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Saff Williams is the Curatorial Director at Brookfield Properties, bringing over fifteen years of experience in the arts sector…
Poet and novelist Hannah Regel’s debut novel, The Last Sane Woman, is a compelling exploration of the emotional lives of two aspiring artists living at different times, yet connected by the discovery of a box of letters in a forgotten feminist archiv…
Daria Blum, a 2023 RA Schools graduate, won the inaugural £30,000 Claridge’s Royal Academy Schools Art Prize in September. Her exhibition, Drip Drip Point Warp Spin Buckle Rot, at Claridge’s ArtSpace...
We recently interviewed Eden Maseyk, co-founder of Helm, Brighton’s largest contemporary art gallery, which has quickly established itself as a thriving cultural hub…
Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, the acclaimed LA-based artists behind the renowned collective "FriendsWithYou," are the creative minds behind "Little Cloud World," now on display in Covent Garden. During their recent visit to London, we had the privilege of speaking with them about their creative process and the inspiration behind this captivating project.
Kinnari Saraiya is a London-based Indian artist, curator, and researcher whose work focuses on trans-altern and post-humanist ideas from the Global South. She is currently a curator at Somerset House and has held positions at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Frieze Art Fair, and Bowes Museum....
Fusing her Asian roots with a fascination for African pattern work and her deep passion for architectural geometry, Halima’s work is intense yet playful, structured yet creative; substantial yet dynamic and invariably compelling in its originality.
Hannah Martin is a queer, feminist artist and curator living in London. She is currently a Curatorial Assistant at the Hayward Gallery.
Claire Luxton is a British contemporary multi-disciplinary artist working with photography, immersive installation and poetry. Her latest work, Field of Dreams, is part of a partnership with Battersea Power Station to bring a free-to-view, botanical inspired art installation to the iconic London landmark.
Matilda Liu is an independent curator and collector based in London, with a collection focusing on Chinese contemporary art in conversation with international emerging artists. Having curated exhibitions for various contemporary art galleries and organisations, she is now launching her own curatorial initiative, Meeting Point Projects.
London based visual artists, Sian Bliss creates dreamscapes across both digital and traditional mediums with boundless excitement, capturing the essence of her imaginative vision.
EKLEIDO, a choreographic duo formed by Hannah Ekholm and Faye Stoeser, choreograph performances for live shows and film.
Lily Lewis is an autodidact and multidisciplinary artist working in the realms of the narrative, be that in the form of a painting, a poem, large scale sculptures, tapestry, or performance…
Lydia Smith is one to watch. Currently on show in three different places across London, her work can be seen in a solo exhibition in the City, a group show in a chapel in Chelsea and through a new series of monumental sculptures installed outdoors across sprawling parkland…
Taipei-based IT entrepreneur Elsa Wang is the founder of Bluerider ART, a progressive gallery at the intersection of art and technology.
Kidd Pivot is a dance theatre company founded by Canadian choreographer and artistic director Crystal Pite. Ahead of the UK premiere of its latest show, Assembly Hall, opening at Sadler’s Wells next week, we sat down with one of the ensemble’s performers, Renée Sigouin….
Uli Ap is an artist who goes by the title Alien AI: Alien Infinite and Artificial Intelligence, The Yellow One. Living between London and New York, all over the globe and extra-terrestrially; they work at the intersection of art, science, technology, film…
Revolv Collective addresses the lack of post-degree support for emerging artists. The collective hosts exhibitions, workshops, and mentorship programs, fostering a vibrant artistic community. Revolv Collective emerged in 2017 as Krasimira Butseva completed an MA in Photography at the University of Portsmouth, coinciding with Lina Ivanova's recent graduation from the same institution…
Women in art
Emma Capron is Acting Curator of Early Netherlandish, German, and French Painting at the National Gallery, London, where she recently curated ‘The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance’. A passionate advocate for Renaissance painting, she has over a decade of experience in the art world, both on the art market and in leading American and European museums…
Péjú Oshin is a university lecturer, curator, poet, and the associate director of the commercial art gallery Gagosian…
Bettina Korek serves as the CEO of Serpentine. She has a track record of successfully expanding programmes, as demonstrated by her tenure as Executive Director of Frieze Los Angeles and her wide expertise in public art presentations and writing…
Ghizlan El Glaoui is a Moroccan-born artist based in London. Known for her richly hued, expressive painted portraits, her use of light and texture bridges the ancient and modern, the classical and the contemporary…
Pelumi Odubanjo and Katy Barron are the curators of Photo50 2023 at the London Art Fair. The theme this year is Beautiful Experiments which will bring together the work of a group of multigenerational women photographers whose practice engages with their diasporic heritage…
Maryam Eisler is an Iranian-born, London-based photographer and author. Eisler's photographic work is centred around the Sublime Feminine, and she has had exhibitions with Tristan Hoare and Linley (London) as well as Harper's (East Hampton). Additionally, she has shown at Richard Taittinger Gallery (New York), Photo London, Eye of the Collector (London), Dallas Art Fair, Unseen Amsterdam, Space Gallery St Barth, Bermondsey Project Space (London), and Art Marbella...
