Artists
Alice White
Alice White is a professional Oil Painter, born and bred in London. She has recently completed a year's residency as the Selected Artist at ZSL London Zoo. Her recent exhibitions include the Music Room in Mayfair, Kingly Court in Carnaby Street, and the Affordable Art Fair in New York and London. She is featured in the October issue of Vogue Magazine. (Oct 2014)
Alice M
My work is a combination of painting, performance and arts education inspired by absurdity and misunderstanding in everyday life. I hope my work in turn reflects the inspiration to create a platform for questioning your own views.
Alina Teodorescu
I am Alina Teodorescu, a Romanian multimedia artist based in London I have walked a long road and recently I have reached an epiphany as to what completes me as an artist- the urge to experiment with technologies and materials which I explored in interior design. Throughout my career I developed a capacity to continuously adapt to the latest aesthetic realities and the world of interiors and have now extended my artistic boundaries. I have re-orientated myself towards expressing exclusively through my art. Discovering the endless possibilities offered by new digital formats as a means of new expression played an important role in my genesis as an artist. By using the iPad and the Brushes app I capture my spontaneous ideas that at later stage are transposed in different mediums. Whether digital prints from my iPad drawings, oil on canvas or acrylic applied to paper or Plexiglas, the series of works I create vibrate with the same rhythm. My works convey a personal cry for freedom through epicurean forms that validate the human body as a space of intense interactions between concepts such as good and evil, frivolity and spirituality, cultural identity versus homogeneity.
Alioune Ba
A key figure in the development of art photography in Mali. Alioune Ba produces monochrome images full of tone, depth and rhythm. Ba subverts western preconceptions about the Sahel region, presenting it as a treasure chest of quiet beauty. Many of his photographs reveal gracefully the life in the villages. His images of exquisitely-decorated bodies transform local rituals into visual poetry, mixing abstract motifs with vivid naturalism.
Alli Fox
Alli Fox is a fulltime artist painting with textures, acrylic and oil, using both brushes and pallet knives. Inspiration is derived from images and photographs which are then manipulated to create and entirely new image. Both abstract and figures fascinate her. In this body of work she aims to create a delicate balance between dreams and reality, both portraying real life and the ideal. Whilst the figures are visible, they also often blend into the background representing real life. Renown artists that have influenced her range from Gustav Klimt for his patterns and figures, Matisse for his play with light and minimal details, and Degas for his delicate representation of the female form. Alli has previously exhibited all over the UK with different bodies of work and has collectors worldwide, however this body of work is a new and exciting direction. Her artistic expression has gone through many phases over the years resulting in a highly personal approach and perspective. She is never content with standing still and is always looking for her next engaging project.
Alison Mc Kenna
lives and works in the uk
Alison Paton
My formal art training started in stained glass, I did my apprenticeship with Patrick Reyntiens, O.B.E, at Mr Reyntiens stained glass studio in Somerset. I completed a Diploma in Art & Design in Bristol, followed in July 2011 by an undergraduate degree in Drawing & Applied Arts at the University of the West of England.
Alison Paton
My formal art training started in stained glass, I did my apprenticeship with Patrick Reyntiens, O.B.E, at Mr Reyntiens stained glass studio in Somerset. I completed a Diploma in Art & Design in Bristol, followed in July 2011 by an undergraduate degree in Drawing & Applied Arts at the University of the West of England.
