Bradford Visual Arts Network

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I am a female British Muslim interdisciplinary artist, Creative Director & co-founder of Kaur & Baleem Creatives, established in 2018. I have over five years of experience within the creative industry & hold a first-class BA Hons in Art Enterprise and an HND in Performance Arts (Production). My creative practice explores relational and concept art, exploring taboo subjects surrounding Muslim and South Asian women.

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Originally built by JKN OilTools in Batley, The People Powered Press is recognised by Guinness as the largest letterpress printing press of its kind in the world! We work in collaboration with community groups, printers, artists & a writers to co-create large scale letterpress works from our workshop in Salts Works. We also offer community & private workshop opportunities to write, create and print your own works using this very special press.

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My artist name is ArtyAsma. I am a self taught artist, born and bred in Bradford. My main mediums for my art are pen drawings and acrylic paints. I am also a mehendi artist. I love capturing people, places and their stories. I incorporate my own South Asian culture into the works I do.

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An artist, designer, printmaker and musician from Bradford. I enjoy combining functionality with abstraction, form, typography and poppy colour to make playful art and design. I love posters, print, paint, typography, collage, mark-making, texture, composition and playing with different mediums, creating balanced, well composed and tasteful art & design.

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Professional photographer for 40 years, 31 of which as staff press photographer. Now freelance, mainly covering events, PR, outdoor pursuits and landscapes

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Artist/Photographer. My practice is rooted in telling stories & amplifying voices. Recognised for my portraits, including the series & book, Being Inbetween (published by Bluecoat Press, 2021). Founder of Through Our Lens, a workshop & mentoring programme enabling people to tell their stories through photography. Freelancer with Bloomberg News, & Artist in Residence for Born In Bradford, alongside projects & commissions. Ambassador for Nikon Europe & the RPS

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I am an international artist who creates fluid sculptures and installations using wave phenomena (light, sound, liquids and gases) and technology. I am interested in creating architectural scale work that is immersive, kinetic, modular, collaborative and sparks curiosity and wonder in people of all ages/backgrounds.

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Freelance documentary photographer.

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At Mag North Magazine, the adjective is very much ‘cooperative’. We’re about providing a platform for people to tell their stories. We talk about our new and established creative and cultural organisations and institutions. We’re committed to celebrating diversity, the under-reported, emerging artists, social activism, positivity – and what it is that matters to you.

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Jeweller Silversmith. I make silver objects and jewellery inspired by patterns and shapes in architecture and create from my own observations.

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Tech-centred artist Technologist Filmmaker Neurodivergent

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I’m a mulit-disciplinary visual artist with a current focus on mixed media painting. I explore issues around value and encourage celebration and appreciate of where we live. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) underpins my creative practice. I use it to challenge negative thoughts, both whilst I explore creative processes and also to inform my subject matter, my hometown, Keighley, to challenge people’s assumptions and stereotypes of the town. How does the image of a place affect the lives of those living in it

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I graduated two years ago from Leeds Arts, fine art degree. I am a contemporary artist specialising in painting and sculpture. I mainly specialise in ceramic, however I also work with plaster, concrete and casting, as well as acrylic painting. I’m mainly interested in the methods of making, which allow the viewer to think about the process behind my work.

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I work at Pyramid in Leeds and facilitate groups for people who have a learning disability. I have a lot of experience of working with people who have PMLD (profound multiple learning disabilities).

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Programme Leader for BA Film and Television Production at the University of Bradford. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8930-1376 https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-karen-d-thornton-52170812/ https://canvas-story.bbcrewind.co.uk/postscripts/ https://www.mast-journal.org/2023vol4no24

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I have no formal arts training but have always painted sewn and made art. I work in watercolour and fabric and a mixture of both. My work is largely figurative, but I have recently been moving in a more conceptual direction.

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I am an illustrator and jewellery maker who will try any medium once. My work is cute and colourful.

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Keighley Photo Hub CIC, Social Enterprise of the Year 2022, is a not-for-profit, driven by a belief that everyone should have access to photography, and the opportunity to express themselves. We engage with the local community through photography workshops, public project & providing photo facilities. At the heart of Keighley Photo Hub CIC is the desire to teach and promote about sustainable photography.

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Artist/ Painter/ Curator

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I am a fine artist – painting, drawing and fine art printing. I do some training on top of jobbing fine art as and when it arises. In the past I curated for the Cathedral. I have a big interest in creativity. I work from: *My own studio in Idle where I paint, draw and print (daily). *A shared studio in Keighley Creative from where I run life and portrait drawing groups at the moment. *West Yorkshire Print Workshop where I print (etching, collagraph and screen)

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I am printmaker specialising in etchings and collagraphs as well as other printmaking methods. The majority of my work has been inspired by my travel overseas as I have a natural curiosity about different cultures. I draw inspiration from architecture, city scenes, crowds and everyday life. My most recent prints have been inspired by the industrial architecture of Bradford.

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I’m a documentary-style photographer, working both commercially and on personal projects. My open, intuitive and sensitive approach, combined with my understanding of light and compositional strength, create emotive, honest, powerful and engaging photographs. My work can be described as soft activism featuring both people and nature shown in evocative, engaging and thoughtful ways. My work looks to challenge how we think about our lives, our values and our relationships with both people and place.

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I am: – Artist, film-maker and lecturer working across film and interactive and immersive media – Creative Director of a small collective of artists and creative technologists called COLOUR MY REALITY

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Photos Music radio (I call it niche-casting) Communications Co-founder BCB Radio and Bradford Festival Radio

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I make work as lofieye. My artistic practice is varied, from drawing, photography, collage and digital. My current focus is exploring change through repetition and how tiny changes can make significant differences through the process. Fun fact – I breathe fire

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I have been creating Mixed Media Abstract work since 2019. Working mainly on cold pressed paper and canvas, I love the texture these surfaces give to my work. Palette knives, catalyst blades and old credit cards are some of my favourite tools which I use to build up pieces layer by layer to give depth and intrigue. Touchy-feely art work is what I am always trying to achieve.