Andrew Burton is UK sculptor who often works internationally, in India, China and Korea. Burton’s practice-based research lies in contemporary sculpture and the relationships between ceramics and architecture. Burton’s ‘brickwork’ sculptures explore processes of making and unmaking, the re-use of materials, ephemerality versus permanence, and notions of site and context. Sculptures are painted or glazed before being broken up and reused to produce new works. Burton’s sculptures have been shown all over the world and regularly commissioned, including for CAFKA contemporary art festival in Canada.

Mike Collier is an artist, writer and curator. Collier’s multi-disciplinary practice explores the relationship between ecological and cultural ideas through a detailed study of local environments. By overlapping the presentation of text and image, he combines a literal and visual language, using colour as an emotional catalyst. Currently, Collier is a professor of Visual Arts and a co-founder of University of Sunderland’s Walking, Art, Landskip and Knowledge research group.