Kristina O'Donnell (Chelsea: BA (Hons) in Fine Art)
O'Donnell is concerned with the changing rhythms involved in painting and photographing. Working in oil and resin on a miniature scale, her works demand examination. However, they both entice and prevent closer inspection by imprisoning the image within its gloss resinous surface. Immaculately painted in dark hues, these works generate an aged, melancholy atmosphere.

Alison Salter (Central Saint Martin's: BA (Hons) in Fine Art)
Salter's photographic images display a gruesome manipulation of the human body. Abstracted and twisted to a great extent, these hybrid close-ups both repulse and entice. Through their immaculate editing one is forced to consider and question the verity of the image but is unable to arrive at any logical conclusion other than a fascination of the brutalized, deformed shapes before us.

Veronica Smirnoff (Slade: BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting)
Royal Academy bound Smirnoff embraces her Russian spiritual heritage by making beautifully rendered icon paintings. Her delicate paintings are made with egg tempera on gesso on oak boards shipped from icon manufacturers in Moscow. This traditional veracity, however, is undermined by the choice of her imagery, which might be derived from fashion magazines or from her own imagination. The works are intriguing and original, and her materials are expertly manipulated.