Jan Kaja (born 1957) is a painter, photographer and publisher. Kaja was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Together with Jacek Soliński, he has managed an art gallery Authors’ Gallery (org. Galeria Autorska) in Bydgoszcz. In 2015 he won an award from the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage (Poland), and was bestowed a special medal for …
Sonia Dawn Boyce, OBE RA (born 1962), is a British Afro-Caribbean artist, living and operating in London. She is a Professor of Black Art and Design at University of the Arts London. Boyce’s research interests consider art as a social practice and the valuable and contextual debates that arise from this place of study. With …
Grayson Perry CBE RA (born 24 March 1960) is an English contemporary artist, writer and broadcaster. He is known for his ceramic vases, tapestries and cross-dressing, as competently as his remarks of the contemporary arts scene, and for dissecting British “prejudices, fashions and foibles”. Perry’s vases have classical forms and are bejeweled in clever colours, …
Emily Mary Osborn (1828–1925), or Osborne, was an English painter of the Victorian era. She is known for her pictures of children and her genre paintings, especially on themes of women in distress. Osborne was one of the most prominent painters of the Victorian era, and two of her works were purchased by Queen Victoria. …
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located re the world as public works of art. As competently as sculpture, Moore produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz …
