Q&A – Tony Black
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.
Q&A – Ozlem Thompson
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’.
Q&A – John A Blythe
John A Blythe is an artist and educator based in Oxfordshire. His practice is situated in and beyond the realm of light and time-based image-making. Blythe’s interest is as much in the process as it is in the subject. In Blythe’s current work, he is...
Samantha Louise Emery
Samantha Louise Emery was born in London during the summer of 1968 to British fashion model Jenifer Wontner and Canadian Olympic Gold Medallist Victor Emery. Her late grandfather Sir Hugh Wontner became Lord Mayor of London in 1973 and her late great-grandfather was Arthur Wontner prolific British actor who famously portrayed Sherlock Holmes in many successful feature films throughout the 1930s.
Q&A – Shelly Cook
Shelly Cook 49, was born in Reading but with family roots in Cornwall, she finally felt she came ‘home’ 25 years ago. Cornwall’s rugged industrial landscapes, beautiful coastlines and rich mineral heritage have driven her creatively for all these years
Dimitra Skandali
The experience of growing up on Paros, an island in the Aegean Sea in Greece, and Dimitra Skandali’s journey since then to build a community across the oceans, is central to her work. Carrying her island with her everywhere and it shapes the way she sees the world. Creating installations inspired by their exhibition spaces weaving together found elements from those locales to create ethereal forms; reminders of the sea, with its openness and possibilities, as well as its fragile and unstable limitations. The process of familiarizing herself with these new places through the search for materials helps to weave together points of connection in an ever-expanding web, even if only temporarily.
