Dorcas Hope is a multi-media portrait artist from Manchester. Focusing on black female subjectivity, Hope’s hyperrealist portraits work to celebrate the beauty of black femininity through offering counter-hegemonic representations of black female figures in visual art. Mirrors and reflections have been a recurring theme throughout her recent works, tactically used to examine identity and gaze.

After support from Future Bubblers, Help Musicians UK, PRS & MOBO as well as being featured as one of Clash Magazines Artists Set To Rise, Mali sets to continue the journey in the rest of 2024 and beyond. Hayes’ music is with perfumed with vibrant real life stories and is coloured with honesty and soul.
After gaining experience singing backing vocals for Tito Jackson, JP Cooper, Mica Millar and more, it has further inspired Mali’s soulful sound
Mali hit the scene running as she joined Gilles Peterson’s Brownwood talent discover program (Arts Council England funded) - Future Bubblers which saw Mali performing at The Jazz Cafe and also sought a slot at Gilles’ festival - We Out Here. Mali went on to receive the Future Bubblers x MOBO Awards Help Musicians fund in late 2018 to further her career and development
After various radio airplay (BBC 6 Music - Gilles Peterson, BBC Radio 2 - Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 1xtra / Selector Radio - Jamz Supernova, Jazz FM - Jeff Young and more), landing her own DJ slot on Reform Radio, numerous support slots (Bilal, Jamila Woods, Alfa Mist, Poppy Ajudha, Blue Lab Beats, Sons Of Kemet, Yazmin Lacey and more)and a collaboration with Foreign Beggars and Maverick Sabre under her belt, Mali continues to establish herself as an artist of real vision, dedication and drive

MUL is a Mancunian Artist & Graphic Designer, characterised by his unique, recognisable style of weird and wonderful imaginative artworks. Using a variety of methods and mediums, from spray paint, pens, brushes, and digital, his work often consists of fluid lines, vibrant patterns, and colourful characters. Utilising an over-active creative mind and channelling a compulsion to doodle and draw.

Starting over 10 years ago painting street art and selling stickers, MUL has produced work in the form of Murals, illustrations, and graphic design for many businesses, from Manchester’s most well-known independents to internationally recognised names.

I'm an artist from Salford, and creativity has always been a part of my life. From my early days of colouring as a child to my ventures with different mediums as I grew older, I've always sought out ways to express myself artistically.
Recently, I have rekindled my love with the world of LEGO® and thought to myself I can use this to create my own works. The unique challenge of crafting 1of1 LEGO® portraits captured my heart, and now I specialise in creating stunning LEGO® portraits of various subjects, from animals to inspirational people and so on.
Each piece I create is unique and carefully crafted to bring out the essence and personality of the subject. I pour my heart and soul into every LEGO® creation, aiming to capture the beauty and individuality of each subject in a truly remarkable way.

Charlotte Bradley is an Art Historian and Fine Artist born in Salford, who studied at the Manchester School of Arts. Charlotte is intrigued and excited by the often-inexplicable aspects of the mystery that becomes of a painting, the movements, distortion and gestural marks that are created by music and emotion which are integrated into her artistic practices. By also positioning these ideas within the boundaries of what is acceptable within art whilst pushing the art to become unlimited to creativity. This allows creative faults to become part of the finishing pieces.

The artist often uses music when painting to provoke energetic, flowing and unpredictable brush strokes, splats and movement, this then allows the painting to engage with the audience and thus allowing the art to be interpreted into whatever the audience desires to see. Almost defeating the use of language by using abstract art. An important aspect of this is the idea of knowing what a painting interprets as well as the mystery of what is seen as familiar, yet difficult to fathom.