THE MARKS WE MAKE

Billie Rae Busby is a contemporary visual artist who creates abstract paintings of the Canadian landscape. She is one of the exhibiting artists at The Curator’s Salon exhibition.

Erika Halperin - one of the exhibiting artists at the Curator’s Salon - is a Canadian painter whose work is primarily in acrylic and gouache and is frequently inspired by the delight she feel for ordinary objects.

Radjwant Kaur is an Indian-based artist whose paintings are exhibited in galleries. She believes that people who view them - even if they speak a different language - a very subtle thing is communicated which isn’t slave to form and word.

Juliette Scott is a digital photographer based in the United Kingdom whose inspiration comes from nature. and a deep interest in Venice.

Seb Pollington (b 1966). British painter based in Italy and UK. Works mainly in acrylic and oil; some pencil and coloured sketching. Seb Pollington’s work centres on landscape, urban and coastal settings, especially in Italy where he currently lives and works.

Peckham based Octavia Milner is an abstract artist and one of the selected artists in the group show at The Curator’s Salon.

Marina’s work explores issues of time, life and memory. She creates paintings in a distinct semi abstract style inspired mostly by water and the marine environment. Her work is inspired by the vivid landscapes of Cyprus.

Jael O’Connor is interested in the narratives that her subjects project, whether consciously or unconsciously. She works primarily in oils. Her works are in several private collections and was a finalist in the 2020 Holly Bush Painting Prize for Emerging Women Artists. Jael is also a member of the artists cooperative Studio 106 Hove, and a guest tutor at Draw Brighton.

Mia Rinsberg is a visual artist based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, painting and drawing in a variety of mediums. Born in Sweden, she spent her childhood often moving and living in various countries before settling in the United States as a young adult. She attended Pratt Institute and Hunter College, in NYC, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Fine Arts. She worked for many years in the publishing industry as a book designer, and raised her two children, before returning to a full time art practice.

Toronto based artist, Preetha Varma was always passionate about creativity and presentation so she channeled her design expertise into art. Growing up with an artist sister at home, her love for art increased over time. Her art is inspired by nature and diverse cultural background she has. She insists that art is a form of comfort for her.

Michael's work celebrates the beauty of the city through the shapes and colours that define its landmarks and character. He works with a variety of unusual materials including aluminium, copper, concrete, magnets, neon and L.E.D lights.

Liladhar Patil is a visual artist based in Mumbai. His work explores the light and dark, often using the slums of Mumbai as his subject matter.

Sal Jones is a figurative artist based in London, her emotionally charged oil paintings catch the action of expression out of context whilst transforming the stereotypical portrait.

Lorna Mackay is a landscape-inspired painter based in central Scotland. It is this location, alongside her emotional connection with the environment that drives her work.

Suzanne Southerton is an oil-painter based in Bedfordshire. During the Covid pandemic she painted herself.. It expanded with portraits of others which in turn led to a more figurative series including surreal backgrounds. This narrative is creeping in and she’s eager to share because it's inspired by symptoms that she has been experiencing herself, journeying through the menopause.

Michaela Wheater is a London-based artist who has exhibited her work in many group exhibitions including ‘Bite’ at the Mall Galleries and as part of the touring ‘8th British International Mini Print Exhibition. Her work often incorporates dolls as a metaphor for the self.

Martha Zmpounou is a visual artist and a lecturer (University of the Arts London) based in London and has been exhibiting in multiple shows which has earned her several awards.

Baljit Balrow is a Kent based painter whose work appears in The Curator’s Salon exhibition.

Pavlina Vagioni is a Greek multimedia artist whose work explores the reinterpretation of classical myths within a contemporary context. Using a scenographic approach, she varies the size of her works, from monumental to intimate dimensions, with a combination of abstract and figurative elements.

Josie McCoy is a prize-winning British artist who paints realist portraits of fictional characters from the world of film, television and music.

After a career in media sales, Margaret Harris works as a full time artist from her Dallas studio. Her art is cultivated by a nostalgia for the open landscape and frequent travels from the city to the coasts and the high skies of home.

Karen Turner is a figure and portrait artist, she works mostly in oils and seeks to highlight pigments in the skin that can often go unnoticed, emphasising and exaggerating them to accentuate their extraordinariness.

Esra Kizir Gokcen is a contemporary artist from Istanbul,. Her work is influenced by eastern miniature art and calligraphy and has an expressive and colourful language supported by detailed drawings.

Cindy J. Miller is a Canadian artist whose often born of an internal dialogue surrounding perceptions, whether they be visual, auditory or tactile. As an instinctual observer, she is constantly absorbing and analyzing.

Yvadney Davis is a London-based portrait artist, whose work celebrates the beauty in normal people, and create her paintings combining abstract and linear marks on linen canvas.

Having trained as a Theatre Designer at Central, St Martin’s Sarah worked as a Set Designer and Art Director before turning her passion for drawing into a career as a full time artist.

Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern is an award-winning American figurative artist living and working in the New York metropolitan area. She is best known for re-contextualizing art-historical images within a contemporary setting.

Andrew Fish is an American painter and printmaker who studied at School of Visual Arts in NYC and has attended several artist residencies, both internationally and within the US. He exhibits frequently and is the recipient of a number awards.

Chanelle René is a symbolic-expressionist painter whose “soulful portraits” capture diverse women, the journey of self-discovery, and the freedom that comes from being true to self.

Judith shifted into digital art as she embarked on a major project entitled FATHER GIRI’S DIARY, A PILGRIM’S JOURNEY, a collection of over 65 digital paintings. Four months ago she released a segment of her digital paintings to juried competitions. Her work has been invited to 18 international exhibitions, recipient of five awards.