Artists

	Gallery: Bearspace (Stand 253) Artist Sally Spinks Biography Sally Spinks is interested in the changing nature of the class system and trends in consumerism where these intersect with home, identity and a sense of belonging to both our past and future. Using predominately domestic materials she produces either installation works or sculptural pieces. Spinks uses her unique approach to textile installation, creating handmade wall hangings and found soft furnishing.She also designs knitted textiles and knits garments for use in major feature films. She graduated with a Masters in Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in 2008. Artwork untitled (MUM) hand-tufted wool carpet 1.7 x 1.65 m edition of 6 (4 remaining)
	Gallery: Driftwood Gallery (Stand 234) Artist Sam Walsh Artwork Ballet Rouge
	Gallery: Peak District Products (Stand 200) Artist Sandra Orme Biography Sandra Orme’s remarkable pastel paintings of land, sky and sea, reflect the intense hues and tones of rugged moors and dramatic British coastlines. Inspired by the seasonal colours and ever-changing light and memories of the landscapes through which she walks, Sandra’s work evokes a strong sense of time and place Artwork The Coming Storm
	Gallery: Gallery Rouge (Stand 237) Artist Sarah Ewing Artwork Feverfew
	Gallery: Clase Contemporary (Stand 170) Artist Sarah Lederman Biography English ‘My practice is an exploration into self, fantasy and desires. I am strongly influenced by my childhood fantasies; fairytales, castles and the loss of innocence. I am fascinated by the dichotomy between our fantasies and our real desires. I explore these ideas through films and performances but ultimately they reside in my paintings. My painting seeks a magical land of fantasy and fairytale. When I use paint to represent my ideas I work to conjure the illusion of skin and containment in the body. …The containable becomes uncontainable. The body becomes fluid, unfixed…I am thinking a lot about how we are able to stay in our own body and how the skin keeps us in. At the moment I am trying to push these ideas of containment of soul as well as body, stretching that sense of awkwardness.’ Education: 2008 - Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, BA (Hons) Fine Art Awards: 2009 - The Catlin Art Prize Artwork Standing Girl oil on canvas 149x60cm
	Gallery: Webbs Fine Art (Stand 182) Artist Sarah Simpson Biography Sarah Simpson studied in Liverpool and London graduating from Chelsea School of Art with a BA Honours degree in Fine Art, painting. Working in oils, her still life painting often features both natural and ceramic forms. Artwork Two Pears
	Gallery: Castle Arts (Stand 264) Artist Sharon McDaid Biography Sharon McDaid creates mixed media artworks in her studio located on the outskirts of Carndonagh on the way to Ireland's most Northern point, Malinhead. Her work is distinctive and innovative featuring a range of techniques on a variety of fabrics, leather and canvas. Sharon is also an accomplished painter working primarily in oils and a variety of other media. Artwork Birds and the Blue Hill
	Gallery: The Lost Soul & Stranger Service Station @ The Bluecoat (Stand 156) Artist Sharon Mutch Biography Sharon Mutch is a photographic artist who studied fine art at Manchester Metropolitan University, England. Within months of graduating, Sharon was invited to exhibit her work in a number of prestigious photographic and fine art galleries in England such as the Open Eye in Liverpool and the Viewpoint gallery in Salford. Since then her work has been included in group exhibitions in Europe and America, including Les Rencontres D’Arles, France. Artist’s Statement My work seeks to investigate the cultural, medical and social experiences expressed by women when they have undergone new technologies through infertility, pregnancy and childbirth. Exploring their lack of identity and voicelessness. Selected Exhibitions PrimoPiano Gallery Bologna, Italy - TBA, Group Show Huyton Gallery, Liverpool 2007 - Creative Space, Group Show Liverpool Biennial Independents 2006 - Feminae In Vitro, Solo Show Shrewsbury Open 2006 – Unnatural Selection (Finalists), Group Show 60 Hope Street, Liverpool 2006/07 - Feminae In Vitro, Solo Show Blackburne House, 2006 - White Night, Group Show Glass Museum, St Helens 2005/06 - Art on Glass, Group Show Les Rencontres D’Arles 2005 - Hype Gallery, Group Show Viridian Artists, New York 2005 - Affiliate Show, Group Show The Cornerstone Gallery 2005 - Dot Art, Group Show Viewpoint Gallery, Salford 1995 - Portfolio, Solo Show Holden Gallery, Manchester 1994 - The Other Red, Group Show Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool 1994 - ‘Diverse Signals’, Group Show Artwork 'Feminae in Vitro' (2006)
	Gallery: Wendy J Levy Contemporary Art (Stand 130) Artist Sheila Meeks Biography Sheila Meeks graduated with a BA(Hons) Degree in Fine Art (Painting) from Kingston University, Surrey, and won a prestigious Picker Travel Scholarship to visit New York. After undertaking post graduate studies at Cyprus College of Art, Paphos, she achieved a PGCE in Art Education at Manchester Metropolitan University, and has held art workshops at the Tate Gallery in Liverpool, Whitworth Art Gallery, Cornerhouse, Castlefield Gallery and the City Art Gallery, Manchester, in addition to taking part in a number of Artist in Residence Schemes. Sheila’s work has been featured in several solo and mixed shows throughout the UK and in permanent collections at home and abroad. Artwork Sunset St Ives, Oil on Canvas
	Gallery: Opus Art (Stand 263) Artist SHEONE Biography James Choules, who adopts the alter-ego of SHEONE, is a London based artist with a unique brand of abstract painting that is rooted deep in the new wave graffiti era of early eighties New York. However, his trademark strokes and bold expressive approach to image making put him firmly in the present. ReFill Magazine to refer to him as 'a leading cultural artist'.The paintings are a constant rerendering of now. Hip, data injected splats and oversprays, accurate spills and bloodloss ornamentation reveal a deliberate and complex layered story. Works relay an emotional argot, mapped out in highly personal and stylised shorthand, derived from years of acute mark making and referencing of letterforms.Around 1990, tired of the transient nature of works made on the street, he began to explore making permanent paintings on canvas and found metal objects Beyond canvas, SHEONE has built a reputation for making complex installation paintings, being able to contend comfortably with very large and often unruly spaces. Artwork '[ envyHarbour ]', 2009 Spraypaint and gesso on canvas Signed by the artist 23 x 23 inches