Contemporary Painting & Works on Paper | 27th August – 7th September

27th August – 7th September
Preview – Wednesday 27th August 6 – 8.30pm

CONTEMPORARY PAINTING &
WORKS ON PAPER
26TH AUGUST – 8TH SEPTEMBER 2025
Featuring:
Rachel Benjamin-Haque
Foege
Sarah Carys Zimmerman
MPTrue
Amylou Jennings
Taylor Docherty
Gabriella Burns
Alaan Shama
This exhibition will bring together a collection of works that
explore the themes of place, memory, movement and emotion
through contemporary paintings and works on paper. Using
colour, pattern and texture, the artworks invite introspection
while blending abstraction with representation. The exhibition
challenges perceptions of space and reality, focusing on
self-discovery, transformation, and the connection between the
self and natural world.
The Brick Lane Gallery
216 Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA
info@thebricklanegallery.com
AMYLOU JENNINGS
@amyloujennings
www.amyloujennings.com
Amylou Jennings is a London based landscape painter, with a focus on
figurative city and urban landscapes.
She was exhibited at the Chelsea Art Society Summer exhibition in both
2024 and 2025 and recently won a prize for her work.
She recently held her first highly successful solo show in June 2025, which
marked the first public expression of her evolving artistic voice.
The works in this exhibition were shaped over two transformative years of
plein air painting and studio practice under the guidance of my mentor
Natalia Avdeeva, ROI.
They explore London’s hidden corners, twilight transitions, and the quiet
luminosity that defines the city’s mood.
MPTrue
@mptrue_artist
www.MPTrue.com
A Word From The Artist:
Italian born, self taught artist, world traveller and intrigued by naughtiness
and society, I work with acrylic brush and pens, mixing my vision with self
made digital art. I work with recycled material; most of my art reflects a
dark vision of this modern disposable plastic society and what humans are
becoming .
SARAH CARYS ZIMMERMAN
@sarahcarysart
A Word From The Artist:
My work explores the delicate interplay between femininity and the
natural world, depicting scenes that aim to encapsulate a sense of wonder
as well as tranquil introspection.
The Brick Lane Gallery
216 Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA
info@thebricklanegallery.com
FOEGE
@foegepaintings
A Word From The Artist:
I am a painter based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Educated at the Royal
Danish Academy of Arts – specialized in graphic design. Exhibitions in
Denmark (Gallery Lowlands, National Bank, Vitskøll Monastery).
I paint vibes, dreams, memories and nature. My aim is to make us
remember the essential – nature and nature’s magic – in a time where
social media, careers, planning takes more and more time.
GABRIELLA BURNS
@gabriellaburnsstudio
www.gabriellaflorenceburns.cargo.sit
Gabriella Burns (B. 2001 Melbourne Australia) is a practicing fine artist
based in Glasgow, Scotland and a recent graduate of the Glasgow School
of Art.
Burns’ renders colourful oil paintings using diad or triadic colour schemes,
employing the female form to build repetitive linear compositions which
span across large scale canvases generating a tension between anatomical
accuracy and abstraction.The use of formality and repetition in the works
aims to create an ambiguity surrounding the living and the inanimate.
Burns’ uses specifically cropped historic source imagery from the 50s. She
highlights visual similarities or rather a lack of differentiation between
female representation in inherently sexual contexts and inherently
non-sexual contexts. The use of negative space is a constant in Burns’ work,
erasing the context of the image and stripping back the information given
provokes the viewer to open their eyes to the seemingly perpetual
objectification of the woman that remains a constant throughout the
images. Drawing from her own experiences and memories Burns’ work
discusses female identity and the changing relationship between
objectification and naivety in the time period between childhood,
adolescence and womanhood. The work reflects an attempted
comprehension of the male gaze through the lens of girlhood- the slow
realisation of misogyny and the sexualisation of the woman that comes
with observations and experiences that take place through these
developmental stages. Highlighting the detrimental influence
representation can have on identity.
The Brick Lane Gallery
216 Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA
info@thebricklanegallery.com
TAYLOR DOCHERTY
@taylordocherty.art
taylordocherty.cargo.site
Taylor Docherty is a printmaker and visual artist based in Glasgow,
Scotland. Rooted in abstraction—both formally and conceptually—their
