
Scribbling, seen prominently in her works, serves as a symbolic expression of chaos, emphasizing the
importance of stability in relationships.
Despite the diversity in mediums and techniques, the underlying thematic consistency forms a
connecting thread throughout Vaibhavi's artworks. In essence, her works serve as a reflection and
reminiscence of her life experiences.

122 The Blooming Cacti - 02, Piece 30, Japanese Metallic Ink on Acid-free on recycled Japanese Paper, 18.2x10.6cm, 2021-22
 Harry Levene

Harry Levene studied graphic design at St Martin’s School of Art (now UAL); exploring the
relationship between words and images, an interest which continued thereafter as a visual artist.
Starting with, but gradually moving away from typographical forms, he developed his own painting
techniques combining traditional artists’ materials with others recycled or found, often testing the
boundary between painting and sculpture; depicting the natural and supernatural, the mythical and
the everyday. He has exhibited in the UK and overseas.

124 Visitors - Oil, sand on canvas, 76.2x101.2cm, 2004

 Claire Maners Wood

Claire’s textile sculptures often represent her experiences of joy, grief, memories, and dreams. Each
of her sculptures is uniquely informed by both the donor and their fabric – making her constructions
relational, generational, and emotionally significant. She enjoys the emotional connections when
working with donated fabric. Claire’s sculptures use aluminum rods as a base. These abstract
structures are dressed in fabrics using a wide range of hand and machine sewing techniques, and
she often employs unusual elements to add context, emotion, and representation. A fine art course
completed in 2021 moved Claire from painting into textiles – and she discovered a passion for
creating abstract 3D textile artworks. In 2023 Claire has participated in 11 exhibitions – both online
and in person – in the UK and USA.

126 Japanese Garden (Autumn) - Cotton fabric, aluminum, wood, nails, plaster, thread, glue, 65x25x20cm, 2022
Wictor Doarte

Wictor Doarte is from São Paulo, and from an early age he began to express himself through
drawing and painting. Over time, the search for art became essential. Today, he is a Visual Artist
who, in addition to being a trained photographer, is a self-taught illustrator and designer. In 2020,
he was the Editor and Director of the documentary “Renda Guaianás”, from the Jardins Comestíveis
project, where he was able to work alongside the French-Tunisian artist Jean-Paul Ganem. The
documentary was shown in 2023 at Museu Catavento, in São Paulo Capital, through the Cinema no
Parque event. He even exhibited at the Objectos do Olhar art gallery, located in Augusta - São
Paulo, for the collective exhibition “Olhar da Rua”, where he could display his photography works. In
2023, his works were highlighted in international art magazines, including the European magazines
Suboart Magazine, in the July edition, Revista Azar and The Mobile Library, in the September edition,
and the Brazilian magazine Zupi.

Wictor Doarte seeks to bring the loneliness that exists in the crowd. Today, no matter how much we
are surrounded by people, wherever we may go, it doesn't mean we are not alone. Wictor brings to
light the presence of Being with himself, trying to unravel the mysteries and complex issues of each
person from afar. “Where is he going?”, “What was he like as a child?”, “What are his fears
nowadays?”, “Does he have a good relationship with himself?”, are some of the questions Wictor
thinks about when photographing. Treating each individual who passes through his lens with
empathy, he tries his best, even from afar, and is always on the lookout, to deepen and connect with
each one through the supposed stories and answers to the questions raised, reinforcing his
connection with himself.

128 Untitled, 2022

 April Key

April Key, a British sculptor born in 1991, currently resides between the UK and Istanbul, Turkey. Her
artistic focus centers on the convergence of light, form, and history. Originally from Scarborough,
North Yorkshire, she spent her formative childhood years in Cyprus due to her parents' occupation. In
2009, April initiated her artistic journey by pursuing a degree in Interior Architecture at the Edinburgh
College of Art. Subsequently, she pursued advanced studies at Istanbul Technical University. Her
notable works include the 'Ocean Drive Objects', a continuing series of neon sculptures in which
uniquely the neon is encapsulated in the main body frame.

‘’My practice aims to create a dynamic and visually arresting dance between tradition and
innovation, where materials become conduits for storytelling and the boundaries of sculpture are
continually challenged and expanded. I employ a broad range of archival research methods to
create sculptural responses that elevate the material from the confines of flat imagery. My aim is to
breathe new life and perspectives into the subject matter, offering audiences a multidimensional
experience that connects historical material with contemporary forms.’’

130 Olympia Arcade, 2022

 Eiko Nishida

‘’I produce site-specific large-scale installations, which are often audience-engaged work. My main
themes are language, perspective, and being present. A production process is as important as the
outcome to me; I value communication with all the stakeholders I interact with when brainstorming,
getting ideas for a material choice, or collecting materials through them. I was primarily a drawer;
my two-dimensional practice eventually unfolded into three dimensions over the last few years. So, I
still see my sculpture is an accumulation of lines as an object.’’

Eiko Nishida is a Hiroshima-born and New York-based artist. Nishida produces a site-specific large-
scale installation, and it is often audience-engaged work. Nishida holds a Master’s degree in Fine
Arts from Hunter College in New York (2023) and a Bachelor's in Chemistry from Shimane University
in Japan (1998). Her main theme is language, perspective, and being present. Nishida’s work has
been shown internationally, including Pil Seung Sa (2024, Seoul, South Korea), KIOSK (2023,
Glasgow, Scotland), Atamian Hovsepian Curatorial Practice (2023, New York, U.S.A.), Gallery G
(2019, Hiroshima, Japan), Singapore Art Book Fair (2014, Singapore), Aichi Expo (2005, Nagoya,
Japan), and featured by several publications globally, including Hyperallergic (2023, U.S.A.),
AFTERGLOBE, (2014, Singapore), among many others.

132 The Worlds We Live In (Chinatown version) - 36'’x166'’x96'’, Chinese and English newspapers, chicken wire, sunlight, rain, 2023
 Chan Hoi Yeung Ocean

Chan, originally hailing from Hong Kong, currently resides in Leeds, United Kingdom, where she has
established herself as a dynamic and innovative creative practitioner. She is presently pursuing her
Bachelor of Arts in Art and Design at the University of Leeds.
Within the realm of her studio practice, Chan skillfully employs a diverse range of methodologies,
materials, and processes to create a multifaceted body of work. Her artistic repertoire encompasses
a fusion of art, photography, and graphic design, reflecting her versatility and proficiency across
various visual mediums.
Notably, Chan has recently dedicated her focus to the exploration of interactive installations, a facet
of her practice that holds particular resonance. She finds great satisfaction in engendering active
engagement from her audiences, thereby affording them a participatory role within her creative
endeavors.
In summary, Chan's artistic journey is a testament to her multicultural background and her
commitment to advancing her craft through higher education. Her evolving practice, characterized
by its breadth and inclusion of interactive elements, underscores her dedication to pushing the
boundaries of contemporary art and design.

134 From series ‘Street Photography’

 Melody Hesaraky
Melody Hesaraky is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist, director, and textile designer based in Brooklyn,
NY. She started to paint as early as age four and her art practice and creativity have always been
one of the most important parts of her life! She has received her BA(Hons) 3D Design & Material
Practice degree from the University of Brighton in the UK and her MFA degree in Textile Design from
the School of Fashion at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco!

‘’My artistic language doesn’t belong to a specific group of people, a specific gender, or a specific nation! It is
a universal language in my opinion! As an artist who has lived worldwide in search of oneness and common
ground between humanity, my work is a bridge between gaps! My vision and art smooth out the sharp lines,
borders, and boxes! ‘’

“During the process of creation, I became the creator. “

To be able to capture the amount of details I paint
To tap into the untouched and translate it to visual vocabulary and to let the inspiration flow into
my pen, camera or my body
I had to learn patience
I had to draw and create for hours, days, weeks and months seamlessly
Today I am honored to be able to empower others with this gift I have
I create from depth of my inner self
and the purest way to express this is letting the rhythm leads what I make
My art is communicating the magic of movement in stillness
You can perhaps dream without words and fly through time and space without moving by looking at my art
In the world obsessed with speed, my work invites you to stay still!
Take a breath
Stay still
Now you SEE

136 Civilization, 2023

 Ken To

As a photography enthusiast from Hong Kong, Ken To believes that photography is a powerful way to
inspire others and spread love and hope.
Coming from a family with Huntington's Disease - a rare, incurable genetic disease, Ken feels
obliged to use art to share his rare, unique life experiences to raise awareness of rare diseases.
Besides black & white and minimalist photography, he is also exploring mindful photography as a
way to enhance the well-being and resilience of himself and others.

