About the artists
Emily Beaumont
Emily is an upholsterer, trained to distinction level at London Metropolitan University, where she developed a solid foundation in both traditional upholstery techniques and contemporary design approaches. Her studies deepened her appreciation for the history of upholstery while encouraging innovation, experimentation, and sustainability. She now runs a studio at Phoenix Art Space, where she also teaches upholstery.
www.emilybooupholstery.co.uk @emilybooupholsteryanddesign
Frances Bloomfield
Frances’s work can best be described as a series of dreamscapes, exquisitely created in three-dimensional collage. She uses a variety of materials but predominantly her own photographs, which she manipulates and combines in intriguing ways. Each piece is like a small theatre set which plays with space, scale and perspective to draw the viewer into the curious worlds she creates. Within her work there is often a suggestion of parallel realities – it might be a juxtaposition of what is considered ‘real’ and what is imagined, or the conflict between the façade and what might be really occurring behind or beyond it.
Bloomfield has established a strong reputation as a contemporary artist working in a broadly Surrealist tradition. She is represented by a number of UK galleries and has exhibited widely in Britain, Europe and USA.
www.francesbloomfield.com @francesbloomfield
Nicholas Bowman
is a photographer and currently Chair of the City of London & Cripplegate Photographic Society, as well as being an EAF-accredited photographic competition judge, and teacher. Nick’s work is varied, moving between genres; common themes include motion and time, and the narrative content of each photo, that must tell its own story. Continuously evolving as an artist, Nick tries new ideas, new techniques and experiments to see how his images can engage and inspire the viewer or encourage them to ask questions. Nick has exhibited widely across the UK, including The Barbican in London, the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, Lauderdale House, the View and the Brighton Photo Fringe. He has had honourable mentions in the Minimalist Awards, and the Monochrome Awards.
nb@nickbowman.online @iamnotabene
Jo Hathaway
JO HATHAWAY is a contemporary abstract painter, collagist and writer. Her paintings are inspired by the aesthetic of the place where colour, memory and landscape meet, and how it feels to be submerged within them – subjective, abstract, emotional, sensory, fleeting, hazy. Each of her paintings is associated with or influenced by writing.
“Saul Bellow spoke of art as ‘stillness in the midst of chaos’ – I want my paintings to express hope and joy in that stillness – stillness that is not passive, but patient; full of colour and movement, and looks up and forward.”
Jo is an artist member of ArtCan, an international, non-profit arts organisation. She exhibits and teaches widely across Sussex, the UK and internationally.
www.johathaway.com @johathawaypictures