Janet Allsebrook is a multi-media artist working in printing, photography, 3D installations, and the creation of artist books. Her art education has included a MA Printmaking from Bradford College and a post-graduate diploma in Film and Photography from the University of Bristol. Janet’s work has been shown in exhibitions…
The artist, Joy Godfrey (1937-2025) was in born Cheshire, but lived for many years at Ilkley, where she also had a studio. She studied at Bradford Art School, 1973-77, where she became interested in silk screen printing. After graduating she worked in a variety of art mediums, including silk screen…
Graphic designer and illustrator, Ben Tallon, was born in Keighley. He gained a BTEC in Graphic Design from Keighley College and then a BA degree in Illustration from the University of Central Lancashire. Ben is a mixed media freelance artist, using pens, inks, brushes, found materials and textures, acrylics, spray paint,…
Govinder Nazran (1964 – 2008) was born in Birmingham, but moved to the Bradford district when he was a child. He was one of the six children, and the family had moved to Bradford in 1966 when his father, Kabel, had found work in the textiles industry locally. Govinder studied graphic…
Born 1954, Bob Barker is a self-taught professional artist who now lives at Eccleshill, where he has his studio. Bob traces back his love of painting to an oil painting set given to him for his 12th birthday. He says of this time: A couple of years on when my…
Artist, Alice Fox grew up in Grimsby, but now lives in the Bradford district and has a studio in Saltaire. Most of the materials used in her work are grown or gathered from her allotment in Bingley. Sustainability is at the heart of Alice’s practice. The desire to take an ethical approach has…
Born 1950 in York, the painter Jake Attree now lives in Saltaire and has a studio at Dean Clough, Halifax. He attended a secondary modern school in York and his art education was initially at York College of Art, then Liverpool Art College, and finally at the Royal Academy of Arts, 1974…
Bradford based artist, Ruth Fettis, works in a variety of medium, including printmaking, collage, drawing, painting, illustration and mural painting. She regularly leads workshops in linocutting and printmaking at galleries and with schools. Ruth has exhibited her work across the North of England and overseas, including at…
The award-winning painter, stained glass and mural artist, Graeme Willson (1951-2018) was born in North Yorkshire and lived the greater part of his life in Ilkley, West Yorkshire. Graeme Willson graduated from Reading University in 1973 with a degree in Fine Art and worked as a full-time lecturer at the North…
Herbert Whone (1925 – 2011) Musician, self-taught painter, photographer, author, and teacher, was born in Bingley into an aspiring and cultured working-class family. Herbert’s grandfather had been a chapel organist and from an early age his parents, also both interested in music, encouraged Herbert’s talent with the violin. At the…
