Sculpture
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Rhythm of Bantu
Breathing Fragments #1
Sequencing the Syntax in Our Sleep
Yes, but where are you really from? (Repeated ad Nauseam)
Glass and ceramic 40 × 45 × 50 cm
Oil on canvas 100 × 100 cm
Acrylic on canvas Each 150 × 140 cm
Silkscreen print on canvas 180 × 150 × 2 cm
2025
2025
2025
2024
jahdayfordesign Jahday Ford
mod.jack Jakob Mödlinger
beanwave_editions James Bristow
Jaime Menendez
Jahday Ford is a glass artist and designer based in Manchester, UK. Ford specialises in hot glass fabrication and mould design, combining traditional glassblowing with digitally programmed forms. Through this fusion he explores how materiality can be radically transformed, uniting handcraft and technology. Ford’s work reflects on process, form and innovation, creating objects that challenge perception while celebrating the expressive and transformative potential of glass. Rhythm of Bantu takes its name from the African word for rhythm, drum, or beat, referencing the cultural language that shaped the Gombeys and other musical traditions of Bermuda. The Gombeys, a performative dance and percussive band dating back to the 1800s, form the foundation of this work. Each piece is created with distinct characteristics in form and tone, echoing the individuality of each dancer’s costume as a proud statement of cultural expression.
Jakob Mödlinger is a Berlin-based visual artist whose practice explores the tension between corporeality and digital transcendence, questioning the role of the body in an era moving towards disembodied consciousness. Through layered paintings on canvas and wood, Mödlinger investigates the fragile intersection of flesh and code, creating abstract environments where the human condition confronts the illusion of digital eternity. Sequencing the Syntax in Our Sleep investigates the relationship between intuitive expression and digital interpretation. Beginning with spontaneous gestural marks, these marks are digitally scanned and abstracted into pixelated representations. The two canvases were developed in tandem, influencing one another throughout, mirroring the intimacy of shared dreams. Together, they reflect a dialogue between chaos and control, emotion and logic.
Jaime Menendez is a multidisciplinary artist based in Reading, UK, working across painting, sculpture, photography, installation, screen printing and digital media. Using colour, geometry, 3D modelling and spiritual symbolism, Menendez constructs visual languages that reflect transformation, isolation and personal mythology. His practice is shaped by experiences of stigma and silencing, reclaiming presence and autonomy through symbolic abstraction and emotionally charged forms. A solitary totemic presence rises from angular fragments and voids. The dark, empty ground intensifies its isolation, while the precarious balance of forms conveys both fragility and resilience. Emerging from a vocabulary of fractured identity, the figure takes shape as one of protection, austerity, enigma, and quiet defiance.
James Bristow is a Northamptonshire-based artist who creates geometric abstract expressionist works through silkscreen printmaking. Bristow’s practice addresses inequality and division while offering an optimistic vision of unity and hope. His prints, characterised by fluid motion and vibrant colour, evoke vitality and contemplation, presenting tactile and cerebral experiences that celebrate diversity and the possibility of harmony. This work represents people not defined or restricted by place, origin, or borders. It builds on an earlier piece, Yes, but where are you really from? , expanding the motif across a much larger canvas. The act of repetition itself becomes metaphorical, with overlapping layers and textured surfaces creating a sense of weariness, persistence, and quiet defiance.
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