138 Why worry, 2023

 Chloe Williams

Chloe Williams is a twenty-five-year-old photographer who lives in a small town called Llanelli in
South Wales. She has done photography for approximately eight years and has done specifically film
photography throughout that but only in the past year has made that her main format of
photography. She graduated in Photography in the Arts, from the University of Wales Trinity Saint
David in 2020 and has worked in a photo print shop since 2021. At the moment for her photographic
practice, she is exploring night film photography in medium format and colour-changing films in
35mm.

‘’This work is based on a recurring dream I had when I was younger. The dream starts in a forest with
no civilization around me and I am searching for the exit. I find a house and think I am safe but when
I enter the house, the dream ends so I never discover if the house is truly safe. This work is created
using Lomography Turquoise 35mm film which is a color-changing film with a base of blue. I wanted
to use this for this project as it creates a dystopia feeling to the work, feeding more into my dream
narrative.’’

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 el.shot.that

Elliott is a visual artist based in Manchester and holds a BA in Photography from Manchester School
of Art. Currently pursuing a Masters in Photography at The University of Falmouth, he is concurrently
engaged in an artist development plan with Peshkar in Oldham. Known for his active creativity, he
consistently strives for excellence in his practice.
Specializing in social documentary and portrait-based work, his practice centers on themes of
identity and culture. The foundation for this work is rooted in his childhood experiences in Spain,
where he embraced a new identity alongside the British one he was born into. During his university
years, he developed a keen appreciation for the physical and tactile aspects of the practice, often
creating zines or photobooks. He also enjoys the sequencing process using physical prints.
His approach involves a collaborative mindset, ensuring that everyone involved is considered in the
image-making process. He works with both digital and film mediums.

142 Childish, 2023

 Adam Strange

Adam Strange is a Canadian pixel-based artist plumbing the depths of the human condition,
exploring the dark recesses of human behavior and the effects of societal entropy. Adam (b. 1970)
started his art career during the mid-eighties, exhibiting locally in Southwestern Ontario, such as in
the 1987 London Ontario exhibition "Homage to Marcel Duchamp on the occasion of the centennial
of his birth" at the McIntosh Gallery. Adam graduated from the Ontario College of Art (OCA) in 1992
with a focus on magic-realism and old master technique under the direction and guidance of
professor Carmen Cereceda, a Chilean muralist who was once an assistant of Diego Rivera. Adam
was also mentored by his father, an artist and contemporary of Tony Tascona and Takao Tanabe
from the Winnipeg School of Art. Adam pursued fine art until around 1996 when he was in demand
for his graphic design services full-time. In 2018 Adam refocused his life back to fine art and has
since seen his tools change from traditional materials into the digital realm, but the vision has
remained the same... challenging viewers to question the world around them and to live in a world of
their own making. Adam is a member of the National Association of Digital Artists (naDA) and the
Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des Artistes Canadiens (CARFAC).

144 The Catacombs - Digital art, printed on archival photo paper, 45x35cm, 2019
 Christopher Matthews

‘’My practice is deeply embedded in performing, hailing from classical ballet and early modern dance training as
well as classical and commercial jazz. I utilize these performed and constructed histories at the core of my work,
with a concern for how themes and techniques are ways in which one performs. In this way, I consider my craft
not only a tool to serve an idea but as something to be investigated.
Thematically, my works are intended to be a dialogue with the audience on the subjects of spectatorship,
criticism, gender, body image, queerness, working conditions, intersections of the classical and contemporary,
icon vs self, pop culture, and dance histories.’’

Christopher Matthews is an award-winning American-born choreographer, performer, and visual artist working
from London. Matthews holds a BFA from New York University Tisch School of the Arts and an MA in
Choreography from Trinity Laban. His video and performance works have been presented internationally, including
at the Victoria & Albert Museum, Sadler’s Wells, Art Night 2018, Enclave Gallery, Arbyte Gallery, ]performance
space[, Chisenhale Dance Space, LimaZulu, 4BID Gallery (Amsterdam), Mount Florida Gallery (Glasgow),
Castlefield Gallery (Manchester), Prism Contemporary (Blackburn), Millennium (NYC) Reykjavik Dance Festival,
Cent Quatre (Paris), MCLA Gallery 51 (Mass) Villa Empain (Brussels) and Loop Video Art Festival (Barcelona).

146 Collage works, A1

Luo Mengmeng

Mengmeng Luo(Momo) is a Chinese visual artist born in 1999 in Changsha, Hunan province, now living
and working in London. She graduated from Chelsea College of Art and Design. Her artworks consist
of visual images and sound effects. She specializes in creating scene-based fragments of cinematic
space that combine to form non-temporal sequential narratives and are characterized by her
magical realism and black irony. Based on her experience as a journalist and film director, much of
her work relates to disseminating media information under catastrophic capitalism, including
perceptual paralysis and extreme social events brought about by technological developments.

Glitch IN THE Matrix

A story about a reporter who contemplates the Mandela effect and self-questioning against the negation of the
general environment. The plot uses the same elements to connect five scenes by depicting four different characters.
With the theoretical foundation of a dialectical relationship between arts and politics, communication, and
psychology theories such as Mandela’s effect and the Spiral of Silence, the script revolves around the debates
between characters when Mandela passed away. The script urges the audience to reflect on how the freedom of
speech survives in the context of China and citizens express their opinions tactfully. The story revolves around four
main characters: a journalist with a questioning spirit, a doctor with an omniscient perspective, a masseur holding a
watermelon, and an innocent boy. And the story is composed of five different but interrelated scenes to discuss the
"Mandela Effect". In the Mandela effect, the public ‘s discussion about the time of Mandela’s death is triggered just
like the influence of the masses on the spread of public opinion among opinion leaders. The “Mandela effect" also
involves another theory, the "glitch in the matrix", which can also be analyzed from psychology, physics and quantum
mechanics. Chinese psychologist Wang W.D believes that the "Mandela Effect" is due to the influence of mass
communication caused by The bias of personal memory; Physics teacher Fiona Broome believes that it involves
parallel universes; and some social experiencers will more suspect that it is The conspiracy of governments. No
matter what the explanation is, it can make the public think about the connection between the "Mandela effect"
and public life, the relationship between artistic standards and political standards, and how freedom of speech can
survive under the value standards of social news. Perceptual and rational discussion.

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Ronald
Gonzalez
Ronald Mario Gonzalez is a contemporary sculptor and installation artist known for generating
innovative bodies of work that explore the intersection between found objects and figuration. At the
core of the artist's practice is a complex fusion of time-worn and abject materials that blend
personal memories with archaeology of past objects into a proliferation of mournful and evocative
heads, figures, and assemblages. Since the mid-seventies the artist has created elegiac sculptures
and installations that are embodiments of mortality, memory, and survival combining elements of
both assemblage and bricolage, remaking dated leftovers at hand in a process of dissolution and
renewal. Always working in anthropomorphized serial form, the works feature permutations of
materials, scale, color, and texture, giving degraded materials human status and presence through
improvisation and craft. Gonzalez’s restless investigation of animating materials has produced a
disquieting sculptural universe with expressive distressed elements that serve as an existential
grounding for representing the human condition.

The magic of objects lives in me through memory and imagination. The aesthetics of finding brings the tangible
and poetic together in recognition of the tragic vulnerable thing, the crude material given shape that speaks
of life and the art of relation to objects. My work is an expression of a found reality where disparate parts exist
in a domain populated by the used-to-be things from yesterday’s decay transformed by time and mortality.
Things and humans live in a parallel space between birth and destruction. The found object being replete in its
forms is a survivor and remnant cast out among us serves as a metaphor for an inevitable end. I am drawn to a
sculptural vocabulary that communicates through the energies of growth and dissolution animated by intuition
and chance. It is a quest for innumerable creations that emerge between the boundaries of life and death,
using what I find to form a world devoted to things that describe their beauty and fate.

150 Bed Assemblage Child -steel, found objects, wire - 12x16x26, 2023
 Salome Kobulashvili

Salome Kobulashvili, a sculptor and jeweler hailing from Georgia, boasts a noteworthy lineage as the
granddaughter of King Erekle. Adding a personal touch to her artistic journey, the last residence of
her ancestors has been entrusted to the Tbilisi State Academy of Arts.
Her artistic creations employ a diverse range of media, featuring mineral stones sourced from various
parts of the world, maintaining their authentic shapes and textures. Salome also incorporates
materials such as smalt, clay, bronze, and silver into her works. Drawing from her background in
stomatology, she possesses a unique ability to perceive intricate details and skillfully integrate them
into her creative process.
Having embarked on her artistic journey in 2016, Salome is actively engaged in both sculptural and
jewelry endeavors. Her distinctive works have found homes in private collections across the globe.

