Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, often known as Aboudia, captures the street scene in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire's capital. Aboudia's vivid, large-scale mixed-media paintings and drawings, which are reminiscent of Jean-Michel Basquiat's, draw inspiration from graffiti and traditional African carvings. He has depicted youngsters in his city's most dangerous neighbourhoods, as well as the violent post-election unrest that engulfed Abidjan in 2011. While his reoccurring skull, soldier, and bullet motifs represent unimaginable horror and brutality, Aboudia's vibrant colour palettes emphasise the children's everlasting innocence throughout the mayhem. Aboudia has had numerous exhibitions in Côte d'Ivoire, as well as London, Paris, New York, and Marrakesh. The Saatchi Gallery and the Jean Pigozzi Collection have acquired his art.

In 1995, aged 28, Christian Furr became the youngest artist to paint HM Queen Elizabeth II after the Queen personally chose him to be commissioned by the Royal Overseas League. Furr’s successive works have graced the walls of The National Portrait Gallery, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Saatchi Gallery, and in the private collection at the Vatican. In 2004 Furr was awarded the Association of Colleges’ Award at the House of Commons in London given to further education alumni who have gone on to excellence in their chosen field. In 2019 he had a mid-career retrospective at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum. Highly sought after for his painting and portrait commissions, the painter simultaneously follows the strong tradition of representation in British modern and contemporary Art throughout his oeuvre. He is collected privately and features in permanent collections around the world. His most recent paintings include a 2.7m painting of the Serpentine and Hyde Park which hangs in the newly refurbished Dorchester lobby, and a 4 x 3m painting which is a Trompe-l'œil tapestry depicting early settlers arriving in the bay of Singapore. This work hangs in the Singapore Edition. His collaboration with Aboudia in 2017 is one of the joint collections of works he has created with other artists including the neon artist Chris Bracey and the photographer Gered Mankowitz.