Zareena Bano is a Bradford-based mixed-media artist and creative arts tutor, with experience of teaching a wide range of local people in community venues; for example, she led ‘Sufi Soul’ workshops as part of the Bradford Literature Festival in 2016, where people were inspired to paint whilst listening to music…
The Bradford-based writer and artist, Razwan Ul-Haq, applies a wide range of experiential styles in his visual art work. In particular, his calligraphic art blends contemporary art with the minimalist tradition in Islamic Art – a resulting form that invites, in its deceptive simplicity, a personal reflection on its implicit symbolic or divine meaning. In an interview in 2015 with…
Bradford artist, Ping Kelly, applies the ancient art of Chinese brush painting in oils, water-colour and acrylics to a range of subjects: portraits, abstracts, banners, landscapes, architecture, and symbolist work. Ping was born and grew up in Kumming, Yunnan province, China. From the age of seven, until she was sixteen,…
Qashif Masud is a Bradford-based artist and wood-craftsman, who is carrying on a long family tradition of working with wood in the honour and service of his faith. His company, QM Design, is run from his home studio and workshop. With 14 years experience of design, art and craft, …
The sculptor, Roy Bell, was born in Bradford in 1930. After completing an art course in Skipton, he studied art at Chelsea Art School, London, and subsequently made a successful career as art education adviser for Cambridgeshire. However, his Yorkshire heritage was still important to him and during his career…
The sculptor, artist and teacher, Roy Bell (1930-2022), was born in Bradford and spent his early years there. In 1939 he was evacuated to the Skipton area, where he completed his school education. Between 1946-49, he attended Skipton Art School, where he studied alongside Doris Wilkinson (later Schrecker), who…
Eccleshill-based sculptor, Geoff Latz, uses reclaimed scrap materials to create artworks, often with historical associations. His ‘Anne Galleon’, (see below) made from scrap metal, for example, was inspired by the Spanish 16th century fleet. Geoff’s work background is in engineering and he is largely self-taught as an artist. He has…