152 Coral smile - Coral, Nacre, 5x10x4cm, 2023

 Rachel Clarke

Rachel was born in Southampton in 1969 and is a sculptural ceramic artist living in South Wales
where she has her own small studio. She has been married for 34 years and has a 24-year-old son.
After spending many years in general medical practice as well as in the legal world, she decided to
follow a lifelong ambition to practice art. She obtained a first-class honours degree in Fine Art from
the Open University and is a postgraduate in Fine Art, from Cardiff Metropolitan (2021). Because of
her medical background, she has always had a fascination with fundamental elements of human
existence, such as respiration, blood, sleep, and the unconscious mind. These elements repeatedly
surface in many of her works. During her degree, whilst researching the unconscious mind, she
discovered she was a phantasmic - a rare neurodivergent condition that affects an estimated 3-5%
of the population - because of this she is unable to visualize imagery, having no ‘mind’s eye’.

Rachel is aphantasic - she has no “mind’s eye” and cannot conjure images in her head. She uses this
to her advantage by working with clay initially blindfolded; she has no conscious intention about
what to make but feels strongly that what emerges has something to say and wants to be heard. She
is a highly empathetic person and this helps her to unpick in her own mind the emotional charge
inherent in each completed piece. Her work therefore has a significant element of spontaneity and
her method of working allows her subconscious to express unprocessed thoughts. She often finds
that these take the form of a sudden sense of ‘recognition’ of the piece itself and what it seems to
be saying.

154 Hunger Plate 2 - Ceramic Stoneware, metallic glaze, 33x35x6cm, 2023

 Gary Hill

Gary Hill is a retired researcher living in Gwynedd, North Wales, UK, and previously resided in
Adelaide, South Australia. He has no formal training in any artistic field but did complete a Ph.D. in
visual cognition/neuroscience so being a natural mix of art and science photography was the
obvious choice for him as a much-needed artistic outlet. He now has over 30 years of experience as
an amateur photographer, using both film and digital mediums. His output is eclectic yet has
changed immensely over the years, from a promiscuous approach of pointing his lens at anything or
anybody to the semi-focused genre of street and candid photography. In recent years, a more
conceptual orientation has taken hold, as has a definite preference for black-and-white work.

‘’The represented image is from an ongoing project of mine combining photography with the psychological
phenomenon of automatonophobia. 'Negative FaceSpace: Exploring the Uncanny Valley' deals with the
sudden revulsion, creepiness, unease or fear sometimes experienced when people are confronted with not-
quite-human facial features from dolls, clowns, and masks. I find it particularly interesting that this effect isn't
observed experimentally in other primate species; it appears to be a uniquely human phenomenon. However,
some people do appear to have a higher threshold than others before unease and fear manifest. I create
close-up images of such faces or features, surrounded by black negative space, making them appear as if
they're floating in darkness, and present the images rapidly, one at a time, asking people to immediately write
down, using single words or brief phrases, their spontaneous reactions to the images. I intend to pair the words
with the images to create an artwork informed by aesthetics, emotion and science.’’

156 NEGATIVE FACESPACE 54

Lewis
Andrews

Lewis Andrews moved to Leeds in 2016 to study a BA(Hons) in Fine Art at Leeds Arts University. After
graduating in 2019, Lewis continues to work in Leeds. In 2022, Lewis completed his Postgraduate
Fine Arts Degree at Leeds Arts University, graduating with a Masters Degree in the Creative Arts.
During his Master’s Degree, Lewis’s practice became deeply focused on the methodology of
translating information and data from sources within science into artworks. Lewis has continued to
work and build upon this method in his work constructing a theory of working called ‘The Informative
Encounter’.

The detection of ripples in space-time created by objects of high mass offers a new way in which to view the cosmos from
when it was a young universe comparable to when the first optical telescope was invented. Everything in the universe
produces vibrations within space-time. However, most objects including Earth, are undetectable due to how weak they are
from smaller masses. However, titanic collisions between high-mass objects like colliding neutron stars and black holes
generate these gravitational waves in strengths which we can detect here on Earth despite the fact they occurred halfway
across the universe billions of years ago.
A branch of the 'Singularity' body of work, ‘Singularity’ connects the distant monsters hiding in the cosmos with the delicate
paradise of our pale blue dot. Astronomers managed to photograph not one but two shadows of black holes in recent
years. A great achievement of not only science but humanity. Born out of the death of supergiant stars, or in most recent
theories the collapsing of giant gas clouds in the early universe, these titans will populate the cosmos for what seems
almost an infinite amount of years to come. For humanity, to photograph a black hole is not only a quest for the actual
photograph. It’s a quest to travel to the edge of the unknown at the event horizon and to stare face to face with an object
that currently turns of understanding of physics upside down.
Breaking down the distance between these colossal gravitational machines and the viewer, Lewis’s ‘Singularity’ work has
been created with the use of gravity on a much smaller scale. Created using a careful set up of light, water, and gravity
and then through various digital editing, the work attempts to open a window up close and personal with some of the true
titans of the cosmos. Somewhere even light cannot escape if it strays too close.

158 Gravitational Waves I

 Hagen Klennert

Hagen Klennert was born in 1962 in Erfurt, Germany, he spent his formative years growing up in East
Berlin. From 1979 to 1984, he dedicated himself to teaching and worked as a stage painter. In 1985,
seeking new horizons, he made a daring escape from East to West Germany. Settling in Hamburg in
1986 marked the beginning of his freelance career as an artist. A turning point came in 1991 when
Hagen returned to Berlin, a city that would shape much of his artistic journey. During this period, he
established a fruitful collaboration with the composer Helmut Oehring. For many years, he served as
a visual artist for projects at the intersection of theater and new music, showcasing his
multidisciplinary approach. Currently, he resides in Berlin, where he continues to live and work,
contributing to the vibrant artistic landscape of the city.

‘’I have been a freelance or self-employed artist since the mid-1980s, when I left the GDR / East
Germany for the West, initially as a painter and later exclusively as a draftsman, graphic artist, and
illustrator. From the 1990s to the 2010s, I worked as a set designer in the fields of theater and
experimental music, primarily with projections ranging from traditional still images to videos and
films. In addition to pure photography, other working techniques are sometimes used, alternating
between analog manual and digital processing.’’

160 Home - Photography, mixed media 2022

 Joas Nebé

Joas Nebé, who holds degrees in psychology and literature, is a self-taught artist born in Hamburg
but now located in South Germany. After a few years in Berlin, he decided to move south, close to
the French and Swiss border. His works are exhibited worldwide and Joas Nebés curatorial works
have been shown in different European countries.

WHITEBLACK
It all starts with a blank sheet of paper, a white beam of light, or the alphabet. All three encompass all
possibilities. The blank sheet of paper holds all possible drawings and shapes. The beam of light contains all
colors, and the alphabet holds all narratives, idea sketches, manifestos, and political theories. To create colors
from the white beam of light, one needs a
prism. To express emotions in shapes on a sheet of paper, one needs a pen. To generate words and sentences,
theories and narratives, it requires the composition of individual letters from the alphabet. Whiteblack Project is
about the process of extracting forms and bring them to life not only by a pencil but with a camera.

162 WhiteBlack, 1 stands for No. 1 and 16 stands for still no. 6
 Daphne Ting-Yu Chu
&
Teng Xue
Daphne is a London-based multidisciplinary artist and lighting designer for interactive installations, spatial
experiences, audiovisual arts, and live performances. Her works combine visual/ sound art and technology to
create interactive and immersive experiences. As a former researcher in the Interactive Architecture Lab, her
research explores the disconnection between mind and body in tangible physical space and perceived space.
She is interested in creating shifting perceptions of fluid space in continual flux through sensory perception to
reshape people's experiences.
Teng is a multidisciplinary artist whose creative journey traverses the realms of architecture, virtual reality,
installation art, film, and experiential design. He was a researcher at the Interactive Architecture Lab. He’s also
the co-founder of Elixirt Studio. With a rich background in architecture, sociology, and interaction design, Teng
not only possesses the academic foundation and potential to excel in the creative field but also his unbridled
belief in the boundless nature of creativity has led him down diverse and unconventional paths within the
artistic industry. His cognition of sociology, especially his unique understanding of queer culture, and his
interest in the combination of body movement expression in projects bring unique perspectives, values, and
experiences to his artistic works. His works have been exhibited and featured in several international design
and art festivals, including Beijing Design Week, SOLANA Light Festival, West Lake Art Center, and Ars
Electronica.

Parallel - Acrylic, LED lights, lenticular lens 128x128x10cm, 2023

Within the vast cosmic expanse, each entity exists in parallel, seemingly entwined yet standing solitary. This project peels
back the layers of existence to reveal the delicate balance between solitude and connection through different textures of
light and sound. ​ "Parallel" is an interactive audiovisual installation in between performance and experience. It invites
participants to engage by their movements, transforming discrete components into a living entity resonating with and
responding to human interaction. We collected sound from moments of solitude, modulated it digitally based on
participants' movements in real-time, and visualized it with projection mapping and lights. ​ As we explore the interplay of
light and sound, we redefine the boundaries of perception, casting light upon the depths of our shared experiences and
emphasizing the paradoxical beauty of interconnectedness.

