Growing up in a house of intellects – where books were prized possessions lining virtually every wall in their home, Eve Ozer found sanctuary and inspiration between the pages of science fiction novels. These escapes into the surrealistic worlds of fantasy influence and inform her art today. She describes this form of art-making as an extension of her writing, stories told in paper images instead of words.
Vian Borchert is an expressionist artist, she considers all her artwork to be visual poems. For Borchert nature is very important and plays an essential role in her life. She is a nature lover – mother nature is her sanctuary and her ultimate solace. An avid observer where contemplating upon nature helps Borchert reach inner peace and attain moments of Zen.
Mary C is a photographer from Italy who is working on a number of projects including ‘If I Were’ – a Limited ed. of 25 printed books that are combined with audio that represents the intimate and profound experience of rape. It is a photographic project on the responsive woman, the unresolved female figure between an obsolescent model and the present that at times doesn’t match closely enough, at others’ life bites, to the point of taking away her individual voice.
Hazel Roberts is an artist based in Manchester who specialises in creating multi-layered complex screenprints.
Her work features both geometric and painterly forms, creating energy through gestural marks and bold use of colour. Images explore the personal, the political, and always playful, as she tries to bite back from all the bad advice given in art school.
Born in the northwest of England in a ‘cotton’ and ‘mining’ town – Leigh near Wigan. Len Green studied Foundation Art at Wigan School of Art then studied BA (Hons) Fine Art (Painting) at Manchester University followed by MA studies in Fine Art (Painting) also at Manchester. Amongst the exhibitions, Green was involved in during this time in the late 70s and 80s was a one-man show at the Turnpike Gallery in Leigh, Greater Manchester; a prestigious, contemporary art gallery. Green has exhibited widely across the UK including the Royal Academy
