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Celebrating Our Strength in Our Diversity
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SUMMER 2026
Dziuginta Didziokaite
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Length (cm)
15
Width (cm)
10
Location
Unspecified
Medium
oil pastels on cardboard
Selling Price
£ 60
I enjoyed this year's hot summer
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Bloody Roots
Amritani
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Length (cm)
40
Width (cm)
60
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Oil on canvas
Selling Price
£350
Many beautiful nations throughout history have shed far too much blood simply for being different, staying true to their values, and refusing to conform to dominant religious agendas imposed upon them. These days, it seems like history is repeating itself. So let’s celebrate our differences, our roots, and the unique traditions that globalisation is slowly trying to erase.
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@amritaniatelier
ALGORITHMIC BUBBLE
ILONA JOY
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Length (cm)
30cm
Width (cm)
40cm
Location
UK
Medium
Digital print
Selling Price
£400
Three distinct figures wear the same clothes, questioning how individuality survives within the groups we belong to. Fashion becomes a shared language, but also a uniform.
Part of my series A New World, this work explores how algorithms reinforce familiar tastes and perspectives, narrowing our encounters with difference. It asks what we miss when we only see versions of ourselves reflected back. Our shared humanity does not depend on being the same. It depends on making room for experiences and perspectives beyond our own.
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@ilonajoyphoto
Self Belief
John Crawshaw
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Length (cm)
120cm
Width (cm)
90cm
Location
Huddersfield/UK
Medium
Acrylic
Selling Price
£275
Explores one thing that is often very difficult to find, yet is the key to happiness. Believing in one's self no matter what your culture, ethnicity, gender or academic status, is the key to being proud of who you are so that we can celebrate our diversity. Break free of whatever is holding you back and discover, we are unique, yet bound by our existence.
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Robotic dancing
JerryKanArt
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Length (cm)
30cm
Width (cm)
40 x 3cm
Location
Hebden Bridge
Medium
Mixed media
Selling Price
£580
comment on our social and communications are dominated by social media
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Blue Celebration
Nicholas Hanison
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Length (cm)
42cm
Width (cm)
30cm
Location
London England
Medium
Watercolour
Selling Price
£350
My work seeks to show what ever place you hold in the world the joy is celebrating the beauty of the planet and looking up to the skies in all its uniqueness
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Future or fate
Donna Michelle Brazier
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Length (cm)
84
Width (cm)
56
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Pen pencil
Selling Price
£350
As a disabled artist I’ve hit a lot of barriers and
Stigma because from the outside it’s hard to see what lies behind the skin of a person the pain, but slowly with Ai I’m a person that likes to show what pain killers even stimulates in my spine and head to ease chronic pain, unfortunately it doesn’t help but my drawing even if just pen and pencil show how I see us in the not so far distance
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Prisoner of Emotion No:2
Nnodim Augustine Sopuruchukwu
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Length (cm)
91.44cm
Width (cm)
60.96cm
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Oil on canvas
Selling Price
£199
*Prisoner of Emotion*
Imagine a heart behind glass bars. The prisoner isn’t locked up by walls, but by waves: joy that lifts too high, grief that pulls too low, love that won’t let go, anger that keeps burning.
Artistically, it’s the tension between being fully alive and being trapped by that aliveness. Colors are vivid but confined. The figure reaches out, but the emotion itself is both the key and the lock.
It speaks to how we’re moved, overwhelmed, and sometimes held hostage by what we feel. Freedom comes not from shutting it off, but from learning to sit with it without letting it own you.
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The mask stays up
Adeyemo Segun rafael
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Length (cm)
1640
Width (cm)
2360
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Digital art
Selling Price
£200
How the Mask Stays Up examines the quiet resilience behind identity, revealing how people hold themselves together through community, culture and shared experience. The work echoes the exhibition’s celebration of diversity by showing that strength is not found in isolation, but in the connections that support us the unseen hands, histories and relationships that keep the mask in place.
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Rooted
Yagmur Karaman
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Length (cm)
1080 px = 28.58 cm (height for 1080p) and 1920 px = 50.80 cm (width for 1080p)
Width (cm)
50.80 cm
Location
London/ United Kingdom
Medium
Video
Selling Price
NFS
Video Link: https://www.yagmuranimations.co.uk/annihilation
“Rooted” is an animated short film about Palestinian liberation, centering on the deep connection between the land and its people. Emerging from the soil, the people flow within it and rise from the collapsed houses. Grounded in metaphor and movement, this film explores identity, displacement, and resistance through the language of the land itself. As a mixed-media moving image work, materials such as toilet paper and photographic textures were used to add a tactile dimension to the story.
The short film deeply connects with the theme by highlighting oppressed identities and their unique experiences.
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Alexandra Fly dolls
Alexandra Holownia
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Length (cm)
40
Width (cm)
30cm
Location
Berlin/Germany
Medium
print on metal
Selling Price
500 GBP
This work presents a pair of individualists who serve as the alter egos of the artistic persona Alexandra Fly. Alexandra Fly clad in provocative costumes adorned with textile representations of female and male genitalia, Alexandra Fly champions women's rights and gender rights, fitting perfectly into a contemporary, open worldview.
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My reflection in two worlds
Temitope Ogunseitan
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Length (cm)
30
Width (cm)
40
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Digital painting
Selling Price
£1,500
African roots meet British life. This work shows how our unique identities enrich the world we build together.
A portrait of identity across two worlds. I carry my heritage forward as I build my place in modern Britain. This piece celebrates how our roots strengthen us, and how every culture brings something vital to our shared future.
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The dancers
Mike Roberts
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Length (cm)
62
Width (cm)
42
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Mixed
Selling Price
£1200 each
My art work is quirky flamboyant and makes people smile it has a diverse feel about them as also looking nostalgic
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Duality of Woman
Angel Couldrey
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Length (cm)
14
Width (cm)
19.50
Location
London, UK
Medium
Gouache on paper
Selling Price
£900
This painting shows the experience of being a woman. The three different faces have contrasting aesthetics and feelings expressed in the features. I wanted to paint women in a way that shows the different facets of our lives and the depth of our experiences, in a world where men often don’t see women as multidimensional.
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Freedom
Amritani
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Length (cm)
30
Width (cm)
40
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Oil on canvas
Selling Price
250
Some people prefer to stay away from modern society’s idea of a happy life, filled with unnecessary plastic needs and never-ending materialistic wants. They choose a simpler life and freedom, preferring to spend time with the birds, be guided by the wind, and be cared for by nature. And that’s totally fine. We are all unique individuals, and only when we truly embrace our authentic selves will we find true freedom and happiness.
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@amritaniatelier
Two Truths
Nirvana Sachin
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Length (cm)
24
Width (cm)
13
Location
UK
Medium
Air-dry clay, Acrylic Paint and Varnish
Selling Price
£350
Artwork description: Two Truths explores the coexistence of opposing perspectives, both between people and within ourselves. It examines how two conflicting experiences and beliefs can be true at once, creating a constant push-and-pull between difference and connection. Instead of offering an unrealistic compromise, the work focuses on the messy rejection and misunderstanding of contrasting viewpoints that share the same objective reality, while acknowledging that both share an equal right to exist.
Theme alignment: Two Truths directly engages with the theme by offering a nuanced look at what diversity entails: the honest, often complex coexistence of distinct perspectives. While diversity celebrates different backgrounds, cultures, and lived experiences, genuine unity does not require flattening these differences into neat conformity. Instead, Two Truths addresses the natural tension that arises when contrasting belief systems meet. By illustrating that opposing viewpoints share an equal right to exist, the piece highlights the need for empathy in today's world - echoing the exhibition's call to challenge prejudice, cultivate respect, and spark deeper mutual understanding.
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Dinner
Rita Omuwa Omozuafoh
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Length (cm)
42 × 59.4 cm.
