Artists
Agnese Gutovska
Agnese Gutovska is a visual artist working predominantly with photography, video art and installation. The work is often poetic, provocative and visually seductive, exploring the ambiguous spaces between oppositional binary poles: reality and artifice, conscious and subconscious, connection and disconnection, object and identity. The constructed imagery relies heavily on the use of colour and aesthetics to seduce the eye, before inviting the viewer to question what is placed in front of them. Staged scenarios offer clues for open ended narratives: one too many hands, pierced bananas, pastel pink lotion dripping down a bun, artificial plants with black bulging veins. It’s the work of a dream and of beautiful nightmares. Gutovska’s photographs playfully act on curiosities and desire, leading the viewer away from reality into another realm where anything is possible. Inspired by Surrealism’s unfiltered perception of the world, the artist takes identities and objects which are familiar and attempts to create other-worldly realities which are her own. Her previous projects have explored a woman’s place as a consumer through playful, surreal and colourful representations, portraying the anxiety of over-indulgence. This developed into a more dactylic practice; under the influence of new technologies the work further explores alter realities and selves, false security and disconnection from the world as we blindly see it.
Agnese Gutovska
Agnese Gutovska is a visual artist working predominantly with photography, video art and installation. The work is often poetic, provocative and visually seductive, exploring the ambiguous spaces between oppositional binary poles: reality and artifice, conscious and subconscious, connection and disconnection, object and identity. The constructed imagery relies heavily on the use of colour and aesthetics to seduce the eye, before inviting the viewer to question what is placed in front of them. Staged scenarios offer clues for open ended narratives: one too many hands, pierced bananas, pastel pink lotion dripping down a bun, artificial plants with black bulging veins. It’s the work of a dream and of beautiful nightmares. Gutovska’s photographs playfully act on curiosities and desire, leading the viewer away from reality into another realm where anything is possible. Inspired by Surrealism’s unfiltered perception of the world, the artist takes identities and objects which are familiar and attempts to create other-worldly realities which are her own. Her previous projects have explored a woman’s place as a consumer through playful, surreal and colourful representations, portraying the anxiety of over-indulgence. This developed into a more dactylic practice; under the influence of new technologies the work further explores alter realities and selves, false security and disconnection from the world as we blindly see it.
Agnieszka A. Dlugosz
Agnieszka Aleksandra Dlugosz, born in 1980 I come from Krakow, where I studied Film and Mass Media at the Jagiellonian University. The theoretical research I made during the Masters course in Poland has strongly influenced my artistic explorations at The University of the Arts London. I have recently graduated from the Chelsea College of Art and Design. I live and Work in London. The Curve is the title for my current body of work, which marks a turn in my approach to painting. The three-dimensional paintings manifest their separation from the tradition of silent and passive flatness through the excess of the curve. They actively reach for the physical and cognitive space of the viewer. They protrude from the flat surface of the wall, revealing an unreadiness to simply belong. They are a screen for images that celebrate their own distortion. They reach for the real: isn’t two-dimensional flatness a distortion of reality in the first place?
Agnes Kutersky
My name is Agnieszka Alpin (Agnes Kutersky) and I am a Polish artist and an interior designer currently based in Leeds. I have showed an interest and a passion for art and interior design from a young age. When I was younger I attended to an art circle, in my home city, which made me sure of the path I would choose in my life. I was accepted to my dream courses, Painting and later Interior Design which I have completed at Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow (2013) and Coventry University (2016). I have displayed my work in collective exhibitions in Poland (Ostrowiec Sw. Krakow), the Czech Republic (Brno) and England (Leeds, Sheffield) and Belgium (Brussels). My favourite artists are Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse and Joan Miró. As I child I fallen in love in Vincent van Gogh’s art. I have chosen the paintings from his latest period of creativity to paint Vincent’s amazing artwork in my style. The pictures are not a pure abstraction as we can observe the realistic hidden symbols reflecting the serious problems of the world we live in. They content a key to my unusual journey waiting to be discovered by the observers. Travelling, architecture and the human body play a significant role in my artwork with all the paintings being based upon the photos I have taken within Europe from the areas which have influenced me the most. ‘Travelling allows me to understand everything that is alien. My experience from travelling is depicted in my pictures. They present a colourful world mostly focussed on architecture and human body.’ Personally, travelling allows me to relax, unwind and take a break from the fast-paced lives we currently live. I love to walk around places of outstanding beauty and observe everything in a different way. Within my paintings I love to capture the unique architecture from buildings around Europe and peoples’ movement.
