Day-z is a London born artist who graduated in Fine Art from Central St Martins. With a pencil as the main tool of choice, Day-z fuses techniques learned from the old and new masters with contemporary ideas found among street art and advertising. Day-z was awarded the Derwent Art Prize ‘People’s Choice Award’.
Sarah Pooley’s work focuses on paintings, which can be seen as a study of artificial simulations through the exploration of social spaces and their use of industrialised technology. The creation of consumerist social space deliberately aims to manipulate experience and affect visitors through the use of architecture, elaborate interior design and artificial lighting; technology is increasingly present within these social spaces.
Laurence Causse-Parsley (LAC) was born in France, educated in Paris and Britain, LAC’s first solo exhibition took place in India in 2003. Lac lived for 10 years in Asia, India, Taiwan and Thailand. Relocated to London in 2010 where she set up her studio at Make Space Studios in the vibrant London South East. Shuttling between countries and cultures, LAC takes the freedom to select materials from changing contexts, the result being a very distinctive style best described as contemporary, dense, vibrant, and evocative.
Maria Pierides renders in colour the stories of the physical and emotional landscapes that formed in her experience of being born in Greece, growing up in England and Cyprus and now living and working in Wales.
Gina Parr works predominantly in the medium of painting, but also photographs when traveling: her way of painting whilst on the move. Her work is driven by autobiographical themes and natural reference, exploring the human condition through connections to place, time, space and memory. She has exhibited widely in galleries and art fairs in the UK and completed commissions in The Middle East, Belguim and London.