Width (cm)
Location
Birmingham, England
Medium
Digital Illustration
Selling Price
£200
I had dinner with friends recently. Nothing unusual, but there was a feeling like we were all quietly avoiding certain conversations. Three of us are immigrants, three of us are Black, three of us are wxmen. There's a lot we could talk about, but most of the time we don't, so we can stay in a good mood.
In this piece, I'm the one watching. I can see what's underneath it all, and part of me wants to bring it up, but honestly, I just want to be happy for a bit. I don't want to talk about how unsure I feel about my place here, or how othered I feel at work, or how bad things are financially. But it's always there, even when we're not saying it.
This is what the call to celebrate diversity often leaves out. Sitting in a room full of people who share parts of your experience doesn't erase the weight of that experience; it just gives you people who understand why you're avoiding it. So we eat, we stare ahead, we laugh with each other. And every so often, something slips, and we face the problem anyway, before going back to laughing again.
The strength isn't in the absence of struggle or in openly naming it. It's in choosing, again and again, to sit down together anyway.
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Vote Kind
Philip Vaughan-Williams
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Length (cm)
40cm
Width (cm)
33cm
Location
Suffolk England
Medium
Acrylic on card
Selling Price
£100
Vote Kind is one of a number of protest placard works, painted to resemble a protest banner often associated to LGBTQIA+ protests and celebrations. The work utilises rainbow colours and makes reference to the notion of 'voting intention' being and act of kindness, designed to support, not hurt those around you that you love.
One of a series of protest placard works on cardboard and postcards, that are crudely painted to mimic the protest
banner aesthetic. Each work relates to sentiments communicated at Pride and LGBTQIA+ protest events.
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Higher Together
Joyce Aranuwa
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Length (cm)
40
Width (cm)
30
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic Painting
Selling Price
£300
Higher Together explores diversity as a source of collective strength. Four distinct figures climb a difficult landscape hand in hand, each retaining their individuality while contributing to the progress of the group. Their different colours emphasise difference without separation, while their linked hands represent solidarity, mutual support and shared purpose. The upward journey reflects the belief that communities become stronger when people of different identities, cultures and experiences support one another. Set against a vast sunlit landscape, the work celebrates connection, cooperation and the possibility of rising higher together without needing to be the same.
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Celestial Orb
Skye William Eade
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Length (cm)
150cm x 150cm
Width (cm)
Location
London
Medium
Oil on canvas
Selling Price
£2300
My artwork celebrates our shared humanity by exploring how difference can become a source of connection, awe, wonder and new ways of seeing. Celestial Orb in Water began when I filmed the sun reflected on a river. As the water moved, the orb fractured, multiplied and re-formed. I was awe struck by how something apparently whole could momentarily break apart and yet remain, fundamentally, the same.
This became particularly meaningful to me as a dyslexic artist. Dyslexic people are often judged or disadvantaged because we process information differently, especially within educational systems that privilege particular ways of reading, writing and organising knowledge. My practice seeks instead to value difference as a creative resource. I am particularly interested in holistic, visual and spatial ways of thinking; the ability to perceive relationships, patterns and the larger whole rather than only its individual parts.
The fractured sun or moon embodies this idea. Rippling water divides the reflected orb into several forms, yet these fragments continually come together again as a whole. For me, this becomes a metaphor for both dyslexic thinking and human experience: our identities and perspectives may be multiple, fragmented and different, but they remain interconnected within something larger that we share.
I deepen this idea physically by making the preparatory studies with my non-dominant left hand. Because movement of the left hand is primarily controlled by the brain’s right hemisphere, this embodied reversal has particular resonance for a practice concerned with dyslexia and the visual, spatial and holistic modes of thought often associated with it. Rather than simply depicting reversal, I perform it through the act of making. The reflected orb is itself an inversion; an image that is simultaneously real and unreachable, familiar and strange.
In this way, the work turns qualities that can be perceived negatively in dyslexia, difference, reversal and unconventional ways of processing the world, into sources of possibility. It asks us to reconsider whose ways of seeing and thinking are valued. At a wider level, the work speaks to the richness of human diversity: different cultures, identities, experiences and perspectives do not diminish our shared humanity. Like the reflected orb breaking apart and reforming on the water, our differences can coexist within a larger, interconnected whole.
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The Silence of Autumn
Elisabeta Carmen Erdos
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Length (cm)
50cm
Width (cm)
70cm
Location
Bristol
Medium
Acryl
Selling Price
£400
In this painting, I poured my entire heart and soul. For me, creating this piece was a deeply sacred, divine moment—a conversation between my spirit and the canvas. Through the warm, radiant autumn colours and the textured ground, I wanted to capture more than just a tree in the wind; I wanted to share a piece of my own faith, resilience, and inner peace. It is a work born from pure love, a reflection of the quiet beauty and divine light that carry us through every storm.
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Dance of Flamigo
surinder shani
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Length (cm)
100
Width (cm)
80
Location
Unspecified
Medium
cyrlic
Selling Price
£1200
Beauty of life on our Planet
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Embracing our differences
Oluwaseyi Adeyemo
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Length (cm)
81
Width (cm)
61
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Pastel and Charcoal on Paper
Selling Price
£1100
Embracing Our Differences is a pastel and charcoal work on paper that reflects on the beauty of human diversity and the strength found in coexistence. Through expressive realism and subtle tonal contrasts, the piece explores how individual differences in identity, experience, culture, and perspective can exist harmoniously within a shared human space.
Created in response to the theme “Celebrating the Strength in Our Diversity,” the work emphasizes unity without erasure of individuality. Rather than portraying difference as division, the composition presents it as a source of resilience, richness, and collective growth. The emotional interplay of figures, textures, and gestures suggests compassion, acceptance, and interconnectedness, inviting viewers to consider diversity as a foundation for understanding and social harmony.
By combining the softness of pastel with the depth and intensity of charcoal, the artwork mirrors the balance between vulnerability and strength that exists within diverse communities. The piece ultimately serves as a visual affirmation that humanity is strengthened, not diminished, by its differences.
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Crown Shyness
Haejae Debbie Oh
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Length (cm)
45.5
Width (cm)
45.5
Location
Seoul / South Korea
Medium
Mixed media
Selling Price
£600
Crown shyness is a phenomenon observed in some tree species, in which the crowns of fully grown trees do not touch one another, instead forming channel-like gaps within the canopy. This occurs not only among trees of the same species, but also between different species. There are various hypotheses as to why crown shyness is an adaptive behaviour, and research suggests that it may help inhibit the spread of leaf-eating insect larvae. This natural phenomenon of trees maintaining space while growing together reminds me of the value of coexistence, consideration, and harmony. In a diverse world, we do not need to be the same to share the same space; like the trees, we can grow alongside one another while respecting our differences and making room for each other.
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Whataboutery
Caren Garfen
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Length (cm)
20
Width (cm)
20cm
Location
London, UK
Medium
Textiles: 16 badges, cotton, silk threads. Hand stitch
Selling Price
NFS
‘Whataboutery’ focuses on words frequently used in contemporary discourse: ‘anti-racism’, ‘cultural diversity’ and ‘inclusion’. I have hand stitched these words and presented them in a form reminiscent of activism badges. Yet their meaning is challenged by the qualifying phrases ‘what about…’, ‘that said…’ and ‘I hear you, but…’. The work asks whether inclusion can truly be universal when solidarity becomes conditional. It reflects on the importance of extending empathy, respect and belonging across differences of culture, identity and experience, rather than making exceptions when it becomes uncomfortable.
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Walking home from school
Michelle Douglas
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Length (cm)
122
Width (cm)
92
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic
Selling Price
£1150
Everyone can connect with an image of three girls in their school union, walking home from school regardless of the location.
