artists / curators / writers

	name	short description
	Sarah Sparkes	Sparkes wallpaper installations reference the history and popular culture of wall papers in England. The ‘pub wallpapers’ dedicated to a particular leitmotif- the artist’s drinking haunts in her home town of Reading, are a homage to the fabulously grotesque wallpapers that grace the walls of these establishments. The labour-intensive process of hand-painting each repeat motif, is both an obsessive and cathartic act, an attempt to exorcise the ghosts of memories that are held within each building. She lives and works in London and studied at Chelsea School of Art & Design, Kingston University and Middlesex University.
	Sarah Jeffries	I am fascinated with the way that interiors work on many different levels: At face value they can be both beautiful and ugly, on a another level they can provide a narrative to the viewer about current fashions and locations in time. Deeper still, they can give clues as to the lifestyle and class of the occupants. By placing incongruous figures in certain interiors I am interested in exploring the stereotype of perfection, harmony and order in middle and upper class society. She is based in London and studied at the Royal College of Art.
	Sarah Dwyer	She lives and works in London and studied at the Royal College of Art. In 2004 she won The Sheldon Bergh Award, RCA; in 2003 The Basil Alkazzi Travel Award to New York, RCA
	Sarah Bridgland	Sarah Bridgland is known for her pop-up assemblages of miniscule paper cut outs - comic book speech-bubbles, graphic symbols, flower watercolours all competing for our attention and switching back and forth between popular culture and the history of art. This 3 dimensional clutter of scalped paper meticulously overflows out of vessels in the form of gunned toy soldiers and matchboxes. Bridgland’s work fascinates by transforming her outsiderist obsession with the insubstantial through a mesmerising level of deft technique into objects that are extreme, ordered, detailed and intense.
	Samuel Douglas	He lives and works in London and is currently in his first year studying for an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art. He studied his BA in 1999-2000 at University of Brighton. Selected exhibitions include RCA Interim Show. In 2002 he won the Star Gallery Exhibition Award.
	Sam Winston	Winston's typographic stories became widely collectable after he started selling them through London's ICA. His books can now be found in the special collections of MoMA New York, the Tate Galleries London, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the British Library. Winston is also a visiting lecturer at various universities including The Royal College of Art and Camberwell College of Art. He has written for Baseline magazine and worked on various design projects, most recently the third Muse album, and typographic consultancy work for Ogilvy & Mather. Winston studied at Camberwell College of Art - BAhons Graphic Design and Plymouth College of Art National Diploma. He lives and works in London.
	Salvatore Fiorello	Salvatore Fiorello’s paintings depict depopulated urban spaces that are devoid of people but full of atmosphere. However they are anything but menacing as he uses bright colours: purples, pink, aqua and oranges. The result is a set of paintings that look like the backdros to a kitsch 1960s psychedelic film noir. Fiorello studied at UCE, Birmingham (BA Fine Art Painting) and Royal College of Art (MA Painting). He lives and works in UK.
	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.
	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
	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.