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Paper-concrete (re-cycled newspaper pulp - Evening Standard, Metro) acrylic pigment, re-claimed corrugated metal, spray paint, timber, plywood, re-cycled underlay.
Catriona is a 2019 Royal College of Art MA Sculpture graduate and has been a UAL technician for over 10 years. She received the Second Prize UK New Artist of the Year Award at the Saatchi Gallery, and the Gilbert Bayes Award.
Catriona’s worm-like creatures digest synthetic materials, reshaping cities as future geological imprints in a post-human future. Her work examines the interplay between nature, architecture and deep time, imagining a re-wilding of the city.
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Oil on board.
Donna McLean has exhibited regularly in the RA Summer Exhibition and various galleries across the UK. In 2021 she was shortlisted for the CBP Prize and became a member in 2023.
Donna focuses on transforming a lethal subject into exquisite, pocket-sized paintings. As this project evolved, she realised the atomic bomb's shapes often mirror what it destroys, highlighting a poignant irony in today’s world.
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Oil pastel on paper.
Based in Cheltenham, Ellie recently returned to drawing, working primarily in oil pastel. Her current work explores human interaction, vulnerability and tension through figures and nature, often conveying unease.
Plants absorb the sun's energy, they photosynthesise. In this work, the figure is the sun, consumed, and fuelling their growth. Or perhaps she is drawing energy from the plants, harnessing their power to grow herself.
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Oil paint, oil stick and painting medium on linen.
Gabriella Kardos, born in Bucharest under Ceaușescu's regime, emigrated to Montreal after time in a Vienna refugee camp. Educated at Concordia University, she is a London-based painter and printmaker.
Inspired by a photograph, the painting reflects the artist at 16 in Vienna, awaiting asylum after fleeing Romania. It captures a lightness of being despite her uncertain future.
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Gouache on board.
Jack Candy-Kemp studied for his MA in Painting at Wimbledon College of Arts. Inspired by travel and counterculture, he paints in gouache, exploring tourism’s liminal spaces and challenging idealised travel imagery.
This painting draws inspiration from bus stops Jack saw when visiting Disneyland Paris. When travelling, the artist feels pressured to create lasting memories, struggling to live in the moment.
jackcandykemp.com
@jackcandykemp
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Waste material and wire.
Lizzie Hill, winner of the 2023 Royal Academy Jack Goldhill Prize for Sculpture, creates large forms from waste materials. Her work explores the human impact on the planet and has been widely exhibited.
In this work, Lizzie weaves waste materials into layers, creating an anthropomorphic form. The piece, inspired by geological strata, questions the value of man-made materials and highlights environmental fragility.
lizziehill.co.uk
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Oil on okawara paper.
Morag Caister, winner of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year 2022, explores existential themes through portraiture and the nude. Her work is featured in prestigious collections, including the National Portrait Gallery.
This work is part of the "Sofa Series" which focusses on portraits set in domestic spaces, with the sofa as a central element. It examines themes like relationships, consent and psychoanalysis.
moragcaister.com
@moragcaister
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Oil on wooden panel.
A British artist born in Baku, Azerbaijan, Naila studied under renowned Soviet social realism painter Boyukagha Mirzazade at the Azerbaijani Fine Arts Academy. Now based in west London, she has exhibited widely.
Naila’s practice captures moments and emotions through sweeping brushstrokes. Influenced by personal losses, this work is part of her series "Embracing and Repelling" exploring the complexities of love and frustration in relationships.
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Acrylic on canvas.
Orlanda Broom studied MA Fine Art at Winchester School of Art, Barcelona, and exhibits internationally. Her work has been selected for the Columbia Threadneedle Prize and the RA Summer Exhibition.
In this landscape filled with exotic foliage, Orlanda uses colour to evoke a sense of freedom and sensuality. The work explores the tension between themes of abandonment, life cycles, growth and decay.
orlandabroomartist.com
@orlandabroom
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Oil on canvas.
Reuben is a black, neurodivergent artist who studied his postgraduate at The Slade School of Fine Art. His work explores representation, race, and class, creating safe spaces for people of colour to reflect on hidden histories.
The artist was inspired by Ben Enwonwu's 1974 "Mona Lisa" depicting Nigerian princess Adetutu Ademiluyi. Reuben reimagines this portrait of Ada, a Jamaican Maroon, embodying resilience and Black joy. The work is dedicated to the artist's mother Catherine.
@reubenmurraypractice
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Graphite, carbon, and charcoal on grained paper.