practice explores fleeting, liminal connections between memory, place,
and emotional resonance. Drawing on spatial theory, particularly the work
of Henri Lefebvre, Docherty examines the everyday, seeking moments of
subtle familiarity in spaces that might otherwise be overlooked. They
graduated in 2025 with a BA (Hons) in Painting and Printmaking from The
Glasgow School of Art. Their work has been exhibited widely across
Glasgow, including at The Alchemy Experiment, New Glasgow Society,
French Street Studios, and N.Atelier. In January 2025, they held their first
solo exhibition, Interwoven Place, at The LAB Gallery.
A Word From The Artist:
I am a recent graduate from The Glasgow School of Art with a BA (Hons) in
Painting and Printmaking. During my time at GSA, etching quickly
became central to my practice, both in the production of prints and
through the sculptural use of etched metal plates. This process allowed me
to explore a tactile, layered relationship with material and meaning,
something that continues to drive my work. My practice is an ongoing
attempt to build an archive of personal experiences tied to site-specific
spaces. Rooted in abstraction, both in form and inspiration, my work stems
from fleeting moments of liminal connection—emotional, physical, and
metaphorical. I seek to document spaces that evoke a hazy sense of
recognition, transporting me to memories of freedom and naïveté amid an
ever-changing world. My memories, emotions, and connections to site
interlace to create a sense of familiarity and connection. I consider the
philosophies of Henri Lefebvre to be large part of my thinkings towards this
nature of my personal, curated corner of the world and through my work I
find myself questioning what it means to feel attached to this premature
version of myself and how the most mundane of areas have this
overarching effect on my Everyday. I often refer to my practice as a record
of chasing a fleeting familiarity, using abstraction to regain control over
variables beyond me. As a printmaker, I work with etchings and expanded
print methods like embossing and de-embossing, treating both the print
and the plate as sculptural entities. This dialogue between process and
material mirrors how the world impresses itself upon my lived experience.
Through this, I aim to document the echoes of spaces and curate a sensory
narrative that invites viewers into a personal, yet universal, atmosphere.
The Brick Lane Gallery
216 Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA
info@thebricklanegallery.com
ALAAN SHAMA
@shama_artwork
www.shamaalaan.wixsite.com/my-art-1
Alaan Shama is a British contemporary Visual artist whose work explores
the intersection of expression, colour, and emotion. His paintings often
include bold expression with symbolic imagery, exploring themes of
freedom, identity and human connection, Dark noir gothic vampire
warrior, Horses, an elegant Gentleman and portraits of figures appearing
throughout his work, representing strength, individualism, expression and
transformation. He took a Level 3 BTEC in Business, a Level 2 BTEC in Art
and design.
A Word From The Artist:
‘‘My art is about capturing energy- the rhythm of Nature, the spirit of
complex characters and the emotions and physicality that shape the
creation of the soul. When designing the female gothic vampire warrior, a
horse and the elegant Gentlemen I used ink, palettes and dynamic paint
brush to explore different watercolour paints and graphic markers that
resonate with the theme of the work’’
RACHEL BENJAMIN-HAQUE
@raybenjart
www.sites.google.com/view/ray-art/home
The pieces on display are from a series of therapeutic and confessional
artworks which connect with childhood experiences. Between the trees
lies a place of creative play, shaped by memories, dreams, and lived
experiences. The woods are a place of being stuck, and a realm where
imagination and creativity are fully present. Birds appear as silent
witnesses and guardians. Among them, the owls curious and inquisitive
hold the space with a quiet vigilance, allowing exploration without fear.
The ever-shifting dialogue between the sun and the moon sets the
emotional tone, moving between light and darkness. Moths, delicate and
fragile, evoke both beauty and repulsion. Flighty and chaotic, they scatter
across the scenes, exposing both vulnerability and disorder. Up close, their
textures raw and revealed. Patterns, jesters, and clowns weave through
the spaces, offering both disguise and revelation. Meanwhile, human
figures roam playful, watchful, immersed in the experience yet not always
fully understanding it.
The Brick Lane Gallery
216 Brick Lane | London | E1 6SA
info@thebricklanegallery.com

The Brick Lane Gallery
216 Brick Lane | E1 6SA

Phone: +44 (0) 207 729 9721

Instagram: @bricklanegallery