Born in a small town Nils Gabrielsson begun to study philosophy from an early age thanks to his parents, who both studied philosophy at the university. I then travelled around Europe and I’m now settled in Italy where I work as a researcher at the university.
Michaela McManus is a visual artist based in Dornoch Street Studios, Glasgow. Her practice explores both personal memory and wider themes concerning the artifice and fragmentation of our post-modern, post-net era. Rooted in the relationship between the inaccessible and the non-existent, she uses the imagined landscape to represent the psychological space where memories are retraced.
Working in the language of landscape, topography and architecture, Brian Reinker’s colourful abstractions depict real and imagined places with the disciplined approach of an architect. The graphic and geometric elements he uses to create cityscapes, landscapes and atmospheric horizons are rendered in ways that communicate his emotional response to the landscape. Reinker’s aim is to distil and abstract the essence of these places, using a variety of techniques and media – including paint, ink, and collage on Dibond panels.
Tony Black’s bold and gutsy style – influenced by Pop Art, German Expressionism and Fauvism – is rooted in the kind of spontaneous art he enjoyed in his childhood, filling endless notepads with colourful and striking images.
Özlem Thompson was born in Istanbul, and although interested in art from a very early age, she obtained an undergraduate degree in biology and completed her master’s degree in botany with a thesis on the subject of ‘Exotic Plants and Their Usage in Industrial Design’.