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Transient Echoes
Kwok Wai Chau
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Length (cm)
36
Width (cm)
51
Location
Unspecified
Medium
water color
Selling Price
£1000
Transient Echoes - Geese Crossing the Frosty Lake
"In this watercolor, I explore the quiet dialogue between winter stillness and fleeting movement. Through the delicate interplay of misty icy blues and warm, glowing golden hues, I aim to evoke the hushed atmosphere of a frosty twilight. The migrating geese, painted with swift, gestural strokes, cross the hazy lake—a visual metaphor for an ancient philosophical thought: 'The geese cross the frosty lake, leaving no shadow behind.'
This piece is a meditation on non-attachment. It invites the viewer to experience life's encounters as they come, yet let them pass without leaving a mark on the mind. Just as the water remains undisturbed after the birds fly away, the painting serves as a quiet reminder of inner clarity, peace, and the beauty of letting go."
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Traditional river life
Nicholas Hanison
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Length (cm)
42cm
Width (cm)
30cm
Location
London England
Medium
Watercolour
Selling Price
£350
My painting shows traditional hand rowed Sam pan boat exploring canals and rivers in China
A life unchanged through the centuries before the onset of technology showing diverse culture
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ARMY OF ME
ILONA JOY
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Length (cm)
30cm
Width (cm)
40cm
Location
UK
Medium
Digital print
Selling Price
£400
A figure raises her fists against a backdrop of repeated bodies. Her individuality becomes a uniform, her stance a formation. The work asks how we learn to see someone else as an enemy, and how much of that opposition comes from the cultures, experiences and information that shape us.
Part of my series A New World, Army of Me considers how belonging can become division. Somewhere, another version of you might believe the opposite, having been taught something different. Recognising this opens space for empathy: someone’s difference should not cost them their humanity. This image is visually inspired by Björk - Army of Me.
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The restitution table
Olowojoba Emmanuel odunayo
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Length (cm)
40
Width (cm)
30
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Selling Price
£3000
This is the most profound blend. It signifies the same ancestral power that fueled the 16th-century Edo kingdom is now the core component of future-human biology. It shows the new generation (her) not just displaying her heritage, but becoming it. This is not just an historical piece,but as living participants in her space.The sculpture pieces on the table were created between the 13th and 19th centuries by the Igun Eronmwon (the royal guild of brass casters) in the Kingdom of Benin (modern-day Edo State, Nigeria). They were never intended as "art" for public viewing; they were ritual objects placed on ancestral altars to honor deceased Obas (Kings) and Iyobas (Queen Mothers).The "stolen" aspect comes from a British military invasion in 1897, They serve as a source of pride against the narrative that Africa had no history.
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Blackbird
Haejae Debbie Oh
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Length (cm)
45.5
Width (cm)
61cm
Location
Seoul / South Korea
Medium
Mixed media
Selling Price
£800
Inspired by Blackbird by The Beatles, this work portrays the human struggle and solidarity in the pursuit of freedom beyond oppression and discrimination. The image of chained hands forming the shadow of a bird symbolizes the imagination and will to resist, dreaming of liberation even under constraint. Hands of different colours represent diverse identities, voices, and experiences, suggesting the possibility of unity beyond our differences. Although each hand is distinct, together they create the image of a bird, a symbol of freedom and hope. The moon in the night sky shines as a light of hope that never fades in darkness, illuminating the moment when those who have been oppressed awaken. Through this work, I reflect on how our differences can become a source of empathy, solidarity, and connection, reminding us of our shared humanity.
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@haejaedebbieoh84
"Preconceptions"
Jenny Bradbury
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Length (cm)
70cm x 60cm
Width (cm)
45cm
Location
North Yorkshire
Medium
Soldered wire and free machine stitched textiles
Selling Price
NFS
Jenny is a multidisciplinary artist who is fascinated in the exploration of materials. This investigation, along with the combination of techniques, allows the expressive potential of the physical properties and facilitates the potential to translate into a structural form. 'Preconceptions' explore how quotidian mundane objects can be used to represent self-perception and identity. The familiar, mass-produced teapot is used as a metaphor for the self, challenging expectations and questioning the assumptions that shape our perceptions. The contrasting properties of the soft cotton threads and the strength of the wire reflect different aspects of our personalities. The sculpture embodies the transformation of personal development, acceptance and diversity. It invites the viewer to reconsider their initial impressions and reflect on the preconceptions that influence how we perceive ourselves and others, highlighting how reality often defies first appearances.
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instagram: @jenny.bradbury75
I am right here
Joebes Innerstate Art
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Length (cm)
40
Width (cm)
50
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic paint on canvas
Selling Price
450€
Two figures share the canvas in very different postures. On the left, an elongated standing figure in warm orange-red tones turns slightly away, arms held behind her back — upright, composed, almost statuesque against the dark teal ground. Beside her, a second figure curls forward and down, bent nearly double, her form merging into a large spiral shape rendered in green and burnt orange — like a shell, an ear, or a wave folding in on itself.
The palette does a lot of the emotional work here: the cool blue-greens of the background press in against the warm, almost molten oranges of the bodies, creating a sense of figures glowing or exposed against a colder, more indifferent space. The spiral form is the painting's quiet center of gravity — it could read as protection (a shell to retreat into) or as absorption (the bent figure being pulled into it, disappearing).
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My father wish
Akinrinola Samuel Oluwatobi
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Length (cm)
90
Width (cm)
60
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Oil on canvas
Selling Price
£800
For me,my art has never been about creating something just because it looks beautiful. I create from what I experience, what I feel, what I see around me, and the stories I carry within me.
My environment, my culture, my emotions, my relationships, and everyday life constantly give me something to say. Sometimes that story comes through a portrait, sometimes through abstract forms, vibrant colors, a cultural symbol, or a simple moment that many people might overlook.
That is why I believe my art can fit into an exhibition regardless of its title. I don’t make art to fit a theme; I find the human story within the theme. If an exhibition speaks about identity, I can speak through culture and personal experience. If it speaks about society, I can speak through the realities I observe. If it speaks about emotions, I can translate feelings into color and form. If it speaks about tradition, I can return to the culture and stories that shaped me.
My colors are also part of my voice. I use them to carry feelings and ideas blue for emotion and silence, red for life, love and courage, yellow for hope and awareness, purple for culture and tradition, white for peace and spirituality, and black for strength and identity.
Every work I create is another part of my story. Some pieces speak loudly, while others are quiet. Some come from joy, others from pain, questions, memories, or hope. But they all come from the same place: my life and the world I experience.
Face My Fears is about the courage to stand before the things that frighten us. We all carry fears fear of failure, rejection, losing someone, starting again, or not becoming who we hoped to be. Sometimes, we hide from them, but deep down we know that we cannot grow without facing them.
Through vibrant colors, abstract forms, and expressive figures, this piece turns those invisible fears into something we can see. I hope viewers recognize their own struggles in the work and remember that being brave does not mean having no fear; it means choosing to move forward despite it.
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@oluwatobi_artsty1
Love always wins
Nicholas Hanison
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Length (cm)
42cm
Width (cm)
30cm
Location
London England
Medium
Watercolour
Selling Price
£350
Wherever you are here or in another world love is all around us if you look
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Canal Street
Ashley Cundall
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Length (cm)
A3
Width (cm)
A£
Location
Manchester
Medium
Gouachs
Selling Price
£195
A street that embraces all things diverse, Canal Street is an iconic venue for people to explore their own identity, and broaden their horizons to a new way of thinking.
Gouache on A3
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Instagram @artofashleycundall
Hawthorn evening
Michael Colwill
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Length (cm)
90
Width (cm)
90
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic
Selling Price
£900
My paintings are based on a little journey around of the surrounding area of ones was once a thriving mining community. It was devastated in the early 80s in order to suppress socialism. The landscape around Easington Colliery and Hawthorn Dene are where I draw my inspiration for my work. I use elements from the journey to create my work.
