ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Cici Zhang
‘Drinking, Drowning: Summer 2024’ Ink and pencil on paper, 17 x 12 inches ‘Drinking, Drowning: Summer 2024’ is a series of graphic art loosely connected by a shared theme of water. Water is the essence of life. It is the material of our bodies, the source of our continuous survi
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Vasiliki Poula
‘When No One’s Looking’ Film Photography, Kodak Porta 400 These photographs, shot on Kodak Portra 400 with an Olympus OM-1 at box speed, are from Hydra, in January 2025. Hydra is a small Greek island just a two-hour boat ride from Athens. The island is entirely traversable by fo
Icon of the Week: Oliver Guilfoyle
Oliver will be a familiar face for anyone who has been to the open jam sessions at the Mad Hatter on a Wednesday evening. Previously the secretary of the University Jazz Society, they are now practically the house pianist of the Oxford bar. But they don’t flaunt it: as I met Oliver at their
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Eve Griffiths
Clip from ‘Thought of Sleeping’ Video installation ‘ADHD Zines’ Mixed media I created these pieces after being recently diagnosed with ADHD. Exploring the layering of images, sound and physical objects helped me to understand and portray an impression of how my brai
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Lillian Tagg
‘Fresh Linen’ Oil on board, 30 x 30 cm ‘Fresh Linen’ is a study of maternal care and formative memories through fabric. Referenced from a found photograph, the work aims to capture the intimacies of formative touch and familial relationships. I particularly attempted to po
In St James
In St James I lay sun-brushed and smothered; The seeping day flowed beneath the midday Air, the slow June sky hung high above, Spreading swimming shadows about My feet. The multrees whispered as away – Far away – their branches and furrowed leaves Brushed felted rushes. They spoke
The Isis HT25 pitch prompts
Personal essays Profess your undying love to someone (and name names). Interview your ex Tell us the thing about you which makes the least sense Explain why you never learnt to drive, to cook, to ride a bike, to swim…Defend yourself. God promised me a place at Oxford, do I deserve it? Write
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Philip Kerr
‘Untitled’ Linocut print, 20x15cm “This piece represents the industrial production of a plastic doll, stretched in different directions by hands and cogs. The design is a collage of different shapes found in Giuseppe Capogrossi, Juliette Roche and Jean/Hans Arp’s work.&#