With a background in medical anatomy, Samuel explores the human face through detailed portraits, retelling stories of the human condition, while also addressing environmental issues and drawing inspiration from African art.
In this work, the artist portrays his sister in a pensive gaze, honouring her support. The sharply detailed portrait features a Kente scarf, highlighting the subject's Ghanaian heritage.
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Mixed media collage on canvas, calligraphy on Korean mulberry paper, hand grinding ink, lacquer.
Soon Yul Kang studied fiber arts in South Korea and Japan, and received her MA at Goldsmiths College. Her works focus on meditation and healing, have been exhibited internationally, receiving numerous awards and honours.
In this work the Korean word for "Human Being" is written in calligraphy, and collaged to create a circular form, reflecting on the Zen understanding of simplicity, stillness, repetition, and rebirth.
soonyulkang.com
@soonyulkang
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Mixed media ceramic.
London-based Terence Wilde has a textiles degree and retrained through Croydon mental health services. His black-and-white works reflect his journey as an adult survivor, expressing struggles, fears, and dreams.
The artist's clay "Pagoda" represents a sacred space for safety and calmness, featuring decorative black and white patterns and airholes for enhanced tranquillity, resembling a personal folly.
jenniferlaurengallery.com/terence-wilde
@wildeterence
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Oil on Canvas.
Amy Dury is a Glasgow School of Art and University of Brighton alumna. She appeared on Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year in 2021 and exhibited in the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.
In this painting the relationship between owner and pet is explored - but who owns who? The artist emphasises the elevated status of some animals, while others remain in the background, overlooked.
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Reclaimed wood, foam cushions, gaffer tape, string, poster paint.
Erika is a Swedish sculptor based in London, exhibiting internationally. Her recent highlights include a show at Fold Gallery in 2023, exhibiting work at the Venice Biennale 2024, and receiving the 2023 Gilbert Bayes Award.
This piece is a staircase that does not connect, leading nowhere; a fragile, precarious construction, teetering on collapse. It uses the possibility of failure to gently question our relentless pursuit of progress.
erikatrotzig.com
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Oil on canvas.
Giuseppe Iozzi is a Brighton-based painter and secondary school art teacher. He studied his postgraduate degree at UAL and recently completed the Turps correspondence course while maintaining his artistic practice.
This painting explores time in his school, capturing empty spaces where students once were. His work features crumpled papers and scuffed surfaces, creating a reflective pause amid the school’s relentless pace.
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Watercolour on paper on board.
Elliott studied at Manchester and The Royal Academy Schools. He has exhibited at notable galleries and has works in public and private collections, including the National Trust and Manchester City Art Gallery.
Using watercolour, the medium of choice many architects use to illustrate, Richard depicts the modern world. His paintings focus on architectural subjects and the landscape that they inhabit.
richardelliott.net
@richardelliottwatercolour
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Acrylic on latex, Vietnamese newsprint, painted wooden stretcher (Diptych).
KV is a Vietnamese artist with a transnational background, known for creating paintings on latex that explore identity, materiality, and ancestral history. He holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art.
In this work, the door motif represents access and inaccessibility regarding colonial and LGBTQ+ histories. The left frame depicts a desolate cityscape, while the right portrays a family portrait.
kvduong.com
@kvduongart
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Acrylic and oil on canvas.
Lexia is a German-British figurative painter and printmaker. She studied Fine Art at the Universität der Künste Berlin and recently graduated with an MA in Painting at the Slade School of Fine Art. She exhibits internationally.
This monumental image of wilted and living flowers in a vase references the Vanitas still life, reflecting contemporary feelings of despair and hope in a poignant dialogue about life and mortality.
lexia-hachtmann.com
@lexiahachtmann
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Oil on canvas.
Nicole is a Chinese painter from London, currently studying BA Fine Art at Goldsmiths. Her work combines influences of Daoism and minimalist Western music through a dialogue with chance and non-hierarchical relationships.
In this painting, the artist utilises a process of erasing and adding, creating a cyclical buildup that invites viewers on a journey that unravels, in a constant becoming and never arriving.
@nicoledi.art
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Acrylic, oil, paper pulp and pumice on canvas wrapped wood panel.
Sean is a London-based artist, with an undergraduate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied MA Painting at the Royal College of Art, graduating this year, and exhibits internationally.
In this work, the artist merges observation with imagination. Textured reliefs and vibrant colours evoke curiosity, questioning reality while exploring painting’s generative and psychedelic potential in a posthuman world.
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