National Galleries of Scotland

Michael Armitage’s paintings intertwine European and East African narratives. He paints on Lubugo, a traditional bark cloth from Uganda, mixing local mythologies and personal memories with socio-political commentary.

Chris Ofili's paintings are renowned for their intricate layering, decorative surfaces and inventive use of media. His symbolically rich works draw from a wide range of sources including Zimbabwean cave painting, popular music, Biblical themes and mythology.

Born in Calcutta, India, the London-based artist Raqib Shaw uses enamel paints to create elaborate, jewel-like paintings that are often inspired by European Old Masters. His complex paintings combine diverse cultural traditions, fantasy and reality, and autobiographical details

Skirting the boundary between figuration and abstraction, Thomas Scheibitz’s works are based on a vast archive of imagery sourced from both personal experience and memory, alongside a variety of media, including magazines, films and newspapers.

Using geography textbooks and aerial photographs as her source material, Carol Rhodes predominantly painted semi-fictional scenes of typically disregarded locations viewed from an aerial perspective, which makes them look almost abstract.

Victoria Morton’s paintings are influenced by fashion, art history and experimental music composition. In her abstract canvases, she aims to involve the viewer by creating a mind-expanding and overwhelming expanse of pictorial space.