Ongoing exhibitions at MASA-UK Art Gallery
SUTHAMMA (TA) BYRNE
Unlike many surrealists, who present their dreams, the central subjects to Ta’s work are people and bold colors. Her work opens up a new art dimensions to explore. Her Blue Valentine figures are radiating emotions of closeness, love and feeling safe and her conspirator characters evoke curiosity. “My subject matter is people, but my real passion is in colour and how the arrangement of colour can produce a different emotional experience of art.”
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​It is a testament to Ta’s creativity and talent, that her art is hanging in homes in Europe, Asia, North America, Middle East and Australia.
Suthamma (Ta) Byrne
Title: Lady in a red in a Jazz club
Medium: Oil on canvas
Suthamma (Ta) Byrne
Title: The Long Goodbye
Medium: Oil on canvas
David Coulter
Dave Coulter is a British artist who specialises in cityscapes. As part of the Northern Art movement, his particular focus is on painting the streets of Manchester and Salford. In his paintings, he captures the dynamic movement of the multifaceted cities that have been the inspiration for many painters before him. Dave Coulter is, in essence, as much a part of the North as the scenes he paints.
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Now in his early 70s, Dave Coulter has lived through a huge period of change in the area he calls home. He has seen it all - from the gloom of the mills and factories to the Salford slum clearances of the 1960s and now the development of a vibrant, successful region, full of commerce and bright lights.
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What makes Dave’s work unique is the way he brings the years and the changes together. In this way, to look at one of his paintings is to see Manchester and Salford past and present, the buildings changing but the people a constant factor.
David Coulter
Title: Oxford Road
Medium: Oil/acrylic on canvas
David Coulter
Title: Oldham Street
Medium: Oil/acrylic on canvas
Lorna Bent
There is depth to be observed with hidden layers, a story behind each and every one. The intention is to create an engaging piece, to study and to contemplate, to interpret the messages and feelings that lie within…
Lorna Bent is a Manchester-based artist with a main creative focus upon a singular female form. Lorna’s work embraces the portrayal of often dark emotions via hidden and mysterious beauty, with tenebrism at the heart of her work. Lorna says ‘I have always found beauty in what others may consider dark. For example, I find beauty in derelict landscapes rather than beautiful, lush, green rolling hills. I like dusk and sunsets, abandoned buildings.
There is beauty all around. My affection for the mysterious and different perspectives of life has always inspired me, from dark moving music and films and theatre productions. Emotionally we are connected to dark places. Some people may find that difficult, whilst some may find that appealing. Through my painting I tell my own stories of emotions and human connection with which we all can relate’.
Lorna has studied art and design and photography and cites Helmut Newton as an inspiration. In 2024, she moved into a new creative studio and looks toward a new period of creativity and development of her noir style.
Lorna Bent
Title: Circuitus Vitae
Medium: Pen and charcoal
Lorna Bent
Title: Illusion
Medium: Charcoal on paper
Joan Fitzsimmons
Welcome to my art space! I create vibrant oil paintings inspired by the beauty of nature, particularly the plants and flowers I cultivate at home and on my allotment in Bury. Drawing influence from the Impressionists and contemporary artists, I enjoy building and layers on canvas to bring my vision to life. With a history of exhibiting with Bury Collective and lecturing in Fine Art and Textiles, I invite you to explore the passion behind my work.
Joan Fitzsimmons
Title: Pink Flowers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Joan Fitzsimmons
Title: Orange Flowers
Medium: Oil on canvas
Zani Gelevska
Internationally recognised Fine art Graduate Zani Gelevska Veljanoska. Her authentic style, created with a rich palette of strong warm tones, layered surfaces of colour and texture, has caught the attention of many art collectors over the years.
Zani is always experimenting and her paintings are a unique blend achieved by combining acrylic and mixed media and a range of unusual materials. Zani has been exhibiting her art work in over 15 countries worldwide and has been part of many art projects.
She has exhibited her work in many art galleries in London, such as the prestigious Blains Fine Art Gallery in Mayfair, as well as, having a permanent exhibition at the Macedonian Embassy in London, Vienna, New York and Paris.
Zani Gelevska
Title: Night Out
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Zani Gelevska
Title: By the Sea
Medium: Mixed media
Darko Taleski
Driven by a passion for artistic expression, I translate inspiration through diverse mediums, including acrylics, chalk, ink, animation, augmented reality, and video art.
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My journey began at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Bulgaria, and since then, my work has graced exhibitions across continents, from Sofia and Istanbul to Berlin, Vienna, and Taipei.Recognised for my innovation, I received the prestigious Special Drawing Award at the Osten World Gallery and grants from the North Macedonian Ministry of Culture. My video art, like "Nostalgia for Art," has resonated with audiences at the MOCA Taipei, Berlin Biennale, and Toronto Urban Film Festival.
Currently, I'm collaborating with fellow artists on a groundbreaking project that merges classical techniques with new technologies, pushing the boundaries of neomateriality.
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I have been working as an art teacher for 18 years, bringing the love of art to my students and fostering creativity with using new technology in the art classroom. As an art teacher I have been awarded with the prestigious first prize for Teacher Expert on Global Forum organised by Microsoft Corporation.
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Darko has been a regular exhibitor at MASA-UK Art Gallery since 2013 and his art has been exhibited at: Chester, Manchester, Edinburgh, Gibraltar and Glasgow, Vienna to name a few.
Darko Taleski
Title: Composition V
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Artist: Darko Taleski
Title: Sweet Serenity
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Malcolm Lucas
Malcolm Lucas is one of the most inspirational expressionists in the North-West, known as the Lancashire’s Van Gough.
His influences are mostly coming from the impressionism. Malcolm’s paintings show artist perception of the subject, rather than realistic interpretation. He is leaving a personal stamp on many of his portraits, such as: lost animal toys. The main influences of his are: Lucas Freud, John Piper, Van Gough, Laurie. He finds them very inspiring, exciting and liberating.
His subjects of focus are mostly people he has met in his life.
On this subject he also adds: “I find it fascinating observing characters from a distance, and many times I get the urge to paint them. Still most of my work is concentrated on landscapes. I often try to capture atmospheric moments”. Although his influences come from the impressionism he sees himself as an expressionist.
The theme of his work is based mostly on painting landscapes, with a usage of bold lines, bright colours and big brash strokes in oil or acrylic. For his line of work Malcolm also adds:
“In my point of view, a painting should be a painting, not a photograph. I aim to express a mood or a feeling in my work. People say that even the animals in my paintings have a character.”
Malcolm Lucas
Title: Turn Village
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Malcolm Lucas
Title: Ramsbottom from Fletcher Bank
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Doru Ivan
My artwork represents an introspection of the human nature and of what can results as an exploration of the human universe (expressionists and ludicrous forms). The evolution of my works reveals as a portraiture of the individual’s destiny which was not explored enough as an interior of the conception of the existence. More than that, I wilfully exaggerate certain aspects of the human existence expressing through form gesture, symbol, what a person could experience over a life time: moments of bliss, moments of panic and uncertainty, reflexion and mystic states.
I work primarily in a realistic, figurative mode, with a preference for the rigorousity of an austere palette of black and white. My work frequently includes dynamic, sweeping brush strokes of watercolour, acrylic or black ink on paper that characterise much of my art. The subjects are not beautiful but my goal is to inspire those who see my work to look more carefully at the world around them, to discover beauty in unusual situations.
Doru Ivan
Title: Study 2023
Medium: Oil on canvas
Doru Ivan
Title: Chaos
Medium: Oil on canvas