Artists

I am fascinated in work that emerges from the nexus of art and design because this is where we see the clearest signs of how exploratory graphics will develop. I am increasingly aware of my passion for working and experimenting across different disciplines and artistic sectors as for example multi-disciplined projects specialising in illustration, hand-drawn [...]

I make work that explores our perception of the world. I invite the viewer to look beyond their first impressions and to discover what is really presented to them. I investigate the transient state we live in and how we grasp on to objects to give stability to our understanding of an ever-changing world. I [...]

The collection “Seductive Qualities of Sneakers” explores the themes of desire and obsession within consumer behavior in relation to urban fashion. I was inspired by footwear; I love the vibrant colours and the strong dynamic lines that are contrasted with slick curves to create beautifully designed objects whilst paying the up most attention to the [...]

My paintings are investigations into the dialogue and tensions between opposites: between the curved and the linear, liquidity and solidity, male/female, the natural and the man-made, qualities found both in coastal towns and the shapes of American states. Above all, my paintings explore the different realities of information and imagination, the tensions between what inspires [...]

Liz West makes intensely coloured installation, video and photographic works from arrangements of found materials and consumer goods. In the work objects are densely arranged in orders or enclosed within constructed spaces, such as cupboards and shelves or in containers such as shopping trolleys and cabinets to form compacted colour masses or gradations. West is [...]

The ageing body and society’s attitude towards older people has been the subject of my work for the past five years. The history of art is also the history of understanding our bodies and, in turn, what it is to be human. The body has often been used as a vehicle through which artists question [...]

Born in 1935 in Southampton, Hampshire, Fay Watson studied at Bournemouth College of Art, receiving a National Diploma of Design in illustration and calligraphy in 1955. It was here she learned to make wood engravings, studying under Cynthia Nolan, the estranged wife of the Australian painter Sidney Nolan. She made her first career in graphic [...]

During my MA I studied the emotional relationship between humans and animals and explored the fine line between ‘adored pet’ and ‘power exerted over a dumb animal’. Previous generations had a very simplistic view of animals – pets were quiet openly regarded as animals here to be used; as a worker, or entertainment or as [...]