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At stem, art is an integral part of the room. Our walls serve as a living exhibition space, regularly transforming with new artists, fresh work, and vibrant energy.
We showcase honest tactile art that feels authentic, full of character, and perfectly suited for real spaces. Exhibitions seamlessly blend with food, wine, and vinyl, blurring the lines between a gallery and a neighboorhood bistro.
All works are for sale (after exhibition period) . If you’d like to show with us, get in touch.
CURRENT Exhibition 2 (May -Aug)
Sonia Di Bella
Sonia specializes with oil on canvas with textures created by palette knives and plaster. Sonia digs up her roots, from shrubs and trees of the Isole Eolie, tracing these back to the XI Century, during the Moors domination in Sicily. Sonia was born in Ventimiglia (IM), Italy, in 1979. She graduated in Fine Arts in Messina (IT).
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Emelia Archer
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First Class (BA Hons), University of Brighton, Fine Art Painting, ’23
B. 2001, Staines-upon-Thames. Lives and works in Brighton, UK.
Archer makes use of oil paint as a vessel between intimacy and disassociation. These forms exist in suspended states. Subtle ruptures or shifts in perception aim to develop a pictorial language that oscillates
First Class (BA Hons), University of Brighton, Fine Art Painting, ’23
B. 2001, Staines-upon-Thames. Lives and works in Brighton, UK.
Archer makes use of oil paint as a vessel between intimacy and disassociation. These forms exist in suspended states. Subtle ruptures or shifts in perception aim to develop a pictorial language that oscillates between euphoria and tragedy, tenderness and unease. This process involves an integration of social and bodily systems through a method of layering, distortion, and manipulation. The work seeks to connect both the emotional and environmental landscapes we inhabit, creating a space where memory, perception, and materiality intersect.
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Thomas Banks
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Tom’s practice is rooted in abstract painting and guided by an instinctive process. Influenced by Abstract Expressionism, mediumistic and spiritual approaches to art-making, he works towards a state of reduced conscious thought while painting — a space where decisions around composition and colour become intuitive rather than deliberate.
Tom’s practice is rooted in abstract painting and guided by an instinctive process. Influenced by Abstract Expressionism, mediumistic and spiritual approaches to art-making, he works towards a state of reduced conscious thought while painting — a space where decisions around composition and colour become intuitive rather than deliberate. His paintings emerge through a process of response and presence.
He paints exclusively on reclaimed wooden board, using found surfaces collected from the street, skips and discarded studio offcuts. These particular works were created on countertops salvaged from an abandoned Chinese takeaway.
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James Joshua Li 李皓庭 (Exhibition 2)
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Ended - Exhibition 1 (Feb -Apr)
POPPY FAUN
Poppy Faun is an acclaimed multi-disciplinary artist from Brighton, UK, her work blends mid-century nostalgia with a contemporary edge. Drawing on personal experience, she explores themes of freedom, introspection and sensuality through bold reinterpretations of 20th-century iconography.
Her distinctive style has caught the attention of brands including Playboy and Missoma and has been featured in British Vogue. Over the past decade, she has exhibited internationally, collaborating with leading galleries and producing sought-after works collected worldwide.
James Joshua Li 李皓庭
James Joshua Li 李皓庭
James Joshua Li 李皓庭
James Joshua Li 李皓庭 (b. Hong Kong, 1994) is a British figurative painter known for his honest tactile art. With no formal arts education, he began painting in 2023. In 2025, Li held his first solo exhibition, Blue Stigmata, in a living exhibition space in Brighton, East Sussex, with support from Arts Council England, where art for sale was also showcased.
James Joshua Li 李皓庭
James Joshua Li 李皓庭
A Visit from the Special Branch, 2025 / Acrylic on linen / 90 x 120 cm / Signed and dated verso. Visit at www.jjlpaintings.co.uk.
James Joshua Li 李皓庭
Pale Fire, 2025 / Acrylic on linen / 80 x 120 cm / Signed and dated verso. Visit at www.jjlpaintings.co.uk.
The Architect I, 2024 / Acrylic on linen / 50 x 70 cm / Signed and dated verso.
Doorman I, 2024 / Acrylic on linen / 50 x 70 cm / Signed and dated verso.
Angus Greenhalgh
Angus Greenhalgh is a UK-based artist whose work sits between abstraction and landscape, exploring texture, colour, and atmosphere. His honest tactile art features intuitive and layered paintings, built through process and repetition, creating surfaces that feel both raw and considered. For those interested, there is art for sale, all showcased in his living exhibition space.
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