Tim Ellis is a British artist living in London, who graduated from the Royal Academy of Art in 2009.
In 2023 he created ‘Retro Racers’, a designer model car company. ‘Retro Racers’ take classic car design to the next level, combining laser-cut materials and reclaimed vintage toy components to create stunning stylised cars with a nostalgic twist. Produced exclusively for the Saatchi Gallery, this Artist Series has been produced using reclaimed PLY from artist’s studios in East London and reclaimed vintage toy components.
Tim Ellis has exhibited widely in the UK, Europe and elsewhere, with commercial galleries and museums and public spaces. Recent exhibitions include “Studio Response 4” at the Saatchi Gallery.
Pure Evil is the moniker of British artist Charles Uzzell-Edwards, a prominent figure in the street art scene. His work often features darkly iconic images with a pop-art twist.
Pure Evil’s influences come from the pop art movement and graffiti culture, and his pieces often include portraits of stars like Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley, and other iconic figures. He also runs the Pure Evil Gallery in London, which showcases both his work and that of other urban artists. His use of vibrant colors, bold lines, and thought-provoking themes have helped solidify his reputation in contemporary urban art.
Alaric Hammond is an emerging artist and printmaker based in the UK. Utilising his works to make commentary on the current trends and affairs of urban city culture, Hammond’s motifs display mundane, everyday items from designer brands, discarded packaging, texts and emails to cosmetics, cigarettes, and shoes.
Hammond dramatises his themes of decay, neglect, and pollution employed through fault of humankind or by the natural causes of weather and the passage of time.
Alaric Hammond featured in Saatchi Gallery’s exhibition Everyday Monuments from January to March 2024.
Pakal is the alter ego of an established street artist. In April 2018 the artist presented the exhibition The Missing Museum within the Prints & Originals Gallery.
Within The Missing Museum ideas of fact and fiction intertwine. The artist presented the vibrant works of the Laka tribe who believed creativity was the path to transformation and reinvention. As a means of alternative expression by the artist, Pakal chooses not to reveal his or her identity. In this way the artist wishes to let the artworks exist within their own autonomous context, and to avoid any comparison with other work produced by the artist.
Free from boundaries, borders or labels, the artist invites the viewer to find their own connections with the works. The use of vivid colours, different materials and subject matter connected with the Far East and indigenous art of Central America add to the intrigue.
Carrie Reichardt (b. 1966) lives and works in London. The artist gained a First Class degree in Fine Art at Leeds University and has had a career spanning many media, including film, performance and sculpture. She is perhaps best known as a ceramicist and mosaicist, working internationally on large scale public murals.
She has a rich background in art, with ancestors who instilled in her a love for creating and a desire to use her talents to make a difference. Reichardt’s artistic style combines traditional techniques with modern ideas, resulting in unique and thought-provoking works. Her use of colour, texture, and symbolism adds depth and emotion to her pieces, making them accessible to all while also encouraging critical thinking
The British contemporary artist Maria Rivans is based near Brighton in Sussex. She has a growing reputation for her dynamic collages featuring imagery from the 20th and 21st Century pop culture.
Meticulously crafted, Rivans’s collages are often a heady mix of sugar-sweet visuals combined with macabre or dark undertones. A solo exhibition by Rivans, entitled ‘Popcorn Noir’, took place within the Prints & Originals Gallery at the Saatchi Gallery, London in January 2015.
Born in Glasgow, Rugman currently lives and works in East London. The artist explores modern iconography and investigates the power of symbols. In January 2016 the exhibition ‘Sister, Mother’ held at the Saatchi Gallery’s Prints and Originals Gallery introduced a new body of work by the artist.
Original works on aluminium, canvas, wood and paper researched the relationship between mankind and the natural environment.
“I wanted to create works of simplicity and beauty. I looked back to when nature was an integral part of human life; when it was a spiritual element symbolised in the art and mark-making of clans and tribes.” – Rugman
Sr. X is a Spanish street artist now based in London. The artist continues to produce works on the street and in his studio using techniques including stencils, collage, oil and acrylic painting.
In 2019 Saatchi Gallery presented ‘It is the Surreal Thing’, an exhibition of works by Sr. X.
Joe Webb collects vintage magazines and printed ephemera. He uses this material to create simple but elegant hand-made collages. The artist refuses to use Photoshop to manipulate imagery.
Webb uses simple and concise cuts to transform the original material into more surreal and enigmatic artworks.
The exhibition, ‘Paper Cuts’, took place at the Saatchi Gallery’s Prints & Originals Gallery, in April 2015.
Zabou was born in France but currently lives and works in London. The street artist paints large-scale realistic murals world-wide, from Europe and Asia to South America. She also creates original works in the studio and limited edition prints. Zabou has featured in exhibitions at the Saatchi Gallery since 2016.
Working mostly with spray paint and acrylics, she creates striking black and white portraits with colourful touches. Her practice relies on the photographs she takes of her subjects, focusing on their expressions and emotions. Her artworks, both in the street and the studio, explore the everyday life as well as contemporary topics, and ultimately what connects us all as humans.
In March 2022 Saatchi gallery presented ‘In Their Eyes’, a solo exhibition in our Gallery 15 space that showcased new original works by Zabou. The exhibition featured a newly commissioned mural work, images of murals executed in recent years and preparatory photographs from the artist’s private collection.
