Talking With Creatives (TWC)

In conversation with Deep K. Kailey, Artistic Director of without SHAPE without FORM ✨ Without SHAPE without FORM is an assembly of artists, thinkers and cultural practitioners committed to making moments of self-discovery accessible for everyone. Rooted in Sikh philosophical concepts, their contemporary programme creates space for meaningful conversations about the mind, drawing on insights and tools shaped by over 500 years of Sikh knowledge. In this interview, we talk about the work, courage, compassion and community that sits at the heart of the project. Through exhibitions, podcasts, articles, workshops and gatherings for Simran (a practice of stillness and deep listening), they’re building boundaryless, participatory spaces that support peace, resilience and purpose in an increasingly noisy world. 📍221 Bath Road, Slough, SL1 4AA Watch the full conversation via the link in bio 🎥 #simran #withoutshapewithoutform #artexhibitions #londonart #artprojects

Sol Bailey Barker✨ Sol Bailey Barker (b. 1987) is a British sculptor and installation artist who forges hybrid creatures that hover between ancient totems, unborn spirits, and extraterrestrial forms. Informed by technologies once seen as shamanic in their power to transform landscapes, life and death, the work imagines fluid spaces between worlds. Their abstract sculptures and immersive installations trace a arc from sacred axes to contemporary tools driving ecological and industrial change, using materials tied to agriculture and industry (wood, metal, clay and stone). Functioning like living portals the works hold catastrophe and regeneration in tension, proposing new ways of thinking ecologically across past, present, and speculative future. #contemporaryartwork #artistspotlight #artisttowatch #creativeartiststudio #inthestudio

We’re taking you behind the scenes of Sol Bailey Barker’s creative process. Step into the making with us! ‘Vajra’ (The Weapon of the Gods ) Steel bar, wire foam and plaster to be cast in bronze Depictions of deities carrying these sacred weapons are found throughout the ancient world. Here the Vajra is transformed into an imagined evolving animal spine, playing with the language of reconstructive archeology and particle physics. The Vajra may be a creature of the ancient world or a projection of a future entity brought to life through new technologies. Its form evokes both ancient iconography and the machinery of contemporary science, such as Laser Weapon Systems or particle accelerators. Dimensions 3 M x 1,500M #process #contemporaryart #contemporarysculpture #studio #sculpture

Shawn Huckins✨ Shawn Huckins (American, b. 1984) is a New Hampshire based painter whose work examines and challenges contemporary American culture, offering pointed commentary on politics, societal norms, climate change, and the complexities of individual identity in the modern age. He reflects his appreciation of his homeland, all while equally criticizing the nation in a modern millennial fashion that blends irony, social awareness, and a demand for progress. #artistspotlight #artistinterview #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #creativeartiststudio

Annieo Klaas✨ (@annieoklaas ) Annieo Klaas is an oil painter whose work begins with light and follows it as it wanders across a room, subtly altering what we see. Influenced by magical realism, her paintings create small perceptual shifts within everyday spaces. Her work has been exhibited at Future Fair, the Mobile Museum of Art and Alabama Contemporary Art Center, and featured in New American Paintings. Klaas grew up in Dakar, Senegal, and is based in Birmingham, Alabama, where she works as a nuclear pharmacist. #artistspotlight #artistinterview #contemporaryart #contemporaryartwork #contemporaryartdaily

Sophie Deller✨ ( @sophiedeller ) Sophie is guided by colour, texture and shape rather than premeditated design. Drawing inspiration from the everyday and the mundane, she transforms familiar objects into works that feel playful. #SophieDeller #ArtistSpotlight #ContemporaryArt #ExperimentalArt #EmergingArtist

Reminder ✨ Our interview with Marium M. Habib is still live if you haven’t watched it yet. We talk painting, symbolism, and the way her work uses humour and deliberate ambiguity to explore gender, power and desire; from her recurring “monkey tentacle head” to the cast of characters that populate her canvases. 🎥 Watch the full film via the link in bio (and save it for later if you’re short on time). #MariumMHabib #ArtistInterview #StudioVisit #StudioTour #contemporaryart

Take a look behind the scenes with us✨ Marium’s practice is shaped by movement and cultural dialogue between Pakistan and England. Her paintings pull you in with humour before opening onto deeper questions of gender, power, sexuality, consent, and constraint. The full interview is now live on Youtube, link in bio🔗 #MariumMHabib #ArtistInterview #ContemporaryArt #FigurativeArt #StudioVisit

Take a look at our new interview with Marium M. Habib (@mariumbob_studio ) 💙 Link in bio🔗 Marium’s artistic journey has been shaped by constant movement and cultural dialogue between Pakistan and England, giving her work a unique perspective on cultural interpretation. Her paintings are populated by flailing bananas and wild-eyed monkeys, characters that feel playful at first, but quickly become protagonists in a deeper exploration of gender, power, sexuality, consent, and societal constraint. Her visual world thrives on deliberate ambiguity. The recurring “monkey tentacle head” can be read as a manifestation of the Freudian Id, those base desires and needs we layer with social conditioning and imposed morality. Inspired by Paula Rego’s observation that “when you turn them into animals you can do anything,” Marium uses animal imagery and familiar objects to examine power dynamics through visual metaphor and symbol. In the studio, we talk about her new body of work and upcoming show at Crème Fraîche. Working primarily in oil paint, she approaches each surface with increasing openness, “putting paint where paint wants to go”, allowing the work to veer toward abstraction while retaining movement and energy. Make sure to take a look! #contemporaryart #artistinterview #artcommunity #artexhibition #contemporarypainting

Lots of exciting interviews are coming your way over the next couple of months ✨ But this week, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on some of the brilliant conversations we’ve had so far this year with these incredible artists. If you haven’t watched them yet, head over to our platform and take a look now 🎥 Go to the link in our bio to watch the full interviews on Youtube🔗 @jodennis__ @sarahdwyer1 @marthalamontart @kemionabuleart #ArtistInterviews #StudioVisits #ContemporaryArt #EmergingArtists #ArtCommunity

If you missed it, our artist interview with @marthalamontart is live now on YouTube. Watch via the link in our bio🔗 Film by @csarnold10 #contemporaryart #artistinterview #artcommunity #contemporarypainting #artinlondon

Take a look behind the scenes in Martha Lamont’s studio and if you haven’t already, catch our interview. Now live on YouTube via the link in our bio.🔗 Photos by @csarnold10 #MarthaLamont #StudioVisit #ArtistInterview #ContemporaryPainting #LondonArtist