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Victor Mavedzenge

I am inspired by the individuals position in the community. What role they play, their trials and tribulations. My work is an inner picture of what I envision lies beneath the persona. My work ranges from sculptural approaches, painting on the 2 Dimensional surface,performance and video work. I enjoy the abstract approach to painting as […]

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Michael Armitage

Michael Armitage Born 1984 Nairobi, Kenya Education: 2002-3  Byam Shaw School of Art- Foundation 2003-7  Slade School of Art BA 2007-10 Royal Academy Schools Postgraduate Diploma Exhibitions: 05/2007 Slade School Degree show 10/2008 Ascension, Group Show with Poly Morgan, Katy Kirbach 02/2009 Royal Academy, Premiums 06/2010 Royal Academy Schools Degree Show Collections: Franks Suss Collection

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Iva Kontic

Within *3 – 2009, Acrylic on Canvas Iva Kontic was born in Belgrade (former Yugoslavia) in 1982. Currently, she is on her II year of MFA at Goldsmiths College, London. Ranging from painting to video and video-installation, Iva’s work is mostly focused on exploring the issues of personal and collective memory, belonging and identity in […]

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Anna M.R. Freeman

Sheets (2009) Oil on board 35 x 45 cm My work is a visual exploration of a place that exists beyond what my eyes can see.  In this constructed space I explore ideas of nostalgia and personal history and how these relate to buildings and space.  Notions of home, alienation and belonging are addressed through […]

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Amanda Wasielewski

Amanda Wasielewski

Film still from Supervision: Wawina, MN (2008) Super8 film and digital video Most of my work includes elements of public intervention, performance/action and/or long term immersive research. Although I work in whichever medium suits my project best, I typically make videos, installations, sound pieces, computer-based work and maps. My main areas of interest are urbanism, […]

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Noel Hensey

‘Both Sides’(2009) Scooter Modification with Camera Stand. BIOGRAPHY Hensey’s art practice is concerned with ‘openness’, which could be defined as unobstructed perception or meaning. His practice is multi-disciplinary, incorporating the following mediums; drawing, found imagery/objects, installation, photography, sculpture and video. With regard to working methods, he uses a combination of visual hardware and software along […]

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Sarah Liptrot

This award enabled me to travel throughout Colombia in South America for 5 weeks. During my trip, I took every opportunity to visit local craftsmen and learn about indigenous art in museums and from the tribes people themselves.  I learnt how forms communicate.  How lines have predetermined rules of how to travel along a form.  Pre […]

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Ian Giles

In 2007 the Travel Award enabled me to make a month long journey from Russia to China via Mongolia on the Trans Siberian and Trans Manchurian Railways. My time travelling allowed me to reflect on the development of my practise prior to my final year at Chelsea College of Art. During the trip I collected […]

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Damian Taylor

Recently my practice has sought to engage with extending the possibilities of painting, both materially and as an historical frame. A characteristic feature of the paintings is their visual instability: the works’ extreme responsiveness to light means, firstly, that at any two angles the viewer experiences subtly or dramatically varying images; secondly, when exhibited in […]

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Andrew Baxter

Andrew Baxter

Andrew Baxter - Lettering Artist & Stone Carver All forms of lettering – carved, painted or cast – applied to memorials, architectural exteriors/interiors, retail outlets, plaques and signs. Garden/landscape sculpture to commission. All forms of relief carving including portraiture. Contact details: andrewpbaxter@letter-carving.com

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