Alison Shanks
In my practice I want to make people laugh and think. To do this, I am exploring our experience of the ‘grotesque’ and the ‘uncanny’. The use of the ‘grotesque’ produces a kind of ‘soul dizziness’ as you do not know whether to laugh or cry. Charles Baudelaire said that the essence of laughter in the grotesque hinges on four interrelated pairings, “humour and terror, innocence and corruption, wholeness and fragmentation, the natural and unnatural.” I am currently interested in codes, in particular those used in commercial outlets but also those used to carry personal information. There is a loss of humanity and a commoditisation of self in the digital, codified age. I want to highlight this loss of our humanity by fragmenting and dehumanising the face and incorporating it with digital imagery. In 1936 Walter Benjamin wrote in his seminal essay, “The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction” “The adjustment of reality to the masses and of the masses to reality is a process of unlimited scope, as much for thinking as for perception.” Repetition is used in mass media to manufacture and manipulate such ideas as celebrity, commodities or propaganda. I mimic this in my work by repeating the exposure of an image to the viewer. My Porcelain is silkscreen printed with multiple repeated photographic images, then glazed and presented with steel. I find my use of the two industrial materials, Porcelain and Steel, working together, amplifies the concepts of the works. Alison studied at Hornsey College of Art ,London. BA Hons Fine Art and at Bath Spa University BA Hons Ceramics. She has just passed with Distinction her MA Ceramics at Bath Spa University. She has won several awards and has had work published in Ceramic Review Magazine.October2012 and Space Magazine,October2014. She also has work in the Paul Clay's book "500 Prints On Clay" Lark Publishers. She is currently about to undertake this winter an artist residency in Curitiba, Brazil. She is at this moment sailing there and this journey will very much inform future work.
Alison Johnson
By expressing the power of light playing amongst the water drops, Alison Johnson shows the abstract, surreal side to the natural world. Her seascapes follow a deep tradition which she modernises and brings to a contemporary forefront. Colours sink below a piercing white surface as oceans and landscapes drift in and out of a sweeping hazy mist. The sky appears deep and brooding, the colours revealing a darkness that battles with the flashes of light. When shapes and figures do reveal themselves they appear lost and fragile against the infinite space of the world around. Such is the atmosphere contained in these works they could easily be viewed as pure abstractions, each detail vital enough to stand alone. Ephemeral, warm powerful and evocative she creates a sense of movement through colour, light and balance. Alison Johnson's delicate handling of the world she depicts around her has the power to not only move the viewer but to make a lasting impression.
Alistair Baxendale
Toxicity and Contemporary Living My work is exploring psychological responses in a materialistic society. To miss quote Sartre; 'Man is condemned to the illusion of freedom' It is an ill-conceived conceit to think man can generate his own reality. With the rise of urbanisation globalisation and technology together with mans’ innate spiritual nature this illusion could be catastrophic. Awards Won: - June 2005 The Sir Roger de Grey Prize for Life Drawing - June 2005 The David Ballardie Memorial Award for a Project - June 2006 The Chadwick-Healey Prize for Painting - June 2005 Skinners Company Philip Connard Travel Award for Painting
ALI YANYA
Born in Istanbul, Ali studied Fine Art at Marmara University. He won a Turkish government overseas study scholarship and secured a place at the Royal College of Art where he gained an MA with Distinction in printmaking in 1990. He teaches at Kensington and Chelsea College and exhibits widely. His work his held in private and public collections. Ali’s work is a continuous exploration of man and his relationship with his surroundings and history. Public Collections BP Istanbul Turkish Graphic Arts Museum British Museum
Allan Banford
Allan Banford is a contemporary fine artist specialising in acrylic figurative paintings, focussing on abstract surrealism. The result is a unique and original conceptual experience, capturing the sense of recollection from an individual point of view trough colour, reflecting a Lacerations technique. His influences varied from classical masters such as Rembrandt and William Turner, to contemporary icons such as Francis Bacon and Gerhard Richter. However, he alludes to Vincent Van Gogh from the Yellow House as his greatest influence. He uses this plethora of stimuli to create a contemporary style for which he has become known in social and artist networks. He has also worked as music producer, releasing several records including an EP called ‘Essential Element’ for SLS Records featured by American techno godfather Jeff Mill’s DVD The Exhibitionist. This was followed by a series of number one hits and tours including the ‘Best of British’ released on Carl Cox’s label Intec Records.