LONDON LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator based in London. For over 15 years, Manuelpillai has worked with community arts projects nationally and internationally. Recently, he was the Jerwood/Arvon Mentee mentored by Hannah Lowe. Manuelpillai is a member of Malika's Poetry Kitchen and London Stanza. Manuelpillai’s debut pamphlet, Mutton Rolls, was published with Out-Spoken Press…
Gurnaik Johal is a writer and editor from West London. We Move, his first book, is published by Serpent’s Tail and includes ‘Arrival’, the winner of the 2022 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Award and ‘The Piano’, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Guardian 4th Estate Story Prize…
Sheena Patel is a writer and assistant director for film and TV who was born and raised in north-west London. She is part of the 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE collective, has been published in 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE (Rough Trade Books) and a poetry collection of the same name (FEM Press). In 2022 she was chosen as one of The Observer's top 10 best debut novelists. I’m a Fan is her first book…
James Cahill has worked in both the art world and academia for the last ten years, combining writing and research with a role at a leading contemporary art gallery. He is currently a Fellow in classics at King’s College London. His writing has been published in the TLS, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the London Review of Books and The Burlington Magazine, among other publications…
Small Business Series
Holly Hardy is the founder of Sourced by Holly, a homeware brand launched in the summer of 2020. Every item Holly has for sale is a piece she has personally fallen in love with and owns a version of herself, including the stunning Suzani cushions, scalloped soap dishes and vases, striking glass candlesticks, and block printed tablecloths…
Emily King is a writer and founder of The C Word Mag. She is a 27 year old woman based in London and her online magazine celebrates women and female expression in all forms by publishing content from women of all ages and all backgrounds to help elevate female voices.
Rachelle Holland is the Ghanaian born, founder of the Beiige Store has harnessed her strong connection to her Ghanaian heritage to create a striking collection that celebrates the beauty of handmade craftsmanship. Beiige Store is an online store with a deep narrative…
Amber Weir is a 2020 Graphic Design graduate from the Glasgow School of Art and the founder of Bloom and Body, a small ceramics business, aiming to showcase the beautiful curves and lines of the human form….
International women’s day
Comfort Arthur, is an award-winning animator, graphic designer, visual artist and editor. She is the founder of The Comfy Studio – a multimedia studio based in Ghana – which has produced a number of celebrated animated shorts…
Astrid Kagan is a Civil Engineer working at Arup in London. She enjoys working on infrastructure projects that have an impact on global sustainable developments…
Dr Adell Mintah-Sem is a British-Ghanaian junior doctor working in the NHS. She is also a wife and a mother to a 10-month-old baby who was born during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Sei (pronounced “say”) is the founder and principal consultant at Moonstory, a product and strategy consultancy that helps start-ups and established companies overcome their digital challenges…
Stefanie Fletcher is the founder of Indie Interiors. Indie Interiors is an interior design company born from a passion for not just exquisite interiors, but also for property and enhancing it…
Zaharan Sofi is a corporate finance partner by day and an activist by night. She is founder of fast-growing platform Talking Circles, a platform focused on highlighting key social issues using compelling data.
Sofia Carreira-Wham and Imme Dattenberg-Doyle are friends, Londoners, and co-founders of Doyle Wham, the UK's first and only contemporary African photography gallery….
Ghana Culture Series
Bright Ackwerh is an artist based in Ghana. His work tends to cover politics; encompassing, commenting and sometimes critiquing events, figures and situations. Bright always tries to uncover new perspectives and the often minority views that are not voiced in the central media…
Natalie Fordwor is an artist and the founder of WonderspacED. She is an experienced educator who is passionate about innovative teaching methods, creativity and environmental sustainability…
Yanfo is the founder of Social Ghana, a social media marketing business based in Accra, Ghana. He always had a talent with words from a young age, and paired with his creativity he eventually decided to go into the world of advertising. In 2013, he set up Social Ghana which now employs 22 full time staff…
Abdallah is the founder of Gaia Greenfields, an all-encompassing agri-business which produces fruits and vegetables for the local market using the most sustainable and eco-friendly methods possible…
Ruby Yayra Goka is an author and a dentist. She has penned 17 published novels, a number of which have won prizes including the Burt Award for African Literature. Ruby strongly believes in the power of storytelling and aims through her writing to provide strong, empowering role models for young girls, especially young black girls…
Sarah and Agyeiwaa are the founders of DNAfrica. Having worked in luxury events and hospitality all over the world. Through DNAfrica, they aim to host culturally enriching trips and authentic experiences in Ghana...
Mother and daughter duo, Eunice and Ama, own a wholesale and retail fabric store in Kaneshie Market. They have been selling a selection of classic wax print fabrics for the past 15 years. The ladies spoke with us about how they started the store…
We met up with Ghanaian Cocoa farmer Akosua Noboa. Akosua is a 50-year-old cocoa farmer from Kwaman. She farms three acres of cocoa farm that produces 640kg of cocoa per acre…
Yussif is a half Ghanaian half Burkinabé (from Burkina Faso) multi-disciplinary artist. Born in the Volta region of Ghana, Yussif grew up in Nima, Ghana. He has his own art shop within the Tetteh Quarshie Art Centre where he sells his artwork and art by many other Ghanaian artists….
