artists / curators / writers

	name	short description
	ACE	ACE is a mystery. All I can tell you right now is that he's a guerrilla printmaker and that his logo is an anthropomorphist boxer.
	Adam King	Adam King explores landscape and the pastoral through two and three dimensional collages. His work reveals post-apocalyptic terrains pieced together from the collected imagery of an urban consumer culture. These landscapes and their inhabitants are a disturbing reflection on our fixation with all things fashionable. He is based in London and studied at the Wimbledon School of Art. Award: Dundee Contemporary Arts Print Open Exhibition Prize 2002; Pizza Express Prospects short-listed prize winner 2002; Surface Gallery Print Open Exhibition Winner 2004, 2006 Finalist Celeste Painting Prize, 2007 Exhibiting Finalist Celeste Painting Prize.
	Adrian Navarro	Adrian Navarro (Boston, 1973) lives and works in London. His most recent individual exhibitions include: Common People. ADA Street Gallery. London (2008); Galaxia, UBS Bank Madrid (2007); Hombres y salvajes (Men and savages), Galería Artificial, Madrid (2006) and De Diario, Centro de Arte de la Comunidad de Madrid (2002). Highlights from recent collective exhibitions include Ilumini, The Crypt Gallery, London (2008); Salon 07, Seven Seven Contemporary, London (2007) and Hernández, Mastretta and Navarro, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid (2003). His works can be found in numerous public and private collections, including the Fundación Caja Madrid and the UBS Bank collection.
	Alan Brooks	He is based in London and studied at Slade School of Art and Reading University. Selected exhibitions include: 2006: John Moores 24, Liverpool. 2005 Under-Lie, Keith Talent Gallery, London. 2001: Solo Show, Mobile Home Gallery, London. 2000: Solo Show, Percy Miller Gallery London. 1999: John Moores 21, Liverpool; East International, Norwich Gallery, Norwich; 1998: Jerwood Painting Prize, Jerwood Space London; Solo Show, Marlene Eleini Gallery, London. In 1999 he was Prizewinner at John Moores 21.
	Alberto Brusamolino	Born in Florence, Italy, 1965, Alberto Brusamolino currently lives and works in Paris. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including “Art Protects”, Yvon Lambert, Paris (2007, benefit exhibition) ; “Artificialia”, FNAGP, MABA, Nogent-sur Marne, France (2007, cat.) ; and “Incidence”, Rencontres de la photographie d’Arles (1991). Recent solo exhibitions include “Celle del dormitorio. The frescoes by Angelico at San Marco in Florence”, Whitecross Gallery, London (2007) and “Reliquiae”, Galerie de Nobele, Paris (2005, curated by Patrick Mauriès, limited edition cat.). His work is represented in the permanent collection of BNF, Paris, France and in many private collections.
	Alena Anderlova	"One of the most important motif in my work is contrast nature and technical civilization. There are my own contemporary person experiences from everyday live existence. There are grotesque and certain tension in my paintings. Important pictures series is for me the "Metro" cycle. I placed there scenes from nature- fishing, chase, hunt, in to the decorative application of the underground's walls..I wanted symbolic transfer a little bit nature in to the Prague underground stations. Conflict between natural and technical world is in the animals portraits too.
	Alex Dewert	MA FINE ART CENTRAL ST MARTINS Recent Exhibitions: Jan 2008, Oriel Mostyn ( See Website ,www.dewart.net, for Guardian Review),;On Your Wall Too, May 2008,Leeds Met Gallery; 'Your Scene',May 2008, Candid Arts, Islington. See website for previuos exhibition history Alex Dewart’s painting are based on landscape and could be said to explore the space between : representation and abstraction; digital and analogue ; the simulated and the real. They may be based on real places or be completely imaginary. It is an enquiry into the relationship between painting and the virtual imagery of the latest technology. I am interested in the idea of the ‘Contemporary Sublime’.
	Alex Gene Morrison	Alex Gene Morrison studied painting at the RCA 2000-2002. Solo shows include ‘Vile Lure’, Rockwell Gallery 2006, ‘Adrift’ , The Fishmarket, Northampton 2007 and ‘New Dawn’ Assembly at Chapter Gallery ,Cardiff 2008. Group shows include ‘John Moores Painting Prize 25’ Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, September 2008 , ‘The Past Is History’, Changing Role Gallery, Naples and Rome, Italy, 2008, ‘Nature and Society’, Dubrovacki Muzeji (Dubrovnik Museums)Croatia 2007, ‘Metropolis Rise’, New Art from London (organised by temporary contemporary), Shanghai and Beijing, 2006, Fuckin Brilliant, Tokyo Wondersite, Japan, Tokyo, December 2005 and ‘New London Kicks’, Wooster Projects, New York, 2005.
