artists / curators / writers

	name	short description
	Pip Dickens	MFA Slade 2000 - PAINTING. Pip Dickens is a painter concerned with visual perception, in particular, examining and challenging theories and methodologies of light and movement within the second dimension. Work in corporate and private collections: London, Ireland, Dubai, Switzerland and Russia. Public Art with Ken Shuttleworth's practice MAKE architects. 2009-2010 Artist in Residence, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford.
	Philippa Beale	Beale uses mixed media and texts to document journeys through real and surreal space as would an explorer or archaeologist. Both actual and imaginary, these journeys explore cultures, history, sexuality, and the social fabric of life, acquiring archival status, as through these she describes past histories and contemporary life whilst invoking hidden histories and memories. She lives and works in London. She studied at the University of Reading and Goldsmiths College. Selected Solo Exhibitions include: Angela Flowers Gallery, Southampton Art Gallery, Richard Demarco Gallery, Scotland, The Akumulatory Gallery, Poland, and Saint Benoit, France.
	Phil Dobson	Central to Dobson’s practice is the German word “Verfremdung” implying an approach to representation which instead of being a response to the real visual world and its meaning, exists on its own terms. In his paintings, object impressions made on wet layers of acrylic paint are manipulated by subsequently applying several layers of thin paint, with an allusion to pixilation.. He lives and works in London and studied at Reading University. In 1997 he won the Logos Prize; in 2002, 2004 was shortlisted for John Moore’s; and, in 1998 for the Jerwood Painting Prize. Selected exhibitions include: 2004 Art Bond, London. 2003: Bettie Morton Gallery, London; Brixton Open, London.
	Phil Ashcroft	Lives and works in London. Studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Harrow College of Art. Selected exhibitions include: 2006 'Toxicity', Margaret Harvey Gallery, St Albans (solo) 2005 'Yeti in Hong Kong', Exit, Hong Kong (solo) 'ARTfutures 2005' and ARTfutures 2007' at Bloomberg SPACE London. Forthcoming exhibition 'Special Relationship' at SCION, Los Angeles in January 2008.
	Petros Chrisostomou	Petros Christostomou was born in Greece and now lives and works in London. He studied his BA at Central Saint Martins and his MA at Royal Acadamy of Art, London. Selected exhibitions include: 2007 RA Summer Show, Royal Academy of Arts, London. 2006: New Works, The Blythe Gallery, Imperial College, London; Smile, Artsits Projects Space, Reykjavik; Visions, curated by Irene Yeroyiamni, Kappatos Gallery, Athens; Baroque My World, Transition Gallery, London; Hayvend Project, in association with Whitechapel, Hayward, Baltic and ICA Galleries. In 2005 his was nominated for the Bloomberg New Contemporaries.
	Peter Lamb	Born in London. Lives and works in London. In his highly charged and emotive 'hybrid photo/paint/print collages', Lamb trawls mercilessly through his and the world’s collective memory bank, unearthing fragments of hidden truth and forgotten realisations. The result is a series of newly defined and deftly designed truths that feign a sort of mystical authority for our contemporary times. Suggesting the revolutionaries of Fluxus and the Situationist International, Lamb's sharp juxtapositions and innovative compositions recall the aesthetics of the mid-century's upheaval. These jarring yet elegant compositions are born of a process,
	Pei-Chun Liu	I am trying to explore the boundary between reality and fiction of what we believe and accept.The subject matter of my work usually involves figures and organic forms with regard to the properties of bodies. The biology of animals and plants has always been a reference in my work. The apparently imaginary creatures that I created attempt to address the possibility and potential in reality, which is integrated and inseparable from the imagination.The potential of undiscovered animals, plants, or even diseases and disorders has always been confirmed by the unpredictability of life.
	Paul Insect	Paul Insect is an artist with an international reputation. He has a career as gallery artist but we are not focusing on that in this frame. We’ll show you some examples of his interesting street art.
	Paul Davis	Born 1962 Somerset, England. Work featured in Creative Review, Time Out, Graphics International, Print (US) , Barfout (Jap), Dazed & Confused, Self Service (Fra), Illustration (Jap), Bibel (Swe), Doing Bird (Aus), Independent On Sunday, I.D., Arena, Blueprint, Clear, Eye Magazine, The Believer, PPaper, Varoom 3x3.Lectures for AGI, D&AD, AOI, RCA, British Council, Indaba. Recent exhibitions include: 2006 Temporary. Soi Sabai, Bangkok.Group Show, Rivington Gallery, London.Treasured Trash, Tokyo.The Wig Has Gone Out, SEA Gallery, London.
	Paul Butler	Butler’s paintings navigate the bureaucratic power hungry-chaos of urban cities teeming with business men, paper pushers, officials, snarling dogs of war and glaring neon signs. They are at once wry satirical explorations in the cool distant attitude of a social critic, and stirring painterly images. Key to his work is a convincing use of medium, making possible highly charged signification, lending the work graphic immediacy. He is currently professor of painting at the University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. Selected exhibitions include: 2001/2002 Arts Council Touring Exhibition.1999, Robert Sandleson Gallery, London. 1995: John Moores, Liverpool. 1994 East International, Norwich.