Artists

	Gallery: Vernon Mill Artists (Stand 114) Artist Malcolm Croft Biography Malcolm Croft, formely a press photographer whose career was cut short by injury, began painting in 2005 and has enjoyed great success, culminating in a one-man show, this October, at Collect Art in Lymm. His work hangs in collections both here and abroad and has recently been featured in a raft of publications. To see more of Malcolm's work visit www.croftart.com Artwork Still life with tureen
	Gallery: Webbs Fine Art (Stand 182) Artist Mariusz Kaldowski Biography A major prize winner and an established artist resident in England for over 20 years, now recently awarded the National Trusts Artist in Residence for several historic locations in south east England. Vibrant large canvases in acrylic. Artwork Woodland clearing
	Gallery: Peak District Products (Stand 200) Artist Mark Langley Biography Creating highly detailed pencil drawings of a range of subjects Mark's work has sold throughout the UK, and beyond. He captures the mood of subjects as well as a true likeness. Mark's skill means that he is equally at home drawing animals and people as he is with technical studies Artwork Chatsworth Oak
	Gallery: The Lost Soul & Stranger Service Station @ The Bluecoat (Stand 156) Artist Markus Soukup Biography For the past couple of years Markus Soukup’s work has focused on methods of producing more ‘portable’ artefacts in the context of the moving image, which is mainly video, 2D as well as 3D animation, where he transforms his background of installation and sculptural practice into the digital production of virtual installations. The necessity of portability came across by adapting to a more flexible mode of practice, where the ability to move without a lot of materials is an essential element. New portable computers provide an independent transportable tool kit where the result can be stored, posted and made viewable again on another screen. This phenomenon could be interpreted as some sort of science fictional magic. Fascinated by the screen as a window opening up to the virtual space, he searches for a way of incorporating new technologies to install or position ‘situations’ or ‘mental objects’ in both - real and virtual - spaces. Current and recent projects incorporate perfomative elements, where the human body and its movements are explored by the camera in a playful experimental approach. And a series to be continued investigates language and its structure by de-constructing content or flow, breaking it into parts and reconstructing it on a time based level. Artwork 'H.Y.N.' (2009)
	Gallery: Gallery Rouge (Stand 237) Artist Martha Winter Artwork Burgeon III
	Gallery: Bleach Box (Stand 128) Artist Martin Baxter Biography In my photographs, the immigrant peoples who displaced the former natives have been physically subtracted too. But nevertheless they remain present in genius because of the depiction of their apparently abandoned artefacts, their cars, buildings, machinery and furniture. These seem to offer a kind of archaeology, clues to the daily habits of some vanished tribe. This impression is amplified by the choice of subject matter, which frequently concentrates on the dilapidated and obsolete, and seems to hint at some event that has carried most of the people away to leave a land as strangely empty as the Marie Celeste, no longer actively maintained. What is a stage set without a dramatic story? It is a vacuum waiting to be filled by the imagination of the viewer. To my own imagination there is something about these monochrome images of the United States that seems to unlock hidden histories of my youth, back in the nineteen fifties, when television was black and white and, accordingly, so were my notions of far away America. Artwork Portable Electric Window Fan, Peacedale 1990
	Gallery: The Archipelago Works (Stand 120) Artist Martin Bedford Biography Originally from Kent, Martin Bedford came to Sheffield as a 20 year old and loved the city so much, he stayed. After completing a fine art degree at the now defunct Sheffield Polytechnic's Psalter Lane art campus, Martin became part of the co-operative that launched the infamous Leadmill nightclub in 1980, creating silkscreened posters and flyers that set a new benchmark for gig promotion in the city. Martin's artwork became as much a part of the city's growing music scene as the bands themselves, and having produced his trademark colourful graphics for the hundreds of bands that played at the venue, Martin screened his last poster for the Leadmill in 1992 as the demand for digitally produced work increased. Since then, he has continued to produce artwork for various bands, gigs and events. Most recently, Martin has published a book of his work, 'Up Against the Wall - Leadmill posters 1980 - 1992', and was also commissioned to produce a limited edition silkscreened poster - which was printed here at The Archipelago Works - promoting Eve Wood's independent documentary on Sheffield's musical history 'The Beat is the Law'. Artwork John Cooper Clarke - Leadmill Poster
	Gallery: Art Addict (Stand 226) Artist Martin Guber Birrane Biography Martin Guber Birrane paints using traditional techniques, trying to achieve a different result, by superimposing paper to canvas, mixing acrylic with household paint, gloss with inks and enamels. Themes are a mix of fantasy, abstract and figurative; his style is already recognizable. Artwork Leave It Alone
	Gallery: Half Moon Printmakers (Stand 272) Artist Martin Ridgwell Artwork What Are Little Boys Made Of? 35cm x 36cm
	Gallery: Clase Contemporary (Stand 170) Artist Max Lowry Biography English 'In my pictures a composition of figures may suggest an untold story or one for the viewer to invent. Nothing is fixed of definite, but I hope that a dialogue is thus set up between painter and spectator, a narrative dynamic bringing the picture to life. Inspiration may come from one of the great themes of personal life: love, hatred, death or birth . . . or something as trivial as an advert on TV or a glimpse of a face on the Underground. The titles I give my paintings will always hint at the scene I am trying to set; after that my only wish is that my work either tells a story or is intriguing enough to make you invent your own.' Education: 1998 - BA Hons in Art & Theatre Studies, Royal Holloway, University of London Special Commissions: 2009 - ‘Hole in Regents Canal towpath’ 3D art commissioned by British Waterways for national bike week 2009 – ‘Warning, Labours £1 trillion black hole’ 3D art outside the Bank of England on the day of the budget 2006 - Flown exclusively to Dubai to perform/draw anamorphic/3D art in the central IBAN shopping centre of Dubai 2005 - Commissioned to paint a ‘mural’ to cover the inside of the shutters of the dining room at Delamore House, Devon 2005 - Commissioned to paint a 20ft mural for a television commercial. The commercial spearheaded the pan European campaign for the pasta sauce company SACLA. Artwork Did I wake you? Diasec Print, ed. of 3 100x75cm