Fragile Land

Simon Mundy studied drama at university, but soon veered towards writing poetry and reviews, and at 23 he found himself a music critic and arts journalist. A champion of the arts, he has served as Director of the National Campaign for the Arts and Vice-President of PEN International's Writers for Peace Committee, and he co-founded the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage; he remains an adviser to the European Festivals Association. His writing includes biographies, novels, non-fiction, playscripts and poetry. Kate studied Fine Art at Oxford Brookes University and The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Graduating in 1992, she moved back to her native London, where for a time she slipped into the world of graphic design and illustration, working for Raymond Loewy International, and subsequently becoming Course Tutor in Graphic Design at Lambeth College, and later a lecturer at Worcester University. In recent years Kate has developed her Fine Art practice, winning both the Princess Michael of Kent Award and the Society of Women Artists Special Fine Art Award in 2020. Working in series, her paintings often investigate socio-political themes using historical comparisons to highlight contemporary issues. Employing the form of narrative portraiture the images are intended to ask of the viewer ‘Where do I fit in?’ and subsequently ‘Where do you?’ and ultimately ‘Are we all fitting comfortably?’.

'Mundy can be cheeky, he can be rueful, but he is always passionate.'