ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Lindsay Hunt was an Australian contemporary artist, trained in Sydney and in London at the Royal College of Art. He
exhibited for 28 years in many galleries in different countries and also taught extensively in the disciplines of Art and
Design at several institutions.
Hunt produced his work in a number of media including oil, acrylic, ink, pastel, charcoal, and pencil, as well as using print
techniques such as woodcut and drypoint etching. The content of Hunt’s work is varied with themes drawn from his personal
experience and perceptions of the world – often ironic and poetic.

Tomas Hed, originally from Sweden, lives in Gozo, where he lets his imagination and creativity go wild. Here he
has found his place to exploit his talents: composing music, writing and, of course, painting. He worked for
many years as an Art Director in Stockholm, having his own studio in Gamla Stan, the old part of the city. As a
seeking youth Tomas developed in an artistic atmosphere, living in a community with other artists. Tomas’
father was an artist too; therefore paint and canvases have always been around him.
Always polemical, provocative and with strong opinions, it’s impossible to be indifferent to his creations. The
spirit of his art is inspired by an indomitable character, with a special obsession for challenging values, or
“bubbles” as he calls them, of our daily life.
Mark Xuereb is a Gozitan artist whose work prompts us to contemplate our relationship with one another and the world around
us through primitive eyes. There is no set style or preferred medium, instead he allows for the idea to dictate what best suits it.
Ceramics, sculpture, painting and installation art are but a few of the media chosen to express himself. This multi-faceted
approach together with his willingness to experiment with non-traditional techniques ensures that his work is never stagnant and
always on point.

Christian Mayer (b. 1979, Hungary), originally Richter-Mayer, is a Hungarian artist based in the field of abstract
minimalist canvas art. His grandfather Aurel Richter was a famous Hungarian fine artist. It was natural for Christian to
follow the heritage of his grandfather’s art. However, an accident –in which he almost lost his right arm- put a halt to
his career. It was only after meeting his wife and artist Viktoria Marion that he restarted his passion, launching his
works in Budapest. One of his artworks was chosen by Volvo Hungary to be the 2018 year’s car background design in
their live show. He loves to work with glow paint and experiment with new techniques.  Ultimately, what he wants is to
stretch the canvases on the frame in a totally different way!
Penny Foster is, mainly, a self taught artist and a photographer, currently, living in Gozo. At the age of 18, she studied a
Foundation Course in Art at Reigate School of Art and Design. Later on, at the age of 36, she enrolled in a Fine Art
Degree at Banbury School of Art. However, having become disillusioned with the content of the curriculum, she left
halfway through in the second year.  With or without “proper” education, she manages to catch the sensuality of beauty.
In this exhibition, Penny Foster presents a group of black and white nudes. The light shimmers across their forms; one
light from above, almost as if she is in a spotlight. Even though it’s a nude, it becomes like a veiled and suggestive
beauty, thanks to the sensuality of the darkness, surrounding with delicacy the female figure.

Sergio Muscat’s art is one that looks closely – that approaches, associates, combines and recombines. As inspiration for his
works, he creates an ever growing digital photographic archive of the world he encounters (everyday objects, artworks,
architecture, technology, nature). Muscat’s archive bears testimony to the way he appropriates the world: His camera
registers a subject, looks at it closely, distorts it, changes viewpoint or swirls around it. That work is then combined into his
final artworks, which themselves are re-introduced into the archive as source for future work. Muscat renders the result into
both traditional fine art prints and everyday objects such as silk scarves and architectural elements, reminding us that the world
is something every individual constructs from exposure, experience, memories and interests, as well as preconceptions, biases and
worldviews.