Artists’ Profiles 2023
Finalists
Ada Cotton
Bea Last
The Red Bags is a reaction to issues affecting society at large, such as war, displacement and climate crisis.
Becky Probert
Invisible Planets is a close-up exploration of environmental details and patterns, echoing small and large cosmic scales.
Caro Williams
Metal notes are created from lark song recordings in In The White Dawn, inspired by poetry and nature.
Computational Design and Visualization Lab
The Middle Passage provides a deeper understanding of the Transatlantic Slave Trade through visualisation.
Dario Pilato
PolyKinderchromie n°1 revives vintage Kinder Surprise toys whilst revealing deeper meanings about society.
Debi Cornwall
Pineland/Hollywood challenges audiences to distinguish fact and fiction and consider how films are consumed.
Gareth Phillips
The Caligo photobook installation tells a fictional story of a group of humans escaping climate catastrophe.
Hope Strickland
Winner | I’ll Be Back! examines objects of colonial violence, reconsidering the distance between myth and power.
Jacob Talbot
Nurture; Nature surveys climate fragility and technological advances, as well as humanity’s relationship with nature.
Johanna Marie Schimming
Johanna Marie Schimming’s paintings
convey harmony, serenity and joy, distinguished by organic and clear lines.
Julia Fullerton-Batten
Contortion uses staged tableaux and lighting techniques to create thought-provoking narrative “stories.”
Kristina Varaksina
In Self-Portrait. Queen, Kristina Varaksina holds the viewer’s gaze in a 21st century take on classical painting.
Larry Achiampong
Winner | Larry Achiampong’s work examines the intersection between popular culture and colonialism.
Lavinia Keller
Lavinia Keller discloses the invisible impact of technology, inviting viewers to rethink ownership and identity.
Lisa Traxler
Lisa Traxler explores the boundaries of 2D and 3D, addressing an ongoing fascination with history and place.
Rosie Sherwood
The Seagrass Walk raises awareness about one of the world’s most threatened ecosystems.
Steph Tari Odu
Steph Tari Odu’s The Language is an exploration of the emerging ballroom community in Barcelona.
Valentina Ferrandes
The script for Valentina Ferrandes’ Daaphne was written by AI GPT-3, prompted with excerpts of Ovid.
Wen Ching Hao
Observation Station manipulates the physical perception of each viewer, resulting in an emotional awakening.
Zoe Childerley
Beneath the Waves explores landscape, studying the psycho-geography of the coast and the lure of the sea.
Photography
Alexej Sachov
In this contrast of elegance and chaos, underwater worlds teeter on the edge of fragility, engulfed by cresting waves.
Beverley Cornwell
In Astronoids , objects are manipulated into astronomical bodies, transforming the familiar into unknown frontiers.
Chia Yun Wu
In Borderless Place images stretch the boundaries of reality, focusing on the intersections of freedom and belonging.
Chrissy Lush
Hold Me Tight stages imagined journeys between present-day and younger selves, attempting to reconcile youth.
Christos J. Palios
Architecture of Gilded Dreams transports viewers to a bygone era of opulence and early 20th century movie-palaces.
Cody Cobb
Spectral represents entanglement between the observer and observed, showcasing a hidden luminescence.
Deb Leal
We Had to Wait Until Dinnertime depicts a idyllic summertime scene as the sun bathes a figure in an orange glow.
Elisa Miller
Cinematic portraits investigate expressions of the self, showing or concealing identity in human shells.
Fernando Viscasillas
Remembrances is an idyllic embrace between the past and present, combining architecture and scenery.
Frederic Aranda
Vogue House features LGBTQI+ individuals from around the world in Paris, boldly posing for a family portrait.
Jennifer Georgescu
Mother documents a journey over eight years, from a disconnection with the self, to realising the legacy of children.
Karen Navarro
Segmented pushes the boundaries of image-making and expressions of self with 3D structures and vivid tones.
Kate Hrynko
Blue combines traditional photographic techniques with colour theory to visualise feelings of fear, joy and pride.
Katerina Belkina
Cook, Little Pot, Cook examines the psychology of emotion, drawing inspiration from The Brothers Grimm.
Kyle Sven
Power Struggle subverts stereotypes, inviting viewers into an alternate world that champions self-expression.
Lexi Laine
Dystopia visualises a dark underwater world, highlighting the impact of humans on marine environments.
Michael McLaughlin
Blue Silo Hokkaido conveys a sense of unblemished abstraction, describing complex realities of the environment.
Michel Rouabah
Dark Galaxy‘s swirling staircase continues the artistic desire to use photography to capture buildings.
Natalie Christensen
Empty parking lots, forgotten swimming pools and clear skylines ask viewers to reassess everyday settings.
Niklas Hlawatsch
Aluminum and Ash investigates the relationship between industry and nature through vast pipe networks.
Nikola Olic
Structure Photography reappropriates buildings as repeating geometries, shedding new light on the world’s cities.