	Alex Holland	Alex has been a freelance photographer since 2004 after he graduated in physics. Since then he has built up a large portfolio of London and is currently building up photographs of other cities across Europe. His work has been exhibited several times in London including the Barbican Library in September 2006. Although he lives in Portugal, he is regularly back in the UK when he is able to pursue commissions and orders for his works.
	Alex Hudson	MA Fine Art Wimbledon College of Art 2006-2007. Nominated Artist, Jerwood Contemporary Painters 2009, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2008, Rochelle School, London, 6 December - 11 January 2009. www.alexhudson.co.uk
	Alexander Adams	1991-2 Wrexham Art College, Wales 1992-5 Goldsmiths College, London 2004 “The Proper Study of Mankind”, MoMAWales, Machynlleth, Wales. 2004 “Alexander Adams: Work on Paper” touring show, Rhyl Arts Centre Gallery, Rhyl, Wales; Smith Art Gallery, Brighouse, nr Halifax; School of Art Museum Art Gallery, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, Wales; Kings Lynn Arts Centre, King’s Lynn, Norfolk. Since 1994 he has exclusively worked in black and white. Speaking about the monochrome nature of his work, he said: "Working in black and white breaks the link with naturalism and allows the painter to operate without instinctively judging how 'real' an image is.
	Alexander Heaton	The paintings are nostalgic towards a lost age of youthful innocence and dreams. My work is like a zeitgeist of a close relative one never new or a lost love, perhaps this person was dead long before one was ever born. The work therefore holds a fondness to places that these past lives were lived out in, so close to ones self, yet so far away. They lament on a kind of love and longing to meet ones fore fathers and express a shared inherited passion towards alpine rock and pine trees.
	Alexandra Santos	In my work I try to deal with the concept of disruption between Culture and Nature and the notion of Nature as other. On one hand interested in the relations between the idea of idealisation of Nature and its disruption through scientific knowledge, on the other hand the interpretation of Nature through psychoanalytic symbols. I use the animal as metaphor, using the idea of reportage to suggest the casual capture of an image. Also inspired by Film Noir and the dark symbols of Fairy Tales, my recent work and images evoke a sense of Otherworldly mystery alluding to the obscure and symbolised aspect of dreams, or the interpretation of traditional fables and fairy tales.
	Amelia Shepherd	Photographic artist-documentary and conceptual documentary I experiment with the representation of documentary images to highlight issues concerning our social environment & everyday living, often working in collaboration with specific communities. My practice is also focused on examining the documentary photograph’s relationship and role within representation in the form of deploying different strategies of representation to elicit a response from an audience. Being aware of the politics of representation enables me to situate the documentary photograph as part of a larger debate involving visual culture, the dissemination of images & the role of photography in today’s media saturated world
	Andrew Hladky	Born in Cambridge. Lives and works in London
	Andy Seize	Andy ‘Seize’ Quammie graduated with a BA Hons in Painting @ Central Saint Martin's in 1996. Born and raised in Hackney, Andy belongs at the cutting edge of the 21st century's Avant Garde movement; his work embodies all the vibrancy and optimism of 1980s Graffiti art, rejuvenated by a constant barrage of fresh and innovative ideas. Feverishly hawked by lifestyle magazines like Vogue and Attitude, who have devloped something of a penchant for decking out their models with his trademark, 80s-style Graffitied denim jackets. Seize is no ordinary St. Martin’s graduate. Having already achieved cult-like status on the Graffiti scene, Seize finds it impossible to repress his inherently creative spi
	Anka Dabrowska	Born in Warsaw, Poland she now lives and works in London.Her work is autobiographical. It concerns merging ideas of memory and imagination in relation to her upbringing in Poland. Domestic and urban landscape is a key focus of Anka's new work and has been a re-occurring theme within her practice.
	Anna Dickerson	I work with drawing on paper and painting on canvas to explore visual perception and the boundaries between figuration and abstraction. I am currently working on a series of wolf paintings.Among my influences are the Impressionist paintings of Alfred Sisley; the Pointillist paintings of Georges Seurat and Abstract Expressionist ‘lasso’ paintings of Jackson Pollock.The luminosity and mystery imbued in my work references my experiences growing up in Rome, surrounded by a menagerie of animals and transient light. The intrinsic qualities of paint have always been a tactile delight.
	Anna Vonnemann	MA Fine Art: 1976-1981 Studied at the Hochschule fur Blidende Kunste, Hamburg with Frnz Erhard Walther.
