Lorenzo Davitti
Printmaker
Lorenzo Davitti was born in Florence and graduated in Psychology at the University of Florence, Italy, and earned a MA degree in Illustration and Visual Media at the London College of Communication, London, UK. He has worked as a freelance illustrator, animator and colourist before specialising in printmaking. He lives in London, where he also works as a Printmaking technician at UCA. Lorenzo has great knowledge in lino, etching, mono, wood cut and book binding.
Lorenzo’s process is one where accidental gestures are counterbalanced by controlled application of the technique. Decisions regarding marks, lines and colours are taken intuitively and rapidly; in this experimental method, planning is as valid as improvisation or accident.
Selected exhibitions include the National Original Printmaking Exhibition, in the Bankside Gallery; the Awagami Printmaking Exhibition, Japan; Woolwich Contemporary Print Festival; the London Design Festival, in London; the College Book Art Association Meeting, USA; the Fourth International Printmaking Biennal, Serbia.
Thomas Cert
Printmaker
Thomas studied Illustration at Middlesex University where his love of printmaking was born. This is where he was first introduced to stone lithography, a process which fascinated and at the same disconcerted him. With limited expertise at the University, he sought technical expertise of this medium.
After completing the rigorous training of the professional printers program at the Tamarind Institute, Thomas was selected to work under the Master Printer as an Apprentice Printer. Thomas received his Tamarind Master Printer certificate in 2017.
He is currently working at Kingston University as a general printmaking technician and previously worked at The Royal College of Arts teaching Lithography.
Emily Coulson
Printmaker
Emily studied Norwich University of the Arts. Her love for printmaking was realised within the final two years of her degree, finding solace in the print studio as a place for both methodical experimentation and unpredictable results.
Fascinated by the dramatic effect positive and negative space can hold within an image, Emily has forged a close relationship with linocut as the medium for her illustrations. Her work focuses on creating imagery that speaks to both adults and children alike; combining whimsical characters with the characteristic patterns, textures and movements a gouge can uncover through a relief block.
Ben Hendy
Printmaker and Bookbinder
Ben graduated in 2012 from the BA Illustration course at Middlesex University, where he has gone on to teach as a Printmaking Technician and as a Lecturer of Visual Arts. In 2018, Ben was elected into the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, one of the world’s premier printmaking organisations.
His work focuses on ordinary surfaces and materials, investigating textures that tend to be overlooked as uninteresting or characterless. Printmaking is often combined with bookbinding techniques, influenced by a keen interest in Book Arts. Ben is an active member of the Society of Bookbinders and is the organiser of their International Bookbinding Competition.
Recent awards include the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists Print Prize, The Heatherley School of Fine Art Open Studio Prize, and the Printmaking Today Artist’s Eye Prize."
Eva Merendes
Painter
Eva is a London-based contemporary visual artist & art educator. Specialising in watercolours & inks her practice explores and captures nature's beauty, through femininity, the body, or nature. Her work is ever growing and complex, using a variety of materials. She has exhibited throughout the UK and is a leading participant within the BLEUR community, an artist led organisation.
Joella Wheatley
Painter
Joella studied her BA Fine Art degree at the Arts University Bournemouth and graduated in 2012. Winning the Platform Graduate Award given by four prestigious galleries (Turner Contemporary, Modern Art Oxford, Aspex Gallery and MK Gallery) Joella continued onto her solo show at Aspex gallery in 2014 and being included in the exhibition ‘I Cheer a Dead Man's Sweetheart' An exhibition of contemporary painting at the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea, featuring works by established artists such as Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff.
Her work is incredible detailed, combining drawing, painting and printmaking. Adopting a wide knowledge of different techniques and mediums. She has taught at Arts University Bournemouth and worked with galleries and organisations on their arts education programmes.