Jane Hayes Greenwood is a British artist working primarily in painting, alongside ceramics, sculptural installation and moving image. Her practice explores themes of transformation, intimacy, the body and mortality through an engagement with the natural world. Strange objects, imagined landscapes and otherworldly flora appear in psychologically charged environments, often infused with a dreamlike sensibility.
She holds an MA from City & Guilds of London Art School. Her recent work includes "The Witch’s Garden'", a large ongoing painting series investigating the histories and properties of medicinal plants. The works explore how these substances, tied to marginalised knowledge systems, have been used to heal and harm, fuel addiction and care for bodies.
Hayes Greenwood’s work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in the UK, Germany and the US, including Castor Gallery, GiG Munich, Stuart Shave Modern Art, Saatchi Gallery and Mana Contemporary. She curated “The Nature of Things”, a large-scale group exhibition at Castor Gallery in 2024, bringing together emerging and established artists around themes of ecology and lived experience.
Huma Kabakcı (b. London, 1990) is a Turkish-British curator, writer, custodian of a family collection, and former founding director of Open Space Contemporary, living and working in London. She graduated with her BA in Advertising and Marketing at the London College of Communication. She completed her MA & MPhil degrees in Curating Contemporary Art at the Royal College of Art, London. Kabakci has worked in many capacities at commercial galleries, biennials, museums and auction houses in the UK, Turkey, and internationally. Her curatorial interest lies in creating immersive experiences and a broader dialogue in collaboration with multidisciplinary practitioners. Kabakci’s key areas of interest and knowledge focus on diaspora, gender and identity politics, social impact, food as a medium and hospitality.
She is currently studying for her second MA in Anthropology of Food (part-time) at SOAS, London, and guest lectures at Sotheby’s Institute, specifically on collection management and the global market. Alongside running her substack page called @curiouscurator, Kabakci is a contributor to STIR magazine.
Yasmeen Ayyashi is an artist, designer and chef. Her practice positions narrative frameworks at the core of the creative process, utilising worldbuilding, food, and game mechanics as tools for deepening immersion, and as catalysts for social and cultural reimagining. Her culinary practice leverages the politics and poetry of food through flavour, physicality and provenance, enabling the emergence of the space to tackle complex, layered issues through familiar formats. She is the founder of Local Narratives - a creative tech and narrative design studio between London, Amman and Dubai. She is currently launching the Breakup Supper Club - a space for shedding past selves, hindering ideologies and relational dynamics through intimate, as well as public culinary performances.
Joanna Vamvakopoulouis a neuroscientist and artist from Greece currently undertaking a PhD at Imperial College London as part of Professor David Nutt's team. Her research explores the effects of a psychedelic-augmented mental imagery intervention for young people who self-harm. She has a strong background in addiction, including opioids, cannabis and alcohol, as well as self-harm research.
A dedicated advocate for mental health and drug harm reduction, Joanna has volunteered with Drug Science since 2019, supporting events and discussions on the therapeutic use of psychoactive substances and drug policy reform. She is also a founding member and scientific advisor of the Greek Psychedelic Society, which promotes scientific education, community building and public awareness in Greece.