Emerging Talent Series
Gayle Ebose uses the process of portrait painting to encapsulate the joys and mundanities of everyday Christian living in the 21st century. Her portraits serve as a way to preserve the testimony of how God sustains His people, transforms their character and equips them for life as sojourners on earth…
Rowan Riley is an embroidery artist from London who graduated from the MA Fine Art course at Central Saint Martins in July 2020. Rowan’s work explores bodies, illness, and how the experience of living in one’s own body is both universal and deeply personal at the same time…
Kelda's practice creates, explores and repurposes imagery and words to create her own visual language that considers femininity, representation and autonomy…
We caught up with with Hannah, Rachelle and Aky to discuss the growing success of the project they launched in May of this year - Brown Sugar: The Podcast. There is more however to the dynamic relationship between these three women, than the banter that breezes through their recordings….
Women in Art
Pelumi Odubanjo and Katy Barron are the curators of Photo50 2023 at the London Art Fair. The theme this year is Beautiful Experiments which will bring together the work of a group of multigenerational women photographers whose practice engages with their diasporic heritage…
Drawing inspiration from notions of transformation, mortality, and femininity, Haley Josephs paints solitary figures in fantastical yet foreboding environments that transcend time and space. Her enigmatic paintings are colourful and whimsical yet also present a dark twist. An underlying sense of power and balance pervades her works…
Maryam Eisler is an Iranian-born, London-based photographer and author. Eisler's photographic work is centred around the Sublime Feminine, and she has had exhibitions with Tristan Hoare and Linley (London) as well as Harper's (East Hampton). Additionally, she has shown at Richard Taittinger Gallery (New York), Photo London, Eye of the Collector (London), Dallas Art Fair, Unseen Amsterdam, Space Gallery St Barth, Bermondsey Project Space (London), and Art Marbella...
Sofia Carreira-Wham and Imme Dattenberg-Doyle are friends, Londoners, and co-founders of Doyle Wham, the UK's first and only contemporary African photography gallery….
Apparan is a London-based street artist originally from the Canary Islands. She combines her teaching career with her art, as well as running an art and music collective called Art House Project London through which she has curated dozens of art shows in London…
Nicole is an experienced gallerist and gallery director, and the founder of Schoeni Projects. She has lived in Hong Kong for most of her life, although attended school and university in the UK. Contemporary and street art are two of her passions…
Ella is a London-based Artist and Material Designer. In addition, she regularly lectures at University for the Creative Arts guiding young designers in their exploration of the subject. She creates work that crosses multiple disciplines…
Mimi is an Assistant Editor at Frieze and has a penchant for contemporary art and the written word. Frieze is a leading magazine of contemporary art and culture. Mimi’s priority in all that she does is to reveal unacknowledged truths about art history, culture and current affairs…
June is a freelance graphic designer, branding expert and artist. She is originally from Tokyo but has lived in London for many years. Her work has been featured internationally on YCN, Cow Parade Niseko and SCMP. She is also a speaker at YOOX Net-a-Porter, UAL and ustwo….
Morenike works in Sales and Marketing at Kate MacGarry Gallery in London. She completed a degree in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Manchester…
Women in Consulting
Charlotte is a technology consultant with Deloitte Digital, where she specialises in public sector clients and plays an active role in the Product Transition Lab, supporting training and workshops for those in Product Leadership roles; as well as sustainability, diversity and inclusion initiatives…
Olivia is a 29 year-old, Management Consultant working in the Digital Transformation/ Marketing space. She had planned to move to Australia this year to continue her consulting career, but COVID-19 has put a halt to that for at least the short-term…
Nana grew up in Kumasi, Ghana and moved to the US at the age of 18 to attend university. After completing her Finance degree, she joined a challenger bank which was focused on redefining the lending process for small businesses…
Rebecca Mackay Miller is a Brand Strategist, Word of Mouth aficionado and founder of BLOC + ROSE, a consultancy that helps small business owners connect to, embody and own their brand…
Nana-Ama Asabre-Adegbite has been a Financial Services Consultant for the past seven years and is currently a Manager. Whilst she has worked at two different consulting firms during this period, she has always focused on operational excellence and strategy projects…
Women in Engineering
Raluca is a 32-year-old Civil Engineer from Romania. She studied civil engineering in the Netherlands and has been working in the UK construction industry for approximately five years…
Mimi-Isabella is an award-winning Civil Engineer at Sir Robert McAlpine with a strong interest in sustainable construction materials, particularly concrete…
Tara Maiorano, 34, is a Site Engineer at Carey’s Civil Engineering and a mum to a three year-old girl. She is currently working on a challenging top-down project on Curzon Street in Mayfair….
