Natasha Haydon is a Netherlands-based artist of British origin whose work centers on themes of nature, light, and positivity. She primarily creates two-dimensional works, often focusing on the raw beauty found in rugged landscapes. For Haydon, art serves as a means of making her voice heard—sometimes critical, but always honest. Due to her dyslexia, she has at times found it challenging to construct a coherent narrative through words, yet she has developed a powerful visual l

Nadia Kissel’s artistic journey began in Russia, where she trained from the age of fourteen at the Ryazan College of Art and later at the Leningrad Academy. Grounded in the classical traditions of drawing and composition, her practice has since evolved across cultures and continents. A move to Kenya marked a transformative chapter, immersing her in the vibrant textures of African life and expanding her visual language through bold colour and dynamic contrasts. Later, in the U

Monika Tkaczyk is a London-based visual artist from Poland. Working in glass, she transforms light and emotion into immersive, ever-shifting artworks. Her practice bridges technology and intuition, exploring reflection, energy, and the subtle emotional landscapes that shape human experience.

Miriam Habibe is an emerging Welsh-based artist of BAME South Asian heritage whose creative journey embodies resilience, identity, and self-discovery. After years devoted to parenthood and a full-time career, she has returned to her artistic roots, crafting deeply expressive works that bridge tradition and modern experimentation. Drawing inspiration from craft forms like weaving and the study of video and performance art, she merges abstraction and mixed media techniques, for

Maya Neill is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice examines systems of control, domesticity, and the regulation of the body through everyday rituals and objects. Working across printmaking, textiles, photography, sculpture, and moving image, she approaches the medium as a functional tool that allows ideas to dictate form. Her work often centres on the female figure as fragmented, bound and absorbed into domestic structures, where concepts of care, maintenance and instruc

Marina Tziara is a Greek multidisciplinary artist and writer based between France and Belgium. Her work explores collective memory, transformation, and the retelling of stories as acts of resilience. Working primarily through painting, alongside sculpture and text, she creates surreal and posthuman visual worlds in which body, myth, and landscape converge. She studied and lived in Spain for eleven years and has been based in France since 2020. In 2024, she was awarded a full

Born in 1999 and raised in Bacau, Romania, Laura Candet is currently exploring the alarming increase in femicide in Romania and around the world. Experiencing the gender gap firsthand, her visual art conveys the frustration and powerful emotions felt during these turbulent times. With significant achievements in the artistic and academic fields, Laura Candet combines theoretical and practical study for a good artistic representation of her subjects. The artist has won multipl

Kate Kelly is a Norfolk-based painter who studied Fine Art Painting at Camberwell (MA) and the University of Brighton (BA). Her work explores intersectional feminism and biographical experiences, incorporating personal herstories from both research and practice. The women in her paintings are active, vocal, and physically present, with space for their narratives. Kelly examines female experience through visual means, integrating identity through patterns and spatial compositi

Jenny Spouge sees herself as primarily a textile artist, producing what she calls ‘wearable art’ that is given form and movement by the human body rather than being statically displayed in a gallery space. She has made her own clothes since she was 9, but a Degree in Fashion and Textile Design as a mature student gave her advanced skills and an opportunity to expand her creative portfolio. She mainly works in sustainable or rescued fabrics and finds creating important for her

Wurm is an artist, educator, and curator engaged in expanding the community forum for contemporary art dialogue. Having lived in California, where she received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, and Europe, where she received an M.A.R.C.A. from the Royal College of Art in London, Jan Wurm has honed an eye for social patterns and conventions. She currently divides her time between Berkeley and L.A. and her hand between drawing and painting. As an artist, Wu

Inna Chesniuk is a contemporary pastel and colored pencil artist from Kharkiv, Ukraine, currently temporarily based in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her favorite media are colored pencils, pastel pencils, and soft pastels, or mixed media, when she mixes all above to deepen colors or to experiment with some new techniques. Inna equally adores textiles and craft, experimenting with different materials like textiles, felt, beads, etc. She is passionate about botany and wildlife, adores pla

Eva Kristina Achilles is a self-taught artist based in Munich. In her work, she channels her experience as a political scientist and her three-year training as a classical opera singer by treating the canvas as a stage where philosophical inquiry meets the haptic character of paint. Her work is a reinterpretation of Art Nouveau. She honors its tradition of merging art with daily life—extending her practice from the canvas to functional objects like screens, decorative cases,

Anjana Varghese is a London-based self-taught oil painter and neurosurgical trainee. She paints alongside her work in medicine, using art to slow down and process experience. Her work is inspired by travel and time spent outdoors, particularly mountains and wide landscapes. Many of her paintings begin with photographs taken during her own journeys, including one of her climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. She works mainly in oils, exploring light, scale, and atmosphere through express

Alison Elizabeth Manning lives in a small village on the outskirts of York. She studied design for Photography in college and has remained deeply engaged with art ever since. Her creative Journey has included working as a graphic designer and participating in community art projects supporting vulnerable adults. An avid solo traveller and confessed creative free-spirit, Alison draws Inspiration from the cities she explores, using her experiences to inform her true passion: str

This special edition of Collect Art is dedicated to the expansive, complex, and continually evolving field of Women Art. More than a theme, it is a space—one shaped by voices that have historically been overlooked, misrepresented, or confined, yet have persisted, transformed, and redefined the language of contemporary art. To speak of women in art is not to define a singular narrative. It is to acknowledge multiplicity: of experiences, identities, geographies, and practices.

Art is a mirror of the human experience, a reflection of the emotions, struggles, and triumphs that shape our world. Throughout history, male artists have played a pivotal role in pushing the boundaries of creativity, transforming the visual landscape, and redefining artistic movements across generations. Men Art, the latest special edition of our magazine, celebrates this legacy by showcasing a diverse collection of international artists who continue to challenge and expand

Devid Biscontini is an artist living and working in Umbria, Italy. Art serves as a means of self-expression, offering freedom for personal exploration and research. The works are created exclusively using plastic films—specifically 3-layer co-extruded polyethylene—shaped through thermoforming techniques with an open flame torch and a high-temperature hairdryer.

Justin James is a self-taught British artist whose work is deeply influenced by his personal experiences of mental health and resilience. Painting has become a vital outlet through which he processes emotion and explores the complexities of living with bipolar disorder. His work often reflects the intensity, movement, and shifting states of the mind, transforming difficult experiences into powerful visual expression.