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the flux review
Fernando Velázquez – Interview
In an age defined by acceleration, distraction, and endless noise, Fernando Velázquez paints as an act of resistance. His work is a meditation against the velocity of modern life – a gesture toward stillness, toward doubt, and toward the fragile humanity that persists...
Chris Silver – Interview
Chris Silver, a Glasgow-based artist, emerges as a compelling voice within contemporary painting, where instinct, emotion and material converge with striking clarity. Drawing from a rich lineage that spans Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art and Fauvist intensity, his...
Holly Nerreter – Interview
Holly Sabine Nerreter’s practice is rooted in a deeply personal and emotionally attuned exploration of the human condition. Born in Nuremberg and now based in Greenwich, London, her journey has moved across countries and disciplines, shaping a body of work that is...
Seye Sanyaolu: Illustrating Identity
Emotion, and the Power of Character In a contemporary visual landscape increasingly shaped by speed, replication, and algorithmic aesthetics, the work of Seye Sanyaolu offers something more considered, more human. Rooted in storytelling and driven by a deep...
Elizabeth Benson – Interview
Beneath the Surface: Elizabeth Benson’s Material Dialogues In Elizabeth Benson’s practice, material is not simply a medium, but a point of departure. Based in North Wales, her work unfolds through an attentive exploration of how substances behave in relation to one...
Marish – Interview
In an era where portraiture continues to evolve beyond representation, Marish emerges as a compelling voice redefining the boundaries between painting and sculpture. Born between the cultural landscapes of the Czech Republic and Ukraine, and now based in New York, her...
Sarah Peters – Interview
Stream of Consciousness and the Power of Unfiltered Mark-Making In an era defined by curation, refinement and constant editing, Sarah Peters offers something strikingly different: a practice rooted in immediacy, honesty and release. Working under the name Studio...
David Ian Bickley – Interview
The Space Between: David Ian Bickley on Landscape and Digital Experience In an era where technology continues to reshape not only how we see the world, but how we experience it, David Ian Bickley’s practice sits at the intersection of landscape, memory and digital...
Iskra Sale – Interview
In a world that often privileges speed, spectacle and surface, Iskra Sale turns instead towards stillness, precision and quiet transformation. Working primarily in graphite, white charcoal, gold and platinum, her practice unfolds through a meticulous layering of...
Romeo Bud – Constructed Selves
Painting identity in the age of the digital image In an era shaped by digital imagery, artificial intelligence and the constant circulation of self-representation, identity is no longer fixed, but continuously constructed, edited and redefined. In this conversation,...
Jie Huang – Q&A
Jie Huang is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice unfolds across installation, ceramics, painting and mixed media, translating the often unspoken complexities of emotional life into compelling visual form. Rooted in personal experience yet resonating on a...
Chi Kiu So (aka Jack So) – Q&A
Working at the intersection of memory, identity and technology, Chi Kiu So, also known as Jack So, creates conceptually driven works that probe the complexities of personal and cultural existence. Rooted in an ongoing search for his true self, his practice moves...
Andy Sylvester – Interview
British painter Andy Sylvester brings a quietly subversive edge to contemporary portraiture, working predominantly with acrylic on board and card to construct images that unfold slowly, layer by considered layer. Drawing from photographic references sourced through...
Katya Shkolnik – Hidden Structures of Time
Katya Shkolnik is a Milan-based multidisciplinary artist and photographer whose work translates the unseen structures of time, consciousness, and reality into immersive perceptual experiences. With a background in nuclear...
David Worthington – Stone, Space and Stillness
Above image of David © Camilla Santini David Worthington reveals new sculptural benches at 20 Gresham Street In the heart of the City of London, where glass, steel and financial urgency typically define the atmosphere, an unexpected quiet has emerged. At 20 Gresham...
Karin Jolly – Interview
British contemporary sculptor Karin Jolly works at the fault line between fragility and endurance. Born in Torquay in 1965, her practice is forged from lived experience and shaped by a lifelong interrogation of what it means to hold together when everything threatens...
Amie Elizabeth Wolo
Amie Elizabeth Wolo is a London-based abstract artist whose work celebrates the expressive potential of colour and mark making. Operating outside conventional boundaries, Amie’s practice draws viewers into immersive visual conversations where rhythm, hue and texture...
Alexa Harris – Interview
Alexa Harris is a contemporary artst whose practice moves between painting, drawing and object-based work, rooted in rawness and deconstruction. Her compositions often retain an unfinished edge, an unfilled space within a landscape or a headless figure - preserving...