Charlie Franklin (born 1983) is a London-based artist who predominately creates site-responsive installations. By this Charlie means that she explores and adapts materials in the studio, then transposes them to the gallery space they are shown in, where the collection of work is meticulously ordered in reaction to the architectural space surrounding it.

Using semi-solids, such as soap and gel, which alter state as time progresses, is her current interest. These temporal forms are then composed alongside sculptural pieces such as wooden structures and draped fabric.  The outcome questions the process of time, as well as control, language and object attachment.

Charlie says, ‘I believe there is a delicacy about the placement of each object alongside the other... but I wouldn’t say the work is finished when I stop orchestrating it, it’s an ongoing process where things change and shift whether I like it or not.’  

Charlie studied Fine Art at Middlesex University , and went on to study the Post Graduate Diploma and MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London . She is making her curatorial debut with GV Art’s group exhibition ‘Inside Out’. She explains, ‘Some of the pieces in ‘Inside Out’ are immediate, some of it is hiding in corners, waiting to be discovered. Though each artists work is very different, there is a particular physicality present in all of it. Everything in the show seems to stem from a love and fascination with matter, objects and mess.’    

Rachel Kohn (born 1981) lives and works in New York. Her work spans painting, sculpture and installation to explore perceptions of space and mortality. She creates fantastical landscapes of illness and decay. These visceral forms have a very physical presence, yet also evoke the beautiful and transcendent qualities of human fragility. The work often appears organic or parasitic, as sculptural forms grow into and out of the wall they inhabit.

Rachel studied Art and Mathematics at Skidmore College and has recently completed an MFA in Fine Arts at Hunter College, NY. The tension between darkness and beauty is a strong feature of her work. She says, ‘The fact that those I love are destined to fall apart is at the heart of what I do. I am influenced by the moment of unraveling, where things become undone and start to deteriorate. My work romanticizes this moment, by morphing the body into a space that allows the viewer to enter this experience in all its harrowing beauty."

Rachel uses tactile materials including plaster, gauze, foam, paper maché, plastic, wire, thread and glue to create her unique organic visual language. Her methods draw upon her original training as a painter, often working paint into the surface of a sculpture to leave an impression in the texture. The layering of each piece creates a history that becomes an integral part of the overall work. 

David Marron (born 1972) is a London-based artist whose work stems from his fascination with life; its peculiarities, its banality, complexity and anatomy. His sculptures combine the high visual and emotional impact of the figurative with a rich proliferation of symbolic and literary detail. This compels the onlooker to 'read' the work, forging a wealth of ideas and associations as they engage with it.

David trained in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, and currently divides his time between his art practice and his work as a paramedic. His art brings together language, drawing, images, objects and a vast array of substances. It's a combination that David calls 'an assembled oddity', designed to breed thought and feeling.

Each of David's pieces shares a fundamental similarity in its relationship between object, language, drawing and substance. However, his approach varies between different subjects.

David's work can be both profound and playful. His texts touch lyrically on our mortality, observing the traces that passing time leaves on the mind and body. He also revels in the corporeality of language. 

Helen Owen (born 1943) creates work from an abiding fascination with stress, as both an element of the artistic process, and as an intrinsic part of our lives. The tensions in her work are established by the use of colour, pattern and optical illusion, to create a compelling sense of force and movement.

Helen studied Horticulture, Art and Design and Creative Computing at Stourbridge College, and has a first class BA (Hons) degree in Art and Design from Birmingham City University. She uses a variety of techniques and materials such as fabric, found objects, paint, photography and computer generated imagery.

Her exploration of stress and tension began with the loss of her husband and a determination to cope against the odds. She says, ‘It was the constant battle against stress, time and the domestic environment that fuelled my work. I ploughed through many different materials and methods of working till I discovered the wrapping and stretching of striped fabric. I was particularly inspired by the optical effects and the ability to completely change a subject.’