ROSIE MCLACHLAN (b. 1982, Northumberland) received her MFA from Newcastle University, and a BA in Archaeology from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, during which time she also studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, London. Her work has been exhibited by Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (UK), Arusha Gallery (UK), Studio Ko (Paris) and Cavin Morris Gallery (New York), amongst others. McLachlan uses clay, which she digs from rivers and moorlands, to consider elemental forces such as death, regeneration and the natural world. Her work is informed by an ongoing study of archaeology, comparative mythology, folklore and thanatology. McLachlan’s ceramic works are wood fired over 4 days and nights in an anagama kiln, an ancient style of pottery kiln brought to Japan from China via Korea in the 5th century. The long firing process is a devotional act, and the resulting sculptural works, transformed by heat, flame and ash accretions, have an elemental, totem-like quality.

DEAN MELBOURNE (b.1976, United Kingdom) lives and works in Stourbridge. He completed a BA(Hons) in Fine Art (Painting) at the University of Wolverhampton in 1999. Dean’s core practice is a daily ritual, a rediscovery of a core self through drawing. Using a combination of imagination, personal photography, and an idiosyncratic collection of obscure images. The work is an exploration of dualities. A “Romantic” sensibility and the edgelands between a post-industrial Black County and rural Shropshire he exists. High and low brow culture, the magical and the mundane. He is influenced by artists Friedrich, Bruegal, Bosch, and the traditional illustration of classic texts by Doré. Suspicion of an increasingly rational, analytical and binary society has led Dean back to his love of mystery and magic of childhood. He combines the reading of Ovid, Homer and Blake with the Sword and Sorcery of my childhood TV and movies. Here he looks to make sense of himself, others and the collective. Dean has exhibited across the UK and in international art fairs in London, Hong Kong, Miami and New York. He has shown work in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.

ANA MILENKOVIC (b. 1988, Serbia) lives and works in London. Milenkovic finds inspiration in literature. Her richly textured paintings open up a world of riddles, mysteries and reflections. She mixes different elements taken from nature to combine them with imaginary objects and shapes. At times, the artist introduces mythological images and narratives. The artist holds an MFA from Wimbledon College of Arts, University of the Arts London, as well as MFA and BA from Faculty of Fine Art, University of Arts in Belgrade. Milenkovic is the recipient of UAL/Clifford Chance Sculpture Award, Griffin Art Prize and Prize for Innovation from the Milos Bajic Fund. She has had solo and two-person shows at Brooke Benington (London), School Gallery (London), Three Works (Scarborough), Ravnikar Gallery Space (Ljubljana), Novembar Gallery (Belgrade), Aqbar Space (London), Payne/Shurvell (London) and Clifford Chance LLP (London). Milenkovic is a studio artist at Studio Voltaire, London.

ELENA NJOABUZIA ONWOCHEI-GARCIA (b.1996, United Kingdom) creates installations of painted walls of paper explore how the dynamics between people are shaped by what appears to be real and the possibilities of fiction. This disjunction is inspired by the practice of researching history: understanding how subjectivity creates contradictions in the narration of events. She draws on psychological, literary and historical analysis of fiction to construct and play out refuted experiences. The compositions, collages and entanglements of historical and popular images and narratives, focus on the elements affecting the character’s behaviours. The layers of paint and narratives intertwine fables and falsehoods so that allegories emerge and retreat. Onwochei-Garcia (Spanish-British) is a figurative painter and installation artist, who recently completed her MFA at the Glasgow School of Art. Onwochei-Garcia was selected as a Bloomberg New Contemporary (2023), shortlisted for UK New Artist 2023 and was awarded the RSA John Kinross Scholarship and the Leverhulme Master of Fine Art Bursary.

SALVATORE PIONE (b.1995, Italy) works a complex number of narratives derived from traditional craft and ancient materials that draw upon childhood experience. These elements are drawn from the sensations of life in Sicily and can draw upon grotesque theatricality which infiltrates into everyday life. This serves as the basis for micro-narratives through which the sculptural and performative dimensions of the works are joined together into reveries of the elsewhere that lead into the uncanny. Salvatore holds a degree in 2D Animation from Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Turin and a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts from Camberwell College of Arts. He is currently completing his MFA at Goldsmiths University of London. His work has been exhibited internationally at Exante Studio, Sicily; Studio West Gallery, London; Hypha Studios, London; SET Woolwich, London; Enclave Projects, London; Collettivo Flock, Sicily; Archive Gallery, London; Southwark Park Galleries, London and Paratissima, Turin. He was selected for the ‘Premio Arti Visive San Fedele 2023’, a prize based in Milan, Italy.