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The Third Chair
Caren Garfen
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Length (cm)
18cm
Width (cm)
8.5cm
Location
London, UK
Medium
Textiles: cotton, silk threads, 3 miniature chairs. Hand stitch
Selling Price
NFS
'The Third Chair’ highlights the joy of empathy and the positive words expressed by many, while also making us aware of the silence of others. Empathy represents a refusal to become indifferent to suffering or to reduce people to numbers. At its heart, the work is about our ability to recognise the individual human being behind every story: to listen, to care and to acknowledge experiences that may be different from our own. It celebrates the possibility of connection through compassion and our shared humanity.
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Let Love Lead
Labaran Ibrahim
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Length (cm)
29.7
Width (cm)
42
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Graphites and charcoal on A3
Selling Price
£500
The artwork let Love leads fit the theme because it symbolize love and the strength in our diversity, which is love. And it strengthens us all to be oneness, togetherness in our ethnicity, diversity and to dialogue. We need love in all ramifications.
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@Labimaaji
Stronger Together
Natasha Haydon
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Length (cm)
50
Width (cm)
40
Location
Netherlands
Medium
A collaga of Acrylics & charcoal on textured wallpaper with the figures in oil paints
Selling Price
£416
Stronger Together fits this exhibition because it speaks directly to the power of human connection. In a time when division can feel very present, this work offers a quiet image of support, closeness, and unity. The two figures are shown in a moment of trust and togetherness, reminding us that empathy and care can bridge differences and bring people closer. The contrast between the intimate figures and the fragmented background also reflects the idea that connection can exist even within imperfect or divided surroundings.
Brief artwork description:
A quiet moment shared between two figures seated closely together, with one leaning into the other in a gesture of support. The textured, abstract background contrasts with the calm human presence, creating a sense of warmth, tenderness, and connection.
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@NatashaHaydonArt https://www.natashahaydonart.nl/
My poppies
Elisabeta Carmen Erdos
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Length (cm)
40cm
Width (cm)
50cm
Location
Bristol
Medium
Acryl
Selling Price
£300
I painted these red poppies with deep love and pure joy in my heart. For me, the poppy is a symbol of life, warmth, and the simple beauty of nature. I built the rich red petals with expressive texture to give them vitality and light, just as they bloom freely in the summer breeze. Through this piece, I wanted to share a gentle touch of sunshine, hope, and heartfelt warmth with whoever looks upon it.
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Black and White
Adrian James ARPS
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Length (cm)
A4/A3
Width (cm)
A4/A3
Location
Holmfirth/UK
Medium
Photograph
Selling Price
£50.00
This photograph was taken in February 2020 at the Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate, at an exhibition - “We Will Walk: Resistance in the American South” - celebrating the art of Black communities during the civil rights movement in the 20th. century. In addition, several large, powerful portraits of local Black women and girls had been drawn directly onto the gallery walls in charcoal and chalk by Barbara Walker. For me, the diminutive figure of the white man sitting beneath their portraits somehow symbolises this resistance and also marks both how far we have come and also how much farther there is still to go in terms of celebrating our shared humanity.
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Kenyan Father and Son
Philip McCumskey
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Length (cm)
70 cm
Width (cm)
50 cm
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic and collage (African fabrics used in the clothing)
Selling Price
£250
A painting of an African tribesman and his son in traditional dress. Acrylic and collage of African fabrics on canvas..
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Clearing Ancestral Karma
Kirsten Todd - Art at Vixen
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Length (cm)
76 cm
Width (cm)
50cm
Location
Chorley, LAncashire UK
Medium
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
Selling Price
£1,200
Clearing Ancestral Karma, part of my Divine Feminine series, explores the strength involved in recognising and releasing inherited patterns that can pass through generations. The painting celebrates our shared humanity by acknowledging the different histories, cultures and experiences that shape us, while reflecting our universal capacity for healing, transformation and creating a different path for those who come after us.
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She is mother earth
Jolly
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Length (cm)
76.2
Width (cm)
76.2
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Selling Price
N500,000
I created this piece as a tribute to the quiet power that shapes the world. Mothers, our core. Diversity or not…a mother carries all.
She is not just a woman, she is the beginning and the becoming.
Within her, the world is formed, nurtured, and carried with love, strength, and sacrifice. Her body is not just her own, it is the home of generations, the keeper of dreams, the vessel of possibility.
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Luminous Fault
Monika Tkaczyk
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Length (cm)
13cm
Width (cm)
18cm
Location
London/ UK
Medium
Kiln-fired mixed media on glass
Selling Price
£1500
Luminous Fault explores the fragile territory where fracture becomes illumination. Created through a layered kiln-fired process on glass, the work transforms disruption into a source of visual and emotional possibility. Fractures, surface shifts and material interruptions become active elements, creating rhythm and directing light across the composition. Opacity and transparency exist in tension, continually altering the viewer’s perception of depth, reflection and form. Through heat and repeated transformation, the glass becomes a record of change. The work suggests that what appears broken can become a threshold for radiance, renewal and emergence.
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The Picts at Passchendaele
Cameron Scott
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Length (cm)
32
Width (cm)
41
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Lime wood relief carving - wall hung
Selling Price
NFS
This carving was inspired by the hundredth anniversary of the first World War Passchendaele battle and the diversity of peoples who fought and died there. These stone graves reminded me specifically of the Pictish standing stones of my native North East Scotland, except they decorate their stones so I decorated these grave stones in memory of the Scottish soldiers, but also to remember all who died in a terrible war.
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New American
Marc VanDermeer
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Length (cm)
47
Width (cm)
101
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Photography, digital painting
Selling Price
£$1500
"American Flag
The American flag is an iconic image, and the artist has created his interpretation of modern America. A country of multiple nationalities, political beliefs and those of identities.The artwork is a collage of colors and textures that represents America as a nation of diverse ethnic, religious, and social beliefs.
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Whispers of a Quiet Return
Kwok Wai Chau
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Length (cm)
51
Width (cm)
36
Location
Unspecified
Medium
watercolour
Selling Price
£1000
Whispers of a Quiet Return captures that deeply emotional moment of coming home—a quiet threshold where the noise of the world fades, tension melts away, and a feeling of profound peace takes hold. The open, sun-dappled road acts as a gentle invitation to step out of life's relentless rush and return to a sanctuary of inner calm.
Bathed in a soft, nostalgic warmth, the golden light against cool, muted shadows creates a feeling of gentle comfort, like a long-awaited reunion with a familiar place. Delicate architectural lines ground the scene, while the soft, atmospheric washes of color evoke a quiet sense of release. It is a visual sanctuary—a tender reminder of the quiet joy, solace, and clarity that await us when we finally allow ourselves to pause and be still.
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Circle of Diversity
RL Neat
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Length (cm)
20" unframed, 23" framed
Width (cm)
16" unframed, 18" framed
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic, Glitter
Selling Price
£300
Colors represent diversity. Original work on stretched canvas in a floater frame. The colors represent the diversity of human life.
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Ceiling Fan
tajinder dhami
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Length (cm)
17
Width (cm)
10 x 8 cm
Location
London
Medium
Pet G (3d print), metalic and acrylic paint
Selling Price
£200
This work is from a collection of works that pays homage to all the Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Aunties, Grandmas, and Wives who suffered under the British Empire. Despite the degradation they encountered they managed to keep their faith, love, and Light afloat. Women and children suffer on so many levels during such atrocities, and highlighting the injustice they suffered is important, as is the immoral, barbaric, actions of the colonisers.
Sometimes we have to look back to go forwards
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What is the Color of Nothingness?
Aisha Ismail
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Length (cm)
21
Width (cm)
29.7cm
Location
Egypt
Medium
Empty wooden black frame
Selling Price
£8,000
"The absolute truth does not succumb to any laws."
