Join us for a panel discussion with exhibiting artists Rachal Bradley, Carlo Hornilla, Lauren Jeffery and Calum McCutcheon. The artists will discuss their exhibition FORECAST and their experience of working together on the first Spike Island and Creative Youth Network Engagement Fellowship for Artists. 

Developed collaboratively over the past year, FORECAST explores the possibility of building a collective language, from systems of interdependency to embodied forms of communication.  

RACHAL BRADLEY 

Rachal Bradley is an artist and writer based in London. In her work, Bradley aims to understand the formative and formal relationships between the body and systemic structures within society. Bradley has exhibited across Europe and the UK, and she contributes to the journal Texte Zur Kunst. She is co-author of the book Indebted Vision with artist Inka Meißner, and works in her studio in South East London whilst teaching at London Metropolitan University, London. 

CARLO HORNILLA 

Carlo Hornilla is a Bristol-based freelance artist, illustrator, storyteller, poet, organised chaos and awkward human being. They use “play”, “fun” and regular introspection as a platform to explore feelings, connections and communication. Hornilla studied Fine Art and Illustration at Coventry University (2019) and has exhibited work at Resilient, Creative Youth Network (2021), Four Bundles of Organised Chaos (2022), Soft Spawn, Shiiku (2022).

LAUREN JEFFERY 

Lauren Jeffery is a portraitist and poet who approaches her practices as a vehicle to expand her perspective. Often drawing from Jazz, Jeffery creates loose, boldly coloured portrait paintings, exploring how our sensory experiences are intertwined. Jeffery studied Philosophy and Sociology at the University of Bristol (2020). 

CALUM MCCUTCHEON 

Calum McCutcheon is an artist originally from Wales, currently based in Bristol. His practice is a tool for introspection, using process as a means of understanding his own logic and subjectivity. He works across a variety of mediums (installation, sculpture, film, painting, music) using day-to-day found objects and recycled materials. McCutcheon studied Fine Art at UWE Bristol(2016). Recent exhibitions and commissions include: Nozstock Festival; Unstable Monuments, The Old Crown Court, Bristol (both 2022) and Greenman Festival (2021). 

PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS

FORECAST marks the culmination of Rachal Bradley’s Spike Island and Creative Youth Network Engagement Fellowship for Artists, funded by the West of England Visual Arts Alliance programme, supported by Arts Council England.