Angus Vasili

Angus Vasili studied Graphic Design and Illustration in Liverpool, where he honed his skills and developed a passion for process-driven work. His unique style of work beautifully fuses together screen-printing, photography and hand-finished texture, whilst his practice is intuitive, continually evolving and informed by the experimental.

Angus' work is inspired by urban decay, particularly decay in posters and billboards, which has developed into abstracts referencing nature. The juxtaposition of finding a more traditional beauty from a non-traditional starting point of urban decay is the driving force behind his art.

His works reflect how we view neglected spaces in the urban landscape and the importance of finding the right balance between deconstruction and reconstruction. Angus' work explores the conflict between the two, reflecting on the hidden beauty that can be found in decay - by literally ripping things apart he allows chance accidents in his analogue techniques to bring about spectacular visual instances - resulting in a raw and dynamic contemporary aesthetic.

Exhibition running from 13 September to 10 November
Private View:

📆 Friday 13th September
🕖 7 pm onwards

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Nefer Tipi

Nefer Tipi is an artist based in Hackney Wick. Her work serves as a visual language rich in symbology that explores life's paths, the journey of self-discovery, the fleeting nature of existence, and the emptiness of superfluous material pursuits. With a deep interest in art history, she frequently draws from the past to find innovative ways of expression.

Music plays an integral role in her artistic process, guiding her into a state of mind where she can fully immerse herself in the creative flow. Each piece reflects her connection to the beats that shape her thoughts and emotions. Through music, she finds the ability to focus and channel inspiration into her work.

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Lucy Merriman

Lucy Merriman is an emerging contemporary artist based in East London.

The driving force behind Lucy’s work is a profound response to the surrounding landscape through emotive colour and expressive brushstrokes, using printmaking processes and painting as the basis for her work. Lucy’s mixed media approach is developed through painted sketches, monoprints and photography. Using a blend of analogue & digital processes she plays with form and composition. The spontaneity of printmaking creates unexpected imperfections and texture. Layers of acrylic paint are energetically applied to canvases, hand screen-printed images merge with sweeping gestural marks in vibrant hues.

Lucy graduated from Nottingham Trent University with a BA in Textile Design, establishing her first print design studio in Shoreditch 1992. In 2020, Lucy shifted focus from design to artistic practice.

Recently Lucy has exhibited at The Other Art Fair London, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair and The Affordable Art Fair at Battersea and Hampstead. She is a member of ArtCan and a keyholder at East London Printmakers. Lucy’s work is held in private collections around the world.

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Assia Bennani

Assia Bennani is a Moroccan contemporary painter and designer based in London.

Her semi-figurative paintings, out of time and space are a celebration of diversity. She sees her art journey as a fruitful world where cultures, traditions and innovations happily find each other.

In a world that tends to be more and more polarised, she likes to create visual bridges between different realities, cultures and time frames. Assia grew up in Casablanca and spent the last 20 years between Paris, Hong Kong and London where she lives today. 

Each of those places has left a mark on her identity; through painting, she explores how these different influences can gracefully blend together, just like they gently flow within herself. 

She uses acrylic primarily paint but enjoys other mediums like ink, gouache or oil paint. Her paintings are an invitation to slow down and in her more recent series “Reclaim Dreaming”, she invites us to question the place left to dreams and imagination in our modern lives.

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Sara Hoque

Sara Hoque is a local mixed-media artist currently living on a narrow boat in East London.

Sara Hoque's work explores the majesty of the natural world and the uncertainty of its future. By using acrylic paint and collaged images she creates visually appealing compositions with loose, abstract narratives.
By using acrylic paint and collaged images, Sara’s work explores the sublime wonder we experience in nature. Through her practice she aims to untangle the complexity that can only be described as ‘awe’, an emotion which can be both pleasurable or imbued with mystery and uncertainty. Driven by her curiosity around the natural world, her purpose is to capture the spirit of nature through her ephemeral landscapes.

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Mona Sharif

cos.mona.ut (Mona Sharif) is a French/Syrian/Egyptian visual artist.
Mona began her journey in graphic design and art direction but soon gravitated towards more hands-on creative expressions, often finding her best pieces emerge from unplanned explorations and happy accidents - her creations reflect a joyful, optimistic spirit.

'Wicked' is a series of collage artworks based on some of Hackney Wick's iconic street art, warehouses, and buildings. Using photos she took over the years and cutting out elements to create surreal worlds and stories, this project aims to leave memories of Hackney Wick before its full gentrification.

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