Profiles

Discover the rich diversity of Wandsworth’s creative scene here by exploring profiles of incredible local artists, cultural organisations, projects and groups. To search for specific art forms, areas, or profile types use the filters below.

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Paulie X

Wandsworth Town

Paulie X is a London-based, self-taught artist specialising in the study of human emotion in portraiture, abstract expressionism and symbolism. He is a highly talented Nigerian-born British artist and has been making art since he…

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Paul Bence

Earlsfield

Paul Bence is a documentary photographer based in Wandsworth whose work concentrates on people and places. Paul is currently working on a project following the River Wandle from Wandsworth through to Croydon.

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Nneka Uzoigwe

Battersea

Nneka Uzoigwe is a figurative artist based in London. She trained in the classic atelier method at London Fine Art Studios, where she now teaches part-time.

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Sarah-Jane Field

Earlsfield

Sarah-Jane Field's interdisciplinary approach includes photography, writing and performance as she aims to identify feedback loops between language, culture and the material world. She is most interested in investigating the many shifts and transformations taking…

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Alex Lambert

Tooting

Alex Lambert is an award-winning photographer, videographer and director based in Upper Tooting. Alex's style is driven by a foundation in narrative and reportage image making. Her personal work focuses on social documentary projects, often…

Organisation

Bounce Theatre

Earlsfield

Bounce makes original, imaginative, and brave work.

Bounce makes space for children and young people to be heard and to hear themselves. Together, they find new ways to see the world and everyone's potential within…

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Kevin Lake

Putney

Kevin Lake is an award-winning street and culture photographer based in Putney. He recently won in his category in the Love in London photo competition as a Merit Award for the Grey Cube Gallery city…

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Jonquil Williamson

Earlsfield

Jonquil is a representational artist painting original contemporary still life and landscape in oil. Her paintings are inspired initially by the colours she observes, although she does allow the mark making and textures created by…

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Kirsten Mitchell

Roehampton

Kirsten Mitchell is a London-based photographer, originally from Monterrey, Los Angeles, San Francisco, who has been shooting for various artists and of the locals. As an artist, Kirsten strives to capture all kinds of people…

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Alice Wilson

Battersea

Alice Wilson's approach to work involves travel into new landscapes as well as familiar ones, taking photographs that might end up pasted onto the surface of a work, in a reference to memory, or the…

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Ken McCalla

Tooting

Artist Ken McCalla completed a Fine Arts B.A degree in 1984 at Central School of Art & Design. Ken then spent several years with OBAALA (Organisation of Black Arts Advancement & Learning Activities - the…

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Iain Selwyn-Reeves

Furzedown

Iain is a photographer specialising in landscapes, architecture and property.

He is drawn to architectural detail whether capturing this in a more classical black and white form, or using it as a starting point…

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Gordon Glyn-Jones

Putney

As central to his art practice, Glyn-Jones draws every day and regularly shares his works on Instagram. With a working method similar to free-writing, he creates a unique visual language to entice viewers into an…

Organisation

Sprout Arts

Furzedown

Sprout Arts is a not-for-profit community arts venue in Furzedown, South West London run and managed entirely by local volunteers. Our ethos is sharing. Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive creative community…

Artist / Individual

Emma Thistleton

Wandsworth Common

Emma is an artist and curator, working and living in London. She paints abstract images on canvas, board and custom-made birch wood panels. She is inspired and intrigued by the power and beauty of nature,…

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Tammy Mackay

Putney

Tammy Mackay’s work is often conceptualised as a series, with her current prints from her “HOPE and FEAR” series currently being exhibited in Greenwich. Each series she creates is a personal exploration of themes, often…

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Adalberto Lonardi

Battersea

Adalberto Lonardi is an Italian designer with a passion for Architecture, a background in Visual Communication, and a devotion to the social environment. His fields of interest span across children’s and adults’ education, social integration,…

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Christopher A Engleheart Gray

Battersea

Having completed a Foundation Diploma in Art and Design at Falmouth Arts University, Chris devoted the next ten years to honing his traditional drawing and painting skills, focusing on portraiture, figure, landscape and classical still…

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Jiajia Zeng

Battersea

Jiajia Zeng is an interdisciplinary artist based in London. She is going to study her MA in Royal College of Art in Sculpture department in September 2020. She is interested in expanding on different materials,…

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Frances Richardson

Balham

Frances Richardson (born 1965, Leeds, UK) received her MA in Fine Art Sculpture from the Royal College of Art, London in 2006. Previous to this she studied BA (Hons) Fine Art at Norwich School of…