The Art of Cutting Carbon featuring Our Carbon Creatures

Simon created 'Concrete Truths' and 'Cardboard Catastrophe' for Our Carbon Creatures exhibition.

After finishing his degree at Camberwell School of Art in 1986 Simon Bingle has spent his career making paintings and sculptures for private and commercial clients all around the world. He has many works in the UK, including 3D work in the Shard, 1 Canada Water, The Savoy, Rosewood, L'Oscar, a sculpture in Kingdom Tower, Riyadh and others in the Four Seasons hotels in Riyadh, Bahrain, Baku and Fiji. 

His work is motivated by the examination of belonging, and our desire to be seen as an individual counterpoised by a need to belong.

Gina created 'Child of Oil Born' for Our Carbon Creatures exhibition.

Gina Czarnecki is a trans-disciplinary artist whose work is at the cutting edge of developmental technologies, research and processes. Her work is about human form and function, developments in technology, the intertwining histories of medicine, myth and ethics. Over three decades, Czarnecki’s work has focused on the human body, living systems and classifications, combining the biological ‘how we feel’ the world with far more personal and sensual observation of how we touch and express ourselves within it, collaborating with programmers, scientists, technologists, musicians and dancers. Her work has been exhibited internationally and is included in public and private collections.

John created 'Call me AL' for Our Carbon Creatures exhibition.

With a BA in Fine Art and an MA in Design and Digital Media John Jostins worked as a special effects designer and maker for film and television including Star Wars (maker of R2D2 for Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi (1980-83); Superman II (1981); Dr Who (1980s); Blackadder (1983-85); and Cold Lazarus (by Dennis Potter) Channel 4 and BBC (1995-6). From 1999 Jostins has been developing eco mobility designs and prototypes, founding Microcab Industries Ltd. in 2004 which focuses on hydrogen eco vehicle designs. He is designer of Net Zero mobility and Microcab explores the Circular Economy, green hydrogen and super-efficient lean weight designs, which use aluminium extensively and most notably within the vehicle chassis. John Jostins was Professor of Sustainable Transport Design at Coventry University from 2010 – 2020.

Kedisha created 'Mbulu Ngulu' for Our Carbon Creatures exhibition.

Kedisha Coakley is a Sheffield-based artist. She studied her BA and MFA in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam University. Recent shows and commissions include: ‘In the Beginning’ at Pippy Houldsworth Galley, London (2022); Jack Arts, Your Space or Mine Campaign, Celebrating Joy, Sheffield, (2022); ‘Self-titled’ (solo exhibition), Yorkshire Sculpture Park (2021); ‘Antechamber’ at Quench, Margate (2021); New Contemporaries 21 at Firstsite, Colchester (2021) and South London Gallery, London (2021-2022).

Coakley’s work challenges stereotype and often examines African Caribbean natural hair and its place in women’s lives. By working within the framework of a ‘social practice’ she brings a focus on the marginalised aesthetic of African Caribbean women, and how art and imagery can change perspectives, and a vehicle for important conversation and change. Using sculpture, photography and printmaking, Coakley’s work provokes the premise of history, race, culture and conventions of curation by reframing objects and cultural symbols. Aiming to revise traditional interpretations whilst encouraging viewers to reconsider social and historical narratives from a different perspective.