Allan Brown
In Allan’s portraits of Women there is an underlying theme linked to feminist issues. For centuries in Western Art, artists have sought mostly to manipulate images of women to suit religious, cultural and personal needs that is predominantly as passive, sexually submissive creatures. The premise of a whole women has been fragmented into virgin, whore, seductress, femme fatale dutiful wife, holy mother witch ectra. His paintings seek to explore the idea of the goddess as a metaphor for modern, emancipated woman. Some are subversive versions of Christian icons or traditional classical myths. Some are political, Allan uses whatever style he believes suits his theme. 1959 – 1964 West of England Academy of Art. Intermediate Certificate in Art and Craft. Intermediate Painting Prize 1960. National Diploma in Design – Illustration. Departmental Prize Best Student 1962. Art Teachers Diploma 1964 Best all round Student Prize. Exhibitions: 2006, Friends Exhibition,The Washington Gallery, Penarth. 2008, Summer Exhibition.The Gate, Roath, Cardiff. 2010, Summer Exhibition, The Washington Gallery, Penarth. 2010/11, Christmas Exhibitions, The Washington Gallery, Penarth. 2011, Solo Exhibition, St Donats Arts Centre. The Hay Makers Gallery, Hay on Wye. 2012, Summer Exhibition, The Washington Gallery, Penarth.
All Things Ink
Introducing our brand new exclusive collection inspired by All Things Ink. Presented by Contemporary Collective X Bankside Hotel, this collection features a collaboration of works by current Maker in Residence Rod McIntosh and a selected group of artists who specialise in ink as an art form. These works have been handpicked to compliment All Things Ink, the day-long event that took place on Wednesday 11th December at the Bankside Hotel. Combining a range of techniques and mediums, all works have been created specifically for the event. Featured Artists: Bridget Davies - figure drawings/fashion illustration Lann Niziblian - Gyotaku printing (from fish) and calligraphy Kate Knight - Biro ink drawings, animals and narrative works Hiroko Imada - Japanese wood block prints Andrea Riot - brush calligraphy/graffiti Talia LeHavi - Japanese ink, stone grinding, ink and brush strokes
Alun Rhys Jones
Alun Rhys Jones is an Australian-based artist, whose practice focuses on themes related to identity, commodity, media, and popular culture. Recent work has investigated the use of the body, gender, celebrity, form, language and colour in a post internet, late capitalist, consumer society. His work questions the relationship we have with visual media, allowing us to analyse the processes by which we see and are seen and to question our sense of reality within a mass media world. Alun Rhys Jones graduated with Honours from the National Art School in 2011. His work has been exhibited extensively throughout Australia and internationally. Since graduating he has participated in eight solo exhibitions and more than 30 group shows. Notable exhibitions include The Last Days of Dionysus (Part 1) at Brenda May Annex, Sydney; The Last Days of Dionysus (Part 2) at Lethbridge Gallery, Brisbane; Untitled ® at MOP Gallery, Sydney; Colour Union™ at Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney; Solo Show at Edwina Corlette Gallery, Brisbane; POP LIVING at Schwartz Gallery, London; the Salon Des Refusés at S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney and Allsorts, Gould Galleries, Melbourne. Alun Rhys Jones has been shortlisted for over 40 Awards and Prizes including the Doug Moran National Art Prize, the Churchie National Emerging Art Prize, the Rick Amor Drawing Prize, the Emporio Armani Commission, the Hazelhurst Art on Paper Award and the Jacaranda Acquisitive Drawing. He has been Highly Commended in the Chippendale New World Art Prize, Clayton Utz Art Award, Waverley Art Prize and the John Olsen Prize for Figure Drawing and was the winner of the North Sydney Art Prize Painting Award in 2012. Alun Rhys Jones has participated in the Takt Kunstprojektraum Artist Residency in Berlin, received both the NAVA Australia Artist’s Grant and William Fletcher Foundation Grant.
