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Lily Lewis is an autodidact and multidisciplinary artist working in the realms of the narrative, be that in the form of a painting, a poem, large scale sculptures, tapestry, or performance…

Lydia Smith is one to watch. Currently on show in three different places across London, her work can be seen in a solo exhibition in the City, a group show in a chapel in Chelsea and through a new series of monumental sculptures installed outdoors across sprawling parkland…

Taipei-based IT entrepreneur Elsa Wang is the founder of Bluerider ART, a progressive gallery at the intersection of art and technology.

Kidd Pivot is a dance theatre company founded by Canadian choreographer and artistic director Crystal Pite. Ahead of the UK premiere of its latest show, Assembly Hall, opening at Sadler’s Wells next week, we sat down with one of the ensemble’s performers, Renée Sigouin….

Uli Ap is an artist who goes by the title Alien AI: Alien Infinite and Artificial Intelligence, The Yellow One. Living between London and New York, all over the globe and extra-terrestrially; they work at the intersection of art, science, technology, film…

Revolv Collective addresses the lack of post-degree support for emerging artists. The collective hosts exhibitions, workshops, and mentorship programs, fostering a vibrant artistic community. Revolv Collective emerged in 2017 as Krasimira Butseva completed an MA in Photography at the University of Portsmouth, coinciding with Lina Ivanova's recent graduation from the same institution…

Eve is an actor, singer and musician from south London. They graduated from the Actor Musician course at Rose Bruford in 2021, and has since starred in The House with Chicken Legs. at HOME Manchester/Touring/South Bank Centre, Blood harmony UK tour, and Sugarcoat at Southwark Playhouse....

Paul Vanstone is a sculptor recognised for his expertise in marble carving and depiction of human figures and fabric using light and stone interplay. He studied at Central St. Martins School of Art and completed an MFA at the Royal College of Art…

Muirn Kate Dineen is an artist specialising in colour and surfaces. She completed her Masters and Studio PhD at the RCA, starting with textiles and printmaking before delving into more complex built surfaces…

Jemma Powell is known for her observational landscapes. She is also an accomplished actress having featured in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland…

Cedar Lewisohn is a versatile artist, writer, and curator recognised for his contributions to esteemed institutions such as Tate Britain, Tate Modern, and The British Council. He boasts three published books—Street Art (Tate, 2008), Abstract Graffiti (Marrell, 2011), and The Marduk Prophecy (Slimvolume, 2020)—as well as a collection of edited and self-published works…

Christine Kowal Post is an accomplished artist and sculptor, with a successful career spanning since the mid-1970s…

BLUE MAKWANA is a London based choreographer, dancer and teacher. She is a Sadler’s Wells Young Associate (2023/2024) and she is currently performing and touring with New Adventures in Matthew Bourne’s production of Romeo and Juliet…

Elisabeth Mulenga is a dance artist whose work is at once unflinching, tender, and intimate, and takes inspiration from film directors to explore the human psyche. Mulenga is an alumnus of the eighth cohort of NYDC and won the Choreographic Innovation Award in the final of BBC Young Dancer 2022…

Suzanna Petot, originally from New York, is a curator and writer based in London. She holds an MA in Curating the Art Museum from The Courtauld Institute of Art and has worked at various institutions in the U.S., Italy, and the UK, including Gallerie delle Prigioni, The Courtauld Gallery, Tate Modern, M.I.T List Center for Visual Art, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art…

Aparajita Jain, the co-director of Nature Morte Art, is a significant figure in India's art scene. She is also the Founder of terrain.art, India’s first blockchain-powered art platform….

Deep K Kailey boasts a highly successful career in the fashion industry, having made significant contributions to renowned publications such as Dazed, Vogue, and Tatler. However, driven by a quest for deeper meaning in life, she embarked on a transformative spiritual journey. This path ultimately led her to establish one-of-a-kind arts organisation Without Shape Without Form (WSWF)….

