George Strachan’s drawing-based practice is rooted in experimentation, process and enquiry – making rubbings from a textured surface.

Ellie Greensmith’s work taps into the widespread emotions from the past 12 months, exploring crucial conversations about mental health.

Jake Stephenson roams the Yorkshire landscape, producing square format monochrome photographs of the region’s Brutalist architecture.

Ilyscia is a digital artist whose focus on characters and the human figure are inspired by manga, and provide an intimate lens into a fantasy narrative.

Jess Thompson is a portrait photographer who uses her camera as a tool to enhance wellbeing alongside a reflective practice.

Lauren Summerson is a photographer whose work centres around portrait and product photography. She uses images to explore socio-political issues.

Liv Sanderson’s aim is to produce images which best describes her subjects and portrays them in a light that best represents them.

Penny Park is a photographer who explores the tension between nature and manufactured structures by capturing neglected environments.

Jack Tyler Kennedy is a photographer whose interests vary from landscapes and portraiture to the abstract, to show the beauty of the world.

Molly Leigh’s work explores gothic horror themes of the monstrous, isolation and the occult, with focus on relationships between characters.

The recent work of Matthew Jinks focuses on media and social canon – and how its impact can affect the viewpoints of society,

Alison Ellis is an illustrator; a love of dragons drives her to create monsters and other characters, as expressed as prints, zines and sculptures.

Logan Downie’s illustratrations are used as a celebration of fantasy and horror genres as well as for their subtextual links to queer identity.

Photographer and photo editor Rachel Howard explores cultural and socio-political issues relating to mental health, sexuality and gender.

Yuko Mizobuchi is a “neo-primitive” Japanese artist. Shew has recently opened the BrainBrunnGALLERY in Tokyo – a space built around freedom of imagination, where viewers are encouraged to have primitive, innate responses to art, unrestricted by the uniformity of white wall galleries.

This June, discover must-see online shows, publications and videos – featuring powerful and inspiring artwork from across the globe.

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The 24th edition of Madrid’s PHotoESPAÑA festival follows a year of reckoning with the social effects of Covid-19. Discover 5 shows to see.

The Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition showcases 20 contemporary artists from across the globe, new luminaries and chroniclers of our times.

This year’s winning moving image works question the world in which we live, from complex identities to notions of truth and storytelling.