ARTISTS RECOLLECTIONS

JOANNE TIFFANY, IDLE HANDS

Joanne has a multi-disciplinary practice that explores the hidden within society, informed by her own lived experiences of disability and chronic illness. Her work includes digital elements that employ a strong graphic aesthetic in their use of text and photography..

LOUISA HAMMOND, A TANGLED MIND

Textile artist Louisa tells the stories of vulnerable people who are often misrepresented, using carefully chosen materials and techniques that best realise her vision. Recently her work has focused on mental health, informed by her own personal recovery journey.

Exploring themes of mental health, addiction and spirituality Jo uses art to process her thoughts, feelings and experiences. Her hope is to be better understood through her work.

CARA MACWILLIAM, THE LETTER

Cara is a self-taught, disabled, visual artist. Her practice involves travelling into surreal landscapes and mythologies using watercolour, dip pens, textiles or clay.

“There is flow and energy and movement, everything my disability has taken away.”

MANDY SHEPHERD, UNRAVELLED

“I am the person that thinks ‘what happens if I just...’?” Inspired by items that other people have discarded, Mandy enjoys experimentation and recycling alongside techniques like mark-making, drawing, embroidery and pattern making.

ALABAMATHIRTEEN, THE SHRINKING

Largely self-taught, Leeds based artists alabamathirteen creates tactile, engaging work exploring, navigating and negotiating spaces, places and memories as a disabled woman. She is also greatly inspired by the rich and subversive history of textiles as ‘women’s work’.

SAM METZ, RESTRAINED LINES

Sam is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and researcher inspired by movement. Sam’s work researches, creates and reflects on the concept of what they refer to as ‘choreographic objects’.

JO DOLL, TYPE

Doll uses art for processing thought, practical problem solving and private expression. A multidisciplinary artist with a conceptual approach to creating pieces, they explore themes of identity and perception often juxtaposing textural elements with illustrative expression.

DONNA COLEMAN, STRONG DRESS

An artist working with painting, drawing and film, Donna explores the fragility of the human condition. She creates disintegrating figurative forms using acrylic paint, biro pen, oil pastels and ink. Donna has made two films that showcase mental states including distress, anxiety and peaceful calm.

ANGELA CHUDLEY, PHOENIX IMAGE

Angela enjoys mixing materials, traditional and digital techniques to create new works. A key part of her practice is the inclusion of poetry or written elements, using them to understand ‘what being alive means to me’. Evocative, textural and poignant, her work explores themes of humanity, empathy and selfreflection.