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Featured Artists

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So far the following artists and organisations have made a booking:

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Dover Abrams (U.S.A)

Dover Abrams floats between the world of unstoppable self-expression, immeasurable energy... more

Dover Abrams

Philippe Aini (France)

Philippe Aini has created over 12,000 lyrical works on canvas, sculpture and mouldings over the past 25 years. more

Phillipe Aini
Pål Akerø (Norway) Pål Akerø (Paal Akeroe) is born in Bergen in 1957. He started to paint 4 years ago and he has had several exhibitions both in Bergen and in Denmark, Arhus. more
Pål Akerø
Rahim Ali (U.K) Strong geometric compositions – influences Paul Klee and other abstract expressionists. more
Rahim Ali
Dave Allen (U.K) Dave Allen enjoys giving a new twist or interpretation to classical themes such as landscape and seascape, often saturating the paintings with blue colour. more
Dave Allen
Jack Angelo (U.K) I am an emerging artist living in South Wales. I have drawn, painted and modelled all my life as a way of being. more
Jack Angelo
Anto (France)  
Anto
Savvas Antoniadis (Greece)  
Savvas Antoniadis
Aster (Holland)

I was born in Amsterdam in 1957 and have worked as an ideomotor artist since 1983. This is better known as automatic drawing. more

Aster

Eric Benetto (France)

I was born and live in France, although considering first as a citizen of the world. I am self-taught, thinking artistic activity is based on inner needs and simple means. more

Eric Benetto
Francois Boutemy (U.K) A photographer with a keen eye for the design side of things. He always captures memorable images... more
Francois Boutemy
John Byers (U.K) Since 1992, John Byers, has been principally involved in the performing arts, including the successful, Harpenden based musical theatre group, StableRock. more
John Byers
Justine Cal (U.K) Justine’s paintings evoke a world which she has created. She uses a limited colour palate, with yellow featuring strongly, providing a continuity... more
Justine Cal
Didier Chenu (France)  
Didier Chenu
Fabien Chevrier (France)

Since ever, I have confidence in my natural feeling. I paint without thinking, following no laws neither rules. more

Fabien Chevrier
Jackie Chin (U.K) A painter who digitally reworks her images, Jackie Chin uses landscape as a starting point which develop into ‘dreamscapes'... more
Jackie Chin
Shruti Chopra (U.K) I am a self taught artist with no limitations and a passion and appreciation for art in all forms and genres. more
Shruti Chopra
Jenik (U.S.A)

Jenik is a painter in the tradition of such visual theorists as Gorky, Kandinsky, and Motherwell. Absorbing and processing a vast range of material, from ancient languages to... more

Jenik Cook
Keith Collins (U.K) Keith Collins is a self-taught painter with a passion for experimentation and the diversity of his work, which is influenced by... more
Keith Collins
Matthew Cook (U.K) I am new to painting and I work in mixed media depending on what I have available and what the piece requires. In my work I try to create a symbolism for the connections that I see... more
Matthew Cook

Jano Coudrin (France)

My dear pieces of wood come from drift which has been knocking about the seas... more

Jano Coudrin
Joel Crespin (France)  
Joel Crespin
Stephen Davids (U.K) Stephen's creative journey has spanned 20 years. Born and raised in East London, his work is an eclectic mix of graphic line, composition and energy. more
Stephen Davids
Elsa Dax (France) Founder of the Paris Stuckists more
Elsa Dax
Andrew Farley (U.K) Andrew Farley will be showing drawings, paintings and assemblages at Raw Arts Festival 2005. more
Andrew Farley

Andru Fijalkowski (U.K)

To work with passion and freedom, to do what ever, whenever, to be true to myself, to tell a story through my work, of my life and the life of others. more

Andru Fijalkowski
Gus Fink (U.S.A) Self taught artist Gus Fink, his paintings come from within, and they are visions from his nightmares and markings of his... more
Gus Fink

Kevin Fisher (U.K)

The end result of my art tends towards what I would describe as strong impact with colour used to convey the emotion along with large symbolic subject matter. more

Kevin Fisher

Rosi Flood (U.K)

Rosi is a self taught artist. As a trained musician Rosi's work is strongly influenced by the colour of sound, rhythm and emotions. more
Rosi Flood

Yvonne Mabs Francis (U.K)

Over the last five years I have painted pictures which describe the delusions I suffered over the thirty five years ago when I was twenty four years old. more
Yvonne Mabs Francis
Gillian A.Gordon (U.K) I was born in India where my father was in the Indian army. I returned to England aged three and went to boarding school until I was sixteen. more
Gillian Gordon