MIROSLAV POMICHAL (b.1984, Slovakia) lives and works in London and Sherborne, Dorset, where he teaches art history. Miroslav’s work is distinguished by a sculptural treatment of the picture plane. His paintings depict emblematic symbols, landscape, urban vignettes, and scenes of conflict in which black lines crisscross the surface of each picture, allowing a sense of disruptive narrative. Abstraction is interspersed with the use of myopic symbolism, a trope of Expressionist painting concerned with the issues and tragedies of modern life, and particularly the tragedies of war. The monumentally concrete armature of the legacy of Expressionism is punctuated dramatically by a sense of dramatic storytelling and a commitment to the spiritual side of humankind as well. Miroslav has an MFA from Wimbledon College of Art and a BA in Art History from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. His work is held in private and public collections, including the Ingram Collection. The artist has exhibited internationally at Kun Kelemen Fine Art, Bratislava; Flatgallery, Bratislava; Saatchi Gallery, London; Slate Projects, London; The Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, Bosse & Baum Gallery, London; The World Museum, Liverpool and The Leopold Museum, Vienna.

CHANTAL POWELL (b. 1977, United Kingdom) makes work in response to her personal journey into understanding the symbolic language of the unconscious. A PhD in psychology and an ongoing study of Jungian theory and alchemical symbolism inform her practice. Living and working on the Jurassic Coast (West Dorset) Chantal’s practice is inevitably shaped by the elemental cycles spiralling within deep time. Over recent years she has also been researching first-hand the imagery in alchemical manuscripts and notebooks from the 15th/16th century. Combining archetypal symbols and metaphors from these sources, alongside those from mythology and personal inner work, she uses a Jungian art-based research approach to facilitate our understanding of the human psyche. Chantal has exhibited at galleries and institutions across the UK and internationally including Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh; The Lightbox Museum (In collaboration with the Ingram Collection), Woking; Parlour Gallery, London; Guildhall Art Gallery, London; Orange County Museum of Art, California; WW Gallery, Venice, amongst others. She is also the founder of the residency program Hogchester Arts in West Dorset and hosts the online Jungian book club/speaker program The Red Book Club.  She presents courses, talks and workshops on archetypal symbolism and psychological alchemy, and is a faculty lecturer at Jung Archademy US.  She has co-curated exhibitions at Arusha Gallery in Bruton, The LightBox Museum in Woking, and Hogchester Arts in West Dorset.

TIM SHAW RA (b.1964, Ireland) lives and works in Cornwall. Tim’s sculpture and installation is often dualistic, incorporating current affairs, societal complexity and human conflict with ancient, mythical, metaphysical and primal concerns. Tim’s powerful oeuvre connects these elements to create wider, timeless portraits of humanity. He is an artist schooled in the traditions of heavy metal casting and academic modelling, however his approach to materials and subjects is totally contemporary. He often creates environments which include sound, light and FX. The tension between tradition and the new, nowness and the ancient, between solidity and breakdown, is an organic part of his worldview, whether he’s looking at the atrocities of Abu Ghraib or the transgression or enlightenment of primitive ritual. Tim studied at Manchester Polytechnic and Falmouth School of Art from 1985-89. He has exhibited internationally, most notably at Anima Mundi, St Ives; The Royal Academy, London; Kenneth Armitage Foundation, London; and Truro Cathedral, Cornwall. Tim was elected a Royal Academician in 2013 and has public sculpture commissions in multiple locations in Cornwall and at The Royal Opera House in London.

