Asma is a London based collage artist and producer.

She has worked with several arts institutions including TATE, Wellcome Collection and Somerset House on a variety of creative and socially engaged arts projects.

She is also the founder of RIOT SOUP, an art collective and community for Black and Brown women artists in London.

Raissa Pardini is a UK based designer who works with type, colours, shapes and take parts of exhibitions, festivals and talks.

She works with clients such Apple Music, Nike, MTV, Gucci, NYT New York Times, among many more. Her passion for ethical matters got her working closely to charities like Earth Percent, Endometriosis UK, Rape Crisis.

She was included in the Patreon and shesaidso top100 influence in the music industry last year.

Her work is also included in the permanent and iconic V&A archive.

Gemma Rolls-Bentley has spent nearly two decades championing diversity in contemporary art through her international curatorial practice, which amplifies female and queer voices and explores LGBTQ+ identity. She recently published her debut book, Queer Art; From Canvas to Club and the Spaces Between, and serves on the board of Queercircle and the Courtauld Association Committee.

Charlotte Patmore is a talented photographer, artist, and filmmaker whose work captures the vibrancy and intimacy of the live music scene through film photography. Over her ten-year career, her intimate portraits have graced album covers, magazine spreads, billboards, and fashion campaigns around the world.

Jade is a British curator, artist and art historian of Afro-Caribbean heritage based in Nottingham. Foster is a Trustee at Nottingham Contemporary and Curator at Primary, leading international collaborations and digital commissions. Their curatorial focus includes modern painting, performance, and themes of queerness and social practice.

Zavier, founder and director of CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, has curated over 100 exhibitions and launched acclaimed projects like THE FUTURE CAN WAIT and PROJECT PAPYROPHILIA, while also exhibiting as an artist internationally. His work as a talent-spotter and curator has left a significant mark on the contemporary art world.

Dame Tracey Emin is an English artist known for her autobiographical, confessional work across various media, including neon, sculpture, and painting, and was once the enfant terrible of the Young British Artists. She gained fame for pieces like My Bed and Everyone I Have Ever Slept With, and she continues to lecture and mentor artists while funding the TKE Studios in Margate.

Yinka Shonibare CBE RA is an acclaimed British-Nigerian artist whose interdisciplinary work interrogates race, class, and the construction of cultural identity within the context of globalisation, and has earned recognition with installations at Trafalgar Square and the Tate, as well as awards including the Whitechapel Gallery Art Icon Award. He is the founder of the Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation in Nigeria and has exhibited widely, including at the Serpentine South gallery in 2024 and the Venice Biennale.

Charming Baker, an English artist born in 1964 in Yorkshire and based in London, draws from an eclectic mix of influences, including Constable, Bacon, Cervantes, and quantum physics, and references everything from landscapes to Schrödinger’s cat. His work is infused with a love of music, literature, gritty humor, and a fondness for pubs and classic films.

Jonathan Yeo, born in London in 1970, is one of the world’s leading figurative artists, known for painting iconic figures like King Charles III, Sir David Attenborough, Malala Yousafzai, and actors such as Idris Elba and Nicole Kidman. His work has been exhibited globally and featured in several major retrospectives in the UK and beyond.

Edward Lucie-Smith, born in Jamaica and relocated to Britain in 1946, transitioned from an R.A.F. education officer and advertising professional to become a renowned art critic, historian, poet, anthologist, and photographer. He has authored over a hundred books, with more than sixty on art, and his photographs are in museum collections worldwide.

Megan Piper represented a select group of artists and estates, focusing on rediscovering those who began their careers in the 1960s and 70s through her galleries in Fitzrovia and St James’s. She now concentrates on The Line, East London’s public art trail, which she co-founded in 2015.

Alex Schady’s interdisciplinary practice spans drawing, video, sculpture, and performance, recently exploring how sculpture and video can coexist. They co-founded Five Years Gallery and have presented work at Camden Arts Centre, Tate Modern, and Five Years Gallery.

Gary Cochran has over 30 years of experience art directing award-winning magazines across fashion, luxury, news, reportage, and lifestyle, collaborating with top creatives worldwide. Currently at 1843, The Economist’s bi-monthly magazine, he is passionate about combining type and imagery to create original and exciting visual solutions.

James Nicholls is the host of ‘The Art Review’ and art critic for London Live TV, named ‘Top Art Advisor Investment and Contemporary Art’ by Spear’s 500 Magazine in 2023. A co-founder and former chairman of Maddox Gallery Group, he has presented numerous art programs and is a patron of several major UK art institutions.

Kate Bryan is a British art historian, curator, and broadcaster who has curated Soho House’s global collection of 10,000 artworks since 2016. She regularly presents on Sky Arts and is a judge on Portrait Artist of the Year; her third book is her first aimed at a mainstream audience.

Polly Morgan is a self-taught British artist in London who uses taxidermy and sculptural facsimiles to explore false narratives in a digitized and polarized society. Her recent work, inspired by social media and the pandemic, employs snake hides and nail art motifs to probe the tension between surface appearances and hidden realities.

London-based art writer and curator Francesca Gavin has built a trusted 15-year career, curating major shows and writing five books while serving as Art Editor at Twin and Editor-at-Large at Kaleidoscope. Known for her approachable style, she also hosts the NTS radio show Rough Version, where she interviews contemporary artists about their work and music.

Prof. Dr. Omar Kholeif is a renowned cultural historian, curator, author, and broadcaster, who currently serves as director of collections and senior curator at Sharjah Art Foundation, as well as a visiting professor at Teesside University. Over the last two decades, they have curated over 70 exhibitions worldwide, authored or co-authored more than 40 books, and founded the not-for-profit artPost21, exploring the intersection of art, technology, and social justice.

James Birch has promoted modern art exhibitions in the UK and abroad for over three decades, opening his first gallery, James Birch Fine Art, in 1983. He has exhibited artists such as Grayson Perry, Francis Bacon, and Gilbert & George worldwide, and has authored two books, Bacon in Moscow (2022) and Gilbert & George and the Communists (2025).

Rebecca Lewin is a London-based curator of exhibitions and design at the Serpentine Galleries, where she has curated sixteen exhibitions, including shows for Luchita Hurtado and Wade Guyton. She has also curated independent exhibitions and contributed to publications such as Phaidon’s Vitamin C, Mousse Magazine, and Koenig Books.

Elizabeth Fullerton is an art writer and critic whose work has appeared in major publications such as The Guardian, The New York Times, and The Financial Times. She regularly contributes to art magazines like Art in America and ARTnews, and has also co-authored books including African Artists (2021) and Great Women Artists (2019).

Abigail Lane, born in Penzance in 1967, emerged as a significant figure within the Young British Artists scene while studying at Goldsmiths College and participating in the landmark exhibition Freeze. Her practice has spanned numerous media, from video and sound to found objects and sculptural installations, and she continues to exhibit widely, with recent solo exhibitions at The Art Station in Suffolk and shows in Paris and London.

Gavin Turk, born in 1967, is an internationally renowned British artist known for his pioneering approach to contemporary sculpture and his exploration of identity, authorship, and authenticity. His iconic works, which challenge modernist notions of the artist’s myth and legacy, have earned him a place in major collections like the Tate and the Museum of Modern Art, New York.

Maeve Doyle is an internationally acclaimed art critic and Artistic Director of Maddox Gallery, also serving as the BBC radio art correspondent and host of “A Private View with Maeve Doyle” on Soho Radio. She studied in Vancouver and previously ran Doyle Devere Gallery and the influential Bankrobber Gallery in Mayfair, which was known for the sale of Banksy’s Slave Labour and Girl with Balloon murals.