Stevie Hale-Jones (U.K)

I am a young female artist. I graduated in 2002 from Cambridge School of Art with a B.A (Hons) Illustration. more

Stevie Hale-Jones
Saeed Hersi (U.K) Often using found objects - doors, an oval mirror base, shelving, for example – as surfaces on which to paint images Saeed Hersi’s works... more
Saeed Hersi
Sam Jacobs (U.K) Born in Bournemouth, trained in Animation, now Brighton based. My work is a fusion of Animation and Fine Art to capture a moment in time. more
Sam Jacobs

Pauline Jones (U.K)

Obsessed by painting and not dead yet. more

Pauline Jones
Steve Judges (U.K)  
Steve Judges

Anush Khachaturian (U.K)

I am a 29 year old self-taught artist from London . I was born in Russia . I studied in Paris and New York. more

Anush Khachaturian
Eve Kharag (U.K) Evelyn Anna Kharag is a UK based artist who survives this chaotic world by creating some harmony in her painting. more
Eve Kharag

Lisa Kilty (U.K)

A 'Visionary artist who works intuitively, with Celtic and Hispanic influences.' more

Lisa Kilty
Akiko Kitami (U.S.A) I want to face the feelings inside of me with complete honesty. In my passion to express the full range of my imagination in freedom and in solitude, I invoke my muse. more
Akiko Kitami

Sue Kreitzman (U.K)

My work is completely untutored, intensely personal and involves colour, food, freedom and the female landscape: imagined Goddesses, glimpsed strangers, close friends, personal... more

Sue Kreitzman
Jo Landau (U.K) One of the main themes of Jo Landau’s work deals with ideas about the Female experience. The portraits she paints... more
Jo Landau
Jack Lipowczan (Germany) I was born in 1951 in Poland. In 1979, I finished the Academy of fine Arts in Cracov, where I studied Graphic Design with smaller or greater enthusiasm. more
Jack Lipowczan
Loren (France)  
Loren

David Magitis (U.K)

Self-taught artist in Airbrush, pencil, felts, mixed media and anything else I can get my hands on. I don't class my work as complete merely sketches... more

David Magitis

Valentin Manz (Germany)

Valentin Manz was born in 1973 in the Bavarian Forest, Germany, son of Tilly and Jorg von Manz, prominent ceramicist. more
Valentin Manz
Andrew Masters (France) I am 39 and live in France, although I have lived in the UK , U.S and few other places. I do many different things including music and poetry... more
Andrew Masters

Raymond Masters (U.S.A)

 
Raymond Masters
Paul McDermott (U.K) My paintings seek to portray the eternal essentials of existence: life and death, growth and light, good and evil, timelessness and the universe. more
Paul McDermott

Ewan McDougall (New Zealand)

Art for arts sake, colour for Gods sake more

Ewan McDougall

Judith McNicol (U.K)

I was born in London in 1948. I worked as an earth scientist until, in 1994 I became ill with M.E. Whilst bed-ridden, I started drawing using my geologists¹ drawing pen but... more

Judith McNichol

Franco Meloni (Italy)

I was born in Cagliari (Sardinia, Italy). My pictorial target is the expression of the imperfection concept and the irregularity in all I make. more

Franco Meloni

Piers Midwinter (U.K)

"The artist Piers Midwinter is the creator and director of Raw Art Link and the Raw Arts Festivals. He believes that it's important to stay true to oneself as an artist and that Raw Art... more

Piers Midwinter
Kelly Moore (U.S.A) His Original, Expressive work has been referred to as Outsider Art, Art Brut, Raw Art and Visionary Art. more
Kelly Moore

Cheryl Muniandy (U.K)

A member of the Maidstone Stuckists more

Cheryl Muniandy

Kitti Narod (Thailand)

Young Thai artist inspired by Aboriginal technique of dots on dots. Depicts thematic and abstract contemporary pieces full of colour, detail and depth. more

Kitti Narod
Nemo (U.S.A)

I am an untrained artist born in Florida (USA) where I lived among tourists and alligators until I went to college, triple majoring in international politics... more

Nemo
Remy Noe (U.K) Co-founder of the Maidstone Stuckists. more
Remy Noe
Tony O'Brien (U.K) Methodical approach, colour by numbers, abstraction, attention to detail - interest in the process as much as the result. A natural colourist, bright clarity to his work. more
Tony O'Brien

Liz Parkinson (Australia)

Liz Parkinson is a self-taught artist from Australia and she does striking black ink drawings, with an emotive edge. Initially she studied for a degree in Economics and... more

Liz Parkinson

Lee Pearson (U.K)

