Join us for the Launch Night of our March and April group Artist Exhibition in the gallery over 2 floors. We welcome 15 artists all practising different mediums in and around London. For this one we have gone with an ‘open’ theme and as such we have a wide range of styles, mediums and subjects. So come and meet the artists, enjoy a drink from the bar and find our more about our wonderful space for all things creative!
Exhibiting Artists..
Sophia Shen - @sophia_hxshen
Sophia is an oil painting artist from China. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 2022 and came to the UK in 2024 to pursue a Master's degree. Having fallen in love with the city of Manchester, she decided to stay and work here. She currently serves as Digital Marketing Executive at Charge-M8, General Manager at The Outdoor Collaborative, and is also Co-founder and Leader of Skillio.
Influenced by her father, a Chinese traditional ink painting artist, Sophia has loved drawing since childhood. However, due to academic commitments, she had little time to create her own works beyond copying world-famous masterpieces for practice. In 2026, Sophia formally began exploring her own artistic style, currently focusing primarily on abstract painting.
Lucian Trestler - @Lucian.magazine
“I am a London-based contemporary figurative painter. My work explores the tension between representation and abstraction, combining structural drawing, repetition, and colour theory to construct and destabilise the human figure. Through painting, I investigate how images are built, perceived, and circulated within contemporary visual culture. “I am a London-based painter, born in 1988, and trained at Camberwell College of Arts (UAL), where I completed a BA in Painting. My practice operates at the intersection of figurative painting, pop art, and formal colour theory, with a strong emphasis online, surface, and the physical presence of paint. Through repetition and fragmentation, I explore the figure as both image and structure.
“My work has been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum and exhibited at the Design Museum as part of Hope to Nope: Graphics and Politics 2008–18. I have presented multiple solo exhibitions in London and continue to develop new bodies of work that examine the material and perceptual limits of contemporary figurative painting. I live and work in London.”
Louise Jackson @miss_jackson_makes
“I consider my work to be mixed media. I am essentially a textile designer who likes to paint, print, mark make and embroider. I love pattern and texture, all things nature related and of course birds which feature heavily. Colour is important to me, and I love a bit of sparkle with gold metallics. My influences are many and varied and I am constantly bombarded with opportunities to explore new directions.”
Jartifex - @jartifex_ “I am JDN thee Artifex aka Jartifex.” Artifex - The Latin word artifex means master of an art, artist, craftsman, skilled, artistic, expert, artful. London based, London born and bred individual.
“Art is a constant love of mine since as long as I’ve been able to grasp a pencil who is self-taught in all mediums. It helps me focus but also zone out. Ideas bouncing all over the place with a portfolio full of sketches and unfinished ideas due to often never being satisfied. The portfolio of completed work is some of my proudest moments. My preferred method tools being pencil or a ballpoint pen. I’ve decided to digitise my art to bring my ideas and skills to a new level and give it a life previously unseen. “My style is Inspired and forged by comic, manga, animation, anime, cinema, tv, music, sports, urban, British, Caribbean, urban & ethnic culture.”
Edward Bullinger @edbullingerart
Edward earned his BA in Fine Art Painting from Norwich University of the Arts in 2011. Over the past decade, he has maintained a studio practice operating between Norwich and London. Rooted in abstract painting, Edward’s practice explores non-figurative themes designed to foster viewer engagement. By employing a diverse palette including acrylics, oils, and inks, he encourages organic growth within each piece, navigating the inherent tension between intentional, handmade marks and the fluid, reactive nature of the medium. This process serves as an investigation into the materiality of nonrepresentational art, balancing visual harmony with physical texture. Edward allows intuition to play a pivotal role, guiding the emotive content of the work. In this practice, the reactionary properties of the paint are as fundamental as the deliberate strokes applied by hand.
Consequently, the paintings evolve into "living" structures; their final forms are not the result of absolute human control but rather emerge through a dynamic interplay between the artist's intention and the raw qualities of the medium.
Alice Purling @alicepurlstudio
“I am a London-based artist working primarily in landscape painting. I hold a degree in Textiles, which strongly informs my approach to colour, composition, and surface. My practice explores emotional responses to place through expressive mark-making and layered, painterly textures. “I am particularly inspired by Post-Impressionism and its emphasis on expressive colour, structure, and emotional interpretation of landscape. This influence can be seen in my use of heightened colour palettes, gestural brushwork, and the balance between observation and personal response.”
Bob Holmes ARE @bobholmes
“I studied Fine Art Painting at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art, then went on to complete an MA at Chelsea School of Art.
“I spent over two decades working as a Digital and Product Designer in London, specialising in minimalist, user-centred design, while always maintaining an art practice grounded in traditional and digital processes. Prior to this I worked as Senior Technician Demonstrator in the Fine Art Printmaking Department at Winchester School of Art. “Since 2020 I have developed a growing body of artwork, realising this is where my creative energy is strongest. I’m now refocusing my career toward a fully engaged art practice, building on digital disciplines while returning to the curiosity that first drew me to making art. I was lucky enough to be voted as an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers (ARE) in Jan 2026.”
