Artists BackgroundsTeri HyltonBirth place: London (UK)has lived in: Florence (Italy)- 1 yearCurrent residence: NW LondonArt training: LondonMeera Chauda Birth place: Crawley (UK)Has lived in: Mombasa (Kenya) - holidaysCurrent resident:SW LondonArt training: London

Jennifer LewisBirth place : London (UK)Current residence : NE LondonArt training: LondonFatima Djabri Birth place : Paris (France) has lived in : Paris Current residence : SW LondonArt training: LondonMisako Okuyama Birth place : Tokyo (Japan) has lived in : Paris (France)- 1 year and half, Montreal (Canada) 3 years Current residence: SW LondonArt training: Tokyo & ParisThurle Wright:Birth place : Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) has lived in :, Sydney & Tasmania (Australia), (Germany), (Denmark), France and UKCurrent residence: SW LondonArt training: London

ArtworksTeri HyltonSubject matter: Female figures Media: Photography, Printing, Painting

Meera ChaudaSubject matter Female figures (Kali & English girls Media: Collage with photo copied images

Thurle WrightSubject matter Abstract (Form & Language)Media: Origami sculpture

Jennifer LewisSubject matter Afro Caribbean people and natureMedia: Painting, Jewellery, Pottery and Sculpture

Fatima DjabriSubject matter Tatoos, Hena and FabricsMedia: Textiles, Collage

Misako OkuyamaSubject matter: Snake & LettersMedia: Japanese mineral painting, calligraphy, collage andcraft

Analysis of Meera and Teris ArtworksArtists StatementsImageryCultural SourcesSymbolismInterpretation

Misako Okuyamas Cultural IdentityImagery: Cultural SourcesJapanese & cosmopolitan culturesFemale snakeVenus body: combination of Japanese letters

Symbolism of the Snake in Japanese cultureone of the seven gods of good luck / love / beautysymbolic equivalence to Venus in European culture

There are many traditional stories about snakes from different parts of Japan, and often involve women changing into snakes to accomplish a wish.

Venus RW (Myself)Media: Japanese CalligraphyMethods: combination of letters & images using Japanese art techniques

Imagery: Cultural SourcesIndian (Hindu) & British Head Kali the destroyer BodyDorothy from the Wizard of Oz (English)

Kali Media: CollageMethods: Enlarging & reducing images Meera Chaudas Cultural Identity (Asian British)Artists StatementQuestions of identity and placeWhere are they going?Many child stories in which girls embark upon journeys and return home

SymbolismAutobiographyAutobiography is a collective intervention into the past, not merely a chronicle of elapsed events.(Gddens, 2000, p.249)

The self-determined truth How culturally diverse women artists aesthetics were cultivated in every day life within their own cultural contexts.(Deepwell, 1998)

1.SymbolismKali who is a Hindu goddess, a symbolizes destruction and creation.Dorothy is a English girl from the Wizard of Oz. Wiz

2. Interpretation of meaningIt seems that she strongly influenced by Hindu religion as an aspect of Hindu Asian culture. On the other hand, she did not use any symbols from Christianity and used common images of England, such as a tea cup, wine and William Morriss patters.Her artwork is also very much gender oriented as a female artist as she chose female symbols from both cultures. As media, she used techniques of collage and media: copy and created images using Photoshop software. She copied or scaned images from various resources, cut and pasted them to create images. She often makes images smaller or larger depending on size of artwork. The techniques and skills that she uses are very modern. In this way, it quickly can be produced such a kind of work c