Sophia Loeb
Sophia Loeb (b. 1997 São Paulo, Brazil) lives and works in London, she previously attended Royal College of Art for a Masters in Painting. Sophia’s work touches on a concern for the natural world and conveys harmony between human and nature. Inspired by her early childhood in Brazil, she explores the interconnectedness of living beings, observing humanity’s responsibility over the environment. Natural landscapes and biological forms trickle through in Sophia’s paintings and sculptures. Sophia’s meditative practice influences her creative process. Her works touch on consciousness and the phenomena that everything is fundamentally interconnected. Sophia is represented by Pippy Houldsworth gallery and will have works in the upcoming London Frieze and is currently showing at Aberto Institution in São Paulo.
Norberto Spina
Norberto Spina (b. 1995, Milan) lives and works in London. His work explores the hidden tensions in reality through a multi-step process combining various mediums: photography, drawing, and painting. His work really draws on collective memory, using archival images and family photos, and Italian cultural iconography. Norberto’s practice involves layering materials and images, followed by a process of subtraction. In the subtraction process he scratches the canvas with blunt objects to create an excruciating effect. This method of cutting into and scarring the canvas reflects fragmented memories. Norberto is in his final year at Royal Academy of Art.
Salvatore Emblema
Salvatore Emblema (b. 1929- 2006, Terzigno, Naples) Salvatore is from Terzingo, which is located at the base of Mt. Vesuvius and overlooks the historic site of Pompeii. In 1944 he witnessed the eruption of the volcano and observed his hometown’s destruction. This left an impacting impression on the artist. His work emphasizes the interplay of light, texture, and transparency. He used natural material mediums, such as jute, leaves, and volcanic earth. The raw materials reflect back to his surroundings in southern Italy and also New York. He is represented by White Cube and currently has a show at White Cube, Paris until October 5th.
Alia Ahmad
Alia Ahmad (b. 1996, Riyadh) lives and works in Riyadh, previously she attended Royal College of Art for her Masters in Painting . Alia's work explores movement, place, and belonging through the convergence of landscape and memory. She references the migratory rituals of the Bedouin and the environmental changes of her home city, Riyadh. Her paintings are marked by bold Fauvist colors and gestural brushstrokes. Alia's works explore the rich cultural heritage of storytelling and weaving particular to the nomadic Bedouin tribes. Her compositions are inspired by Al Sadu weaving and Arabic calligraphy. Alia recently showed with Albion Jeune gallery in London and White Cube spring 2024.
Julie Beaufils
Julie Beaufils (b. 1987, Paris) is a French artist known for capturing fleeting moments of youth culture in her paintings. Julie studied at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts Paris and later at USC’S Roski School of Art in Los Angeles, she is now based in Paris. Julie is a traveler and drawn to desert landscapes, which she considers a mirror for mental clarity. Her muted palette and hazy brush strokes evoke memory, thoughtfulness, and reference to digital imagery. Julie often draws inspiration from TV shows and music videos from her youth, reimagining them in oil paintings to explore nostalgia and the relevance of digital imagery. Julie is represented by Matthew Brown gallery in 2025 will have solo exhibitions at Matthew Brown New York and Yuz Museum Shanghai.
Orfeo Tagiuri
Image courtesy of the artist, Installation view of Orfeo Tagiuri, ‘Points of Contact’ at General Assembly London, 2024 Image courtesy Sergey Novikov
Orfeo Tagiuri (b.1991 Massachusetts) attended Stanford University to study English and then completed a Masters at Slade School of Fine Art and now lives and paints in London. His practice of painting and drawing explores the intimacy of beginning relationships through emotional symbolism. He blends emotions and memory with his familiar visuals to capture tender moments, such as a holding of hands, exchange of cigarettes, or intimate embraces. He uses a layering process of carving and staining, resembling natural erosion and hinting at nostalgic and gratitude of time. Orfeo uses motifs like flowers, wings and hands to convey love and vulnerability.
Francesco Cima
Francesco Cima (b. 1990) is a Venice based painter who attended Academy of Fine Arts, Venice. Francesco’s work focuses on thoughtful landscapes. Through uses of ephemeral, emotional lighting and delicate brushstrokes, Francesco creates mystic, otherworldly landscapes. Francesco nods to inspiration from northern western Tuscany as he creates his scenes. His forestscapes and treescapes evoke mystery, curiosity, and peacefulness. Francesco is represented by Amanita gallery and has an upcoming show in New York this November.
Oliver Bak
Oliver Bak (b. 1992, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen. Oliver’s paintings explore the intersection between past and present, blending chromatic backgrounds with vague landscapes. His landscapes feature human figures, animals, and natural elements. His work blurs the boundaries between figures and their surroundings, hinting at internal emotional and social tensions. Through layered processes, his paintings shift away from source material to create their own reality and otherworldly scene. Bak’s motifs evoke a quiet romanticism, where figures emerge from and blend into their environments, expressing protection, empowerment, and hidden intensity.
Rafal Topolewski
Rafał Topolewski (b. 1983, Poland) explores the tension between abstraction and figuration. Rafal studied architecture and then Fine Art at Royal Academy of Arts. His work features surreal and ambiguous spaces where human figures appear distorted or obscured, reflecting a sense of psychological depth and complexity. These references are digitally spliced, overlaid, and manipulated collages that form the foundation of each painting. Rapfal’s use of layered textures and muted color palettes enhances the emotional ambiguity in his work. Rapfal is represented by Grimm Gallery.
Tomas Leth
Tomas Leth ( b. 1981, Denmark) lives and works in Copenhagen, and he received a Masters in Fine Art from the Royal Danish Academy. His work focuses on layered paintings that explore themes of memory, perception, and ritual. Tomas’s pieces often evoke a dreamy atmosphere, blending natural forms with gestural brushstrokes and dense color fields. Inspired by his nocturnal walks in Copenhagen, Tomas captures the fluid, shifting nature of human perception, depicting them in low-light settings. His paintings reflect a balance between figuration and abstraction, creating surreal landscapes that invite viewers into ambiguous, introspective spaces. Tomas will be showing with ADZ Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal.
Jamiu Agboke
Jamiu Agboke ( b. 1989, Lagos, Nigeria) is a France-based artist who graduated from Royal Drawing School in London. Jamiu’s work explores identity, displacement, and human experience. He uses a combination of painting, drawing, and mixed media to create vivid, emotionally charged pieces. Jamiu is influenced by his personal experiences and sociopolitical themes. He incorporates vibrant, moody colors and abstract forms to express the complexities of memory and belonging. Jamiu has an upcoming show in London opening October 7th at Siegfried Contemporary.
Dustin Emory
Dustin Emory (b. 1999, Atlanta, Georgia) is a self taught artist whose work focuses on memory, identity, and the passage of time. His paintings often feature detailed and surreal scenes, blending realism with abstraction to create dreamlike narratives. Dustin draws from personal experiences and uses symbolism to explore emotional and psychological landscapes, incorporating layers of meaning into his work. His pieces are compelling, marked by a striking use of color and intricate compositions.