Connor Doughty @ConnorDoughtyArt
“I am currently undergoing my MA in Fine art at Solent University, I am a mixed media artist who primarily focuses on graphite pencil works, however I too produce music, paint, sculpt, do installations, and more. “Currently my creative focus is graphite pencil drawings of horror movie stills, where I am figuring out how horror operates psychologically - how fear, violence, and vulnerability linger in the human body even after the image disappears. These drawings are not about spectacle, but about confrontation: this discomfort, through our memory, honouring the darker edges of visual media.”
Precious Seronga @seronga.art
Precious Seronga is a Tanzanian illustrator based in London. With a BA in Visual Communication, Leeds Arts University and MA in Fashion Entrepreneurship from the London College of Fashion.
Precious Seronga creates “Afro Maximalist” prints that celebrate women of colour, African textiles, and an aesthetic of bold excess. Her work rejects minimal restraint in favour of layered narratives, saturated colour, bold pattern and symbolic density, mirroring the complexity of Black womanhood itself. Her work has been exhibited at prestigious venues including the Arsenale Nord in Venice, where she was a finalist for the Arte Laguna Prize; the Central Saint Martins Window Galleries for Black History Month; and London City Hall in collaboration with the Mayor of London.
Precious has worked with a range of clients, including Monzo Bank, the Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage and the Meliá luxury hotel group.
Tobi Ajibola @artbytobz
Tobi Ajibola is a London-based emerging painter. He creates expressive oil portraits on primed paper, ranging from A4 to A2 in size. His work captures subjects in fun, silly, weird, and occasionally grunge-inflected facial expressions to explore raw emotion, identity, and human connection. Through gestural brushwork and bold colour, the portraits aim to feel immediate and relatable. The practice draws from his Fine Art A-Levels and continues as an ongoing series shared on Instagram (@artbytobz).
Shehara Arachchige @art_with_shen
Shehara Arachchige is a London-based contemporary figurative artist whose practice focuses on portraiture and narrative oil painting. Working across oil, acrylic, watercolor, and pencil, her work explores themes of identity, emotional resilience, and human connection. Her paintings are characterized by expressive brushwork, subtle tonal layering, and a balance between realism and abstraction.
Drawing inspiration from personal memory, cultural experience, and observational studies, Shehara creates portraits that emphasize presence and psychological depth. Through her evolving body of work, she continues to develop a contemporary figurative language rooted in emotion, storytelling, and quiet strength.
Maryna Gradnova @costumemodehistory
Maryna Gradnova is a London-based Fieriness ink artist with a strong academic background in art and design, and over 25 years of professional experience in tailoring and material craft. Her practice is rooted in a deep understanding of structure, composition, and material tension, which informs her distinctive monochrome works.
Working primarily in black ink on paper, Gradnova explores coastal landscapes, botanical forms, and the symbolic presence of water. Her signature Fieriness style combines expressive mark-making with controlled composition, capturing both fragility and strength within natural environments. Through contrast, rhythm, and movement, her work evokes atmosphere, emotional depth, and a sense of transformation.
Rob Cowan @robcowanartist
Rob is a figurative painter who explores the idea of identity and how we present ourselves to the world through our appearance. He sees clothing as a reflection of how we would like to be perceived, and he combines this with other motifs like hair, make up and posture as ways of representing an individual’s identity.
Rob uses scale and colour to create a strong sense of emotion in his work. His paintings range from carefully posed full-figure portraits to spontaneous moments that aim to capture an unfiltered view into our identity.
After studying to Post Graduate level in the British art school system, Rob spent many years building a successful career as an illustrator working in both traditional and digital media. In 2021, he made the shift to figurative painting full-time and now exhibits his work both in the UK and internationally whilst also working on private commissions.
Hiva Safdary @hiva_safdary
“I'm a digital artist uses drawing as my language to express how I see, think, and feel about the world.
“This group of artworks, titled On the Edge, combines architecture, human figures, and symbolic elements to create spaces that feel both familiar and slightly unfamiliar. The suspended figures and unstable structures reflect how life can appear stable on the surface yet feel fragile underneath.
“The series explores the emotional and spatial realities of contemporary life, where stability and collapse, tradition and rapid change, exist side by side. Through these works, I share my reflections on vulnerability, uncertainty, and the hidden layers we carry within us every day.”
Victoria Sirooka @Victoria_Sirooka
Victoria Sirooka is a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, drawing, printmaking, and ceramics. Born in Ukraine, she lived in South Africa before settling in France in 2014, where she ran her studio, collaborated with institutions, and completed numerous projects. In September 2025, she moved to London to explore new opportunities and creative collaborations.
Her art is figurative and investigates identity, memory, and human experience, focusing particularly on the relationships between people — social, political, and personal. These reflections form the foundation of her work. She often uses childlike, storybook imagery to convey complex themes with emotional clarity. Victoria works with oil and acrylic paints, dry point engraving, and ceramics, believing that diverse materials and forms complement and enrich one another.
Image credit Victoria Sirooka - Hiva Sardari - Bob Holmes
Hope to see you there!