Ruby Hyde
Ruby Hyde’s dark visual fairytales embrace contrasts between light and shadow, addressing emotive concepts.
Salomé-Charlotte Camors
Akunnaaq, mounted on raw steel, is vulnerable to oxidation, reflecting the fragile state of the landscape.
Sarah Bird
Haptic House explores how rapid technological advancement permeates private life and the sense of identity.
Scott Morgan
10,000 Years envisages ancient elemental light, using solar radiation to etch onto silver gelatin papers.
Theo Deproost
In Re:Collect, viewers are encouraged to study and re-interpret abstracted, twisted subject matter in new ways.
Till Rückwart
Till Rückwart builds an archive of “dysfunctional images” – presenting new ways to think about technology.
Uwe Langmann
Uwe Langmann takes photos in particular weather conditions, utilising snow, fog and bright yet overcast skies.
Viet Ha Tran
Wall of Nature is like a still from a daydream, where reality converges with Viet Ha Tran’s inner world.
Wei Jian Chan
Spiral utilises geometry, architecture and motion to find beauty and stillness in the chaos of modern working life.
Wizard Tang
Blow-up 00:00‘s saturated compositions paint a picture of activities enjoyed by contemporary Chinese youth.
Xanthe Hutchinson
Lee Bleaching His Hair centres on notions of visibility, challenging society’s often narrow perceptions.
Zhou Chengzhou
Times Paradise is a series full of contrasts: past meets present, nature meets manmade, work meets leisure.
Zillah Bowes
Green Dark is set in an upland area of Mid Wales that sustains a historic community with open hill farming.
Sculpture
Annie Trevorah
CLADES reveals fluidity inherent within structure, cultivating a balance between containment and freedom.
Charlie Cluff
Photographic Memories pushes the boundaries of photographic art, transforming slides into an installation.
Francesca Silverton
Francesca Silverton combines found objects with mathematic principles to produce narratives on identity.
George Andric
Ellipsis appears like a vortex to another land, blurring the boundaries between materiality and viewer.
Liang-Jung Chen
The Egg Rack Made a Disclaimer is informed by an interest in the tensions embedded in everyday scenarios.
Manuel Ursprung
MMXX is made from more than 300 Plaster of Paris shapes, representing a stark, empty urban landscape.
Marc Vilanova
In Phonos, 208 recycled speakers are sent individual infrasonic frequency signals, causing the structure to vibrate.
Min Jeong Song
The In-between Moments: Homage to E.J. Marey explores the seemingly empty space between two complete actions.
Nia E. Robinson
Backwards in Coming Forwards is a collection of wooden objects combining minimalism with modern technology.
Peter Baran
In Regular Concrete, electronic devices, cast in a signature Brutalist style, are immortalised like time capsules.
Peter Walker
The Peace Doves conveys a sense of reflection: on the self, humanity and the important questions about the world.
Sarah Strachan
Becoming reflects a desire to understand how perceptions of the world affect our ecological awareness.
Steve Anwar (aka Sapien)
Only Breath is inspired by “the collision of opposites” – an idea which Steve Anwar describes as a creative catalyst.
Zhiqiang Li
The Sound of Changsha Kiln harnesses digital innovation to project possible futures for disappearing ways of life.
Painting
Ben Power
Ben Power takes inspiration from graffiti, combining the essence of design and street art in an abstract way.
Eddy Greenwood
The Lace Collar echoes 17th century Dutch portraits of noblemen, informed by classical technique and life drawing.
Emma Berkery
Emma Berkery processes the human experience, evoking inner and
outer landscapes through paint.
Haruna.paint
In Iberis, handpainted swatches represent a bloom from the artist’s memory, as cells appear like pixels.
Joanna Cohn
Joanna Cohn’s landscapes mimic the formation of Earth’s surface through natural and chemical processes.
Jongwoo Ahn
Jongwoo Ahn uses traditional pigments from his home South Korea for studies of monochrome everyday objects.
Kathleen Beausoleil
Kathleen Beausoleil’s photo-based paintings focus on interactions during the Black Lives Matter protests.
Lunyu Fu
Before You Call It a Tree melds paint, plant, print and environmental design as it records fading moments of beauty.
Nicholas Jones
Nicholas Jones’ haunting acrylic paintings celebrate the sublimity of nature, alongside intimacy and wonder.
Teresa Lawler
Stylised houses are inserted into fictitious landscapes, with cities occasionally glimpsed in the distance.
Tyler Mallison
_____(NTIME) is a collection of illusory surfaces that prompt questions of presence and orientation.
Veronika Krämer
In Construction lines and shapes collide, overlap, merge and vanish in a complex haze of geometric arrangement.
Installation
Caroline Burraway
Ungrievable Lives is a harrowing display, depicting 13 children’s dresses made from discarded lifejackets.
Djeneba Aduayom
There are more qualities that connect individuals than divide. This is at the core of Djeneba Aduayom’s expression.
