the members
christopher mike
I am a painter. I paint subjects in ways that highlight my reaction to them. I don't aim for photorealistic outcomes. For some people, myself included, there is something much more interesting in a painting that is created with emotion rather than one that relies on technical skill. It's like being able to overhear someone else's private conversation: we know it's wrong, but it's also hugely exciting!
Instagram: @christo.mike
sarah lang
I create work inspired by my personal experience, the people and places that I know and the communities that I feel connected to.
I draw attention to what is overlooked. I hope to encourage the viewer to consider and examine what lies beyond the first glance; to contemplate the seemingly insignificant and to glimpse the unseen history that echoes in our lives.
The "Ordinary" is much richer, more beautiful and has more significance than we think.
Instagram: @sarahlangart
vincenzo muratore
Born in 1985, the Italian sculptor, painter and designer Vincenzo Muratore sees arts as a way to stimulate a deep connection with themselves and the beauty of life. He has redesigned and rebuilt hermitages, churches and libraries from abandoned buildings in rural areas of Sicily, exhibited in prestigious biennials and has been involved in several solo exhibitions.Living and working in London from 2017, Muratore has continued producing artistic projects on topics like migration, disability, introspection. He won the 2019 Tiranti Award as Young Sculptor at the Chelsea Art Society. He works mainly in Bronze, Resin and Marble.
Instagram: @vincenzomuratoreartist
yuliya v krylova
Yuliya is a multi-disciplinary artist working in various mediums including painting, costume design and performance art. She delivers site-specific performances as a costume designer and as a Butoh performer.
Born in Kazakhstan at the time it was still a part of the Soviet Union, her artistic journey started at the age of four when she created her first drawings. It was many years before completion of her first arts related degree. Further education at different universities around the globe (Kazakh State Law academy, Boston University school of law, Central St. Martins and London College of Fashion), have all formed part of her journey.
Yu is today based in London. She is a founder member of Art in the Docks
Instagram: @yuliyavkrylova
stephen guy
Stephen Guy is a designer-maker and educator specialising in mechanical art or automata. He generally works as Fire the Inventor and runs creative workshops - now online - that explore how mechanisms work, the science behind them, and how art can be engineered.
He runs the workshops in schools, at events and exhibitions, museums, science and engineering festivals, in the UK and around the world.
He runs also produces interactive automata for exhibitions, demonstration machines, educational kits and other teaching resources.
He has had commissions from Cabaret Mechanical Theatre, the Craft Council, and Compton Verney Art Gallery. He was a design consultant for the Craft Council’s A Curious Turnexhibition, had a solo exhibition at Craft Central, London, and was invited to be the first Artist in Residence at Bow Arts' RAW Lab in 2017.
neda dana-haeri
Neda’s art is driven by Persian poetry and Eastern philosophy. She uses layers and textures depicting different dimensions, certainty to ambiguity in a continuum of colours and shades`.
Neda morphs poems expressed, and scenes experienced into colours and abstract themes. Her work is based on the interplay of cultural and personal memories.
Neda has had numerous exhibitions, several art residencies in the USA, Japan and India, and has published, with Tajalli Keshavarz, the book “Unbound Expressions” based on a collaborative project.
Neda Dana-Haeri, painter and printmaker, was born in Iran and has been living in England since 1977. She studied Psychology and Fine Arts and currently lives and works in London.
Instagram: @Nedadanahaeri
Twitter: @Neda_at_Paraava
aidan brooks
Everybody has a story, you just have to stop and listen to them.
I consider myself to be a community photographer. A photographer of real people, with real stories. I use my camera as a tool to get to know a person, starting the conversation and finding out how they are feeling in that moment. My photography has taken me all over the world; From working for a renowned travel company, capturing excursions, to my current job in Kuwait City, as a photographer, at Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Cultural Centre.
My Mission is to bring people together, whether that’s through getting to know them on a shoot or creating community series of work for all to enjoy.
Instagram: @aidan_brooks
charlie tymms
Charlie Tymms is a freelance puppet designer/maker working in theatre, film and the visual arts from her studio in East London. At the core of her work is the aim to create a dynamic partnership between the materials, character and physicality of a puppet collaborating with directors, actors and a project team to explore those possibilities. A keen interest in the mechanics of moving parts and the fine craft of engineering has given her an extensive knowledge of different materials and their application in puppet design.