"The color of nothingness is nothing, and the color of nothing and everything is nothingness... The absolute truth has no end..... Emptiness is the only space where everyone can belong without restrictions. Just like this."
"By stripping the frame of its traditional canvas, its interior inherently becomes 'nothing'. Yet, the moment a person passes by from any side, they introduce 'something' into this void. This frame exists as a living paradox—it simultaneously contains both the thing and nothingness. It proves that the absence of art is the birth of reality, and that the void is never truly empty, but a boundary where everything and nothing coexist."
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WOMEN WITH ALBINISM
Aderopo Afolabi
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Length (cm)
20
Width (cm)
16
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Photography
Selling Price
£309
This explores identity, representation, and the power of visibility through collaborative portraiture. The project challenges long standing stereotypes by presenting women with albinism as confident, accomplished, and self defined individuals. The work reflects the progress being made towards inclusion and equal representation within contemporary society.
Furthermore, the body of work celebrates resilience while encouraging audiences to reconsider perceptions of beauty, identity, and belonging, demonstrating how photography can inspire meaningful social and cultural change.
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Layers of you
Precious Gbenga Tobiloba
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Length (cm)
23 inches
Width (cm)
27 inches
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Oil on canvas
Selling Price
£1000
My Sister’s Series: “Layers of You” explores the quiet strength found within human diversity by focusing on the emotional and psychological layers that shape identity. Through the figure of the “sister,” I reflect on shared humanity—how we are all formed by different experiences, yet connected by similar emotions of love, struggle, and resilience.
The work presents the subject not just as an individual, but as a collection of layered experiences—childhood memories, personal battles, and moments of growth. These layers are subtly expressed through my use of form, texture, and brushwork, revealing both unity and complexity within a single figure.
In relation to the theme “Celebrating the strength in our diversity,” the painting emphasizes that our differences are not divisions, but elements that build depth and strength. Each layer represents a unique story, and together they form a powerful, unified presence—highlighting the beauty and resilience found in being different, yet deeply connected.
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Holy Blood
Divya Vinod Gilatar
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Length (cm)
27.9
Width (cm)
21.6
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Digital
Selling Price
Price On Request
Holy Blood reflects the exhibition’s theme, Celebrating Our Strength in Our Diversity, by exploring how menstruation, a shared biological experience, carries profoundly different meanings across cultures, religions and societies. Drawing from Indian Shakti philosophy, the work challenges inherited associations of menstrual blood with impurity and shame, reclaiming it instead as a symbol of creation, cyclical power and sacred feminine energy. By bringing an Indian philosophical perspective into contemporary digital art, the work celebrates cultural difference while inviting dialogue around experiences of the body that connect people across geographical and social boundaries.
Holy Blood is part of Shakti in Motion, a six-work digital series exploring feminine embodiment, spirituality and transformation through Shakti philosophy. The work examines menstruation through sacred geometry and symbolism, centring the yoni as both a bodily and cosmic form. Layered mandala structures evoke cycles of blood, creation, renewal and transformation, reclaiming menstrual blood from notions of shame or impurity and presenting it instead as a symbol of creative power and sacred embodiment.
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Dogwalker
Helen Lom
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Length (cm)
30 cm
Width (cm)
42 cm
Location
Geneva, Switzeralnd
Medium
Acrylic on canvas.
Selling Price
£450.00
The "Dogwalker" reminds us that our "best friend" comes in diverse sizes, colours and breeds. We love them all! We also have much to learn from our "best friends", who don't judge their humans by their size, colour, origin, gender, looks or age, but love them for their kindness and generous heart.
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Somewhat Different
William Parker
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Length (cm)
20cm
Width (cm)
9 x 10cm
Location
Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Medium
wood , nails, screw
Selling Price
£74
A group of nails stands together as a group, each slightly different in shape, size and character, while a screw deliberately stands apart. The piece explores individuality and difference within a group, suggesting that being different does not prevent us from belonging or contributing to something stronger together.
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Hands Over a Warming Sea
Laura Bernardeschi Nelson
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Length (cm)
80
Width (cm)
60
Location
Unspecified
Medium
mixed media , acrylics, found objects
Selling Price
£950
Hands Over a Warming Sea connects deeply to the theme Celebrating Our Strength in Our Diversity by highlighting empathy, connection, and the unification of different perspectives across human and environmental boundaries.
Unity Across Differences: The two hands reaching toward each other across a charged gap speak to the essential strength found in human connection. In a diverse world, bridging our differences—whether cultural, generational, or social—is what enables us to confront shared global challenges like climate change together.
Diversity of Materials: The artwork itself celebrates diversity through its material practice. By combining acrylic, gesso, spray paint, coffee grounds, and 3D bamboo elements, it proves how varied, disparate, and everyday materials can come together to build a strong, cohesive, and impactful narrative.
Intersecting Worlds: The piece bridges contrasting elements: the massive scale of the ocean with the intimacy of human touch, classical art references with modern renewable technology, and ecological time with the human experience of aging. It demonstrates that our true collective strength lies in embracing and integrating these complex, diverse layers of life.
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Echoes of the Earth
Labinota Limani
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Length (cm)
90
Width (cm)
60
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Selling Price
1500 €
An abstract exploration of light hidden within the shadows. Earthy tones and amber hues intertwine in a chaotic yet harmonic dance, where bold brushstrokes create a textured relief that shifts appearance depending on the room's lighting. It is a visual reflection of the layers of the human soul, perfect for art lovers seeking a powerful, thought-provoking presence in their home or gallery.
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Father and Son and Kilimanjaro
Philip McCumskey
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Length (cm)
30 cm
Width (cm)
40 cm
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic and collage - African fabrics used for the clothing
Selling Price
£120
Kenyan man and boy - Acrylic and collage on wood panel.
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Inner Orbit
Helena Fil
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Length (cm)
50 cm
Width (cm)
65cm
Location
Grantham Lincolnshire
Medium
Textured mixed media (plaster, acrylic, metallic paint and varnish)
Selling Price
£250
Inner Orbit explores the idea that individuality and connection can exist at the same time. The contrasting structures within the work represent different identities, cultures, experiences and ways of seeing the world. Each has its own rhythm and character, yet together they form a single composition.
The vertical lines suggest structure, history and the paths that shape us, while the circular movement represents our inner worlds — personal experiences, memories and perspectives that make each of us unique. Despite their differences, these forms meet and coexist rather than compete.
For me, this reflects our shared humanity: we do not need to become the same in order to belong together. Our differences can create balance, depth and strength. The gold moving through the dark surface symbolises the value and light that every individual brings to the wider human story.
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Unbreakable bonds
Jon Michaels
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Length (cm)
38 cm wide
Width (cm)
8 cm deep x 50cm high
Location
Hathersage, Derbyshire
Medium
Olive wood, walnut and bronze on an oak base
Selling Price
£390
Three complementary wooden forms, each unique in its physical form, grain pattern, tone and position, connected by solid brass rods and standing together on a heavy wooden base, perhaps suggesting the unity of disparate parts. However, on deeper consideration, the viewer may question whether the rigid bonds that link the components represent positive support or unwelcome constraints, and whether the coherent curved forms display harmonious coexistence or enforced conformity.
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Face off
Aggi. S
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Length (cm)
80
Width (cm)
106
Location
London
Medium
Mixed Media
Selling Price
1,600 €
Face Off is part of The Missing Layer, a series exploring the invisible histories women carry beneath the identities the world often expects them to perform.
Built from discarded everyday objects, the work gives forgotten materials a second life. An old wooden board becomes its foundation. A discarded plastic bottle quietly supports the flower. Newspaper fragments preserve voices that often remain unheard, while delicate petals echo the elegance of women’s everyday rituals.
Nothing appears exactly as it first seems.
Layers of paint, gold leaf and resin conceal as much as they reveal. The resin behaves like a mirror: from one angle it reflects the viewer, from another it allows hidden details to emerge. It asks for time, attention and a willingness to look beyond the polished surface.