Agnieszka Maksimik
Agnieszka Maksimik grew up in culture restricted by communist Poland. After studying Russian Literature she went on to do BA in Photography at the University for the Creative Arts at Farnham. She continues to live and work in the UK. Her recent series 'Portraits. Farnham 2007-2008' is inspired by nature and it examines the relationship of the maternal body to the landscape and feelings of being close. Maksimik's work has been exhibited in group shows in London, India and Lithuania. She is also the recipent of British Council Travel Grant to the National Institute of Design, India in 2008. Her work is in the collections of individuals such as Charles Freger.
Aindreas Philip Scholz
Aindreas Philip Scholz, born 1981 in Wiesbaden/Germany. Current candidate of the MFA in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Lives and works in London. "My work is very much as I am."
Han Chunlin
Han Chunlin Chinese name: 翁秉炎 2012年居中国宋庄 Living in SongZhuang China in 2012 2002年毕业于中国中央戏剧学院舞台美术系 Studying in the Stage Design Department of The Central Academy of Drama (CHINA) in 1997 1992年毕业于中国美术学院附中 Studying in the Attached Middle School of China Academy of Art from 1988 1973年2月2⽇日⽣生于中国浙江 Born on Feb second ,1973,China
Alan Harding
As an artist, I am drawn to the surreal or unusual, preferring to examine areas of human life which are barely tangible, or fictional. My work often creates questions about humans as a whole, and our intentions as we interact with the world around us. My preferred medium is analogue photography, which I favour due to the feeling that it is more ‘honest’ and true-to-life. It also gives me the freedom to manipulate the negatives, creating a completely new and unique photograph. I am also interested in the industrial side of modern life, which itself is both a creative and destructive force.
Alan James McLeod
The first step of my process is to create patterned and highly textured papers. These are often combined with fabrics, to produce abstract works. Inspiration comes from the weathering of surfaces, landscapes, cosmology, music and memory.
Alan Powdrill
Hello I'm a London based photographer who shoots landscapes and people. My main passion is looking at the world through new eyes and then working out how to show that photographically in an interesting and thought provoking way. There are zillions of photographs around these days, creating images that stand out is my aim. Thanks for looking.
Alberto Fusco
Alberto Fusco is a London-based Italian artist, internationally sold and exhibited. Born in Naples (Italy), Fusco has been creative since a young age, leading him to study art and become the assistant of prominent contemporary Neapolitan artists. To further pursue his passion for figurative art, in particular sculpture, in 1994 Fusco decided to move to London to expand his artistic study and practice, earning a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Roehampton University with a specialization in the art of mosaics. At present, Fusco’s practice revolves around giving life to artworks by utilizing recycled paper magazines that would otherwise be discarded and thrown away. This practice is particularly relevant in a society that is only now coming to terms with sustainability of the planet for future generations. His artworks are created by meticulously folding and manipulating recycled magazine papers, transforming them into textural geometrical forms, which ultimately develop into sculptural pieces of their own right.
Alberto Hernández Reyes
I am an artist fascinated by Nature. Through the language of painting I try to decode the hidden messages over the appearance of the landscape and express it poetically.