Amelie is a civil engineer who has worked as a site engineer on several high rise concrete frames. She now specialises in temporary works…
Rayane Kassal is Moroccan Lebanese civil engineer who grew up in Casablanca. She studied civil engineering in France and started her career on one of the biggest hospital jobs in Europe …
Renii Onadipe is a Civil Engineer from London working for Costain. She is currently working on High Speed 2 (HS2). Some of her previous projects include large infrastructure projects such as Crossrail and Thames Tideway…
Lauren is a 29-year-old Civil Engineer from Scotland. She is currently working on one of the most demanding and exciting transport projects in Europe: High Speed 2 (HS2)…
All In Conversation With
Saff Williams is the Curatorial Director at Brookfield Properties, bringing over fifteen years of experience in the arts sector…
Poet and novelist Hannah Regel’s debut novel, The Last Sane Woman, is a compelling exploration of the emotional lives of two aspiring artists living at different times, yet connected by the discovery of a box of letters in a forgotten feminist archiv…
Daria Blum, a 2023 RA Schools graduate, won the inaugural £30,000 Claridge’s Royal Academy Schools Art Prize in September. Her exhibition, Drip Drip Point Warp Spin Buckle Rot, at Claridge’s ArtSpace...
We recently interviewed Eden Maseyk, co-founder of Helm, Brighton’s largest contemporary art gallery, which has quickly established itself as a thriving cultural hub…
Lina Fitzjames is a Junior Numismatist at Baldwin’s Auction House, located at 399 Strand. She is part of a new generation reshaping the image of numismatics, the study of coinage….
Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III, the acclaimed LA-based artists behind the renowned collective "FriendsWithYou," are the creative minds behind "Little Cloud World," now on display in Covent Garden. During their recent visit to London, we had the privilege of speaking with them about their creative process and the inspiration behind this captivating project.
Kinnari Saraiya is a London-based Indian artist, curator, and researcher whose work focuses on trans-altern and post-humanist ideas from the Global South. She is currently a curator at Somerset House and has held positions at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Frieze Art Fair, and Bowes Museum....
Paul Robinson, also known as LUAP, is a London-based multimedia artist renowned for his signature character, The Pink Bear. This character has been featured in his paintings, photography, and sculptures, and has travelled globally, experiencing both stunning vistas and extreme conditions…
Fusing her Asian roots with a fascination for African pattern work and her deep passion for architectural geometry, Halima’s work is intense yet playful, structured yet creative; substantial yet dynamic and invariably compelling in its originality.
Koyo Kouoh is the Chief Curator and Executive Director of Zeitz MOCAA…
Hannah Martin is a queer, feminist artist and curator living in London. She is currently a Curatorial Assistant at the Hayward Gallery.
Claire Luxton is a British contemporary multi-disciplinary artist working with photography, immersive installation and poetry. Her latest work, Field of Dreams, is part of a partnership with Battersea Power Station to bring a free-to-view, botanical inspired art installation to the iconic London landmark.
Matilda Liu is an independent curator and collector based in London, with a collection focusing on Chinese contemporary art in conversation with international emerging artists. Having curated exhibitions for various contemporary art galleries and organisations, she is now launching her own curatorial initiative, Meeting Point Projects.
London based visual artists, Sian Bliss creates dreamscapes across both digital and traditional mediums with boundless excitement, capturing the essence of her imaginative vision.
EKLEIDO, a choreographic duo formed by Hannah Ekholm and Faye Stoeser, choreograph performances for live shows and film.
Lily Lewis is an autodidact and multidisciplinary artist working in the realms of the narrative, be that in the form of a painting, a poem, large scale sculptures, tapestry, or performance…
Lydia Smith is one to watch. Currently on show in three different places across London, her work can be seen in a solo exhibition in the City, a group show in a chapel in Chelsea and through a new series of monumental sculptures installed outdoors across sprawling parkland…
Taipei-based IT entrepreneur Elsa Wang is the founder of Bluerider ART, a progressive gallery at the intersection of art and technology.
Kidd Pivot is a dance theatre company founded by Canadian choreographer and artistic director Crystal Pite. Ahead of the UK premiere of its latest show, Assembly Hall, opening at Sadler’s Wells next week, we sat down with one of the ensemble’s performers, Renée Sigouin….
Marie Bak Mortensen is Director of Create London. Create commissions bold, radical and socially engaged art and architecture in the public realm, collaborating with local communities to commission work that is ambitious, purposeful and useful…
Uli Ap is an artist who goes by the title Alien AI: Alien Infinite and Artificial Intelligence, The Yellow One. Living between London and New York, all over the globe and extra-terrestrially; they work at the intersection of art, science, technology, film…
Revolv Collective addresses the lack of post-degree support for emerging artists. The collective hosts exhibitions, workshops, and mentorship programs, fostering a vibrant artistic community. Revolv Collective emerged in 2017 as Krasimira Butseva completed an MA in Photography at the University of Portsmouth, coinciding with Lina Ivanova's recent graduation from the same institution…
Eve is an actor, singer and musician from south London. They graduated from the Actor Musician course at Rose Bruford in 2021, and has since starred in The House with Chicken Legs. at HOME Manchester/Touring/South Bank Centre, Blood harmony UK tour, and Sugarcoat at Southwark Playhouse....