Elisa Artesero
Elisa Artesero uses light and text in spatial environments to address themes of transience, happiness and hope.
Elizabeth Withstandley
Getaway is a 10-channel video that uses the backdrop of a tragic event at the Everglades in the mid-1990s.
Enni-Kukka Tuomala
Is There Space for Empathy? invites individuals to step inside the installation together.
Gemma Fenol
Paper Sculptures sees the artist combine film production and sculpture to play with perceptions of space.
Gérald Foltête
In Inconsistency & Obviousness, fragments of paper are scattered in puzzle-like patterns.
Gillian Hobson
Radiance Vertex uses mirrors, reflection and transparent materials to fill public spaces with luminous colour.
Jan Van Eijgen
Jan Van Eijgen is fascinated by the body; he graduated as a physician and works in ophthalmology.
Lady Kitt
Lady Kitt is a UK-based disabled artist and drag king who describes their work as “mess making as social glue.”
Lisa Pettibone
Lisa Pettibone investigates human perception through the language of science, expressing energy and form.
Liz Wilson
Within the Wake is an ensemble of sculpture, sound and video that draws inspiration from canals.
Natalia García Clark
Conflicto Interno (Internal Conflict), encourages viewers to think about the spirit of captive animals.
Paul Bonomini
London-based sculptor Paul Bonomini’s L’Ascensione is a sprawling mass of interlocking metal tubes.
Phoebe Lee
Each of the 100 puzzle segments in The Missing Piece are part of a publication that holds experiences of joy.
Quiet Ensemble
Quiet Ensemble specialises in unexpected audiovisual experiences, capturing the essence of things.
Simone Fezer
Tipping Point is a series of glass and wood installations, dominating everyday spaces from floor to ceiling.
Taezoo Park
Digital Being asks questions about the direction of technological development and its sustainability.
Tanatsei Gambura
Hand Wash Only employs unique material techniques, contemplating processes of forgetting and memory.
Yen-Hsu Chou
Bird’s Summoner experiments with classical music, bringing performance and humour to an unassuming location.
Digital
Brigitta Zics
“What makes us human?” is a question reflected in Brigitta Zics’ series of portraits distorting the face.
Filip Custic
Filip Custic examines the impact of digital technologies on our conscience, identity and sense of self.
Lyndsay Martin
Lyndsay Martin combines film, found objects and photography to record emotional landscapes.
MASARY Studios
MASARY Studios produces site-specific installations that use sound, light, interactivity and performance.
NJ
NJ transforms code and raw data into painterly materials, transcending the boundaries of artificial and organic.
Sonia Levesque
AI&I is a record of Sonia Levesque’s first year working with artificial intelligence tools like GPT-3 and DALL-E.
Ziyao Lin
Limit Situation is set against a busy modern-day backdrop, defined by the information explosion on the internet.
Mixed Media
Béatrice Lartigue
Les Villes Invisibles depicts the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, allowing viewers to enter a 3D rendering of the building.
Iluá Hauck Da Silva
In Disquiet, a cloud tainted with red mist floats over a minimalist bedroom, combining two states: good and evil.
Olga Woszczyna
Oolong Tea documents vacuum packed materials, presenting readymades, Eastern tea and modern aesthetics.
Peter Mastrantuono
Stillwater is a visual thinkpiece, taking viewers on a journey as it charters a single summer’s day at the coast.
Theresa Schubert
Hylē exists between alchemy and science fiction, created from 3D laser scans of a forest and a server farm.
Zinzi Minott
Bloodsound examines broken narrative, considering racism as experienced through the span of a Black life.
Artists’ Film
Joanna Penso
Joanna Penso works in audio, digital drawing and video to investigate human interactions in different contexts.
Jooyeon Lee
In Fortune Teller, the working conditions of South Korean aircrews are compared to the Radium Girls in the 1920s.
Laura De Decker
Canadian visual artist Laura De Decker develops computer programs to construct abstract images.
Lisa Roggenbuck
Lisa Roggenbuck deals with the impact of western beauty standards perpetuated by popular culture.
Maryam Tafakory
Documentary, found material, performance and poetry come together in Maryam Tafakory’s filmic collages.
Oluwaseun Olayiwola
Dance film Stay is a collaboration with artist Sam Williams, unpicking themes of grief, desire and the Black body.
Simon Robson
Abstract, metaphor-laden narratives are Simon Robson’s signature, brought to life using high-end 3D software.
Performance
Anna Dobrovolskaya-Mints
Somewhere to Swim was taken during Covid-19 lockdowns — minimalist compositions draw attention to the lifelessness of ordinary public spaces.
Glen Ogden
Intensive durational performances and films repurpose human subjects as tools, reflecting a cycle of burnout.
Tom Foulsham
B♭Minor Arrangement for 3 Musicians and 1300m stages three trumpeters across the wide expanse of the Thames.