Alberto Fusco
Alberto Fusco is a London-based Italian artist, internationally sold and exhibited. Born in Naples (Italy), Fusco has been creative since a young age, leading him to study art and become the assistant of prominent contemporary Neapolitan artists. To further pursue his passion for figurative art, in particular sculpture, in 1994 Fusco decided to move to London to expand his artistic study and practice, earning a BA (Hons) in Fine Art from Roehampton University with a specialization in the art of mosaics. At present, Fusco’s practice revolves around giving life to artworks by utilizing recycled paper magazines that would otherwise be discarded and thrown away. This practice is particularly relevant in a society that is only now coming to terms with sustainability of the planet for future generations. His artworks are created by meticulously folding and manipulating recycled magazine papers, transforming them into textural geometrical forms, which ultimately develop into sculptural pieces of their own right.
Alea Pinar Du Pre
I am an artist with an immense curiosity in the nature of reality. And reality isn't what it's been cracked up to be! The insights of modern science point to a universe that's undivided, in which all parts merge and unite in one totality. The ultimate nature of physical reality is not as a collection of separate objects (as it appears), but instead an undivided whole in a dynamic state of flux. Inspired by these findings I create artistic metaphors reflecting this more challenging view of a very new kind of reality. My work explores the territory between the world ‘out there’ and our very different 'worlds within’. My paintings portray the fact that our perceptions of solid reality are as deceptively virtual as everything else in a world the mind molds as readily as plastic. My techniques in painting as well as in sculpture also involve a fusion of materials, outlooks and diverse inspirations. Building on the synthetic intensity of digital art, my figurative style depicts a familiar but warped daily life. The artworks are a medley of the virtuality of our perception represented by digital elements and the tangible reality of our daily lives represented by ‘real’ substances like acrylics, gilding, glass paint and epoxy. My aim is to help administer a small dose of inner perceptiveness! Looking into and beyond the canvas, I hope we will find new ways to narrate what we see. Each piece has its own narrative, designed to stimulate the audience to reflect on the blurred playground that bridges the visible and invisible, reality and perception. ‘What is reality?’ is the central theme across the series and in each work, we glimpse a fraction of it, before it escapes. Each mind always contains the whole picture, but with a limited perspective. Because we each have different experiences, each perspective is also valid and equally distorted. Our brains mathematically construct objective reality by interpreting frequencies that are ultimately projections form another dimension, a deeper order of existence that is beyond both space and time. My endless questioning the nature of our existence stems from an insatiable curiosity and an unfathomable love for truth. I believe in the sacredness of the human experience. Art is a canvas to mutate my curiosity into a form I can share – to transfer scientific and spiritual curiosity into pictures - to give form to the formless.
Alec Strang
The overriding theme in my work is the human form and its relationship in fashion and how fashion dictates the manipulation of the form. This is either by the confines of the clothing itself or the manipulation of photographs, video etc. What I attempt to achieve is not only to celebrate the human figure but also to emphasise how an image can be constructed through grids and how that in tern manipulates the image. This interest in grid structure spawned from studying graphic design for two years, during this time I developed an interest in Russian constructivism the futurists and Modernism. It was this obsession with construction, layout and movement, which gave me a strong foundation to work from. Since graduating I began focusing towards fashion illustration and collaborated with the designer Derek Lawlor. This resulted in an accompanying show for London fashion week in September 09. After this I have been pushing my own work and developing my own aesthetic, further more I am due take part in a group show for Alfa Romeo this summer.
