Artist
Cyrus is known for his contemplative approach to photography and continued use of analogue materials. He has stated that his intentionally slow process is a response to the increasing influence of technology in our lives.
His work has been exhibited in solo and group shows around the world, including Fotografia Europea festival, Italy, and the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford. He has been commissioned by Soho House, and given talks at venues including Tate Britain and Christie’s. His first book ‘VISCERA’ was published in 2019 with a book signing at London Art Book Fair at Whitechapel Gallery that year.
As our deputy director, Cyrus aims to help make Maison Pan a hub for artists and creativity in the centre of London.
Artist
Marie is a French-Lebanese artist and founder of Maison Pan. She graduated from Parsons The New School for Design in New York with a BFA in Illustration in 2013. She then went on to complete a Masters in Liberal Studies from New School for Social Research, focusing on aesthetics, psychology and philosophy.
Marie's work questions how we connect both with ourselves and with others. She experiments with the figure and storytelling. Materiality, narration and savoir-faire are some of her most pressing concerns in artistic creation. After living in Kyoto, Japan, where she primarily worked with woodblock carving and Mokuhanga printing, Marie craved a better ecosystem for artists and founded Maison Pan, an informal artist residency in Beirut and artist-run space in London.
For Marie, Maison Pan underscores her belief in the power of peer-to-peer interaction and her dedication to creating strong, supportive networks for artists.
Artist
Lydia Smith (b. 1995) is a multi-disciplined artist who works with historical and contemporary processes to realise her works. Through her practice, she explores the theme of Human connection, which encompasses subtopics, including Ancient History, Technology, Science, and Spirituality. She uses the physical and digital landscape to create sculptures, paintings and digital Art. Working with the Ancient Material, Clay, She enters a flow state, allowing her concepts to express themselves subconsciously; once complete, using her unique method, her work metamorphoses into the digital realm. These pixilated forms inform the evolution of her process.
Lydia was trained in academic sculpture at the University of the Arts London (2014-2017). She also continued training at private ateliers in Greece, Spain and France. Lydia’s career regularly involves commissioned work within the British Film industry and collaborations with luxury brands. She has also represented Great Britain in international Snow and Ice carving championships in Switzerland and China. She has exhibited at Christie’s (2023), the Saatchi Gallery (2022), her solo show in Soho central London (2022) and co-produced the duo show ‘Soft Spaces’ in New Bond Street, Mayfair (2023).
Lydia's innovative approach and unique artistic Vision have earned her recognition in prominent publications such as The Telegraph, The Guardian, Mayfair Times and the high-end fashion magazine L'Offciel.
Throughout this dialogue, Her mind is imagining our future as beings, both our spiritual and Avatar selves. She believes sculpture is a physicality that grounds us between these two worlds. Sculpture commands space. It forces the air (real or immersive) to move and flow around it.
Artist
Elizabeth Abel (b. 2001, UK) received her BFA in Fine Art at the Slade School of Fine Art in 2021. She then went on to complete an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art (2023).
In her own words, Elizabeth’s work explores “A feeling, a memory, a place. Something ancient. Traces of where people have been. Bodies moving, passing each other, folded, suffocating, embracing, resting on each other.”
She held a solo exhibition in Naples in 2023 as part of the Nonart Residency, and in December 2023 her work was exhibited at Untitled art fair in Miami by Ronchini Gallery.
Artist
Bunmi is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, curator and art historian whose work explores fantasy and magical storytelling through visual art and essays. Her narrative practice revolves around a fictional world called ‘Within’, a conceptual space where she examines psychology, cultural theory and selfhood through the lens of fantasy.
Agusto’s art merges painting, drawing and printmaking, creating otherworldly compositions that blend geometric precision with organic forms. She holds an MFA in Fine Art from the Ruskin School of Art, University of Oxford; an MA in History of Art & Archaeology from SOAS University, London; and a BA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins.
Bunmi has received several accolades, including the Mansfield-Ruddock Prize and selection as one of the Bloomberg New Contemporaries in 2023. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in major publications like the Financial Times and Condé Nast Traveller. She has also collaborated on fashion, theatre and television projects.
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Zara aka Patendoyart (b. 1997, Nigeria) is a London-based artist from Nigeria. Her work draws inspiration from the complexity of daily life, and the twists and turns we encounter whilst trying to maintain a sense of calm and stillness.
‘Limitless’ – her first solo exhibition at V.O Studios in London – explored the boundlessness of colour. Her acrylic-on-canvas works are an explosion of vibrant colours that immediately capture the eye. Her second solo show 'Patendoyart Is Everything' took place at Maison Pan in 2024.
Patendoyart’s distinctively marked multi-coloured shapes encased in bold, dark strokes – outlines that are themselves embellished with small dots – characterise her vibrant and instantly recognisable visual language.
Artist
Peter Famosa aka EARTHBOI (b. 1999, Nigeria)
Born in Nigeria and raised in Peckham, South London, Peter is a director specialising in narrative and music videos.
Having studied various art forms from photography to fine art at an early stage in life, he has developed a keen eye for framing and meticulous attention to detail within his work. His influences as a creative derive from contemporary youth subculture within the arts.
His passion and uniqueness of thought are set to stand out on our screens for a long time to come.
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Izaak Brandt (b. 1995, Bristol, UK) is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a variety of media including sculpture, performance, sound, film and drawing. His work explores the multifaceted nature of human experience.
A major focus of the artist’s research and practice is the exploration of issues relating to ego, the body, fragility, fatigue, desire, cultural value, and consumerism. Aside from drawing on his decade-plus-long experience as an internationally acclaimed breakdancer to explore these themes, he uses different forms as he would a choreographer; each unique in its own identity.
Recent solo exhibitions in London include 'Sporting Goods' at Maison Pan (2024); ‘Fragile Defence’ at Fitzrovia Chapel (2023); ‘Hooked’ at V.O Curations (2022); and ‘High Speed Freeze’ at Sarabande Foundation (2021). He has participated in group exhibitions at co_atto, Milan; OOW, Berlin; Urvanity Art, Madrid; Mall Galleries, London; and Tate Modern. He was a recipient of the Xenia Creative Retreat, Hampshire and the Sarabande: The Alexander McQueen Foundation residency programme, London.
Izaak was one of 200 artists invited to participate in Louis Vuitton’s LV200 global project - celebrating 200 years of the brand’s heritage, and has participated in brand collaborations with Christian Louboutin, Red Bull and Nike amongst others. He received his BA (first class honours) from Camberwell, UAL in 2017.
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Pallavi is a visual artist from Singapore. Her work is built of rhythm, ritual & repetition till reincarnate, it is a muscular practice at peace in torq.
She has tactile roots in drawing, print-making, and collage.
With an enduring interest in marks, symbols & sonics, it is still painting she ebbs to.
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Grégoire d’Ablon is a French artist living and working in Arles. After originally studying to become an agronomy engineer, he later joined the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de la Photographie in Arles, graduating in 2019.
Over the past few years he has developed an artistic practice that focuses on the organisation and channelling of reality. Through research into eugenics and challenging the categorisation of landscapes and territorial planning, the artist shows his need to understand and manipulate the processes of selection.
These themes are also found in the conceptual counterpart to his practice, with works that question the origin of the photographic gesture and artistic non-production.
Grégoire is also developing a curatorial practice that tackles the themes of virality and choice, as well as editorial work for which he regularly calls on different artists and authors of his generation.