Alvaro Tamarit
Award-winning artist and designer based in Cambridge, UK and Javea, Spain. Álvaro Tamarit's work rests on concepts such as the forgotten-by-society, the past, the old and the potentially reusable. This election somehow goes against the culture of information overload and a consumerist society. Álvaro Tamarit was born in Xàbia, Spain in 1976 and graduated with a Bachelors and Masters degree from the San Carlos School of Fine Arts at UPV (Polytechnic University of Valencia) in 2003. He has won various prestigious prizes for his work, including: First Prize at the “Salvador Soria” Vila de Benissa Painting Competition in 2008 First Prize in Sculpture at 9th Manolo Valdés Art Competition, Castellón, in 2007 First Prize in Sculpture at 33rd Bancaja Painting, Sculpture and Digital Art Award in 2006 “Séneca” grant from School of Fine Arts of Cuenca. University of Castilla La Mancha in 2002 His work has been exhibited and recognized internationally through solo and group exhibitions in Spain, The Netherlands, Germany, Cuba and Santo Domingo. With a wide repertoire of sculpture, collage and installations, this well-rounded artist is innovative and individual. Sculptor by vocation, the artist from Xàbia, Alicante has followed a clear path in his pieces. His work is beautiful and fun, whose formats, materials and techniques vary. From pieces where books and wood are perfectly combined, to toy-like sculptures, passing through analogue photo-collages on marine board, these are very pleasing to the eye, in which, on occasions, the artist also introduces parts of drawings and paintings. Despite being two- dimensional works, these pictures remain an important sculptural component, both its conception and the process that the artist used to personally assemble boards and joining the different elements of the composition. They are works that induce the viewer to smile and reflect, because in them are houses with roots, trains of timber that carry trees, factories that emit oxygen etc.: objects and impossible landscapes, made from a cheerful, light and ironic look that, at the same time that describes an ideal, surreal and dreamlike, environment break preconceived schemes of our conventional imagery, of our "prejudgements" about things and its points of interest purposes. Inevitably, this leads to a series of critical considerations on the aspects more delusional and irrational of contemporary societies and, hence, on the current organization of our relationship both with nature and with other human beings. Through a very consistent career path, Tamarit has taken 15 years of building a parallel art world in which objects and materials once again have, insofar as works of art, a second chance. It's a world in which materialize a new hypothesis of relationship between things and their meanings, between matter and ideas. A "holistic" relationship, more respectful and harmonious. In this sense, the artistic intervention of Tamarit could be defined as a "recycling", although it would perhaps be more appropriate to call it "regeneration", since the artist acts as a sort of demiurge.
ALYS TOMLINSON
Alys is an award-winning editorial and fine art photographer based in London. Having grown up in Brighton, she studied at the University of Leeds and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and is currently enrolled on the MA in Anthropology of Travel, Tourism and Pilgrimage at SOAS, University of London. She combines commissioned work for editorial, design and advertising clients with personal work, which she publishes and exhibits. Awards include the Creative Review Photography Annual 2010/2012, the Magenta/Flash Forward Award winner 2008, International Photography Award winner (Lucie) 2006, London Photography award winner 2005, shortlisted for the Jerwood Photography Award 2003, highly commended for the Observer Hodge award 2003, Peter Kirk Memorial Travel scholarship winner 2003, EXIT Magazine photographic Award winner 2002. Alys has exhibited extensively including ‘24’ Berkeley Square, London 2013, The Portrait Salon, London 2012, ‘Open Here’ Hereford Photography Festival 2010, Foto 8 Summer Show, HOST Gallery, London 2010, ‘Why We Love Photography’ HOST Gallery, London 2010, ‘Manual Focus’ The Lloyd Gill Gallery, Somerset 2009, ’24′ The AOP Gallery, London 2008, ‘Stop Moving’ Photodebut Exhibition 2006, ‘Film on Film’ The AOP Gallery, London 2006, ‘Dead Time’ Swiss Cottage Gallery, London (solo exhibition) 2006, ‘Petites Morts’ The Glasshouse Gallery, London 2006, ‘Portfolio’ The AOP Gallery, London 2005, ’3′ Deluxe Gallery, London 2004, Exposure: Hereford Photography Festival 2003, The Observer Hodge Photographic Award, The Newsroom, London 2003. Alys was recently named as one of the PDN (Photo District News) 30 Photographers To Watch.
Amalie Larsen
I am an Artist, Designer, and Craftsman. Coming from The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts,Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, where i underwent studies in the material of glass. I combine my passion for [ainting with my equired glass skills to create unique works of art. Each tells a different story. There is no need for words to descirbe each piece, for the object has a unique conversation of its own with the viewer.
Amanda Jackson
People are fascinating. Photography presents me with opportunities to meet amazing personalities that I would otherwise not encounter. I strive to engage with people who make a conscious choice to live life outside of conventional society. My approach to projects, such as the British Eccentrics series, is to allow the subject to express themselves through forming a relationship based on trust and respect. Each photograph becomes a collaboration of ideas between the subject and I, with the end result capturing a representation of their values, surroundings and lifestyle.