ISAAC Erazo
I am a self-educated artist, with a degree in design. My first achievements in art are given in high school, where I get the first place in several art competitions without previous knowledge. This motivates me to study design where I get the best average of my generation. Here I know people dedicated to art who greatly influence my work. At the same time I start working in the area of design for major national brands, while in my spare time I dedicate myself to portraits for important personalities of my country. 3 years ago I obtained a scholarship of state excellence which gives me the possibility of studying abroad with everything paid. So I decide to come to Manchster England and devote myself completely to my passion Born in a wealthy Latin American family of Jewish origin where moral and religious values are very strict and social norms are fundamental.After a financial crisis our lifestyle changes completely, In poverty is where I witness closely the violence, corruption the pain of people very close to me but besides this I see things like the joy that people find in simple things in the midst of misfortune, what changes the way I see the world I was diagnosed with attention deficit as a child, and in my adolescence I was diagnosed with synesthesia. These two conditions have influenced absolutely everything from academic to artistic, my technique focuses on the use of color and my motives are recurrently popular. My intention is to project stories of my experiences in images that people can identify for which I use icons of pop culture in an impressionist style I am a self-educated artist, with a degree in design. My first achievements in art are given in high school, where I get the first place in several art competitions without previous knowledge. This motivates me to study design where I get the best average of my generation. Here I know people dedicated to art who greatly influence my work. At the same time I start working in the area of design for major national brands, while in my spare time I dedicate myself to portraits for important personalities of my country. 3 years ago I obtained a scholarship of state excellence which gives me the possibility of studying abroad with everything paid. So I decide to come to Manchster England and devote myself completely to my passion
Alejandro Miras
Alejandro Miras was born in Barcelona in December 1962. In his youth, he studied art in the Llotja in Barcelona. Later, he went to Florence, Italy, where he complementes his education with studies of engraving, drawing and watercolor with the art teachers Mario Paccioli, Vitti de Fiésole and Bonna Baraldi. Alejandro Miras has participated in numerous exhibitions in the most important cities in Europe and has won various prizes and awards, most importantly: National watercolor prize: Ulpiano Checa (Spanish Union of Water Color painters) 1990 Selected for the National Exhibition of Watercolor, Madrid 1993 Special Mention in the National Watercolor Exhibition, Barcelona 1997 First prize for best collection of small sketches in the Urban Skeching contest Barcelona, Barcelona City Counsil 2013 Presently Alejandro Miras is living and working in Barcelona, where he has his own studio, and collaborates with architectural schools as teacher in free hand architectural drawing. He also organizes masterclasses and workshops.
AleksansarAsenov
Aleksandar Asenov was born in 1991 in Sofia. He graduates the School of Art in Sofia in 2010. His later studies are in the Academy of Fine Arts in Sofia. He is a young but tallanted autor and his paintings are wellsold in Bulgaria an abroad. He has artworks in the USA and accross Europe.
Aleksandr
Breskin Alexander Fedorovich. Born in 1947 in the North Korea. Arrived in Kyiv, Ukraine in 1955 Zhukov, 27, 02156 Kiev EDUCATION Children's School of Art. Kyiv Academy of Art (graduated in 1974) Malishevskiy Private Art Studio. (for 7 years) Member of Kyiv Association of Book Artists. Member of Professional Association for Graphic Artists of Kyiv. Contributed and participated in multiple art projects: 2015 - Exhibition at the Museum of History of Kyiv, in the honour of 1000th anniversary of Prince Vladimir; 2015 – Ukrainian State Enterprise of Posts “Ukrposhta” produced envelopes with the image of "The Dignity Revolution" painting by A.Breskin; 2010 - Personal exhibition of painting and drawing at the Museum of History of Kyiv; 2009 – A set of postcards "My friend felt-tipped pen" with drawings by A.Breskin is published; 2007 - Personal retrospective exhibition in Kyiv Museum of Cultural Heritage, dedicated to Breskin's 60th birthday and 35th artistic activity anniversaries. Painting, drawing, design, textiles; 2004 – Took part in final exhibition at the Museum of International Biennial «Majdanek», Poland; 1998 - participation in the international competition of city emblem "Twin Cities", Kyoto, Japan; 1988 - First Prize in the Kyiv city art competition; 1986 - All-Union Competition prize "Soviet Peace Committee", Moscow; 1983 - Medal to the 1500th anniversary of Kyiv; 1982 - Participated in the final exhibition of the international poster competition "For Peace and Humanism", Moscow; 1980 - Participated in the final exhibition of the international poster competition "The Olympic Games-80", Moscow. COLLECTIONS Works by Alexander Breskin are presented in the National Art Museum of Ukraine, the National Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art, the Museum of History of Kyiv, the Kyiv Museum of Cultural Heritage, the "Getman's capital" museum of Baturyn State Historical and Cultural Park.