Paul Vanstone is a sculptor recognised for his expertise in marble carving and depiction of human figures and fabric using light and stone interplay. He studied at Central St. Martins School of Art and completed an MFA at the Royal College of Art…
Muirn Kate Dineen is an artist specialising in colour and surfaces. She completed her Masters and Studio PhD at the RCA, starting with textiles and printmaking before delving into more complex built surfaces…
Jemma Powell is known for her observational landscapes. She is also an accomplished actress having featured in Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland…
Cedar Lewisohn is a versatile artist, writer, and curator recognised for his contributions to esteemed institutions such as Tate Britain, Tate Modern, and The British Council. He boasts three published books—Street Art (Tate, 2008), Abstract Graffiti (Marrell, 2011), and The Marduk Prophecy (Slimvolume, 2020)—as well as a collection of edited and self-published works…
Christine Kowal Post is an accomplished artist and sculptor, with a successful career spanning since the mid-1970s…
BLUE MAKWANA is a London based choreographer, dancer and teacher. She is a Sadler’s Wells Young Associate (2023/2024) and she is currently performing and touring with New Adventures in Matthew Bourne’s production of Romeo and Juliet…
Elisabeth Mulenga is a dance artist whose work is at once unflinching, tender, and intimate, and takes inspiration from film directors to explore the human psyche. Mulenga is an alumnus of the eighth cohort of NYDC and won the Choreographic Innovation Award in the final of BBC Young Dancer 2022…
Karen Bystedt, a renowned American photographer and street artist, has captured the world's attention with her remarkable artistic vision. Her most celebrated work includes a series of photographs taken of the iconic Andy Warhol back in 1982…
Rachel Mars is a performance artist, with a background in theatre, live art, and comedy. Her work often explores the intersections of the personal and the political, navigating Jewish identities, female bodies, and queerness…
Soojin Kang is a Korean artist now based in Germany, whose practice is based on the exploration of textiles as a sculptural medium. Using the ritualistic actions of weaving, knotting, winding and unwinding, she transubstantiates raw materials into structures that retain unmistakeable traces of their biotic origins through rough surfaces and natural dyes…
Joanna van Son is a London-based fine artist with a multicultural background. She was drawn to Baroque art at a young age, with a particular interest in dynamic figurations. This led her to develop an appreciation for process in her work, which she honed while studying at the Bartlett School of Architecture. Her current practice involves painting the hidden processes that make up human experience, revealing the grey zones of reality…
Emma Capron is Acting Curator of Early Netherlandish, German, and French Painting at the National Gallery, London, where she recently curated ‘The Ugly Duchess: Beauty and Satire in the Renaissance’. A passionate advocate for Renaissance painting, she has over a decade of experience in the art world, both on the art market and in leading American and European museums…
Péjú Oshin is a university lecturer, curator, poet, and the associate director of the commercial art gallery Gagosian…
Ghetto Funk Collective is a revolutionary force that embodies an innovative and dynamic philosophy, bringing together a diverse array of talented creatives including dancers, DJs, producers, MCs, and more. This groundbreaking collective was founded by Ruben Chi and Roché Apinsa...
We caught up with Akeil Onwukwe-Adamson, the founder of Queer Bruk. Akeil spoke to us on all things London, music, fashion, David Bowie, and of course delved into Queer Bruk…
Lili Momoko Suzuki is a jewellery designer and branding consultant who studied jewellery design at Central Saint Martins in London. After designing for fashion houses in Europe and India, Lili discovered her passion for traditional handcrafts and now creates unique pieces that reflect her ongoing exploration of aesthetics. She serves as brand director and designer for traditional craft companies such as DOMYO in Toyko, where she helps these companies showcase their craft to global audiences and preserve their cultural heritage…
Kid Spirit is the alias of London based songwriter/producer Sujit Naha. Having signed record deals with Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Warner Music Group, he’s accumulated over 50,000,000 streams via a host of co-writes and ghost productions, in addition to his own artist project. A multi-instrumentalist who possesses the unique ability to blur the lines between genres, Sujit uses his classically trained background to create melodies and sounds that are sure to be remembered…
Leo Taylor-Jannati (also known as Leo Jannati) is an actor, producer and podcaster based in Shoreditch, London. He is the host of the Living in the Hyphen Podcast, a podcast about identity and what it means to be living between two worlds…