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 Aaron Oldenburg

Aaron Oldenburg is a Baltimore-based game, interactive and video artist. His work has exhibited in
festivals and galleries in New York, Johannesburg, London, Buenos Aires, São Paulo and Los Angeles,
including SIGGRAPH, A MAZE. International Games and Playful Media Festival, the LeftField
Collection at EGX Rezzed, Slamdance DIG, Game On! - El arte en el juego, and FILE Electronic
Language International Festival. His games have been written about in Kill Screen, Baltimore City
Paper, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun.
He teaches game design as a Professor in The University of Baltimore's Simulation and Game Design
program and has an MFA from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His writing on games
has been published in Game Studies, Journal of Gaming and Virtual Worlds, and the proceedings of
the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA). In October 2003 he finished two years as an
HIV Health Extension Agent for the Peace Corps in Mali.

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 Xiaodong Ma

Chicago-based visual artist and hybrid designer, Xiaodong Ma, was born in Nanjing, China, in 1991.
After receiving his MFA from the California College of the Arts in 2019, he has been exploring the
intersection between art and design for years with an unwavering obsession with the simplicity and
intricacy of nature and man-made. Xiaodong's work revolves around transforming everyday objects,
mediums, and processes into resonant works of art by exploring 2D/3D forms and textures. By
reimagining the familiar and inviting audiences to reconsider the ordinary with fresh eyes, Xiaodong
is committed to pushing the boundaries of visual art through his works. He is currently a Senior
Designer at SRAM, Road team, and lives in Chicago, IL.

2e-: Copper Electrolysis Collection

(Copper, 43in x 20in)

Compared to traditional copper recycling, 2e- proposed an alternative solution that is more aesthetic and
eco-friendlier. I collected scrap copper and converted it into copper crystal jewelry through electrolysis. The
basic principle of crystal growing is to electrolyze a solution of sulfate with two copper electrodes. In this
process, the anode (+) acts as a donor, and cathode (-) acts as a receiver. The copper molecules are
separated from the scrap copper (+) and aggregated on the negative copper part which gradually forms
coral-like copper crystals.

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 Suyu Chen

‘’Through composing jewelry works related to forms and marks, I explore relationships between
practices and rituals, artificial objects, and their interconnection. Similarities among traditional art-
making processes, industrial production, and art training I received, which all required massive and
repetitive actions, led to my interest in experimental practices of combining artificial objects. My
work was inspired by man-made objects that lay forgotten in the embrace of wind and snow. The
snow blankets these abandoned items while creating subtle forms that blur the line between the
natural and the artificial. Those discarded remnants of human activity - plastic debris, industrial
scraps, and forgotten artifacts - become silent witnesses to the passage of time. Through recutting,
reshaping, and coloring plastic components, as well as combing sterling silver findings, ordinary
industrial parts are transformed into wearable jewelry. I see my work serves as a metaphorical
gesture that expresses a silent dialog between nature and human intervention.’’

Originally from Guangzhou, China, Suyu Chen is currently living and working as a contemporary
jewelry artist and adjunct faculty in upstate New York after graduation from the MFA program at
Rochester Institute of Technology. Suyu received a BA from the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts,
China. She also studied at Rhode Island School of Design, USA, and Kunstuniversität Linz, Austria.
She has been practiced in jewelry and metalsmithing for about a decade, and her works have been
exhibited nationally and internationally including Beijing International Jewellery Exhibition (Beijing,
China), JOYA (Barcelona, Spain), NYC Jewelry Week (New York City, USA), Brussels Jewellery Week
(Brussels, Belgium) and Burchfield Penny Art Center (Buffalo, USA).

Artificial Orbit - Resin, Plastic, Acrylic Paint, 37x32x4cm, 170 Photo credit: Haolan Zhou
 Amy Jackson

Jackson studied Fine Art at The Ruskin, Oxford University, achieving a scholarship and a 1st class
degree, later returning to read Sustainable Finance. She is an artist and climate activist who blends
philosophy, nature, and science to create immersive experiences in traditional galleries and
unconventional spaces. Her work includes street art, happenings, and photography. Jackson explores
issues such as climate change, consumerism, mental health, and social inequalities and how these
themes are inextricably linked. Her work often exists outside of the ‘white cube’ and inside the
communities it touches. Experience spans commissions for Kensington + Chelsea Art Week to public
speaking on climate change. Her work has been featured in the Times, Art World Magazine, Modern
Art Oxford, and Time Out and has even found its way to The Tate.

‘’I am a conceptual artist, known for my work in responsible investment (an important part of my activism).
Recognizing the tragedies of the human condition in the hypercapitalist Era, I seek to challenge critical
environmental and socioeconomic issues.
Key themes include climate change, capitalism, social media, mental health, and critically, how these themes
are inextricably linked. I realize ideas using a variety of mediums, techniques, and aesthetics. Including film,
performance, photography, drawing and sculpture. The art often exists outside of the ‘white cube’ and inside
the communities it touches.
I create street art, installations, and participatory events that encourage us to pause and reflect. My work
engages with stakeholders through borderless participation and aims to create a net positive impact and
minimal environmental footprint.’’

172 Every 'a' - Installation and photographs, photographs are limited run prints, 193.72cm x 129.14cm
 Greg Kent

Greg currently works as a Geography teacher in a large secondary school in Cumbria. Six years ago,
he discovered woodturning and has enjoyed developing skills and creativity he never realized he
had. Greg has sold much of his work at craft fairs in the North of England and currently has work at
various galleries. What started as a hobby to help him relax rapidly turned into an obsession as he
started to explore the buried treasure that lies inside the wood. He has now decided to quit my job
and work time as a woodturner.
Greg works hard to collect wood from local tree surgeons that would have been used as firewood.
The wood is then 'turned green', which means whilst it is still wet. The wood is turned to a thickness of
2mm and allowed to dry. When dry the wood is sandblasted. This has the effect of removing the soft
spring growth leaving a lace-like effect. This can only be done with oak, which has medullary rays
that go across the growth rings. This involves combining both woodturning and sculpting. The oak is
often left with a natural finish, it can be ebonized or various color stains are used if they enhance the
appearance of the wood and the grain. What is produced, in Greg’s view, is fine art created by
nature, and revealed by a craftsman.
For Greg, his work represents the fragility, strength, and beauty of nature. He hopes what it says
about the environment is: “recognize me”, “look after me”, and “appreciate me”.
Greg has recently exhibited at the Craft Council's Collect Open. Collect is one of the world’s most
influential fairs focusing on contemporary art and design made in the last five years by living artists.
He also had a piece at the 2023 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in London. Greg has also
exhibited at the Worshipful Company of Turners, ‘Master’s Exhibition’, which is by invitation only and
showcases the finest elite woodturning in the UK.

176 Lace oak hollow form in honey, 15x15cm, 2023

 Jessica Swift

Based in West Yorkshire, UK, Jessica Swift is a Bradford-based 23-year-old contemporary artist.
After graduating with a degree in Fine Art from Leeds Arts University in 2021, she now works as a
freelance artist taking part in exhibitions and shows with her contemporary paintings and sculptures,
as well as teaching paintings and pottery classes at multiple venues around West Yorkshire. With
Bradford being announced as the UK City of Culture for 2025, she is taking part in many
opportunities, such as teaching pottery in Chemnitz, Germany, as well as working with different Arts
Centers to develop workshops.
Swift primarily works in contemporary sculpture and painting. Interested in the methods of making,
she aims to allow the viewer to think about the process behind her work, rather than just the finished
piece. Her work values color and texture by highlighting her methods of creation. Leaving
brushstrokes, fingerprints, lines, dents, and marks, she wants the audience to be involved in the
creative process alongside her, encouraging conversations about different ways of learning, making,
and understanding the work's development.

