Artists & Designers

Illustrators
Graphic Designers
Fine Artists
Furniture Designers
Photographers
Crafts People
Sculptors
Jewellery Designers
Miscellaneous

Illustrators

Brighton Illustrators Group (BIG): Top class Brighton Illustrators - illustrator.org.uk.
Anti-Shatter: Daily doodles
High Bank Workshop: Pet portraits in pencil and pastel, landscapes in pastel, cards and gifts
Julia Zeen: Illustrator and graphic designer passionate about image making

Craig Moore: Fashion illustrator proficient in a wide range of media from pen and line to acrylic painting on canvas
Graham Licence: Cartoonist marking single panel gag cartoons, editorial cartoons and humorous illustration
Rory Walker: A freelance illustrator and cartoonist, specialising in black and white illustration
Sam Jacobs: A fusion of animation and fine art to capture a moment in time

Graphic designers

Aniseed Media Design: 49 Edburton Avenue
Brighton BN1 6EL
+ 44 (0)1273 708111
Websites, brochures, advertising, CD-ROM, software training
Archigraph Ltd: 86 Southover Street
Hove
+44 (0)1273 695652
Caroline Archer: 26 North Road
Preston Village
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 330677
Damon Fisher: Specialises in producing design solutions for other creatives, with clients in architecture, interior, product, textile and furniture design
Eighth Day Design: 13 Rochester St
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 620176
Folio Design Associates: 5 Bartholomews
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 384237
Irene Soler: 4 Clarendon Terrace
Brighton BN2 1FD
+44 (0)1273 688380
Medialab: First floor
164-165 Western Road
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 711555
Mnich Design: Cost-effective, professional design and artwork for all print, web and display applications.
+44 (0)1273 301 213 or
+44 (0)7906 363 520
Oblong: Web design, Logos, Images, Animation
+44 (0)7986 004339
Room 237: 12 Queens Square
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 723002

Roweena Web Design: Creative web design for individuals and small business
+44 (0)7917 853959

Pinkyvision: Hand cut freestyle paper magic, Original paintings, Screen prints, Zine.
Pinky's art is for everyone, you, your friends, your family.

AnimNation: Studio 1a, 13 Prince Albert Street
Brighton, BN1 1JJ
+44 (0)1273 773069
Balley Design Associates: 11 Wilbury Grove
Hove
+44 (0)1273 746911
Bryan Riddle: Specialises in corporate identities, brochures design, advertising campaign layout designs, DVD authoring and Typography.
Compound Eye Design: 25 Oxford Street, Brighton BN1 4LA
+44 (0)1273 670675
Graphic design in print and web
Dome Design Associates: 11 Marlborough Place
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 880088
Eurografik: 51 Church Road
Hove
+44 (0)1273 207477
HA Design: 213 Queens Park Road
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 626293
Icon Design Partnership: 31 Gloucester Road
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 688142
Julian Howell: 105 Stanmer Park Road
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 508234
neo: creative: 8 Beaconsfield Studios
25 Ditchling Rise
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 600500
Orbit Graphics: 23 Clemont Terrace
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 554200
Sarah Haybittle: + 44 (0)1273 684588
+ 44 (0)7941 284663
Competitive, professional design/illustration for print.
Tairo Rina: 44 Norfolk Square
Brighton
+44 (0)1273 733822

Fine Artists

Cecil Rice: A professional artist living and working in Brighton much of whose work reflects Brighton itself
Crabfish: The original award winning home pages for English artists Colin Ruffell and Fran Slade who invite you to be guided by "Clever Trevor" the famous black cat
Emma Burnett: Emma Burnett is a Brighton Artist producing abstracts, watercolour flowers and commissions with a focus on colour
Lou Partridge: Sussex based artist with work reflecting a love of landscape, nature, travel, mythological tales and history.
Jenni Sinclair: Brighton based artist producing quirky, slightly unnerving portraits.
Maria Tribe: Vibrant diary-like paintings based on encounters ranging from small moments to travels around the world. Has completed many public and private commissions.
Mark Drake - Briscoe: Art in the form of the very best of Chinoiserie furniture decoration and Classical Indian paintings. All items are unique pieces of work where the most exacting attention is given to detail. Individual commissions taken
Mary Jane Ansell: Brighton based portrait and figurative painter selected for BP Portrait award. For more details call +44 (0)1273 623592 or visit her website
Rachel Pearce: Brighton based artist and illustrator Rachel offers a range of paintings, prints and cards for sale. She also takes portrait and pet commissions.
Ray Leaning: A Brighton based artist specialising in erotic images of the female form. His chosen media are pencil & conté on paper, and oil on canvas
Richard Hearn: An artist based in Hove, recent work has been richly-coloured landscapes and images based on daydreams.
Sebastian Pedley: Paintings containing both humour and pathos, but in "Chapel", an exhibition of new work, it is the sadness that predominates
Sophie Mahir: Sophie is a professional artist working mostly in acrylic, but also soft pastel. Best known for her semi-absract sea, water and harbour themed canvases of the local surroundings. Sophie also runs art workshops.
Anna Morris: Freelance artist working with digital photography, illustration and mixed media paintings
Roberto Salazar: Works drawing upon a range of themes and inspirations, all of which have been created via the digital medium.