	Anne-Marie Creamer	EDUCATION: 1985-8 Middlesex University. B.A. Fine Art 1988-90 Royal College of Art. M.A, Fine Art, painting SELECTED AWARDS; 1997 London Arts Board, Award to Individual Artists 2001 London Arts Go! International Award; London Arts, London Visual Arts Artists Fund 2003 Foundation and Center for Contemporary Art, Prague, Czech Republic International-artist-in-residence-award Arts Council of England Arts & Humanities Research Board 2003-04 University of the West of England, Bristol, UK, Evelyn Williams Drawing Fellowship
	Annie Kevans	She lives and works in London, studied at Central Saint Martin’s and City University, London. Selected exhibitions include: 2006: Girls, Studio 1.1, London; The Portrait, Ashwin Street, London; Jerwood Drawing Prize, Various UK locations; Beyond the Grave, Sartorial Contemporary Art, London. 2005: Zoo Art Fair, Studio 1.1, London; Radar (in association with ArtReview), The Empire Gallery, London. 2004 Young Gods, Clapham Art Gallery, London. 2001 VAMalgam, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
	AroFish	He goes to Beirut after the bombing and paints kite runners on the ruins and when in London he likes to spray stray cats and bag ladies because he saw the real scene in Spain many years ago while road tripping
	Aya Fukami	I use ceramic to make objects, which then are left to stand balancing. When these objects are finished, start to function as artworks or cease to exist it is quite often unknown; because of the fragility of those objects, (the material in combination with their posture) it is unknown how long they will last. The re-arrangement of the elements and the documentation of the work in different configurations are inherent in my practice, so the work is not ‘fixed’ and stays open.
	Barbara Walker	Barbara Walker graduated in fine art from the University of Central England in 1996. She has undertaken a number of solo projects including: Louder than Words , Unit2 London and Midlands Art Centre,2007; Testimony, Queen’s Hall, Northumberland, 2005; Private Face, EMACA, Nottingham, 2002, this exhibition also toured to Midlands Arts Centre, Birmingham and 198 Gallery, London. Over the past ten years Walker has also exhibited in several group exhibitions including: Families, Oxford House, London, 2006; Birmingham Artsfest 06,2006;True Stories, Wolverhampton Art Gallery, 2003; Intervention Project, Birmingham, 2002. Walker has also been the recipient of a number of funding and research awards
	Baron Gilvan	Baron Gilvan is best known through his bawdy concert hall performances with Pinkle's Puppet Circus and the songwriting duo of Foster and Gilvan. His paintings have drawn from the characters around him that often inhabit a world of Victoriana, faded grandeur and an addiction to dimazapan.In 1991 he suffered a breakdown that lasted 18months and it was during this time at Barrow Gurney Psychiatri Hospital he was able to devote time to painting. Since then his paintings have helped to inform his often ludicrous and endearing stage personas. Some works represented are from a series entitled ' Gentlemen's Relish' which draws from classical portraiture that Baron Gilvan encountered in the Alsace.
	Beejoir	Painting, printmaking, sculpture, photography and stencils are his mediums. Contrasting visual elements and saturated colours make his work personal and accessible, eye catching. One step beyond and the familiar, comfortable frame disappears leaving yourself mumbling and scratching your head, immersed in considerations regarding the ultraviolent nature of the shiny happy people, the unsustainable way of living we are buried in and a huge feeling of guilt. The work goes straight to the point, ruthless. This is honest, good POP art!
	Ben Long	The Great Travelling Art Exhibition is an ongoing public art project that was started in 2001. Under this umbrella title, Ben Long devises activities that attempt to engage an audience who might otherwise have little or no involvement in the visual arts.
	Ben Pettican	Education 2007-2008 Byam Shaw School of Art, Central Saint Martins, Univerity of the Arts London: Postgraduate Diploma Fine Art. 2000-2003 Hudderfield University, BA (Hons) Drawing and Painting. Exhibitions 'the third bicycle' - Lauderdale House, Highgate, London - 1st May - 11th May 2008 'Binocular' - Kingsgate Gallery, West Hampstead, London - 18th April - 27th April 2008 'Concerning the Great Staircase of Black Marble' - The Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art, Archway, London - 6th March - 7th March 2008
	Bianca Brunner	Bianca Brunner's enigmatically simple photographic compositions reflect on the power of sudden, momentary absorption to arrest and change our experience of daily life - characters and sets embodying a hypnotic aesthetic akin to that which may be found in, say, a painting of a mostly empty interior by Wilhelm Hammershoi, or in the subversive sense of memory and possession in a surrealist film. The young Swiss photographer's contemplative images of individuals looking as anonymous and abandoned as the interior and exterior environments in which they are framed are remarkable for their uncanny, almost mystically spartan demeanour.
	Bortusk Leer	ThinkFly is not extinguished! He has evolved and he’s now Bortusk Leer . Evolution, what a beautiful word! From pigeon to happy monster keeping the method intact. Fluorescent spray paint on paper, with a touch of marker. In Shoreditch/Brick lane for you at every time of the day! Have fun.