176 Urbane - Terracotta clay, various sizes, 2022

Michelangelo
Arteaga

Michelangelo Arteaga, a British-Spanish sculptor, hails from Cadiz, Spain, where he spent his
formative years. Currently based in London, he serves as a faculty member at The Royal British
Society of Sculptors. Arteaga's journey into sculpting is rooted in his family's heritage – his father, a
stonemason, imparted the ancient art of stone carving to him. Before embracing sculpture as a
profession, Arteaga worked as a recognized town planner for several years.
Michelangelo Arteaga's father, a skilled stone carver, imparted ancient techniques of stone sculpture
to him. Arteaga's formative years were shaped against the backdrop of the aftermath of Franco's
fascist dictatorship in Spain. Embracing the democratic resurgence, he fostered an enduring
commitment to social justice and humanism. Professionally, he delved into town planning, channeling
his efforts towards building a more robust welfare state. Arteaga's abstract sculptures boast a
distinctive aesthetic, laden with a poignant resonance of cultural history. Crafted meticulously by
hand, he employs a diverse array of materials, predominantly marble, metal, and polyester resin. A
staunch advocate for traditional techniques, his work stands as a testament to his profound respect
for skilled artisanship and the inherent qualities of materials. This material-focused approach,
coupled with an innate sensibility, yields thoughtfully crafted pieces that delve into the realms of
human identity and politics. Arteaga's works are adorned with intriguingly subtle metaphors, inviting
viewers to ponder on issues that resonate deeply within the spheres of human existence. Arteaga's
artistic journey reflects a fusion of his Spanish roots and his current dual residency in the United
Kingdom and Spain, maintaining studios in both Spain and China. His dedication to sculpture and
the recognition of his talent highlight his significant contributions to the contemporary art scene.

178 Gentrification - Marble, 30x20x10 each, 2014

Joan Brenda Hunt
‘’I show my diversity in the translation of what I see in everyday life. My inspiration often comes from a social theme
that I want to advocate, I use art to capture people’s attention and keep it just a little longer and make people think,
so someone called me an Artivist. For instance ‘Home’ because homeless people (Amsterdam) have a hard time
claiming their rights, since they should prove where they sleep despite their homelessness. Or ‘So, what tiles dear?’ a
video animation about someone repeating a question concerning interior decorating despite the horrifying sounds of
wars, explosions, and devastation in the background coming from the 8 o’clock news that is on television. While
moving around the mosaic tiles form an explosion. Some of my work is just personal amazement that I like to share
with you. Amazement for the wonder or beauty. Also, color and its behavior keep me intrigued, and the
Persian/western carpet ‘In Cloth We Trust’ therefore meant a thorough study of color and its behavior because of the
many types of contrasts and possible effects. Also what I wanted to accomplish: to unify in beauty Western and non-
Western cultures that often have a hard time living together. The re-used tea towels stand for ordinary things the
cultures have in common, and the question ‘What other things that we overlook unite us more than we realize?’ The
challenge was to make an inner part (Persian order oriented) and an outer part (western free and wild) a balance
and contrast at the same time, but mainly interesting together. I work intuitively and choose art forms and media
with what I want to say, and how I want to express myself. As a result, my work is very diverse when it comes to
material, and learning new skills like metalworking.’’

Joan Brenda was born, raised, and based in Amsterdam, she has a Dutch-Indonesian colonial
background. Her parents, creative individuals passionate about art, instilled in her essential skills like
drawing, painting, sewing, and basic woodworking from a young age. Enrolled in an art school for
children under 12, she continued to cultivate her artistic talents. Later, as an adult, she pursued a 3-
year art education at MKXtra Amsterdam while juggling her day job. As her artistic endeavors grew
more substantial and consuming, she made the pivotal decision to leave her job, recognizing that art
had become her primary purpose. Her partner, Peter, serves as her muse, providing unwavering
support. Though initially hesitant as a model, she skillfully captures his eye, symbolizing much more. In
October 2023, she celebrated her first solo exhibition, following participation in various group
exhibitions in the Netherlands and Germany.

180 @leppo - Steel, copper, re-used cardboard, plaster, 3.50x1.50x1.80m, 2016

 Zoe Sijia

Sijia Guo, also known as Zoe, is a trilingual visual artist based in London. With a background in
sociology and illustration, and having been raised in China and Japan, her multi-layered artworks
encompass a diverse range of influences. Using mediums such as drawing, ceramics, and
installation, Sijia's creations traverse both physical and emotional realms.

At the core of her artistry is the exploration of personal narratives and cultural symbols. Through the
use of vibrant hues, intricate patterns, and evocative imagery, she aims to prompt viewer
introspection about belonging and identity. Notably, her project "Savage One, The One Who Runs
Barefoot" draws inspiration from old photographs of her estranged father. These images, capturing
moments such as a younger version of herself with her parents and her mother's resilience post-
mastectomy, stir hazy memories of her Chinese past.

Sijia's ultimate aspiration is to foster empathy and interconnectedness. By blending personal stories
with cultural motifs, she strives to create a contemplative space for viewers, encouraging
introspection and a communal sense of belonging. As a trilingual artist, her oeuvre seamlessly
merges diverse experiences, mediums, and symbols, advocating for empathy and mutual
understanding.

182 Wool, wires, latex, bouclette vulcanized, 3x5cm, 2023

 Chloe Nesbitt

Chloe, a student in her second year of Fine Art studies at the University of Sunderland, is a resident
artist based in Newcastle. Previously, she earned an Arts Foundation Diploma qualification from the
same university. During her time at Sacred Heart Sixth Form, which spanned two years of her
secondary education, Chloe initiated her artistic pursuits through the use of pens and paint. During
her tenure at the university, she discovered a newfound appreciation for sculpture, leading her to
refine her skills and ultimately shape her practice into a powerful medium to explore the challenges
women have and continue to encounter in modern times.

‘’As a Newcastle-based artist, I employ a multidisciplinary approach in my creative work, with

particular expertise in sculpture and painting. My artistic approach encompasses the application of
traditional and innovative painting methods and the utilization of diverse sculpting materials. I am
deeply committed to advocating for women's concerns and amplifying the voices of those who are
often overlooked; my focus includes examining the female experience and modern-day
discrimination, driven by a lack of empathy, education, and compassion.’’

184 'Restrictive, constrictive, confinement' - tights, newspaper, shiny boots(from my wardrobe), 2x0.5 meters, 2024
 Elisaveta Sivas

Elisaveta Sivas is a painter and sculptor based in Estonia. Elisaveta holds a degree in Modern Greek
and Byzantine Studies and has a PhD in Theoretical Linguistics. She taught and did research at the
University of Cyprus. She studied fashion and theatrical costume at the Art Future School in St.
Petersburg. She studied ceramics at Valeria Polsinelli’s workshop in Paris and Vassos Demetriou’s
workshop in Larnaca, Cyprus. Elisaveta attended classes of art in the Academy of Art in Palermo.
She also followed painting courses and aesthetics of art lessons at the workshop of the artist
Christos Avraam in Cyprus. Recently she got a diploma as a spiritual coach from American mentor
Nina Verkoyen. She also got a diploma from the Online Art Communication School by Julia Sysalova
in Athens, Greece. Elisaveta combines her professional career knowledge from a few different fields
like sociology, language research, spirituality, conscious living, fashion design, art, and sculpture. Her
different experiences helps her to have a complex approach to art, to understand better people and
life, to continue research through her art, to make better communication with other people, and to
express deep concepts and ideas through her painting and sculpture. Elisaveta presented her work
in group and solo exhibitions. Her artwork can now be found in private collections worldwide.

When two souls feel too close they could become one - clay, 24x27x24cm, 2018
186
Cesar
Cornejo
Architecture, and society, and who is influenced by having lived and worked in four different
cultures: Peru, Japan, the USA, and the UK, having each of them influenced his way of thinking and
working. As a result, he produces multi-layered pieces that challenge boundaries and conventions,
that while may address issues related to his native Peru, are also open to broader interpretations. He
has received awards from institutions such as the Pollock Krasner Foundation, Puffin Foundation,
Fulbright Commission, Arts Council England, Creative Capital Foundation, The George A. and Eliza
Gardner Howard Foundation, The British Council, The Arts Council of England, and the Ministry of
Education of Japan among others. Have attended residencies such as The Bellagio Center Residency
Program of The Rockefeller Foundation, The Brown Fellows at Dora Maar House, Yaddo Artist
Residency, Sharpe Walentas Studio Program, Art Omi International Artists Residency, Lower
Manhattan Cultural Council‘s Workspace Residency, Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, Berlin,
Sculpture Space, Center for Book Arts NY, and the Vermont Studio Center among others. His work
has been included in numerous exhibitions worldwide.

Trepanation 2
Ceramics, 10.5'’x5.5'’x6.2'’, 2020

This work uses a cast of a pre-Hispanic Paracas Culture elongated skull, which was also known for its
trepanations, as a metaphor for the large metropolis in Latin America and other regions, which are
overpopulated by migration from the country-side due to centralism and poor government. The skull is resting
on its back and has the representation of a shanty town on its top, and is resting on its curved side, which
challenges equilibrium as a representation of the instability of societies in developing countries while exploring
the spatial and formal possibilities of the skull as a sculptural object. The choice of materials is directly related
to the architectural character of the subject.