Face Off is not about removing a face. It is about removing the mask.
Behind elegance, composure and perfection often live exhaustion, motherhood, loneliness, misunderstanding, invisible emotional labour and quiet resilience. The image does not seek to expose weakness, but to acknowledge the unseen layers many women carry while continuing to move through everyday life with grace.
Imperfections are the language of perfect expression. They are not flaws to be hidden, but the place where truth quietly becomes visible.
The work invites the viewer to slow down. Only then do the hidden objects, buried stories and hidden self begin to emerge.
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"A seaside treat "
Lisa Goddard
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Length (cm)
A3
Width (cm)
A3
Location
Goole, East Yorkshire
Medium
Acylic and pencil
Selling Price
£270
I truly believe all humans love the same things no matter what their cultural roots are.
High on my list is sharing food ,tasting new flavours and discovering the things we have in common, and the places we love to visit.
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The warrior cannot be caged.
Rang Iliya
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Length (cm)
86
Width (cm)
86
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Wood
Selling Price
£.
“The Warrior Cannot Be Caged” is a powerful 3D wood carving inspired by “Suga” , the legendary Berom female warrior renowned for her unwavering devotion and courage in defending her people.
In this piece, she is positioned behind a cluster of cactus plants, appearing poised to emerge, watchful and resolute, embodying a spirit that refuses to be subdued. The cactus symbolises the many hardships, uncertainties, and challenges that confront the people of Plateau State and yet the warrior remains undeterred. Though partially concealed, her strength, determination, and presence are unmistakable. She stands as a symbol for the diverse communities of the Plateau, whose resilience continues to endure despite adversity.
The artwork celebrates the courage of a people who refuse to be defined by their struggles but remain steadfast, hopeful, and unrelenting in their pursuit of peace, progress, and a brighter future.
“The WarriorCannot Be Caged” is a tribute to an enduring spirit that cannot be silenced, restrained, or broken, a reminder that resilience is not merely survival, but the unwavering determination to rise and flourish.
Photo Credit: MacMullengz Manji
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A LOVE SONG TO MY WORST ENEMY
ILONA JOY
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Length (cm)
30cm
Width (cm)
40cm
Location
UK
Medium
Digital mixed-media collage.
Selling Price
£400
A portrait appears on a CD lying among grass and daisies, alongside the handwritten words “A love song to my worst enemy”. The familiar intimacy of a mix CD becomes an offering to someone we might otherwise reject.
Part of my series A New World, this work asks whether we can recognise another person’s humanity without sharing their beliefs. The love song proposes care across disagreement, allowing difference to remain without turning it into hatred. It imagines a way of being together that does not require us to become the same.
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Rainbow Humans - West Pier
Lucy Stearman
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Length (cm)
42 cm
Width (cm)
29.7
Location
Brighton
Medium
Watercolour and ink
Selling Price
£200
A gender neutral cameo portrait; a modern ink and watercolour retelling of a classically binary format. Within the cameo is a window into the unmistakeable skeleton of the West Pier of Brighton. For decades, Brighton has been my sanctuary, a place of home for my community and where I’ve found my queer family. The West Pier, an icon of Brighton, has remained resilient; enduring through many challenges and attacks, just like the LGBTQ+ community that has found refuge here. This work is deliberately imperfect, preserving the history of mistakes. We are not perfect, but we remain and survive, together.
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Football players, Selly Oak.
David Trippas
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Length (cm)
29
Width (cm)
21
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Inkjet print, matte A4.
Selling Price
£25.00p
I have created a web, https://beautiful-birmingham.com and https://sunshineonarainyday.net
by photographing the city of Birmingham and writing poetry. I am a schizophrenic and have at 75 been on welfare all my life, a sort of modern day John Clare. At present I'm printing up my work on an A4 inkjet printer and hope to get my work out to the city. I am a naive artist, still working in the city of my birth. I helped create the free Glastonbury festival of 1971, the fore runner of todays world class festival. This work has kept me sane.
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Death of Skills
JerryKanArt
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Length (cm)
100 cm
Width (cm)
80 x 3 cm
Location
Hebden Bridge
Medium
Mixed media
Selling Price
£2400
Mixed media comment on the loss of traditional craft skills
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STABLE COMPANIONS
LYNDA COCKSHOTT
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Length (cm)
20 inches
Width (cm)
H 16 x d 0.5 inches
Location
U.K. BLACKPOOL
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Selling Price
£225
Life can be hard at times, but doesn't it help if you have friends to talk to , to share your troubles with, to laugh, and maybe cry with. My painting shop two horses, that share the shelter of a stable together. Yes even animals like company, a dog wags it's tail in sheer pleasure at the return of it's owner, a cat purrs, We smile and hug.
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£225
Climate crisis Shrinking Forest
surindershani
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Length (cm)
60
Width (cm)
70
Location
Unspecified
Medium
oil on canvas
Selling Price
£1200
Climate Crisis affecting on our devercity crteing more divivions
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LOST BUT FOUND
LYNDA COCKSHOTT
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Length (cm)
20
Width (cm)
16 h x 0.5 inches.
Location
Uk. Blackpool
Medium
Acrylic on canvas
Selling Price
£2.50
It is said that some have easy lives, no stress , no worries. That may be true but in reality, we all struggle at times. My painting shows a farmer, maybe he lives in a very rural area, high moorland, with steep hills, and deep valleys. Winters are harsh with frequent snow falls, but he shows compassion for this little lamb who has strayed away from Mum, a quality that we all have and use to help and broaden our lives.
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Peace of my Heart
Oluwafemi Omoboriowo
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Length (cm)
80 x 110cm
Width (cm)
110cm
Location
Stockton-on-tees/England
Medium
Charcoal & Acrylic on canvas
Selling Price
£4,500
Peace of My Heart is a hyper-realistic portrait that reflects on the universal human longing for peace, hope, and belonging. Through the quiet presence of the central figure and the symbolic inclusion of a dove carrying an olive branch, the work explores how inner peace can endure despite personal, cultural, and geographical transitions.
Drawing from my experience as a Nigerian artist living and working in the United Kingdom, the artwork is rooted in migration and identity, while extending beyond my own story to speak to a shared human experience. It acknowledges that although our cultures, identities, and life journeys differ, we are united by common emotional experiences, the desire to be seen, understood, accepted, and at peace.
The contemplative gaze of the subject invites viewers to look beyond outward differences and recognise the humanity we all share. Rather than presenting diversity as something that separates us, Peace of My Heart celebrates the richness of our world by embracing the many cultures, identities, and perspectives that shape who we are. It encourages empathy, dialogue, and mutual understanding, reminding us that every individual carries a unique story that contributes to our collective human experience.
The water droplets cascading from the subject’s head symbolize emotional release, purification, and renewal. They represent the gradual washing away of fear, pain, and the invisible burdens carried through life’s journey, giving way to healing and inner peace. As they descend, they suggest that while our experiences, memories, and identities continue to shape us, they also have the power to transform us. The droplets become a visual reminder that vulnerability is a universal human experience, one that connects us across cultures, identities, and borders.
Ultimately, the work is a celebration of resilience, compassion, and hope. It affirms that peace is not only a personal journey but also a shared aspiration one that has the power to connect people across borders, cultures, and generations.
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Modern Family
Helen Lom
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Length (cm)
42 cm
Width (cm)
30 cm
Location
Geneva, Switzeralnd
Medium
acrylic on wood
Selling Price
£ 550.00
Love is love. Even if we have not yet reached where we want to be, "Modern Family" celebrates the progress we have already made.
