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Joel Chidi Sydenham – Interview
Born to a Nigerian mother and British father, Joel Chidi Sydenham approaches art as a space of convergence, where image, language, memory, and identity intertwine. Working fluidly between visual art and poetry, his practice resists fixed boundaries, instead...
Kate Mayer – Interview
Painting Through Sound, Sensation and Atmosphere In Kate Mayer’s practice, painting begins not with image, but with immersion. Rooted in sound, her work moves beyond visual interpretation into something more embodied, where rhythm, vibration and emotional resonance...
Marina Emphietzi – Q&A
Marina Emphietzi is a London-based Greek Cypriot visual artist known for her expressive paintings that explore the fluid relationship between memory, transformation, and the emotional passage of time. Rooted in a deep connection to the sea, her practice uses
Sean BW Parker – Q&A
Sean BW Parker is an artist whose practice sits between instinct and critique, shaped as much by formal study as by a deliberate rejection of it. Having completed an MA in Fine Art at the University of Creative Arts in Farnham, Parker’s work ultimately emerged...
Sana Obaid – Q&A
There is a quiet intensity that defines the work of Sana Obaid, where material, process and emotion are held in careful balance. Rooted in both formal training and lived experience, her practice moves fluidly across disciplines, guided as much by intuition as by...
Lyn Hodnett – Q&A
Working across painting, printmaking and collage, Lyn Hodnett’s practice centres on the enduring presence of female archetypes, figures that move between the personal and the universal. Drawing on mythology, folklore and lived experience, her work brings together...
Miguel Sopena – Q&A
Miguel Sopena is an artist whose path into painting developed outside traditional academic routes, moving from a background in science into an atelier-led training in portraiture before gradually shifting towards abstraction. Sopena’s practice is grounded in a...
Ain El Hayat – Interview
We are pleased to interview Hayat, a Lebanese multidisciplinary artist whose practice moves fluidly across photography, video, installation, and writing. Now based in Dubai, her work explores the delicate tension between personal memory and collective experience,...
Xiaoxiao Song – Q&A
Xiaoxiao Song is an artist whose practice moves between observation, material sensitivity, and a quiet yet powerful exploration of human connection. Working across painting, drawing, and visual storytelling, her work reflects an attentiveness to subtle emotional...
Alex Billingham – Q&A
British artist Alex Billingham works at the intersection of live art, film, visual practice, performance, sculpture and digital media, creating immersive worlds where vulnerability, survival and transformation take centre stage. Based in the West Midlands with an...