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 Susan Williams

‘’I make site-responsive installations exploring materials, light, and space. I use everyday materials
with minimal intervention, keying into their surroundings, and developing ideas as the work
progresses. I aim to make what is already there more visible, at times capturing what we don’t
normally see, light, wind, space, the potency of a colour. Illusions such as floating and evanescence
often occur making links to the magical, the metaphysical, and the spirit of a place. I am inspired by
the everyday, the basics that are also the fundamentals of life which can reflect surprising aspects
of our lives, our humanity.’’

Susan studied at Kingston University and the Royal Academy, London. She has won national and
international residencies including the Vermont Studio Center and Brush Creek Foundation for the
Arts, Wyoming, USA. Awarded membership to the Royal Society of Sculptors, she has shown her work
throughout the UK and abroad. Exhibitions include lakeside installations in Toledo, Spain, and
Laugarvatn, Iceland, and exhibiting with the Stadtmuseum, Germany, and Geumgang Nature Art
Biennial, Korea. During the lockdown, Susan developed new works specifically for online exhibition
contributing to projects such as the Coantivirus International Exhibition, NYplus, China.
Susan uses many different mediums but the core of her artwork is site-specific installation where the
space, the ambient lighting, and the moment in time have a defining influence. Her research is an
exploration of this influence and its effects.

190 Instaurare - Melamine chipboard, 24,4x18x15m, Installation at Chichester Cathedral.

 Kees Ouwens

Kees Ouwens studied Landscape Architecture in the Netherlands and went after his study to Japan
to deepen his knowledge about Zen, Culture, and Art. Created his studio where he lived and worked
for more than 35 years participating in sculpture shows, exhibitions, and biennales and executed
many commissions inside and outside of Japan such as in South Korea, Indonesia, the USA, Canada,
The Netherlands, England, Italy and Germany. At the moment he relocated to Mexico where he built
another studio to work concentrating on Stone Sculpture, Ceramic Works, and Land Art. He
organizes also a yearly Land -Art event, called Projecto en Sitio, in which he invites artists to
participate in creating their works on pre-selected sites in nature around his studio in rural Mexico.
His works have been commissioned by Universities, Governmental Institutions, Museums, and Private
collectors and he has participated in many sculpture shows/ exhibitions around the world.

Stones of knowledge

Made for the 25th anniversary of the University of Morelia City, Mexico.
Marble stone sculptures are placed onto high steel bases.
Various sizes, 2020

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 Laura Campbell

Laura Campbell is a British interdisciplinary artist based in Oxford. She received her BA in Fine Art at
York St John University (2021), and MFA in Fine Art from Oxford Brookes University (2023). Her work
has been featured in Aesthetica Online and has been exhibited internationally as a prize winner for
The Eleanor Worthington Prize in Urbino, Italy in 2020.

Campbell’s practice examines how her experience of disability intersects with the socio-political
spheres present within contemporary arts. She explores the sculptural nature of images through the
bodily representations of stretching, pain, and care. Campbell provides discourse on social policy
and accessibility, challenging patriarchal and ableist political ideology whilst navigating her artistic
practice through theories of phenomenology, responding to materials representative of her
condition.

194 Immedicable - Multimedia installation featuring sculpture and projection, 2023

 Helene Barrott

A Wire sculptor working in Steel and Copper wire mounted onto natural wood. The artist uses wire to
form trees and the human form in all forms. Depicting the grandeur, flexibility, and strength of both.
Helene originates from coastal Kent but chooses to live in the fabulous Cotswolds, where her
surroundings give endless inspiration. Her windswept trees are very popular with collectors. Helene is
a member of the Cotswold Craftsmen's Guild and has exhibited at sculpture parks, galleries, and
artisan events across the West of the UK.

‘’I am self-taught and have spent 12 years honing my skills. I developed a very individual style with wire and
have continued to move forward with my art. I take my work to several art events throughout the year and
enjoy meeting people face-to-face. I also take commissions on a regular basis. Working in wire has given me
the opportunity to express my love of the natural form of both Trees and the human body in motion. I also love
the interplay of using mixed metals in my work. I live in Gloucestershire with my husband and two cats, working
from my purpose-built, bijou, wooden cabin in our garden.’’

196 Winter Sculpture - Wood & Steel, 33x40.6x30.5cm, 2023

 Zuojie Li

The artist is a creator of a unique blend of dark humor and a delicate childhood experience, a three-
year-old kid in the art world. The artworks encompass a diverse range of media, including drawings,
sculptures, and installations, all of which delve deeply into intricate themes. One of the central ideas
revolves around the delicate equilibrium between the inner and outer worlds. The art explores the
human pursuit of happiness, unearthing profound explorations of hedonism, cultural identity, social
issues, and an unwavering love for nature.
Multiple media and interdisciplinary approaches are employed in the artworks. Each piece offers a
distinct experience. Some, under the moonlight, transport the viewer into an immersive world of
mysterious purple hues and blissful tranquillity. Others exude a raw and provocative sexuality,
embracing kinkiness and fetish undertones akin to the aftermath of a wild party. The creations can
also be seen as symbolic, laden with ominous omens that spark contemplation.
At the heart of the creations lies a duality of happiness and pain, delivered through a surrealistic
lens. With a playful and humorous touch, the art embodies the current human pursuit of happiness
and the blissful tranquillity that follows when the inner and outer worlds find equilibrium. The unique
characteristics and textures of the materials themselves are harnessed skillfully. To explore them to
the point that they are almost like the artist. Using things like a Laser Cutter, the artist takes the
material to its limits so it almost decomposes and breaks, revealing its fragility, where it starts to
decompose and almost destroy. Allowing the audience to embark on a figurative tightrope walk,
clutching a balance pole, symbolizing the harmonious dance of existence.

198 Reincarnation - Digital drawing, MDF, wood, steal, leather, 2023

Jessica Guerreiro

Jessica Guerreiro is a young Portuguese author, born in Beja in 1997, who graduated in Painting from
the Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Lisbon and works mainly, but not exclusively with
sculpture, minimalist, and conceptual. She also has a postgraduate degree in Museology from the
Faculty of Natural and Human Sciences of the New University of Lisbon. She currently works at
Atelier Concorde and has fully resumed her artistic production and involvement in the art world, once
again taking part in exhibition events. Throughout her artistic career, her work has been exhibited in
various places worldwide.

‘’I work on the beauty of humanity. I've always found the abandoned ruins that dot my home beautiful. Ruins of
what was once a house, a shelter. Now, a space without boundaries, conquered by the force of nature,
dissipated in it. An open space, closed to the outside, like a permanent sketch that demands continuity. A
narrative of an unknown past, without a present, with hope for a future. I see myself in these ruins. I see
Humanity itself in these ruins. Such outlines of memory and human fragility. A potential in negligent custody.
Self-destruction and human frailty, sustainability, (i)material memory, and the space itself, are some of the
themes you can unearth in my work. As a multidisciplinary author, my artistic expression drifts between the
fields of sculpture and painting, in a predominantly abstract-conceptual style, inspired by the reality that
surrounds me, giving it a personal and critical character to my daily life. A distinctive feature of my work, due
to the choice of materials, is the dialogue between the naturalness of life and the coldness of industrialisation,
understood as non-life, born from human needs. When I create, I think of the ruins - the ruins will still be there
when I'm not. How I wish they were chrysalises instead of capsules. I work on the beauty of uselessness,
transforming the ephemeral into a lasting work. ‘’

A decadência flutua (Floating decadence)

Installation sculpture; burnt wool, sutured with braided synthetic hair and stones, 190x220x90cm, 2018

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 Rimin Lim

Rimin Lim is a Korean artist living in England. She is slated to graduate with a BA course in Fine Arts
at the University for the Creative Arts in Farnham in July 2024. In 2019 she was awarded the prize at
the Painting Contest at the Dongduk Women's University in Korea as well. She has been focusing on
painting realistically, and currently, she is exploring sculptural pieces that look like 3D collages.
Rimin Lim is fascinated by the idea of making the collage piece in a 3D sculptural form. It is
meaningful for her to deal with her emotions and social/natural circumstances through art while
living abroad as a foreigner and international artist in the UK. She is currently exploring the theme of
mixed emotions and identity from the new experience in the changed environment. By describing the
seascape and waves that contain her hometown and England, where she lives, in her work, she
expresses a new beginning and its optimism as beauty.

Untitled, 2023
fabrics, magazines, papers, shoelaces, clays, and found materials

Every person around the world is connected even though they have different races, ethnicities, colors of skin,
and characteristics. Everyone is worth living with their own identity without comparing them to others.

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 Ocean Gavin-Mitchell

Ocean Gavin-Mitchell, born in 2002, lives in Bedworth, Warwickshire, and specializes in puppetry,
sculptural work, and painting. They’re interested in exploring gender identities and the idealized view
of a 'third non-binary gender', using clown personas to represent them. The interest in clowns stems
from the artist’s personal experience with rejection, much like clowns they weren’t taken seriously
and were shunned for feeling differently about their sexuality. Ocean’s work explores the idea of
feeling outcast in society through the medium of puppetry, creating wire puppets from recycled
materials. Ocean uses clowns as a figure to represent society's outcasts, they want to express their
resentment towards how people like them are cast aside by higher powers that simply do not care.