Anoushka Rodda is the founder & director of cause-led branding agency TEMPLO…

We had a chat with Asim Waqif, a Delhi-based artist, combines art, architecture, and design. Trained at the School of Planning and Architecture. He later delved into film and television as an art director, eventually transitioning to independent videos and documentaries. Currently, his bamboo installation वेणु [Venu] is displayed at The Hayward Gallery Terrace…

Iona Scott is a multimedia artist known for her Plankton Light Sculptures inspired by phytoplankton. Her works aim to connect people with these crucial, unseen life forms responsible for 50% of Earth's oxygen. Scott blends art and technology in exhibitions worldwide, including notable appearances at Glastonbury Festival and Burning Man, and permanent displays at The Deep Aquarium in Hull.

Matthew Hilton has worked for nearly all his career designing furniture and interior products, he is a Royal Designer for Industry and has won many awards. This show at Paul Smith, titled Tough Moment is his first showing of sculpture…

Kate Whitley is a composer and pianist known for her diverse musical endeavours. She is the driving force behind The Multi-Story Orchestra, an innovative ensemble that stages performances in unconventional venues like car parks throughout the UK. This fresh approach to music has earned acclaim, with The Times stating that the future of music is taking shape in unexpected places…

Elli Jason Foster and Millie Jason Foster are the dynamic co-directors behind Gillian Jason Gallery. This groundbreaking gallery is the first of its kind in the UK, wholly committed to celebrating female artists…

Cynthia Valianti Corbett, the founder of Cynthia Corbett Gallery, is a multi-talented individual with a background in political science and art. She established her own gallery after a successful career as an international economist. Cynthia launched the Young Masters Art Prize in 2009…

Megan Piper is the co-founder and Director of The Line, a public art project in east London, established in 2015. Prior to setting up The Line, she had a gallery in London’s Fitzrovia, where her exhibition programme focused on rediscovering and re-evaluating artists whose careers started in the 1960s and 70s…

Kate Montgomery is a Royal College of Art graduate specialising in small, detailed paintings using casein. Her work draws from Moghul miniatures, medieval cloisonné, and illumination. Inspired by the Sussex countryside and Georgian/Victorian interiors, her paintings explore female responsibilities, creativity, and desire within intimate spaces…

Emily’s journey to becoming a working artist has been nonlinear - after earning a graphic design degree, she moved away from creative work to do a myriad of jobs and raise her son. In 2017 she returned to school to pursue a BA in fine art, and when she was immersed in completing an MA at the Royal College of Art, she found herself graduating in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic…

Karen Bystedt, a renowned American photographer and street artist, has captured the world's attention with her remarkable artistic vision. Her most celebrated work includes a series of photographs taken of the iconic Andy Warhol back in 1982…

Rachel Mars is a performance artist, with a background in theatre, live art, and comedy. Her work often explores the intersections of the personal and the political, navigating Jewish identities, female bodies, and queerness…

Soojin Kang is a Korean artist now based in Germany, whose practice is based on the exploration of textiles as a sculptural medium. Using the ritualistic actions of weaving, knotting, winding and unwinding, she transubstantiates raw materials into structures that retain unmistakeable traces of their biotic origins through rough surfaces and natural dyes…

Joanna van Son is a London-based fine artist with a multicultural background. She was drawn to Baroque art at a young age, with a particular interest in dynamic figurations. This led her to develop an appreciation for process in her work, which she honed while studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Her current practice involves painting the hidden processes that make up human experience, revealing the grey zones of reality…

Emma Capron is Acting Curator of Early Netherlandish, German, and French Painting at the National Gallery, London, where she recently curated ‘The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance’. A passionate advocate for Renaissance painting, she has over a decade of experience in the art world, both on the art market and in leading American and European museums…

Péjú Oshin is a university lecturer, curator, poet, and the associate director of the commercial art gallery Gagosian…

Ghetto Funk Collective is a revolutionary force that embodies an innovative and dynamic philosophy, bringing together a diverse array of talented creatives including dancers, DJs, producers, MCs, and more. This groundbreaking collective was founded by Ruben Chi and Roché Apinsa...

