East of the Aldgate Pump

Marwan Bassiouni (b.1985, Switzerland) is a Swiss-Egyptian-American artist and photographer based in the Netherlands. Working primarily with photography, he examines the relationship between Islamic identity and contemporary Western society through images that invite reflection on visibility, faith and belonging.

Jyll Bradley (b.1966, UK) is a London-based artist whose multidisciplinary practice encompasses installation, photography, sculpture, film and performance. Drawing on the visual language of Minimalism, her work explores themes of light, community, identity and queer experience.

Adam Farah-Saad (b.1991, UK), also known as free.yard, is an artist, composer and filmmaker based in London. His practice brings together memory, movement and place, using objects, walking and acts of return to trace personal histories and connections across time.

For East of the Aldgate Pump, Farah-Saad is collaborating with Ezra Lloyd Jackson (b.1996, UK), an artist, designer and independent perfumer whose practice engages material, sensory and spatial forms of storytelling.

Denzil Forrester (b.1956, Grenada) is celebrated for expressive paintings that evoke the atmosphere and movement of London’s reggae, dub and sound-system culture. His energetic compositions capture the vitality of nightlife and communal experience.

Rachel Garfield (b.1963, London) is Professor in Fine Art at the Royal College of Art. Working primarily with video, her practice has evolved from painting and explores the connections between people, place and lived experience through collage, layering and multiple perspectives.

Kabir Hussain (b.1960, Pakistan) is a sculptor and master founder with extensive experience casting bronze for both his own practice and that of other contemporary artists. Closely attuned to the natural world, he draws inspiration from landscapes and plant forms, translating careful observation into drawing and sculpture.

Laisul Hoque (b.1998, Bangladesh) is a London-based artist whose work investigates personal, familial and social histories. Through film and installation, often developed through dialogue and collaboration, he creates immersive works that connect individual experience with wider collective narratives.

Nour Jaouda (b.1997, Libya) lives and works between Cairo and London. Her large-scale dyed textile works draw on the forms of prayer mats found in her surroundings, incorporating both fabricated and found steel elements to weave together personal memory, material culture and social history.

Rene Matić (b.1997, UK) works across photography, installation and sound to explore questions of identity, belonging and community. Rooted in personal experience, their practice engages broader political and cultural themes including protest, queer visibility and collective resistance.

susan pui san lok (b.1972, UK) is Professor of Contemporary Art and Director of the UAL Decolonising Arts Institute. Working across moving image, installation, sound, performance and text, her practice explores archives, migration, diaspora, memory and the shifting meanings of place.

Reetu Sattar (b.1981, Bangladesh) is a Dhaka-based artist and filmmaker. Bringing together text, installation, photography and moving image, she creates durational and interdisciplinary works that challenge and reimagine conventional theatrical forms.

Rehana Zaman (b.1982, UK) works across film, performance, writing and collaborative projects. Her practice considers kinship, care and collective experience, using conversation and cooperative methods to explore intimacy, resistance and forms of social connection.