Clown Protest
Puppetry, 2023

‘Clown Protest’ is an installation piece photographed at Coventry University Foleshill Road studios. It shows
approximately 60 clowns standing united, everyone with their own protest sign. It is on a larger scale; the more
people there are in a protest, the more impactful it is. The protest signs are blank out of fear; we live in a
society where freedom of speech and the right to protest is becoming more controlled, so the public is too
scared to speak up at all.

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 Tony Perry

Tony Perry is inspired by a town filled with artists, sculptures, paintings, and art galleries, Tony began
painting and sculpting during the summer of 1996 after spending some time in Dinard Brittany,
France. A background in design and print, and a love for stop-motion animation and photography all
come together in his recent works, prompting social commentary and observation of the world and
those closest to him. Painted works are finished in oil on canvas or wood panel. Sculptures are
fashioned from wood, paper, or clay and sometimes a mixture of materials to suit the finished
subject.

206 Wait for Me - Mixed media sculpture, 26x15cm, 2023

...
and more...
 Delia C. Zorzoliu

It all started with...

It all started with a warm smile that penetrated my soul.

His gaze banishes pain and heals any open wound of suffering.

A smile was enough to let me know I could hope and feel I was allowed to dream.

Through his eyes, you see the world—a world devoid of reality but still so alive and full of hope. The
thrills of the moment are hotter than fire, and the stillness seems cold as ice.

A universe of moments passes and comes into the same film as if detached from the past reality and
transposed into the future one. A great journey into the unknown seems like a moment with him.
Whispers, words, and sayings all seem incomprehensible compared to his warm smile and gentle
gaze.

His touch and caress are felt in the soul, and that enigmatic figure is lost as if forgotten behind an
overwhelmingly warm smile. His smile.

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Fallen petals

Through the dress falling wide on the shoulder

You can see her heart beating in her chest,
Through her big eyes with lost glints
Only tears can be seen smoothly sliding down.
Tears that fall on her face are wiped away,
And they melt easily on dry lips,
Like a rose forgotten in a vase,
So dead petals fall from her bare chest.
Drops fell on her clasped hands.
They slowly merge with her pale skin,
And then they get lost and disappear like rain in cracks
How a violin carries its strings
Such is the step of the splendid creature,
With an arched back and raised spines, it vibrates
Lost, she sits down, singing out of tune.
Around her is a carpet of dead leaves
From the falling silk dress,
Fake black pearls flow,
And like a seashell, her whole being closes
She loses her face in her bent arms,
She merges with the wet floor,
And over thousands of frozen black tears
Her broken heart oozes.
And in the song of the trembling violin,
Only a speck of light remains
Red, dead, smoothly fallen petals are pouring out
On the torn white long dress
Silent being sad, you lost,
Get up and cry somewhere else!
Expansion

From the shattered ashes, it rises to the sky.

It breaks away from the blackness and rises towards him.
His body opens with wings full of light,
And it passes full of fear like a thought.

His happiness is quenched by silence,

The traces left behind will bring comfort.
With a voice of relief in his body,
It gathers and rises like a thought.

The rustling of the sole coming off the ground

It sounds like a howl in the gloomy sky.
Long streams run down his back, covering him like a grave,
And it extinguishes his breath like a thought.

His wings are raised like a cloak of fire,

Basil petals are poured over his body.
A torch of light covers his arms,
And it rises to the stars like a thought.

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 Mark Stopforth

The wilderness of silence

We lay there drawn down deep

into the belly of the night,
two lovers lost in the lanes of the dark,
feeling our way with quickening breaths,
back home across the valleys and shouldered hills
that in perfect stillness wait for morning.

Outside our rooftop room a curlew’s

lonely lofted call drifted across
the moon’s silver dusted moor,
and a sea mist rolled up against our window,
softening the eye of each incoming storm
that gripped like a hand claws at the sweat soaked bed......

.......and we watched Venus hold us in its glow,

lay there moved to admire how the world
turns and nothing remains forever,
save the memory of nights like this,
and the wilderness of silence,
held in a kiss.

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 Lulu Panatti-Reeve

Lulu Panatti-Reeve is a multidisciplinary illustrator based in Manchester. Her work focuses on themes
such as feminism, retelling stories, mental health and autobiographical works. Lulu works in a range
of mediums but focuses mostly on drawing and printmaking, and whatever medium suits the project
at hand. Her book titled 'Mrs Beast' is an illustrated interpretation of Carol Ann Duffy's poem of the
same name, which focuses on the retellings of fairytales and myths from female perspectives.
I am a multidisciplinary illustrator and student currently based in Manchester. My work often focuses
on themes such as feminism, retelling stories, mental health and autobiographical works. I work in a
range of mediums with a focus mostly on drawing and printmaking, and whatever medium suits the
project at hand. My book titled 'Mrs Beast' is an illustrated interpretation of Carol Ann Duffy's poem
of the same name, which focuses on the retellings of fairytales and myths from female perspectives.

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 Sylvie Gral
"Sylvie epitomizes a dynamic force across numerous artistic domains, spanning theatre, literature,
visual arts, and music composition. With a decade-long career as a playwright in London, she crafts
compelling scripts and self-publishes on platforms like KDP Amazon, captivating a global readership
with her plays, dramas, and novels. With two prestigious residencies, including the French Institute in
London, Sylvie refines her craft, reimagining timeless tales like 'The Man with Two Horns,' entwining
the loves of Ariane and Theseus with the Minotaur's slaying. These experiences enrich her creative
perspective, infusing depth and imagination into her work. Her artistic odyssey underscores her
multidimensional talents, drawing inspiration from Brechtism, the Theatre of Politics & Thought, and
French philosophical theatre. Works such as 'Cruelty' and 'Somptuaire' delve into a spectrum of
emotions and societal introspection, while 'Agnès et Charles' and 'Who Killed Cock Robin' intertwine
intricate themes into immersive narratives, embodying her avant-garde approach.

Serialism poetic presentation

The described method of writing, known as serialism, introduces a structured yet innovative approach to poetic
creation. It revolves around associating numerical values with sound structures or phonemes, establishing a
numerical continuity. The choice of these "digital propositions" is organized by chance, creating an
unpredictable sequence of syllables and forms. The composition explores a realm where sound and sense
intertwine, crafting poetic experiences through the deliberate arrangement of syllabic series. The progression
of syllables generates new dimensions of sound, occasionally amplifying meaning amidst a seemingly
disordered landscape. The author reflects on the paradoxical nature of this method—its lack of strategy or
symmetry alongside the palpable presence of chance and recurrence. The writing presents an ambiguous and
liberating experience, offering a glimpse into new territories of thought. Serialism operates in two modes:
accidental, where number series are unrelated to sound phrases, and directed, where series are influenced by
the phrases themselves, creating coherent, evocative, or emotionally resonant constructions. The presented
excerpt, titled "SEQUENCE I," illustrates the numeric representation and arrangement of syllables, exemplifying
the method's structured yet exploratory nature. It serves as a glimpse into this innovative poetic endeavor,
offering a unique perspective on language and expression.

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Syllabism or Poetic News Syllabisme ou Expérience poétique :

The first operation consists in associating to each La première opération consiste à associer à chaque
sound structure or phonemes, a number and to structure sonore ou phonèmes, un nombre et de
define a series of numbers which form a numerical définir une série de nombres qui forment une
continuity. continuité numérique.
The statement operates according to a finite order L’énoncé opère selon un ordre fini au sens de «
in the sense of "defined" by the choice of sound défini » par le choix des constructions sonores.
constructions. Le choix de ces « propositions numériques » relève
The choice of these "digital propositions" is an d’un hasard organisé. La nature de l’événement est
organized chance. The nature of the event is accidentelle ou orientée :
accidental or directed: « Accidentelle » lorsque le choix des séries de
nombres n’est pas conditionné par la « phrase
sonore ».
« Orientée » lorsque le choix des séries est dirigé et
sous l’influence de ces mêmes phrases.
S’élaborent de nouvelles cohérences ou Logiques
sonores générées par le choix du matériau initial, et
le choix d’apparition des séries.
Ces constructions peuvent être évocatrices,
associatives, connectives, visuelles. Elles peuvent
susciter du sens, de la surprise, de l’attention, des
émotions. Elles peuvent aussi comporter une
dimension sacrée. (Un contenu magique, des
qualités d’énergie, des résonances). Ce sont des
expériences poétiques. Une capture du hasard ou un
hasard recomposé, reformé dans un espace
numérique. Ce sont des nouveaux territoires de la
pensée.
Notes in bulk on the new territories of thought. Notes en vrac sur les nouveaux territoires de la
A sip of words under the lamppost. pensée.
The syllables form statements that form figures Une gorgée de mots sous le lampadaire.
oriented. Les syllabes forment des énoncés qui forment des
The weather is Jaguar. figures
Why these crazy waltzes of haggard series that orientées.
Are they swinging like swings? Le temps est Jaguar.
The order of the numbers connected to the syllables Pourquoi ces valses folles de séries hagardes qui se
updates bousculent comme des balançoires ?
the sense in a debauchery of phonemes. L’ordre des chiffres connectés aux syllabes
The recurrence of the syllables increases, develops actualisent du sens dans une débaucherie de
and gives phonèmes.
a value at each sound emission. La récurrence des syllabes accroit, développe et
donne une valeur à chaque émission phonique.

