Join us with Bradford Producing Hub for online artist talks this summer, in conversation with contemporary artists working in film and audio, archival materials and sculptural textiles. Featuring presentations by the artists discussing their practice with an opportunity to ask your own questions.
These events are aimed at artists living and working across West Yorkshire.
Artists Daria Martin and Maryam Tafakory join Alison McIntyre (Visual Arts Instigator, Bradford Producing Hub) and Michael Raymond (Curator, Yorkshire Contemporary) for a conversation exploring their artistic practices, processes and themes that inform their work.
Daria Martin is a London based artist and filmmaker known for evocative films that bridge performance, painting and psychology. Her work explores dream diaries, robotics and embodiment. Martin has works held in major collections including Tate and the Whitney.
Maryam Tafakory is a London based artist working with moving image and performance. Her award-winning, research-driven practice blends poetry, nonfiction and archives to explore censorship, intimacy and erasure. Her work has screened globally and she won the 2024 Jarman Award.
Artists Karanjit Panesar and Pio Abad join Alison McIntyre (Visual Arts Instigator, Bradford Producing Hub) and Michael Raymond (Curator, Yorkshire Contemporary) for a conversation exploring their practices, creative processes and experience working with archives and collections.
Karanjit Panesar is a Leeds based mixed-media artist. In his recent exhibition, Furnace Fruit, Karanjit worked with archive material in the collections at Leeds Art Gallery, the Henry Moore Institute and the British Library.
2024 Turner Prize nominee, Pio Abad, is a London based artist whose practice unpacks the political lives of objects, weaving personal and national histories through drawing, textiles and installation. His work explores repressed narratives and global power structures.
Sarah Evelyn Marsh and Stephanie Jeffries discuss their collaborative practice as HoLD Art Collective, while Bradford based artist Naseem Darbey explores her sculptural drawings and the scientific, philosophical, and cultural influences behind them. This event is in conversation with Alison McIntyre (Visual Arts Instigator, Bradford Producing Hub) and Michael Raymond (Curator, Yorkshire Contemporary).
Sarah Evelyn Marsh, aka The Sensory Toolkit, is a Manchester based artist and educator whose evolving practice places ‘the drawn line’ at its core. With over 15 years experience, she champions creativity as a powerful tool for expression, communication and wellbeing – working across art education, gallery learning, consultancy, mentoring and project management.
Stephanie Jeffries is a Yorkshire based artist and Montessori trained early years specialist who creates immersive, child-centred spaces that promote play, creativity and connection in galleries and cultural settings. Her work translates community consultation and observation into playful, inclusive design – challenging traditional hierarchies in art and learning.
Naseem Darbey is a visual artist based in Bradford whose practice explores the intersection of drawing, textiles, and sculpture, often through large-scale, hollow textile forms she calls ‘sculptural drawings.’ Inspired by the dramatic natural landscapes around her, Naseem’s work reflects on mortality, humanity, and our connection to the cosmos, blending influences from natural science, philosophy and cultural history.
Delivered in partnership with Bradford Producing Hub and Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture.