CHO, HUI-CHIN Through a practice primarily concerned with painting and sculpture, Londonbased Cho, Hui-Chin demonstrates a deep interest in the amalgamation of materials. Distorted subject matter and abstract motifs intertwine in each piece – a figurative depiction of the artist’s integrated cultural upbringing. Cho is a winner of the Cass Art Painting Prize and the Steer Medal and Prize.
www.chin.art | Instagram: @chohuichin
GUDRUN NIELSEN Through site-specific, large-scale installations, Icelandic sculptor Gudrun Nielsen addresses human impact within contemporary cityscapes. The Mountain series, showcased here, comprises a collection of works inspired by the location of the artist’s studio – on the site of Iceland’s leading provider of clean energy. The photographs document small but constant changes in the surrounding environment. Nielsen has exhibited widely and is a Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
www.gudrunnielsen.co.uk
AMY HUGHES HARRIET MOUTSOPOULOS Sydney-based Harriet Moutsopoulos is a collage artist who works under the name Lexicon Love. Drawn to the surreal and unsettling, she seeks out the unexpected connections between humour and tragedy. Ultimately it is the way in which collage art challenges traditional notions of aesthetics which she finds most appealing.
www.lexiconlove.com I Instagram: @lexicon_love
Amy Hughes is a British artist based in New York. Thematically, her work deals with the female body. Hughes manipulates and renders flesh in oil paint, exploring the ways in which women’s bodies are depicted in contemporary visual culture. Hughes has exhibited both nationally and internationally, and her work has sold at Sotheby’s New York. Hughes is currently exhibiting as part of the WMOCA International Biennial Portrait Competition at the Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art until 29 June.
www.amyvhughes.com
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