Order and chance. L'ordre et le hasard.

There is nothing I can do but that. It seems to me Il n'y a rien que je ne puisse faire que cela. Il me
that it is the best in the sense of surprise. There semble que c'est le mieux au sens de la surprise. Il
is nothing that is neither visible, nor predictable nor n'y a rien qui ne soit ni visible, ni prévisible ni
really ordered. ordonné vraiment. C'est un faux géométrisme. Sans
It is a false geometry. Without strategy. stratégie.
There is no symmetry. The plausibility goes along Il n'y a pas de symétrie. La vraisemblance chemine
with the avec le
chance. hasard.
One sometimes experiences an indefinable feeling On éprouve parfois un sentiment indéfinissable
of d'abandon et
abandonment and of boredom. We wonder where d'ennui. On se demande où l'on est. Qu’est-ce qui
we are. What has s’est
happened? produit ?
produced? Why am I here, at this moment of Pourquoi suis-je là, à cet instant du
deciphering? déchiffrage ?
What exactly are we experimenting with? What is it Qu’est-ce qu’on expérimente au juste ? De quoi
about? s’agit-il ?
One cannot really say. You can't really be. On ne saurait vraiment dire. On ne saurait vraiment
Do we say or do we read? être. Est-ce qu’on dit ou est-ce qu’on lit ?
One ceases for the time of the experience to On cesse pour le temps de l’expérience d’appartenir
belong to the world sensitive. au monde sensible.
Further on, chance appears to be only slightly Plus loin, le hasard n'apparait que peu guidé par
guided by arrhythmia sounds. 'arythmie des sons.
It is an impossible chronicle. A disjointed and vain C'est une chronique impossible. Un récit décousu et
story. A language of deaf-mutes. A feeling of vain. Un langage de sourds-muets. Reste un
effrontery remains vague. A moment that something sentiment d'effronterie vague. Un instant que
cannot reveal itself. A outcrop. The phonics goes quelque-chose ne peut se dévoiler. Un
limp framed. affleurement. La phonie va mollement encadrée.
The spirit is childish. L'esprit est puéril.
Serial successions accumulate and create new Les successions sérielles s'accumulent et créent de
sound dimensions. The sound is reiterated. The nouvelles dimensions sonores. Le son est réitéré. Le
meaning is rarefied. sens est raréfié.
One recites softly or very loudly as in a chapel or a On récite tout bas ou très fort comme dans une
courtyard. chapelle ou un préau.
Is there a transformative or radical will? How Y-a-t-il une volonté transformatrice ou radicale ?
to interpret? Poetry is resistant by vocation. Comment interpréter ? La poésie est résistante par
I also think of Refractory. vocation.
Why not? Je pense aussi à Réfractaire.
The definition is painful. From the Latin Pourquoi pas ?
"Refractarius" La définition est pénible. Du Latin « Refractarius »
unruly. indocile.
Refractory to authority. Réfractaire à l’autorité.
Who resists something. Qui résiste à quelque-chose.
Who refuses to submit or obey. Qui refuse de se soumettre ou obéir.
The reasonable forms slip away. The reciters Les formes raisonnables s’éclipsent. Les récitants
whisper susurrent
little bits of words clumped together. Numbers des petits bouts de mots agglutinés ensemble.
versus Chiffres contre
numbers. Words for evils. chiffres. Mots pour maux.
The dead end doesn't matter. The accumulation of Peu importe l’impasse. L'accumulation des lignes
lines matters. The series are developed in waves importe. Les séries s’élaborent par vague et se
and multiply. We regain some meaning by the effect multiplient. On regagne du sens par l'effet
of amplification. This writing is without will, without d'amplification. Cette écriture est sans volonté, sans
poeticism. We let ourselves be bewitched by the poétisme. On se laisse envouter par les cadences, le
pace, the flow, and the suddenness of the débit, et le caractère soudain de l’expérience.
experience.
We do not balk at anything. It is an open, On ne rechigne à rien. C’est une poésie ouverte,
ambiguous and strangely liberating. ambiguë et étrangement libératrice.
One is caught up in the game of sound frequencies. On se prend au jeu des fréquences sonores. Le
The rhythm of the phonemes also acts as a rythme des phonèmes agit aussi comme un
tightening. A shortening. resserrement. Un accourcissement.
We work on a portion. A speech that by reducing On travaille sur une portion. Un discours qui par la
opens up new spaces. réduction ouvre de nouveaux espacements.
A continuum of sound to which are associated Un continuum sonore auquel s’associent des images
images or sensations immersed again in a semi- ou sensations immergées à nouveau dans une semi
darkness of consistency. pénombre de cohérence.
The syllables are abbreviated. The lines grow and Les syllabes sont abrégées. Les lignes croissent et
decrease like ripples according to a determined décroissent comme des vaguelettes selon un ordre
order. déterminé.
It is rather a thought of oscillation and impotence. C'est plutôt une pensée de l'oscillation et de
The meaning of these meters ambulates like a blind l'impuissance. Le sens de ces mètres ambule comme
man: un aveugle :
Groping. A tâtons.
Sometimes we are worried. Sometimes calm. On est parfois inquiets. Parfois tranquilles.
We are rather in a kind of saving of the sense. A On se trouve plutôt dans une sorte d'épargne du
savings made through the moderate and minimal sens. Une économie effectuée par l'utilisation
use of modérée et minimale des
syllables. syllabes.
The prose fades and the voice fades. La prose s'atténue et la voix s'éteint.
The writing is flabby. It's a bit like the writing of the L'écriture est mollassonne. C'est un peu l'écriture des
dead. morts.
To let act according to a sovereign order. Laisser agir selon un ordre souverain.
Words judge words. Les mots jugent les mots.
The order of words, the backwash of words. L’ordre des mots, le ressac des mots.
The footprints of the world. Les empreintes du monde.
We walk against the wind, the sand and the light. On marche contre le vent, le sable et la lumière.

SEQUENCE I SEQUENCE I

1 Lab-laso-lal-lalla 1 Lab-laso-lal-lalla
2 lallala-laa-lallali 2 lallala-laa-lallali
3 Absel 3 Absel

1.2.3.1.2.2.1.2.3 1.2.3.1.2.2.1.2.3
1.2.3.1.2.3.3.3.1 1.2.3.1.2.3.3.3.1
1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.2 1.2.1.2.1.1.2.1.1.1.2
1.2.2.2.2.1.1.3.2.1 1.2.2.2.2.1.1.3.2.1

SEQUENCE II SEQUENCE II

1 Mill 2 Chot 3 Fach 1 Mill 2 Chot 3 Fach

4 Chous 5 Chang 6 Chai 4 Chous 5 Chang 6 Chai
7 Chani 8 Fol 9 Beguel 7 Chani 8 Fol 9 Beguel
10 Battel 11 Bil 12 Ball 10 Battel 11 Bil 12 Ball

1.1.2.2.5.6 1.1.2.2.5.6
1.10.10.11.12.4.5 1.10.10.11.12.4.5
6.6.7.7.8.8.10 6.6.7.7.8.8.10
3.5.5.4.3.3.10 3.5.5.4.3.3.10
3.5.5.4.3.3.10.11.11 3.5.5.4.3.3.10.11.11
1.2.2.3.8.9.7 1.2.2.3.8.9.7
 PALALA PALALA

THE PITICANTROP LE PITICANTROP

1 2 1 2
CATTA FALTA CATTA FALTA
34 3 4
BIGE CAMUS BIGE CAMUS
56 5 6

CALER CELERER CALER CELERER

78 7 8

ABRA ABIS ABRA ABIS

9 10 9 10

LEIL LEIS LEIL LEIS

11 12 11 12

1234 1234
123 12 12 123 11 12
555128 555128
127612 127612
1269 126
12210 12210
10 11 12 9 10 11 12
10 11 11 12 10 11 11 12
10 10 12 11 10 10 12 11
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