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Beauty of Age
Kirsten Todd - Art at Vixen
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Length (cm)
50cm
Width (cm)
50cm
Location
Chorley, Lancashire, UK
Medium
Acrylic and spray paint on canvas
Selling Price
£650
The Beauty of Age celebrates age as an essential part of human diversity, honouring the strength, individuality and lived experience carried within an older face. Through its vibrant layers of colour and energy, the painting reflects both our unique identities and the shared humanity that connects us across generations, cultures and experiences.
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The Bully
William Parker
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Length (cm)
30cm
Width (cm)
10 x 35
Location
Turriff, Aberdeenshire
Medium
Vintage Hammer, wood, nails
Selling Price
£140
An old hammer stands over a group of worn and bent nails, creating a simple scene of power and intimidation. Each nail is different in shape, condition and character, yet together they form the group that challenges the dominance of the hammer. The piece uses familiar workshop objects to explore individuality, difference and the idea that strength can come from standing together rather than standing alone.
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Viktoriya
Teresa ann Wells
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Length (cm)
100cm
Width (cm)
30cmx 50cm
Location
Lincolnshire UK
Medium
Bronze Sculpture
Selling Price
£13,400.00
ViKTORIA celebrates our shared humanity by showing that difference can be a source of strength, creativity, and identity. Inspired by Viktoria Modesta, the sculpture challenges expectations of the body and celebrates resilience, self-expression, and the courage to embrace what makes each person unique.
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Teresa _Wells _Sculpture
Geal Chossach
Andrea Redmond
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Length (cm)
60
Width (cm)
45
Location
Unspecified
Medium
oil
Selling Price
850.
This painting features a representation of a female historical figure from Donegal, Ireland. Her story has been erased from most accounts of female leaders in Ireland. She was a respected female Druid and she is one of only a few women of rank and faith that survives. This piece underlines the myopic nature of the historical record which erases women and many cultural groups
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Taxi
tajinder dhami
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Length (cm)
17
Width (cm)
10 x 8 cm
Location
London
Medium
Pet G (3d print), metalic and acrylic paint
Selling Price
£200
This is from a collection of works that pay homage to all the Mothers, Sisters, Daughters, Aunties, Grandmas, and Wives who suffered under the British Empire. Despite the degradation they encountered they managed to keep their faith, love, and Light afloat. Women and children suffer on so many levels during such atrocities, and highlighting the injustice they suffered is important, as is the immoral, barbaric, actions of the colonisers.
Sometimes we have to look back, to go forwards
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@tajindersinghdhami
Moment Captured
JerryKanArt
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Length (cm)
60 cm
Width (cm)
120x3cm
Location
Hebden Bridge
Medium
Mixed media
Selling Price
£2400
My influences are colour, perspective, geometry, and the distortion of the image. My commentary is about conflict, sustainability, and false information from a political class and the rise of easy solutions, to complex problems. It has never been more important for people to push back at some of the false information that is placed in front of us as truths. The story is off our surveillance at culture that we are always seen in most of our city scapes
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Potential Inside: Feminine Bloom
Paula Armstrong
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Length (cm)
36cm
Width (cm)
23cm wide 23cm deep
Location
Cambridge
Medium
Ceramic sculpture & textiles
Selling Price
£680
In my work, I use sculptural form to explore what we hold in common: the need to be seen, the instinct to protect what’s tender, and the many ways identity is shaped by culture, experience, and perspective.
**Feminine Bloom** holds difference, tenderness, and strength in the same space. At its centre is textile — a material historically coded as “women’s work” — placed not at the margins but at the heart of the sculpture, cradled by delicate porcelain petals. It honours the quiet labour, care, and creativity that runs through everyday life across cultures, even when it has been overlooked or undervalued.
The tendrils slowly unfurling through the opening speak to identity as something living: shaped by what we inherit, what we protect, and what we choose to reveal. The work invites viewers to bring their own experiences to it — ideas of home, body, belonging, resilience, and becoming — so the piece is completed through many perspectives, not a single fixed meaning.
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The Geometry of Silence
Monika Tkaczyk
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Length (cm)
20cm
Width (cm)
20cm
Location
London UK
Medium
Kiln-fired painted glass, silver stain, enamel, mixed media
Selling Price
£1500
The Geometry of Silence explores the unseen stories carried by individuals whose voices, experiences or identities may not always be heard or understood. Layers of dark tones, luminous gold, circular structures and fragmented marks create a visual space between presence and absence, suggesting memory, identity, belonging and the things that remain unspoken.
The work reflects the diversity of human experience by recognising that not every story is expressed in the same way. Silence can hold cultural memory, personal history, resilience, exclusion, reflection or simply the need to be seen without being defined by others.
The geometric forms represent the structures that surround and sometimes shape our lives, while the contrasting organic marks suggest the individuality that exists within them. Light emerges through the darker layers as a symbol of identity and the possibility of being recognised.
Through reflective glass, the viewer becomes part of the work, bringing their own perspective into the composition. No single viewpoint reveals everything; each position exposes different details and relationships.
The work ultimately suggests that diversity includes not only the voices we hear, but also the different ways people experience, communicate and understand the world. It invites us to look beyond the surface, listen more deeply, and recognise the humanity within stories that may remain silent
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Misread 001
Peishen Liang
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Length (cm)
40 × 25 cm
Width (cm)
25cm
Location
London, United Kingdom
Medium
Archival pigment photographic print, edition of 5
Selling Price
£600
She is visible before she is known.
I began Misread with a contradiction I had encountered repeatedly: a woman may be admired for how she looks, yet the same appearance can be used to doubt her intelligence, seriousness or ability. In Chinese, the stereotype of the ‘flower vase’ names this reduction explicitly — a beautiful woman is treated as an ornament, present to decorate a space rather than contribute to it. Similar assumptions appear in Western workplaces and media through beauty bias, sexualised visibility and the idea that femininity undermines authority. The work does not reject beauty; it asks why beauty is so often allowed to become an argument against the person who possesses it.
To translate this idea into images, I used a transparent water tank as an enlarged container for display. A vase holds water and flowers so that they can be arranged and looked at. In these photographs, the tank holds water, flowers and the woman’s body within the same frame. She is not the vase; the container makes visible the logic that treats her as one. By enlarging the vessel until it can be entered, the stereotype becomes physical: she can be seen clearly from the outside, but the glass still separates her from the viewer.
Water makes the body appear luminous and weightless while also restricting movement, breath and voice. Refraction shifts the face and gestures, showing that visibility is not the same as understanding. Flowers, make-up and dress remain deliberately present because the project does not ask a woman to abandon femininity in order to prove her competence. They belong to her self-presentation and pleasure. The contradiction is that the same qualities praised as beautiful can later be used to dismiss the person who embodies them.
As the sequence develops, the container moves between vase, display case and barrier. Attention shifts from the woman inside it to the system of looking around her. Misread asks whether it is the subject who has been misread, or the assumptions through which she is viewed. It refuses the idea that credibility must be purchased by becoming less feminine, less beautiful or less visible.
Beauty is not the cage. The judgement attached to it is.
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Standing Together
Jon Michaels
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Length (cm)
20 cm
Width (cm)
20 cm x 20 cm
Location
Hathersage, Derbyshire
Medium
Various woods, stones and resin
Selling Price
£220
Recently I have enjoyed working in wood and this work highlights the vast array of properties that this natural material can exhibit. Despite being instantly recognisable as wood, sharing many common macroscopic and microscopic features, each has a distinct identity and differing properties. The work invites the viewer to reflect upon the many geographical, religious and political gulfs that can develop between those who, beneath the surface, have so much in common.
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Beautifully Imperfect
Joanna Klimek
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Length (cm)
42 cm
Width (cm)
43cm
Location
United Kingdom
Medium
Ceramic Sclupture
Selling Price
£450
My Body is a ceramic self-portrait exploring individuality, vulnerability and self-acceptance. The imperfect handmade form reflects the uniqueness of the human body and challenges the idea of a single standard of beauty. Inspired by the philosophy of kintsugi, the work embraces imperfections as part of our personal history. The piece celebrates difference, resilience and the idea that vulnerability can also be a source of strength.
