New artists

New artist to Axis 17 May 2013

As a child my parents worked for travelling circuses, moving between towns and educating my sister and I on the road. My dad was the ringmaster and I was fascinated by the show.As an adult I worked... read more

Selected for Open Frequency on 03 May 2013

Laura Sillars, Artistic Director of Site Gallery, profiles the work of London-based artist Laura Buckley.Laura Buckley works expansively with light, sound and sculpture. She cannot be summed up with a... read more

New artist to Axis 02 May 2013

Originally trained as an architect, my paintings and drawings are inspired by modernist architecture and my own thoughts, dreams and memories. Sometimes vague, sometimes specific - recurring rather... read more

New artist to Axis 02 May 2013

My practice is predominantly focused on drawing. A love of the natural environment and the influence of film permeates much of my work. I work largely from film stills and my own photography and... read more

New artist to Axis 02 May 2013

British artist based in Bristol, England who studied and was raised in the Middle East. As a result works often revolve around Middle Eastern culture, politics and ideology. Taking a particular... read more

New artist to Axis 02 May 2013

Bryony Purvis grew up in North East of England. She holds Masters in Fine Art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, South Africa (2011) and a Bachelor in Fine Art from the University of Aberyswyth... read more

Axis Artist of the Month May 2013

Sally Waterman: May's Artist of the MonthEach month we select an artist from the directory to feature as our Artist of the Month. In May's Artist of the Month, Ruth talks... read more

New artist to Axis 26 April 2013

I am a figurative painter and my work is largely informed by drawing and photography, either in found images or my own technically bad photos. In fact the kind of ill composed photos from mobile... read more

New artist to Axis 26 April 2013

Is it possible to establish a new metaphor for landscape against the centuries of tradition which have now left contemporary landscape painting being seen largely in terms of cliché or... read more

New artist to Axis 26 April 2013

My work is primarily concerned with investigating notions of nostalgia and souvenirs, reconstructed memories and our relationship to moments of history. I am interested in why and how we construct our... read more

New artist to Axis 24 April 2013

Laura Buckley works with sculpture, video projection, light, sound and digital prints.Perspex, wood and metal structures are combined with video projection to create immersive installations. The wood... read more

New artist to Axis 19 April 2013

My art practice mixes textiles and the use of stitch as a mark-making tool, with more traditional fine art media such as drawing, painting, collage and photography. Inspired by artists such as Keith... read more

New artist to Axis 19 April 2013

I document found photographic subjects, to experiment with the idea of cultural identities and integration. Being images of war, glamour and landscapes(all that are changeable). My aim is to... read more

New artist to Axis 19 April 2013

'Everyday' is inherent within the art practice. Habitual routines are revealed by focusing on idiosyncrasies; gathering and collecting, rhythms and repetitions. 'The significance of the... read more

New artist to Axis 19 April 2013

'Our memory is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. Without it we are nothing.' Luis Bunuel, filmmakerMy practice is concerned with the fragmentary nature of memory and... read more

New artist to Axis 12 April 2013

'The Shadow of the Object fell across the Ego…'Sigmund Freud Mourning and Melancholia 1915 (p.249)Jean Baudrillard, in 'The System of Collecting', points out that... read more

New artist to Axis 12 April 2013

David O' Shaughnessy is a photographer currently living in London. His previous visual projects have hinted at and explored the absent and the insignificant. While focusing on these ideas, the... read more

New artist to Axis 09 April 2013

"There.is.only.dot.com.unication.in.absorption.of.virtual.environments: iLandscapes: endless.paths.of.hi.speed.transmission.created.as.we.exist.in.the.modern.everyday travelling.monologically... read more

New artist to Axis 09 April 2013

Family archives are full of visual intrigues and indecipherable narratives. The compulsion for each generation to preserve, document and archive begs a deeper understanding, raising questions of how... read more

Featured in a Curated Selection 08 April 2013

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Featured in a Curated Selection 08 April 2013

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Featured in a Curated Selection 08 April 2013

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Featured in a Curated Selection 08 April 2013

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Featured in a Curated Selection 08 April 2013

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Featured in a Curated Selection 08 April 2013

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