artists / curators / writers

	name	short description
	Miho Sato	Miho Sato is something of a militant magpie for the information age. Borrowing at will from a variety of printed source matter, Sato liberates the images she chooses of the artificial facets that bind them to time, place and sentiment and gives them back to us devoid of detail. But there is a catch. In choosing to re-present familiar subjects, Sato forces us to confront just how complicit we are within the endless cycle of data reproduction. Rifling through other people's histories, she is free to shine a light under the murkier aspects of contemporary image making. Rebecca Geldard, London, December 2006
	Mighty Monkey	Mighty monkey is not a donkey. He’s a young business man who has started early and is going to be here for many years.
	Michael Stubbs	He lives and works in London and studied at his MA at Goldsmiths College, University of London and his BA (Hons) Fine Art at Bath Academy of Art. Selected exhibitions include: 2006: John Moores 24, Contemporary Painting, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Ebb and Flow Part II, Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA; Salon Connexions, Rivington Street Gallery, London; Michael Stubbs, Hollenbach Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany. 2005 Michael Stubbs, GlaxoSmithKline, Atrium Exhibition Space, London. 2002 Michael Stubbs, Marella Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy. 1998 Michael Stubbs, Entwistle Gallery, London. 1997 Michael Stubbs, Duncan Cargill Gallery, London. 1996 Michael Stubbs, Concourse Gallery, Byam Shaw School of Art, London. In 2006 he was the finalist in the Celeste Art Prize. Selected Collections British Council. Gibralter Bank. Groucho Club. BHP Oils
	Michael Sheppard	Education: MA Photography - Royal College of Art 2002-2004. BA (hons) Fine Art - Byam Shaw School of Art 1995-1998. Selected Exhibitions: Field - Fosterart London 2005; Peripheral Visions - Cork Film Centre Ireland 2005; Portobello Film Festival, London 2004; Essen Photography Festival, Germany 2003; Contemplation Room, Overgaden Gallery, Denmark 2002.
	Michael Roff	Drawing, Sculpture, Photography
	Michael Bowdidge	Michael Bowdidge has been a practicing artist since 1989 and has worked in a variety of media, including collage, assemblage, installation and photography. His current sculptural practice makes use of found materials at a variety of scales ranging from small wall pieces to large-scale site-specific installations. All of these works share a simplicity of construction which aspires to an almost mathematical elegance, necessitating a high degree of formal rigour. There is also a fascination with the process of transformation, manifested here as a continuous testing of the representational limits of materials, in order to explore the tension between what they are and what they might become.
	Maya Hewitt	ewitt uses symbolic narrative to explore the notion of reality and fiction. Her paintings are presented as environments of connecting plots or pieces within a larger narrative, transforming the gallery walls into an experience reminiscent of children’s pop-up books and adventure stories. In her works she particularly draws on references from the contemporary Japanese Kawaii culture. Hewitt lives and works in London and studied at the University of Brighton, Camberwell College of Art and Winchester School of Art. Selected exhibitions include: 2004: Scope, London; Soliloquy of Ours, R.K. Burt Gallery, London. 2003 On the Paper, Plus Gallery, Nagoya Japan.
	Mau Mau	The Mau Mau Uprising was an insurgency by Kenyan rebels against the British Empire administration that lasted from 1952 to 1960.
	Matthew Stradling	1987 - 89 The University of Reading Masters in Fine Art 1982 - 85 Saint Martins School of Art First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art ( Painting ) 1981- 82 Watford School of Art and Design Foundation Course in Art and Design Much of Matthew’s work celebrates the sensuality of the human form - figures often luxuriating, nude, against lush decorative backgounds or sometimes frozen, naked, into empty fields of muted colour.The textures of flesh are captured with the use of layers of delicate colour and the sensitive rendering of light. The paintings often seduce the viewer with a dream-like flow of imagery, a careful attention to detail and an intense use of colour.
	Maslen & Mehra	Maslen & Mehras' collaborative practice explores ideas that revolve around the meeting point and overlapping of nature and culture. Works take the form of photography, installation, sculpture and drawing. Maslen & Mehra have exhibited widely internationally including Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, South Korea, South Africa, Russia, UK, and the USA.