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Diversity United: The Fall of the Monolith
Dave Parsons
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Length (cm)
58cm
Width (cm)
68.7cm
Location
Sheffield UK
Medium
acrylics on Gesso board
Selling Price
£550
Created in direct response to the theme Celebrating Our Strength in Our Diversity, this piece visualizes the unstoppable momentum of collective inclusion. Built upon a hand-prepared gesso board, the painting represents over 48 hours of meticulous, layered brushwork. This intensive labor mirrors the patience, resilience, and history required to weave varied identities into a unified front.The composition centers on a vibrant mass of color and symbolism, integrating elements of the Intersex-Inclusive Progress Pride Flag—including the purple circle of intersex wholeness—alongside the infinity symbol of Autism, the butterfly of ADHD, and the black-and-white stripes of the ally community. This dynamic, living force is captured in the explosive act of smashing an ancient Roman bust—a classical monolith representing the historic, rigid structures that oppose diversity. By juxtaposing fluid, modern symbols of neurodivergence and identity against fracturing stone, the artwork celebrates a profound truth: our differences are not just a source of harmony, but a powerful force capable of dismantling outdated systems.
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Mae Chi Brigitte
Henrik Peter Hofsaess
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Length (cm)
120
Width (cm)
180
Location
Unspecified
Medium
earth and stone pigments on Florentine linen
Selling Price
£ 92,500
Mae Chi Brigitte reflects the richness of human diversity through the life and presence of an individual who embodies a meeting of cultures. Born Austrian and living within the tradition of a Thai Buddhist order, she travels the world to meditate for peace. Her life brings together different cultural and spiritual worlds in a deeply personal way. The painting does not seek to define her through these identities, but to reveal the person beyond them — her dignity, vulnerability and inner presence. It celebrates diversity not as division, but as a source of connection, understanding and hope.
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Four Auspicious Symbols of Harmony
Haejae Debbie Oh
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Length (cm)
45.5 cm
Width (cm)
61cm
Location
Seoul / South Korea
Medium
Mixed media
Selling Price
£800
This work draws on the motif of the four auspicious animals—the rabbit, elephant, monkey, and bird—from Tibetan Buddhist folklore, reinterpreting the meaning of the “Four Harmonious Friends” from a contemporary perspective, in which different beings unite in harmony. Objects such as a metal opener, a wind-up rabbit, and wooden monkey and elephant reveal symbolic unity through contrasts in material and texture. Each animal is different, yet together they form a harmonious whole. Pastel-toned clouds and playful colours add a sense of whimsy to the traditional symbolism, forming a meditative play that reimagines coexistence, harmony, and mutual respect in a modern sensibility. By bringing together different beings, materials, and cultural references, the work celebrates the richness of difference and the possibility of creating a shared world in which diversity is respected and embraced.
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Male Dancer
RL Neat
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Length (cm)
20" unframed, 23" framed
Width (cm)
16" unframed, 18" framed
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic, Alcohol Markers
Selling Price
£800
Represents the beauty of the human form, dance. An expressive work of the male dancer on a contrasting green background. The work is on stretched canvas and in a floater frame.
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The Torso Couple
Chima Onyema Ogbuehi
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Length (cm)
32cm
Width (cm)
23cm
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Terracota on Wood
Selling Price
£5,000
The Torso Couple portrays the masculine and feminine gendas in comparism and contrast.
Though our virtues and values differ we still find a common ground to strive.
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@chimaogbuehiartgallery
Kenyan Women Returning From Market
Philip McCumskey
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Length (cm)
40 cm
Width (cm)
30 cm
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Acrylic and collage - African fabrics used for the clothing
Selling Price
£120
African women - acrylic and collage on wooden panel.
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Symbiosis
Boluwatife Victoria Lawal
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Length (cm)
92
Width (cm)
92
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Oil and Acrylic on Canvas
Selling Price
£3000
The image displays two dancers a male and a female in different skin color. The female skin color is white while the male skin color is black. I use this to challenge gender and racial stereotypes bringing this two figures in unison. The male figure lifting the female reflects support and care. This particular piece celebrates diversity as a force of strength and it aligns perfectly with the theme.
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MỌ́REMÍ
Raji Eniitan Folorunsho
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Length (cm)
100
Width (cm)
45
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Mixed media
Selling Price
£7000
This is the Art piece that celebrate the life of icon woman who liberate her people from the hand of the oppressors from the western part of Nigeria; Ile if precisely.
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Assimilation
Llocollama
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Length (cm)
152.4
Width (cm)
121.92
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Mixed Media Acrylic and Fabric
Selling Price
£3000
Llocollama is a half Hawaiian and half Caucasian artist located in San Diego, CA. “Assimilation” explores the conversation of cultural identity as an uncomfortable process of change in the face of globalization. Growing up away from the islands on the mainland has the benefit of increased awareness at the cost of cultural knowledge and ancestral connection.
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Story of Grey Hill
JAYATU CHAKMA
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Length (cm)
50
Width (cm)
50
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Stitch, Acrylic and cloth
Selling Price
10,000 £
This artwork addresses the long-standing struggle of Indigenous peoples in the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) to protect their land, existence, memory, and cultural identity through the language of fabric and stitching. Each triangular form represents a fragmented territory, memory, or fragment of life from the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Mountains, forests, jhum cultivation, rivers, people, weaving, and everyday cultural practices exist alongside symbols of development, machinery, land transformation, and environmental degradation.
Here, fabric is not merely an artistic medium; it is a carrier of memory and culture. Textile, weaving, clothing, and handicrafts have a deep cultural significance within Indigenous communities. Creating images and symbols through embroidery on fabric becomes an attempt to stitch together and preserve histories and experiences that are gradually disappearing or being transformed.
The repeated triangular forms evoke the shape of the mountains while also suggesting fragmented and divided territories. Although each individual triangle tells a different story, together they construct a larger reality—one in which the fear of losing land, deforestation, changes in jhum-based life, transformation of land in the name of development, political uncertainty, and the struggle to preserve cultural identity are deeply interconnected.
The presence of maps and machinery particularly suggests the intervention of state power, development, and systems of authority over the land. In contrast, the symbols of mountains, trees, jhum cultivation, people, and weaving represent the spiritual, cultural, and life-sustaining relationship that Indigenous communities have with their ancestral land.
Therefore, this work is not simply a representation of the landscape of the Chittagong Hill Tracts; it functions as a form of collective memory, where personal experiences merge with shared histories. Each stitched line appears to hold onto a memory that has been lost, displaced, or transformed. Each triangle raises a fundamental question:
When land is lost, is it only territory that disappears—or does a people also lose a part of their history, culture, memory, and identity?
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Solidarity versus tyranny
Eva
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Length (cm)
90
Width (cm)
60
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Multimedia
Selling Price
£250
Women's solidarity in the face of increasing tyranny shown as Trump's warship combines with Melissa the hurricane
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My Aim / Target
Emmanuel Chibaye
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Length (cm)
80cm
Width (cm)
60cm
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Oil on canvas
Selling Price
£3500
This is a modernist,African-inspired cubist portrait that intend to celebrate the tradition hunting culture through bold geometry and colour. In short, the also reminds us of courage and enthusiasm to go for our aspirations. My work fits the "Theme" because most people describe them as different and for that reason I think uniqueness stands side by side with diversity.
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I Am All Right, You Are All Right, We Are All All Right
Leslie Wilson-Rutterford
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Length (cm)
40 cm
Width (cm)
51cm
Location
Unspecified
Medium
Crocheted, embroidered and quilted wall art using acrylic yarn and satin fabric
Selling Price
£700
An affirmation and comfort piece advocating self and mutual acceptance of one another. Originally made for an exhibition titled Unity, and exhibited in Soho, in 2024
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