artists / curators / writers

	name	short description
	Phil Dobson	Central to Dobson’s practice is the German word “Verfremdung” implying an approach to representation which instead of being a response to the real visual world and its meaning, exists on its own terms. In his paintings, object impressions made on wet layers of acrylic paint are manipulated by subsequently applying several layers of thin paint, with an allusion to pixilation.. He lives and works in London and studied at Reading University. In 1997 he won the Logos Prize; in 2002, 2004 was shortlisted for John Moore’s; and, in 1998 for the Jerwood Painting Prize. Selected exhibitions include: 2004 Art Bond, London. 2003: Bettie Morton Gallery, London; Brixton Open, London.
	Philippa Beale	Beale uses mixed media and texts to document journeys through real and surreal space as would an explorer or archaeologist. Both actual and imaginary, these journeys explore cultures, history, sexuality, and the social fabric of life, acquiring archival status, as through these she describes past histories and contemporary life whilst invoking hidden histories and memories. She lives and works in London. She studied at the University of Reading and Goldsmiths College. Selected Solo Exhibitions include: Angela Flowers Gallery, Southampton Art Gallery, Richard Demarco Gallery, Scotland, The Akumulatory Gallery, Poland, and Saint Benoit, France.
	Pure Evil	Pure Evil is an artist and gallerist that in spite of his name is doing a great job for the graffiti scene in London
	Rachel Potts	She lives and works in London and studied at Bath Spa University, School of Art and Design, and Chelsea College of Art, London. Selected exhibitions include: 2007, Creekside Open X2, APT, London, Spectre vs. Rector, The Residence, London, 34% Pork, Bartlett’s Gallery, London, Art and Pidgeon Pie, The Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London Winter Exhibition, Contemporary Art Projects, London, 2006, Fame is the Spur, La Viande, London Scampi, Chips and Peas, Hotbath Gallery, Bath. 2005, Geisterfahrer! (Ghostdriver!), Paintworks, Bristol. Drawn, Plan 9 Gallery, Broadmead, Bristol Popularity Contest, the Old Truman Brewery, Brick Lane, London
	Rebecca Gould	Rebecca Gould studied at Central Saint Martin's, UWIC, Cardiff and Coleg Menai. Gould recently had a solo exhibition, 'Beauty and The Beast' at The Ucheldre Centre, Holyhead. Other exhibitions include ‘O Dreamland’, Transition by the sea, Kent, 'The Suitcase Project', Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, 'Magical Thinking', Mother Studios, London and 'Feel Good Feel Bad Boys and Girls', Lange Gasse 28, Ausberg, Germany.
	Richard Meaghan	Richard Meaghan's paintings are invented and are an amalgamation of a number of differing experiences that revolve around memory, making use of allegorical and pictorial inventions and references from contemporary art and art history. Meaghan's narrations are not linear, but rather associative and analytical, so that the works function like short stories, in which the plot is compressed into single images. However, the fragments have to be pieced together and thus can seemingly fall somewhere between dream and reality. The resulting paintings appear as visions of somewhere familiar yet strange, uncanny shimmerings based on careful study of our world that in turn suggests another.
	Robin Dixon	Selected Exhibitions: 2008 Unnatural Histories, Nunnery Gallery, London New Paintings, 2 person show, Seven Seven gallery, London 2007 Jerwood Contemporary Painters, Jerwood Space, London (Touring) Mist and Bells, Seven Seven Gallery, London 2006 Solo Show, Societe des Arts Technologiques, Montreal, Canada No-Ship, Seven Seven Gallery, London Stars Down to Earth, Nunnery Gallery, London 2005 Tower of Babel, Limehouse Arts Foundation, London Black Bile, Three Colts Gallery, London 2004 Minimal as Maximal, Kontainer Gallery, Los Angeles
	Rose Gibbs	Inspired by artists like Frida Kahlo, Gibbs’s practice gains an autobiographical nature. Everyday objects are subverted to tell personal stories of the repetitive and mundane, yet poignant nature of everyday life and conventions. She is specifically interested in the cyclical nature of life- ‘life creating life to create life’ and the necessary condition of motherhood to keep the cycle active.. She lives and works in London and studied at Central St Martins. Selected exhibitions include: 2006: Chicago Art Fair, Rosy Wilde gallery, London; People Like Us, Nomoregrey, London. Forthcoming exhibitions include How Women Are at Sartorial Contemporary Art, London in 2007.
	Ross Hansen	Education 1995-97 MFA, The Slade School of Fine Art, University College London 1991-95 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Newcastle University Selected Exhibitions 2007: Oh Deborah!, Contemporary Art Projects, London. 2006 The Trophy Room (solo), Vertigo, London. 2004: Everyday is like Sunday, Vertigo, London; BlowUp, New painting and Photo-reality, St. Paul’s Gallery, Birmingham. 2003: Documentary (solo), Vertigo, London. 2002: Talking Painting: Ross Hansen & Julian Wakelin, Vertigo, London. 2001: Back to Reality, Vertigo, London; Reality Intervention, Gallery Westland Place, London. Selected Collections UBS Warburg Beth Rubin De Woody Collection, NY Nelson Woo Collection, London Tyler, London
	Ryan Mosley	Education: 2005-2007 Royal College of Art, MA Painting; 2000-2003 Hudderfield University, BA (Hons) Drawing and Painting. Selected Exhibitions:Sarah Myerscough Gallery, London 2005; REC Secret Exhibition, London 2005; Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London 2005; Blocspace, Sheffield 2005; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield 2004.