A member of the Maidstone Stuckists more
Lea Pearson

Vivian Pedley (U.K)

I was born In Cornwall and now work between the UK and North America. My work deals with questions of identity, the assimilation... more
Vivian Pedley
Raul Peteiro (U.K)
Raul is interested in urban life and situations and often uses time-lapse techniques to capture the sense of hustle and bustle... more
Raul Peterio

Ben Reche (U.K)

The journey is our home. A time to reflect and record the images of our experience. The destination, as never before painted. more
Ben Reche
Clifton Reddie (U.K) The bold, graphic style of Clifton Reddie’s drawings and paintings depict imagery and symbols from Ancient Egyptian Mythology. more
Clifton Reddie
Sean Rice (U.K) Sean paints traditional themes, mostly landscapes. Although his work has a very personal and modern flavour he cites... more
Sean Rice
Andrew Ritcheson (U.K) Although there are many faces to my work, it is unified by a fundamental concern with the communication, expression and... more
Andrew Ritcheson
Nina Sagen Sandsbakk (Norway) Nina Sagen Sandsbakk born in Oslo in 1978. Nina has been educated at a pre art school in Oslo, Stykejernet. She is an expressionist/surrealist/naturalist. more
Nina Sagen Sandsbakk

Gabriel Shaffer (U.S.A)

Gabriel Shaffer, is a 29 yr old, self-taught artist and son of Cher Shaffer, a nationally known folk/visionary artist, most notable for her appearance in the book/tour "O' Appalachia'". more

Gabriel Shaffer

John Sheehy (U.K)

Born in Ireland and lives in London. Creates art, sculpture and poetry. more

John Sheehy
Lauralee Sikorski U.S.A) Of her work, Bruce Joel Cutean, curator/director of the Thirdstone Art Gallery said "Lauralee Sikorski's works exhibit a skilful transcendence of styles and genres. more
Lauralee Sikorski
John Skidmore (U.K) Johns work always utilises wood whether the work is sculptural, pyrographic... more
John Skidmore
Brian Steimel (U.S.A) I am a self taught artist with a strong background in literature and art history. I use words as visual images. Words for word's sake, and words for their inherent meanings. more
Brian Stiemel

Zoya Taylor (Norway)

Zoya Taylor, was born in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. She spent her early childhood in Germany and moved with her Jamaican father and Canadian mother to Kingston, Jamaica... more

Zoya Taylor
Annie Terrell (U.K) Annie is a very skilful detailed painter in which I feel her paintings are drawn from a deep spiritual searching. more
Annie Terrell

Jessica Torrant (U.S.A)

My work and my person are wrapped up in the way my life is unfolding in the moment. My images are unabashedly personal and I'm constantly trying to reflect the inner experience... more

Jessica Torrant
Elizabeth Turnbull (Tasmania, Australia)

I am a self-taught intuitive ‘outsider’ artist. Born in Sydney, Australia I began painting, drawing and printmaking in Brisbane in 1972 and have since worked and exhibited in Australia and... more

Elizabeth Turnbull
Dave W Whitfield (U.K)

Member of the Society for Art of Imagination. more

David W Whitfield
Tom Willer (U.K) Tom Willer displays a strong sense and bold sense of colour in his paintings and draws on a wide number of... more
Tom Willer

Organisations involved in the Exhibition

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Arthouse (U.K)

The ArtHouse is a social enterprise offering people with epilepsy, learning disabilities the chance to work in ceramics, printmaking and painting. more

Arthouse
Bergen Kommune (Norway)
Project: Art, Culture and Mental Health... more
Bergen Kommune
Hackney 180° (U.K) The Hackney 180º project is housed in the south wing of the St John-at-Hackney church. Hackney 180º accomodates approximately 70 homeless... more
Hackney 180°
Hoffmann for Autism (U.K)

Charity that caters for adults with Autism or Aspergers Syndrome. more

Hoffmann for Autism
Infusion Gallery (U.S.A)

Infusion Gallery is the brainchild of artist/curator Dover Abrams and his wife/artist/gallery coordinator Jill. more

Infusion Gallery
Maidstone Stuckists (U.K)  
Maidstone Stuckists
Nearly Orange (U.K) Nearly Orange consists of artists who embrace the opportunity to produce original, affordable works of contemporary/abstract art. more
Kylie Brown
Raw Art Link (U.K) Dedicated to Raw Art more
Raw Art Link
Thai Fine Art Ltd (U.K)

Thai Fine Art Ltd offers an exciting selection of contemporary Thai artworks done by young or little known artists. more

Fine Thai Art
 
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