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Jonathan Silu

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Martí
Shot for his self-directed project “Bonfire”
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Flower Boy
Shot during Gray’s School of Art’s Fashion Show
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Flower Girl
Shot for his self-directed project “Bonfire”

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Jonathan Silu is a Graphic Designer and Film Photographer from Glasgow. He currently lives in Aberdeen and studies Communication Design at Gray’s School of Arts at Robert Gordon University.
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KAVARI

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Seraphim
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Skin on my Skin
I like things that confuse me, incite new thoughts and feelings, or make me question myself or the world and that is the premise of most things I do in life. I just love new experiences, and I try to make anything I create a unique experience for whoever may see or hear it.” - KAVARI

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Cameron Pickthall, also known as KAVARI, is a non-binary, sonic & visual artist based in Aberdeen. Born In Liverpool, they grew up in they small town of Lossiemouth.
Most of their art, whether it be visual or musical, is based around pushing the limits of expression and distorting the norm. They use the body as a medium for self expression and try to make their work transgressive and exciting
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Sarah Calder

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An Afternoon Snack
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A City at Sunrise
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Great Grunny Rosie

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Sarah Calder is a student Artist from Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire. She studies Painting at Gray’ School of Art at Robert Gordon University. Her most common medium is oil paints; she enjoys painting subjects that she love such as coffee, people and scenery.
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Rafael Bernal Coates

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Rafael Bernal Coates’ work focuses on experience and perception, extending from the individual to the universal. “Experior, ergo sum”

NOW HERE. NOWHERE. - Ram Dass
When you create art; you are manifesting experience. Therefore experience is art, perception is art. Through it, I dissect and comprehend the dichotomies of the conflicted human soul and move beyond into a cosmic understanding. I intend for my art to act as an experiential and existential activator - to awaken the viewer to the vastness of their present reality. I strive to capture the liminality of the everyday. Those moments that are forever suspended between a “before” and “after” - elliptical, mystical and infinite. Moments that never really resolve themselves, capturing both the finite and the infinite, both somethingness and nothingness simultaneously. In search of the balance between Rationalism and Empiricism, between understanding metaphysical concepts and allowing biological existence, a balance between analogous experience and intuitive perception. It is a journey of self-discovery, exploration and dissolution of the Ego; through art, I expose my true self. It is a lifestyle; a way of unlocking our full potential, and a language for transmitting higher understanding. Good art should momentarily dissolve culture, dissolve boundaries and act as a window into the transcendental. Ultimately to perceive simply the cruel radiance of what is.” – Rafael Bernal Coates
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Erik Beck

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The Way of the Light
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Beach and Sand
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The Hand

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Erik Beck is a hobby Photographer from Hungary, currently studying at the University of Aberdeen. He enjoys taking pictures of what interests him, and learned how to improve in this art thanks to Peter McKinnon’s Youtube Videos.
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Zuzanna Salamon

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“ I ran out of tears so the drought came”
Charcoal on paper, 2 x 1.6m
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“My roots are thousands of miles away”
Charcoal on paper, 2.5 x 1.6m
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“I try to grow new roots in the land I call foreign”
charcoal on paper, 1.2 x 1.2m
[About Charcoal] Its immediacy and mark-making allow me to visualize my imagination and construct works informed by reality. There is a connection between reality and metaphor in my works as I am often staging or adding to, already existing situations to create something based on both realism and symbolism.” – Zuzanna Salamon

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Born in Poland, Zuzanna Salamon, graduated from the High School of Fine Art in Katowice, and is now studying Painting at Gray’s School of Art in Robert Gordon University. As the traditional Art education she received from workshops in Poland, Scotland, and Prague included a lot of life drawing, it became a base for her current Art practice.

The large focus of her current works is depicting trees that have been transplanted and how it symbolises her own dislocation from home, traveling across Europe and living elsewhere. Based on her own experience, through works, she explore an individual connection to home and culture, but also how distant it can become depends on the circumstances. Charcoal currently is her primary medium, which she uses to build up large-scale drawings.
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Lewis Wolstenhulme

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Lewis H
​Rosemarkie
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Sunset
Csenge koppany
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Oil rigs
Invergordan

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Lewis Wolstenhulme is a Filmmaker/Photographer from the Scottish Highlands with a great passion for travel and Extreme Sports. Growing up in arguably the most beautiful place on earth took its toll on how he perceives and interacts with the world. Exploring its rich and versatile land has given him a broad understanding of the people as well as the landscape, scenery and culture that lives within it.
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Alistair Kevan

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Primal
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Smoke Break
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Neon Lights

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Alistair Kevan has been a Photographer for 4 years. He prefers to shoot portraits but also runs the RGU Photography Society and love teaching other enthusiasts techniques such as light painting which can be seen on his piece calledNeon Lights. This involves taking a picture with an exposure time of around 5 seconds, and then moving some finger lights, to achieve the desired effect.
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David Lloyd

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Terror in the Arctic
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South of King William Island
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Journey Into Oblivion
The superb coastline of Moray provides me with much inspiration.
The history of the North East of Scotland is also a major pre- occupation, especially the impact that the people of Scotland and Orkney and Shetland have made round the world.
Recently I have been investigating the ill- fated Franklin Arctic Expedition of 1845 where two ships and their crews disappeared never to be seen again and whose fate has only recently been revealed.
The lives of whalers who travelled to South Georgia mid 20th century are also the subject of some of my work.” – David A. E. Lloyd

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David A. E. Lloyd grew up throughout Scotland and currently lives in Keith. After studying at the Edinburgh College of Art in the 1950/60’s he had a long career in Advertising and PR in London, Sydney, Zurich and the USA. He retired in 1991 and returned to live in Keith, to make up for the missed opportunity at the Edinburgh College of Art, he went on to graduate with a Masters in Fine Arts at Gray’s School of Art at Robert Gordon University
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Victoria Muntean

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Persistence
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Immensity
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Freedom

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Originally from Moldova, Victoria Muntean is currently a student at the University of Aberdeen. She is currently pursuing a degree in Scots and English Law, following her Masters in International Relations and Sociology.
The world is presently undergoing change at an unprecedented speed. I chose to immortalise nature in my photos for the world tomorrow might be nothing as we know it today.” – Victoria Muntean
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Cara Barbour

Cara Barbour is a Film and Television student at the North East Scotland College. She has always found that the image on the screen has the ability to connect with the viewer the most. Lavish landscapes, vibrant colours and smart composition can all help to create a stunning image, but it takes a creative eye to take that and turn it into magic. This ability to create beautiful pieces of cinema is what inspired her to become a cinematographer.
The Terrible Youth
S1 E4
The Festive Youth
This is the fourth episode from a series called “The Terrible Youth” that was made with her friends. The series follows a documentary crew tasked of making a show about a horrible group of people. In this particular episode, the group gets back together for a Christmas celebration and all hell breaks loose when a new person joins the mix.
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