East Meets West 24/25 Artist Announcement
@eastmeetswestexhibition
Anu Gamanagari
@gamangari is a UK-based artist, her lens-based practice is influenced by her experiences as a mother, immigrant, and a lifelong musafir who grew up in various parts of India. Focused on themes of motherhood, identity, and belonging, capturing what is closest to her through intimate images. Exploring intergenerational relationships and migratory narratives, uncovering the ways in which the rhythms of mundane create a sense of home.
Daniel Moriarty
@_danmoriarty is a British photographer living in Birmingham. He has recently graduated in Documentary Photography (BA) at the University of South Wales. His work explores themes of identity, belonging, and community, and the relationship between people and place.
Dawn Rodgers
@dawn_s_rodgers , based in Berkshire, UK, works with photography, archives, mythology and the ancient landscapes of Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and Dorset. Her work endeavours to make sense of the sudden loss of her brother in 1993. By exploring the boundaries between space and time she uses mythology and landscape to tell one of the oldest stories, the story of loss.
Amina El-Edroos
@aeledroos is a visual artist, photographer and academic from Islamabad, Pakistan. She focuses on the visual representation of time and lived experiences. Her recent work explores ideas of home, memory, belonging and identity as an immigrant. Using techniques such as double exposure and photomontage to connect two disparate moments into one image.
Sylwia Ciszewska-Peciak
@sylwia_ciszewska_peciak is a Polish photographer based in West Bromwich, UK. Her work explores human stories and the transformative experience of motherhood. Relocating to a new area inspired her to capture the diversity around her through street photography, focusing on candid moments that reveal individual essence.
East Meets West is a partnership between
@grain_projects @formatfestival and
@derbyquad 