Instagram: @charlietymms
colin gold
...it's interesting, the link between your hands and your brain .. and the difference between making something pre-programmed, like an architectural drawing, or scaled model, where formula and exactitude rule the process, and when creating an idea, an emotion, a statement or comment, three-dimensionally, where your hands become an extension ... an expression of thought process and creative development ...
My work is constantly evolving as social comment, using "found and abandoned" materials. Quite often, the items "found" determine the direction of the "construction", but the message, the emotion, remains the same. I don't produce works with the idea that they are directly for sale or might be deliberately commercial, i.e. decorative "fashionable" pieces, but intend them to be used in the inclusion of a narrative, such as "comments of Indian life", a statement about "pollution", about the deterioration of a city i.e. Venice, or about government and society... whatever I find newsworthy ... a conversation about the way we live ... or die.
martin cottis
As a teenager I began an apprenticeship at a local joinery in Devon but left for London before I’d finished it. After 10 years or so of varied exploration I found my way to Central School of Art & Design on a sculpture degree. Here I discovered a passion for Art in general and in particular working with communities examining and celebrating neighbourhoods.
I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with some great artists and organisations in this field including Sophie Layton, Inter-Action, Walk the Plank and the redoubtable Elizabeth Leyh. Liz taught me to carve, old school style with gouges, mallets and muscle. This is mostly what I practise at the studio in Royal Albert Wharf.
I have come to love wood. How it looks, how it feels and smells and how it can be shaped, bent and persuaded into becoming almost anything at all.
My apprenticeship has never really finished and I hope it never will be.
christine elizabeth
Christine started her career interning for designers and being involved in Art projects in the industry where she showcased her first collection inspired by the Ironworks exhibit, at the V&A museum London before going on to established herself as a Fashion Textiles designer having completed her BA in Fashion Textiles at Middlesex University London.
Specialising in woven textiles and all stages of Fashion textile research, development and production her work consist of fashion fabrics and womenswear collections.
Christine Elizabeth is known for her exploration within wool producing fabric collections, garment and bag collections hand woven in her London based atelier and micro- mill.
Christine has recently showcased her hand made bag collection within the designer maker section of old Spitalfields market - December 2019.
Instagram: @ChristineElizabeth_official
hafza yusuf
Hafza Yusuf is a Somali-British textile designer, Art educator and founder of Hafza Studio. Hafza's love for art and her rich culture led her to pursue a career in textile design, which became a way for her to celebrate the beauty of the Somali Culture and preserve Somali textiles and heritage.
Hafza is a passionate advocate for using art and creativity to bring communities together and make meaningful connections. Various international media outlets have highlighted her engaging community workshops, such as the BBC, iNews, Buzzfeed, AFP and much more, garnering positive attention for her work.
Hafza's vision is evident; she wants to create a space where art and culture become the heart of the community.
Instagram @hafzastudio
Twitter @hafzastudio
annamaria michela antonazzo
Annamaria Michela Antonazzo is an Italian painter. At a young age, she enrolls at the Academy of Fine Arts in Lecce (Italy), where she studies Painting and Contemporary Arts. After AFAC, she continues her studies and pursues an undergraduate degree in Graphic Design, which resulted in an experimental thesis in the translation of sound into images.
She currently lives in London, where she works as an artist and in the field of education. Her artistic work develops mainly through painting (tempera, oil, acrylic, watercolor), printmaking, and drawing. It's unraveling through conceptual evolution is usually inspired by literature, cinema, or everyday life.
One of these is the idea of Memory (like "Mimnésco" and "Re-Cordor") and Forgetfulness. She usually works with Tempera and raw linen, which makes the canvas look like a sketchbook. She is also fascinated by the concept of "Unaccomplished", which is reflected in many of her paintings, particularly the series (Thoughts and deeds for the unaccomplished one ). Often her subjects refer to an iconography traceable in the Catholic religion (such as martyrdom or the relic), this is usually linked to a reflection on the potential of the individual and its inability to achieve its full calibre
Instagram: @joelle._.vd