We caught up with Akeil Onwukwe-Adamson, the founder of Queer Bruk. Akeil spoke to us on all things London, music, fashion, David Bowie, and of course delved into Queer Bruk…

Lili Momoko Suzuki is a jewellery designer and branding consultant who studied jewellery design at Central Saint Martins in London. After designing for fashion houses in Europe and India, Lili discovered her passion for traditional handcrafts and now creates unique pieces that reflect her ongoing exploration of aesthetics. She serves as brand director and designer for traditional craft companies such as DOMYO in Toyko, where she helps these companies showcase their craft to global audiences and preserve their cultural heritage…

Kid Spirit is the alias of London based songwriter/producer Sujit Naha. Having signed record deals with Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group, he’s accumulated over 50,000,000 streams via a host of co-writes and ghost productions, in addition to his own artist project. A multi-instrumentalist who possesses the unique ability to blur the lines between genres, Sujit uses his classically trained background to create melodies and sounds that are sure to be remembered…

Leo Taylor-Jannati (also known as Leo Jannati) is an actor, producer and podcaster based in Shoreditch, London. He is the host of the Living in the Hyphen Podcast, a podcast about identity and what it means to be living between two worlds…

Eric Pina is a Senegalese artist who studied at l’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Dakar before completing his training in Europe where he received a degree from l‘Ecole Supérieure d’Art de Mulhouse et de Haute-Alsace in Mulhouse, France…

Adam Blackwood is the founder of Private Drama Events.  Private Drama Events are creators of immersive experiences and otherworldly events. In 2002 they were established from the heart of London’s live performance scene to create experiences that put brands centre stage like never before. Think immersive productions aboard luxury trains…

Merryl Ansah is an actress and singer from London. She started her career in 2017 after graduating from The Royal Academy of Music with an MA in Musical Theatre. Since then, she has gone on to do a variety of musicals, plays, commercials and short films…

Kaddie Rothe is the co-founder of goalgirls. She is a freelance creative director and copywriter from Berlin who has embarked on The Unsettling Project…

Solène Dequiret is a Botanical Horticulturist. She is passionate about creating engaging glasshouse plant displays to translate Kew Gardens’ conservation work for visitors to wonder at, fusing science, art and nature…

Joey Li and Thuta Khin are the founders of Leiho. Leiho means 'How are you' in Cantonese and sometimes that's all we need to tell someone to show that we care! With a combined background in marketing, film, media and charitable work, Joey and Thuta have been working on their social enterprise together since 2019…

Sandra Adu is the founder of Black Girls in Design. Black Girls In Design is committed to catering to the needs of women of colour from design backgrounds such as Graphic, UI, and UX design…

Leah Gordon is a photographer, artist, curator, writer and filmmaker. Gordon was born in Ellesmere Port, equidistant between Liverpool, a city built upon the slave trade, and Manchester, built upon the industrial revolution, themes that are recurrent in her work…

Ndubuisi Kejeh is the founders of Mustard - an Africa-focused venture agency - in 2013, which is on a mission to build better products, better brands and better perceptions for Africa, with founders and investors who believe…

Olivia Huntingford is a London-based artist who set up London Makers Market at the beginning of 2020. She loves to travel, see friends, cook, host, go charity shopping, be active, and above all else, support creatives…

Jen is an entrepreneur and the founder of Black Culture Market. She is passionate about brands, products and mushroom recipes. She is an avid traveller and loves exploring different cultures...

Quintana Hoyne is a Siberian-Chinese fashion model, actress, and author, based in Paris. She was named one of the rising stars to watch in the industry in 2022-2023…

Daisy and Liv are founders of Salad Days Market (formerly known as A South London Makers Market). Salad Days Market is a curated makers market that pops up in different venues around South London, created with one aim: to help more people than ever shop small…

Bettina Korek serves as the CEO of Serpentine. She has a track record of successfully expanding programmes, as demonstrated by her tenure as Executive Director of Frieze Los Angeles and her wide expertise in public art presentations and writing…

Ghizlan El Glaoui is a Moroccan-born artist based in London. Known for her richly hued, expressive painted portraits, her use of light and texture bridges the ancient and modern, the classical and the contemporary…

Pelumi Odubanjo and Katy Barron are the curators of Photo50 2023 at the London Art Fair. The theme this year is Beautiful Experiments which will bring together the work of a group of multigenerational women photographers whose practice engages with their diasporic heritage…

We have a conversation with Robert Straw about the charity he founded in March 2022, Action Against Food Poverty (AAFP). The premise of AAFP is to offer food and supplies to the homeless, but also single parents, students and people struggling with mental health issues…