meet our artists
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
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, 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.
Instagram: @yuliyavkrylova
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.
Instagram: @Nedadanahaeri
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.
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.
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.
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
www.annamariaantonazzo.co.uk/
Instagram: @annamaria._.michela
David Swainsbury
I'm a street photographer from East London, my work is characterized by its candidness and its ability to capture the essence of everyday life.
I'm a passionate advocate for street photography and believe that it is a powerful tool for documenting the human condition and for understanding the world around us.
I currently have some of my work exhibited and Art Spaces Essex and sell my pieces at Old Spitalfields Market E1.
I don’t just stick to street photography, I love all aspects of this art form, from product, portraits and documentary/journalistic photography.
I like to Capture Lie’s Moments.
https://www.photoglory.art/about
Instagram - @Photoglory