Eric Pina is a Senegalese artist who studied at l’Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Dakar before completing his training in Europe where he received a degree from l‘Ecole Supérieure d’Art de Mulhouse et de Haute-Alsace in Mulhouse, France…
Adam Blackwood is the founder of Private Drama Events. Private Drama Events are creators of immersive experiences and otherworldly events. In 2002 they were established from the heart of London’s live performance scene to create experiences that put brands centre stage like never before. Think immersive productions aboard luxury trains…
Merryl Ansah is an actress and singer from London. She started her career in 2017 after graduating from The Royal Academy of Music with an MA in Musical Theatre. Since then, she has gone on to do a variety of musicals, plays, commercials and short films…
Kaddie Rothe is the co-founder of goalgirls. She is a freelance creative director and copywriter from Berlin who has embarked on The Unsettling Project…
Solène Dequiret is a Botanical Horticulturist. She is passionate about creating engaging glasshouse plant displays to translate Kew Gardens’ conservation work for visitors to wonder at, fusing science, art and nature…
Joey Li and Thuta Khin are the founders of Leiho. Leiho means 'How are you' in Cantonese and sometimes that's all we need to tell someone to show that we care! With a combined background in marketing, film, media and charitable work, Joey and Thuta have been working on their social enterprise together since 2019…
Sandra Adu is the founder of Black Girls in Design. Black Girls In Design is committed to catering to the needs of women of colour from design backgrounds such as Graphic, UI, and UX design…
Leah Gordon is a photographer, artist, curator, writer and filmmaker. Gordon was born in Ellesmere Port, equidistant between Liverpool, a city built upon the slave trade, and Manchester, built upon the industrial revolution, themes that are recurrent in her work…
Ndubuisi Kejeh is the founders of Mustard - an Africa-focused venture agency - in 2013, which is on a mission to build better products, better brands and better perceptions for Africa, with founders and investors who believe…
Olivia Huntingford is a London-based artist who set up London Makers Market at the beginning of 2020. She loves to travel, see friends, cook, host, go charity shopping, be active, and above all else, support creatives…
Jen is an entrepreneur and the founder of Black Culture Market. She is passionate about brands, products and mushroom recipes. She is an avid traveller and loves exploring different cultures...
Quintana Hoyne is a Siberian-Chinese fashion model, actress, and author, based in Paris. She was named one of the rising stars to watch in the industry in 2022-2023…
Daisy and Liv are founders of Salad Days Market (formerly known as A South London Makers Market). Salad Days Market is a curated makers market that pops up in different venues around South London, created with one aim: to help more people than ever shop small…
Bettina Korek serves as the CEO of Serpentine. She has a track record of successfully expanding programmes, as demonstrated by her tenure as Executive Director of Frieze Los Angeles and her wide expertise in public art presentations and writing…
Ghizlan El Glaoui is a Moroccan-born artist based in London. Known for her richly hued, expressive painted portraits, her use of light and texture bridges the ancient and modern, the classical and the contemporary…
Pelumi Odubanjo and Katy Barron are the curators of Photo50 2023 at the London Art Fair. The theme this year is Beautiful Experiments which will bring together the work of a group of multigenerational women photographers whose practice engages with their diasporic heritage…
We have a conversation with Robert Straw about the charity he founded in March 2022, Action Against Food Poverty (AAFP). The premise of AAFP is to offer food and supplies to the homeless, but also single parents, students and people struggling with mental health issues…
Sam Winston is an artist based in East London. His practice is concerned with language and the many ways we encounter it. He employs a variety of different approaches including drawing, books, participatory projects and poetry. He was initially known for typography and artist’s books…
Drawing inspiration from notions of transformation, mortality, and femininity, Haley Josephs paints solitary figures in fantastical yet foreboding environments that transcend time and space. Her enigmatic paintings are colourful and whimsical yet also present a dark twist. An underlying sense of power and balance pervades her works…
Maryam Eisler is an Iranian-born, London-based photographer and author. Eisler's photographic work is centred around the Sublime Feminine, and she has had exhibitions with Tristan Hoare and Linley (London) as well as Harper's (East Hampton). Additionally, she has shown at Richard Taittinger Gallery (New York), Photo London, Eye of the Collector (London), Dallas Art Fair, Unseen Amsterdam, Space Gallery St Barth, Bermondsey Project Space (London), and Art Marbella...