EMMA SHEEHY (b.1992, United Kingdom) creates imaginative spaces that are escapist, funny and folkloric. They are filled with a somewhat weaponised naivety. Often drawing upon medieval- inspired imagery, she builds up a collection of creatures to play with again and again in paintings and sculptures. Emma’s work is influenced by pre-modern polytheistic mythologies, medieval manuscripts and awkward public interactions. Emma uses her research as a means of understanding the present. Her impish creatures complicitly smile at our contemporary moment and the repeating patterns we find ourselves in. They seek to communicate that to love is a freedom from pain. Sheehy studied MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art (2021-2023) BA Fine Art, Leeds University (2011-2015), Dresden Academy of Fine Arts (2013-2014) and a Foundation Diploma, Camberwell College of The Arts (2010-2011). Sheehy is currently included in Bloomberg New Contemporaries at Camden Art Centre. Recent exhibitions include 'Red in Tooth and Claw', Filet Space, London (2023), 'Soft and Hard', Bermondsey Project Space, London (2023), 'One Night Stand', 3 Locks Brewing Company, London (2023), 'Lapped Seams and Silver Linings', Standpoint Gallery, London (2022), 'We Won't Stop Showing', SET Woolwich, London (2022).

BECKY TUCKER (b.1993, United Kingdom) graduated from the Edinburgh College of Art and now lives in Glasgow. Recently she has been awarded a VACMA bursary for material research, a grant from the Hope Scott Trust for the production of new work and was awarded the GIRLPOWER residency in 2023. Recent exhibitions include, ‘The Queens of Aquitaine’, Pi Artworks. ‘Arca’ (solo), Five Years archway. ‘Neo Gothic’, OHSH projects, ‘Illuminations’ Stever Turner, Los Angeles and ‘Creatures & Masks’ Fabian Lang, Zurich. Forthcoming projects include a solo show in September with Steve Turner, Los Angeles and group shows internationally. Primarily working in ceramic sculpture Tucker’s work is often described as anachronistic artifacts. Referencing diverse sources including ancient objects, architecture, film, medieval paintings, costume and armour. The influence of these symbols and fragments causes her her work to become historically ambiguous. Tucker is particularly interested in the discourse surrounding the appropriation of artefacts, cultural adaptation and intersection.

HUGO WINDER-LIND (b.1992, United Kingdom) lives and works Brighton, England. His diverse practice rooted in drawing, painting explores image making, writing, performance, and land art. He has exhibited his work in Europe and the UK and has self-published three books. Winder-Lind’s work and research is tied to landscape and witnessing natural wild cycles, both in themselves and elsewhere. The nature of this research has naturally led the artist out into the fields, moors and coastline of England. The artist embody this landscape as an extension of themselves. Winder-Lind has had solo exhibitions at The Fayre, Sennen (2024), Troze Gallery, Penzance (2023), The Bookend, Brighton (2022), and the Fishing Quarter Museum, Brighton (2020). Recent group exhibitions include ‘Crawl Space’, Crypt Gallery (2023), ‘Oversounds’, Roseberry Road Studios, Bath (2023), ‘Works on paper’, Troze Gallery (2023). Winder-Lind has undertaken residencies in Cornwall, Brighton and Portugal and has directed and produced numerous short films.

TOM WOOLNER (b.1979, United Kingdom) studied MA Sculpture at the Royal College of Art, London (2001-2003), completed a University of Art Scholarship in Japan (2002), received a BFA in Fine Art from the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford University (1998-2001) and completed a Fine Art Foundation at Chelsea College of Art, London (1997-1998). Recent solo exhibitions include ‘A Tally of Distempered Parts’ ASC Gallery, London and ‘Naming a Cloud’ 303 Projects, Lowestoft (2022). Recent group exhibitions include John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (2023), and ‘Internal Weather’, Sid Motion Gallery, London (2022). Woolner’s work has taken many forms, from large scale sculptural installations, often built on site for specific locations, to solo and collaborative performances, responding to context, that employ humour and slapstick theatrical devices. More recently, however, he has been making things that come closer to paintings. This new work, made through an intuitive and playful process of pouring, piping and squidging, akin to cookery or amateur cake decorating, allows materials to take control at a molecular level, compressing and comingling into, rather than onto the surface. Made in reverse and partially blind, semi-viscous liquids slowly or rapidly congeal to agree upon a form that sits somewhere between painting, sculpture and fresco. These surfaces hang proud of the wall, as if excavated from a slice of agate or ancient tablet. They open portals into, and out of the body, to reveal alternative landscapes and a corporeal meteorology.