Old Manor Park Library Open Studios 2026

Writer, critic and editor, author of the book of essays The Ha-Ha Crystal (Copy Press, 2016), the book interviews artists over 70 The Artist In Time (Bloomsbury, 2020). He is a contributor to ArtReview, Art Monthly, e-flux criticism, and the artists catalogues of Silvia Bächli, Matt Calderwood, John Carson, Avril Coroon, Aki Sasamoto, Anne Tallentire, Edward Thomasson, and numerous others, with essays in the books The Microbiopolitics of Milk (Sternberg, 2023), The Politics of Food (Delfina Foundation, 2019), and Curating Research (Open Editions, 2014). He is currently writing a nonfiction book on cheese and hygiene. https://cfitewassilak.wordpress.com/

Atelier Six Art is a disabled multidisciplinary artist, poet and health advocate whose work transforms lived experience into colour, texture and story. Moving between painting, mixed media, collage and text, the practice explores and celebrates womanhood, the body, resilience and transformation. Layers are built, disrupted and rediscovered through an intuitive process where colour and gesture lead the way. The Female Journey gives voice to reproductive and female experience, while other works move towards joy, freedom and connection. Across the practice, art becomes witness and release — making the unseen visible and inviting others to feel, recognise and respond.

“jdwoof (aka Jo Wood, she/her) is a self-taught artist, exploring ways to connect to herself, to other humans and to her environment, to better understand her experiences and support herself in challenging times. She primarily uses found materials and things that would otherwise be thrown away. This is because she thinks there is enough ‘stuff’ out there for us to be inspired by and use without new things needing to be made or bought. She says “there is so much opportunity and possibility if we can notice it – in our own bodies, in conversations, in rubbish we find – so my practice is often helping myself be in the state where I can do that noticing.” miss wood for the trees

My working title is Women in Foliage. I’m an oil painter painting women surrounded by flowers and leaves. I came across a line of poetry …this woman…they surround themselves in foliage, the poet Mimi Khalvati gave her permission for me to use the line as it chimed so beautifully with my work.

My work is a seductive tapestry of detail, colour, harmony and balance and many layers of paint and colour changes are made to create this. The project is an ongoing area of research developing both figurative painting and interior/exterior landscape.

I’m a Polish-born British artist based in London currently pursuing an MA Fine Arts: Digital at CSM, UAL. My practice explores the intersections of motherhood, female embodiment, migration, and the emotional labour embedded within everyday life. Working across installation, drawing, sculpture, and moving image, I often use discarded or domestic materials: reclaimed fridge doors, paper, lace, willow, to transform overlooked objects into carriers of memory, resilience, and layered identity. My work frequently investigates the quiet tensions between visibility and disappearance, particularly in relation to women artists who become mothers. I examine how personal narratives can become political.

Paper is at the heart of Eleanor’s practice whether this is making paper, slashing and rolling paper ‘thread’, exploring script & mark making or shaping paper into three-dimensional form. Her work is a contemporary response to paper-textile techniques learnt in North East Japan where she lived for several years. When not in the studio she is a sessional papermaking tutor at Morley College, London and runs occasional workshops on a free-lance basis. Research and writing are integral to her practice. A limited-edition book she authored entitled ‘Washi Memories’ was published by The Old School Press in 2023.

Kate Mayer is a London-based abstract artist exploring how sound can be translated into a visual language, and how the resulting artwork can change the feeling of the space it lives in. Kate paints intuitively in response to music, spoken word and soundscapes, translating rhythm and vibration into layers of colour, texture and movement. Often working on circular plywood panels, she creates pieces that feel uplifting, grounding or awakening. Her work invites viewers to pause, connect with their response, and experience art beyond appearances.