Eugene Palmer (born 1955, Kingston, Jamaica) is a figurative painter whose work explores the British black diaspora based on his own experience of leaving Jamaica for the UK at the age of nine to settle in Birmingham. Drawing on the experience of being immersed in British culture while remaining symbolically outside of it…
Arji Manuelpillai is a poet, performer and creative facilitator based in London. For over 15 years, Manuelpillai has worked with community arts projects nationally and internationally. Recently, he was the Jerwood/Arvon Mentee mentored by Hannah Lowe. Manuelpillai is a member of Malika's Poetry Kitchen and London Stanza. Manuelpillai’s debut pamphlet, Mutton Rolls, was published with Out-Spoken Press…
Gurnaik Johal is a writer and editor from West London. We Move, his first book, is published by Serpent’s Tail and includes ‘Arrival’, the winner of the 2022 Galley Beggar Press Short Story Award and ‘The Piano’, which was shortlisted for the 2018 Guardian 4th Estate Story Prize…
Sheena Patel is a writer and assistant director for film and TV who was born and raised in north-west London. She is part of the 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE collective, has been published in 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE (Rough Trade Books) and a poetry collection of the same name (FEM Press). In 2022 she was chosen as one of The Observer's top 10 best debut novelists. I’m a Fan is her first book…
James Cahill has worked in both the art world and academia for the last ten years, combining writing and research with a role at a leading contemporary art gallery. He is currently a Fellow in classics at King’s College London. His writing has been published in the TLS, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the London Review of Books and The Burlington Magazine, among other publications…
Bright Ackwerh is an artist based in Ghana. His work tends to cover politics; encompassing, commenting and sometimes critiquing events, figures and situations. Bright always tries to uncover new perspectives and the often minority views that are not voiced in the central media…
Shen is better known as her online alias 'Roy Bitchenstein' - commentator on ALL things pop culture. She has a Masters in Theatre and is currently working as a freelance illustrator, providing people with humour, risqué opinions and a much needed splash of colour…
Fayth is the founder and curator of Amygdala Home Ltd which was established in 2020. She comes from a background of interior architecture and design which she studied in Birmingham, UK. Having experience within the industry, specifically in kitchen, bedroom and bathroom design is what led her to start Amygdala Home Ltd…
Holly Hardy is the founder of Sourced by Holly, a homeware brand launched in the summer of 2020. Every item Holly has for sale is a piece she has personally fallen in love with and owns a version of herself, including the stunning Suzani cushions, scalloped soap dishes and vases, striking glass candlesticks, and block printed tablecloths…
Mel is a London-based key worker and small business owner. With an academic background in science and a NHS career spanning 10 years, her entrepreneurial spirit and love of gift giving are some of the many reasons her side hustle, Soronko Box London, was born…
Emily King is a writer and founder of The C Word Mag. She is a 27 year old woman based in London and her online magazine celebrates women and female expression in all forms by publishing content from women of all ages and all backgrounds to help elevate female voices.
Rachelle Holland is the Ghanaian born, founder of the Beiige Store has harnessed her strong connection to her Ghanaian heritage to create a striking collection that celebrates the beauty of handmade craftsmanship. Beiige Store is an online store with a deep narrative…
Amber Weir is a 2020 Graphic Design graduate from the Glasgow School of Art and the founder of Bloom and Body, a small ceramics business, aiming to showcase the beautiful curves and lines of the human form….
Comfort Arthur, is an award-winning animator, graphic designer, visual artist and editor. She is the founder of The Comfy Studio – a multimedia studio based in Ghana – which has produced a number of celebrated animated shorts…
Astrid Kagan is a Civil Engineer working at Arup in London. She enjoys working on infrastructure projects that have an impact on global sustainable developments…
Dr Adell Mintah-Sem is a British-Ghanaian junior doctor working in the NHS. She is also a wife and a mother to a 10-month-old baby who was born during the COVID-19 pandemic…
Sei (pronounced “say”) is the founder and principal consultant at Moonstory, a product and strategy consultancy that helps start-ups and established companies overcome their digital challenges…
Stefanie Fletcher is the founder of Indie Interiors. Indie Interiors is an interior design company born from a passion for not just exquisite interiors, but also for property and enhancing it…
Zaharan Sofi is a corporate finance partner by day and an activist by night. She is founder of fast-growing platform Talking Circles, a platform focused on highlighting key social issues using compelling data.
Sofia Carreira-Wham and Imme Dattenberg-Doyle are friends, Londoners, and co-founders of Doyle Wham, the UK's first and only contemporary African photography gallery….
Natalie Fordwor is an artist and the founder of WonderspacED. She is an experienced educator who is passionate about innovative teaching methods, creativity and environmental sustainability…
Yanfo is the founder of Social Ghana, a social media marketing business based in Accra, Ghana. He always had a talent with words from a young age, and paired with his creativity he eventually decided to go into the world of advertising. In 2013, he set up Social Ghana which now employs 22 full time staff…
Abdallah is the founder of Gaia Greenfields, an all-encompassing agri-business which produces fruits and vegetables for the local market using the most sustainable and eco-friendly methods possible…
Ruby Yayra Goka is an author and a dentist. She has penned 17 published novels, a number of which have won prizes including the Burt Award for African Literature. Ruby strongly believes in the power of storytelling and aims through her writing to provide strong, empowering role models for young girls, especially young black girls…
Sarah and Agyeiwaa are the founders of DNAfrica. Having worked in luxury events and hospitality all over the world. Through DNAfrica, they aim to host culturally enriching trips and authentic experiences in Ghana...
Mother and daughter duo, Eunice and Ama, own a wholesale and retail fabric store in Kaneshie Market. They have been selling a selection of classic wax print fabrics for the past 15 years. The ladies spoke with us about how they started the store…
We met up with Ghanaian Cocoa farmer Akosua Noboa. Akosua is a 50-year-old cocoa farmer from Kwaman. She farms three acres of cocoa farm that produces 640kg of cocoa per acre…
Yussif is a half Ghanaian half Burkinabé (from Burkina Faso) multi-disciplinary artist. Born in the Volta region of Ghana, Yussif grew up in Nima, Ghana. He has his own art shop within the Tetteh Quarshie Art Centre where he sells his artwork and art by many other Ghanaian artists….
