New artists

New artist to Axis 16 May 2012

I work with landscapes as well as figures, though I keep both aesthetically separate. This separation is because the landscapes evoke a feeling of otherness and a presence that is not seen. I evoke... read more

New artist to Axis 14 May 2012

My practice is concerned with the human condition and has links to existentialism. My work deals with my fragile, vulnerable presence and issues of my own mortality. I live in the fear that I... read more

New artist to Axis 14 May 2012

As a metals artist I have focused most of my attention on working in silver which is still my favourite medium for expression. It has many properties which make it exciting and dynamic to work with... read more

New artist to Axis 14 May 2012

Borrowing from languages already established in cinematography, model making, folklore, history, science fiction, modern sculpture, architecture, landscape painting and museology, I fabricate... read more

New artist to Axis 14 May 2012

I am currently undertaking an MFA in Contemporary Art Practice at Edinburgh College of Art (Scotland), but originally from Copenhagen, Denmark.Heavily influenced by the German artist Martin... read more

New artist to Axis 14 May 2012

There are moments before sleep, in dreams or reverie in which images pass through the mind. Then again, sometimes at dusk, voices will carry from a landscape of half seen trees and figures, in a... read more

New artist to Axis 07 May 2012

I am an artist who is currently working with video and installation, deriving from my connection with the sea, my passion for nature and my love of personal comforts found within the household... read more

New artist to Axis 07 May 2012

Hardwicks work is landscape based and looks at strange wilderness zones, both seemingly nature and those man made. His paintings play with and subvert traditional ideas of landscape painting and the... read more

New artist to Axis 07 May 2012

My practice explores the human experience of digital technology. I am interested in how things enabled by digital technology such as digitised media content (music, films, books etc), instant... read more

New artist to Axis 02 May 2012

Interested in both religious and decorative art, particularly iconography and geometric pattern, I have become concerned with what can elevate painting above the level of pure aesthetics, giving it... read more

Axis Artist of the Month May 2012

 Jonathan Kipps: Artist of the MonthEach month we select an artist from the Axis Directory to feature as our Artist of the Month. This month Ruth catches up with artist Jonathan... read more

New artist to Axis 30 April 2012

The corporeal shift of an event is eventually rendered insignificant in comparison to its catalytic potential for the cultivation of new beliefs. We understand that a significant part of belief is... read more

New artist to Axis 30 April 2012

Matt Gee's work involves covering, melting, placing, arranging, of spaces and objects as some of the processes involved in the fabrication of my work.There is a concern with the authenticity of... read more

New artist to Axis 30 April 2012

My work addresses absence and loss, physicality and space, interaction and communication. I am interested in how we use material objects to memorialise events, people and moments in time. We archive... read more

New artist to Axis 30 April 2012

'To look: At everything which overflows the outline, the contour, the category, the name of what it is.' (John Berger, 'On Visibility'.)My work tries to explore the spaces between... read more

New artist to Axis 30 April 2012

My recent body of work is drawn from the classical theme of Memento Mori; and uses motifs such as flowers, birds and insects, which historically, are said to remind the viewer of their own mortality... read more

New artist to Axis 30 April 2012

We fear the destruction of order; 'of things that are outside or beneath recognition.' (Susan Hiller, 1995, 'Beyond Control', Frieze Magazine.)Destruction is highly unpredictable. The... read more

New artist to Axis 27 April 2012

Focusing on the lacunal space within the structure of the globally familiar systems of distraction and tools of mass consumption, McKinney considers the physicality of the chosen items as well as... read more

New artist to Axis 20 April 2012

I am drawn towards works which celebrate transparency and are free of content, because I feel it's important to connect with the substrate of ideas – nature. My works function as channels... read more

New artist to Axis 20 April 2012

An artist and designer for over thirty years, Tim Ward specialises in the design & build of public art, street furniture & environmental projects. Tim likes to explore the combination of a... read more

New artist to Axis 20 April 2012

My work is a result of constant questioning.For as long as I can remember I have questioned what is real; do others see what I see?My objective is to make spaces and objects plausible; to convince... read more

New artist to Axis 20 April 2012

My work occupies the space between ideas of the Dionysian and the Absurd, moving from one to the other exploring themes of futility, pointlessness, hopelessness, nuisance, de individuation, death,... read more

New artist to Axis 20 April 2012

Michael Powell (1983) is an artist and writer born in England. He is currently very interested in and influenced by Norse God, Aztec and Celtic myths, Hermann Hesse, Jorge Luis Borges, Alan Watts,... read more

New artist to Axis 20 April 2012

My work explores the boundaries of touch, trace and emotion. Fundamentally developed by exploratory mark-making using paper, fabric and harder materials like silver and ceramics. Skilled in... read more

New artist to Axis 13 April 2012

Painting forms the basis of Ramon's practice. Works are the result of an intuitive engagement with the rich tradition and often incorporate elements and genres bound to it. Ramon employs a variety... read more