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I have been looking at works that have been suspended from the ceilings of their exhibition spaces as a kind of research for the new installation I will be creating

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As a graduate of the MA Fine Art programme at Cardiff School of Art & Design I was very kindly invited to contribute to the ‘Emerging Artists’ exhibition at the

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“A gentle and reasonable being can be transformed into a maniac or a savage beast. One is always inclined to lay the blame on external circumstances, but nothing could explode

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Roxanne Jackson’s work is a result of an ongoing dialogue with the grotesque. She has interest in human psychology and her work engages some of our more primitive emotions. She

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Swedish artist Henrik Isaksson is both a sculptor and a photographer. He doesn’t simply take pictures of the world around us but instead creates his own world to photograph. The

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I do love these pieces by Gabriel Dubois. He is a Canadian painter who references some of he traditions of painting whilst taking on board influences from contemporary urban art.

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I’m absolutely elated that my recent proposal to install a new piece of work in the Stairwell Gallery at Emptyshops HQ in Durham was accepted. You can see a number

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After my visit to Jodrell Bank (above) last month I’ve been thinking about re-engaging with the sciences for the first time in many years. I hadn’t visited the radio telescope

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It seems taxidermy art is all the rage at the moment with artists like Angela Stringer, Cassandra Smith and Polly Morgan all making use of preserved animals within their work.

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Following a call for artworks that I came across I was invited to exhibit my work as a part of a local exhibition a couple of weeks ago. I received

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