Gayle Ebose uses the process of portrait painting to encapsulate the joys and mundanities of everyday Christian living in the 21st century. Her portraits serve as a way to preserve the testimony of how God sustains His people, transforms their character and equips them for life as sojourners on earth…
Rowan Riley is an embroidery artist from London who graduated from the MA Fine Art course at Central Saint Martins in July 2020. Rowan’s work explores bodies, illness, and how the experience of living in one’s own body is both universal and deeply personal at the same time…
Kelda's practice creates, explores and repurposes imagery and words to create her own visual language that considers femininity, representation and autonomy…
We caught up with with Hannah, Rachelle and Aky to discuss the growing success of the project they launched in May of this year - Brown Sugar: The Podcast. There is more however to the dynamic relationship between these three women, than the banter that breezes through their recordings….
Apparan is a London-based street artist originally from the Canary Islands. She combines her teaching career with her art, as well as running an art and music collective called Art House Project London through which she has curated dozens of art shows in London…
Nicole is an experienced gallerist and gallery director, and the founder of Schoeni Projects. She has lived in Hong Kong for most of her life, although attended school and university in the UK. Contemporary and street art are two of her passions…
Ella is a London-based Artist and Material Designer. In addition, she regularly lectures at University for the Creative Arts guiding young designers in their exploration of the subject. She creates work that crosses multiple disciplines…
Mimi is an Assistant Editor at Frieze and has a penchant for contemporary art and the written word. Frieze is a leading magazine of contemporary art and culture. Mimi’s priority in all that she does is to reveal unacknowledged truths about art history, culture and current affairs…
June is a freelance graphic designer, branding expert and artist. She is originally from Tokyo but has lived in London for many years. Her work has been featured internationally on YCN, Cow Parade Niseko and SCMP. She is also a speaker at YOOX Net-a-Porter, UAL and ustwo….
Morenike works in Sales and Marketing at Kate MacGarry Gallery in London. She completed a degree in Art History and Museum Studies at the University of Manchester…
Charlotte is a technology consultant with Deloitte Digital, where she specialises in public sector clients and plays an active role in the Product Transition Lab, supporting training and workshops for those in Product Leadership roles; as well as sustainability, diversity and inclusion initiatives…
Olivia is a 29 year-old, Management Consultant working in the Digital Transformation/ Marketing space. She had planned to move to Australia this year to continue her consulting career, but COVID-19 has put a halt to that for at least the short-term…
Nana grew up in Kumasi, Ghana and moved to the US at the age of 18 to attend university. After completing her Finance degree, she joined a challenger bank which was focused on redefining the lending process for small businesses…
Rebecca Mackay Miller is a Brand Strategist, Word of Mouth aficionado and founder of BLOC + ROSE, a consultancy that helps small business owners connect to, embody and own their brand…
Nana-Ama Asabre-Adegbite has been a Financial Services Consultant for the past seven years and is currently a Manager. Whilst she has worked at two different consulting firms during this period, she has always focused on operational excellence and strategy projects…
Raluca is a 32-year-old Civil Engineer from Romania. She studied civil engineering in the Netherlands and has been working in the UK construction industry for approximately five years…
Mimi-Isabella is an award-winning Civil Engineer at Sir Robert McAlpine with a strong interest in sustainable construction materials, particularly concrete…
Tara Maiorano, 34, is a Site Engineer at Carey’s Civil Engineering and a mum to a three year-old girl. She is currently working on a challenging top-down project on Curzon Street in Mayfair….
Amelie is a civil engineer who has worked as a site engineer on several high rise concrete frames. She now specialises in temporary works…
Rayane Kassal is Moroccan Lebanese civil engineer who grew up in Casablanca. She studied civil engineering in France and started her career on one of the biggest hospital jobs in Europe …
Renii Onadipe is a Civil Engineer from London working for Costain. She is currently working on High Speed 2 (HS2). Some of her previous projects include large infrastructure projects such as Crossrail and Thames Tideway…
Lauren is a 29-year-old Civil Engineer from Scotland. She is currently working on one of the most demanding and exciting transport projects in Europe: High Speed 2 (HS2)…
Key workers have been working tirelessly on the front line throughout our nation’s battle against coronavirus. We caught up with NHS doctor, Zara Benjamin-Laing, to discover how day-to-day life has changed at the hospital she works at amid the current pandemic…
LeKood is a specialist food shop which will ensnare you into the delicious world of French cuisine. It was founded by Charlotte Graves in 2019 as a way of bringing all the best bits of French food to London…
Olivia Moore launched her London-based, print-focused womenswear brand, Olivia Moore London, in her mid-20’s. She worked as a loyal intern at various fashion houses before earning a masters at the Royal College of Art…
Marie Bak Mortensen is Director of Create London. Create commissions bold, radical and socially engaged art and architecture in the public realm, collaborating with local communities to commission work that is ambitious, purposeful and useful…