Alan Furneaux: A professional artist working in oils and acrylic. Landscape and still life
Dion Salvador Lloyd: A Brighton based artist paints "skyscapes which are, by turns, warm and engaging, mean and foreboding"
John Pettifor: An artist based in Sussex, who enjoys travelling and sketching views from England and around the world. Come and see his gallery of water colours

Nick Dwyer: A Brighton based artist with an online portfolio of paintings in acrylics and household emulsions with an abstract, gestural style
Liz Allen: Information about work by local artist and her popular monoprinting and collage workshops
Murigen Calder: A self taught artist currently focusing on acrylics on canvas but also enjoying dabbling with the digital format and photography.
Pam Glew: Copper panel portraits. Very beautiful
Richard Marsh: Professional artist living and working in Brighton. For over twenty years, Richard has achieved wide recognition, both for his perspective illustrations and artwork commissioned by architects, building developers, publishers, advertising and design agencies.
Sandy Brown: Work can be seen as a celebration of the seductive quality of water and our relationship to it. Inspired by the translucent and textural qualities of the ocean, the artist uses multiple layers of glaze to build the depth and characteristics of the subject

Sarah Dobson - email here: Wonderful abstract paintings
Two Kats and a Cow: 167 Kings Road Arches
Brighton Seafront
BN1 1NB
An exciting gallery of work from Kathryn Matthews and Katty McMurray (the two kats), and John Marshall (the infamous cow man). Their gallery is open throughout the year on Sundays, 11am - 5pm or by appointment on +44 (0)1273 776746

Furniture designers

Dovetails by Design

Hand-crafted fine furniture by Amanda Morrice. Bespoke furniture designer based in Wivelsfield sussex. email: info@dovetailsbydesign.co.uk

Fish Contemporary Furniture: Modern design bespoke furniture using traditional methods and fine timbers. Marc Fish of Fish Contemporary Furniture (FCF) has been making furniture for those seeking something different and exciting or stunning future heirloom pieces for the past 7 years.
Special commissoions undertaken.
Marc Fish runs The Workshop in Newhaven which also has training and bench rental space facilities. Contact Marc Fish for further info.
Jillbear Designs: Jill is a 'furniture artist' working in Brighton. She buys good/unusual pieces of pre-used furniture and re-cycles them into eye-catching, functional works of art.

Photographers

Allan Hambly Photo: Local photographer producing beautiful varied work
Bipinchandra-photography: This site contains images shot around the world which reflect a personal and diverse vision. Working primarily with natural light, the photographic collection is a personal record covering fifteen years of experimentation with the camera. There are images from personal projects and commissioned work by publishers including Heinemann and Oxford University Press
David Myers: Davis is a portrait and travel photographer working and living in Brighton.
Jacqueline Parker: Portrait photographer specialising in stylish studio photographs of children and animals
+44 (0)1273 272605
Jo Wise: Jo spends a great deal of her time overseas photographing events and people. Recently she has been in Mozambique working on various projects, including producing some of the first postcards of the region
matthew j parsons: Currently undertaking a project '365 Days' involves daily self portraits for a year
mike ashdown: Brighton wedding photographer
Roberta Rayner: Fashion, portrait and make-up photographer
Richard Rowland: Photographer covering documentary, editorial, corporate and architectural splitting his time between commercial and personal work.
Scott Ramsey: Digital Press and PR Photographer working in Sussex. Regularly updated web site with images from Sussex
Email: pictures@scottramsey.co.uk

Carl O'Connell: Commercial photographer, specialising in Advertising, Design, Architectural and Interior Design photography. Corporate portraiture, Press/PR and Events.
Corin Jeavons: Vibrant colour photos mainly of portraits
Daniel Burman: Freelance, versatile photographer available for commission
Daniel Grima: Dan makes - "photographs composed with an eye for the unusual", mainly of nature and animals
Jacob Hastik: Abstract, sci-fi portrait photographer
Jim Gordon Photography: Jim is a Brighton based photographer specialising in people & product photography. Here you can view some of Jim's work past and present
Landmark Art: A photographers collective selling low cost, original prints of Brighton and surrounding area
Nathan Murrell: Shoots interiors, portraits, editorial and fashion plus artistic/abstract as and when.
Nigel Chaloner: Working with photography and image processing, Nigel has travelled extensively and this lends an outsider aspect to his work. His keen eye for structure highlights alternative forms within natural images
Swan Around: A collection of Brighton signs
Luca Sage: +44 (0)7866 624346
Award winning photographer based in Brighton. Graduated with a first class degree from Brighton University four years ago and has since been commissioned by clients such as The Guardian, The Telegraph, Monocle and The Independent on Sunday Magazines. Shoots fashion campaigns for clients including Poetic License and Sula Clothing. Currently has a portrait exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery as part of the National Portrait Prize 2007.

Crafts people

Simply Stained: A stained glass studio designing and making windows, screens, and lamps. We also specialise in lamps made with semi-precious stones such as Agate, Carnelian, Amethyst, Citrine and Quartz
Float Glass Design: Unit 1, 5 Arundel Road, Brighton, BN2 5TE
Tel: +44 (0)1273 622 176
Running Hare Art & Design: A wealth of exquisite and unique handmade often food - related mail order products
Adam Johnson: Creates glass and ceramic work based on coral reefs using complex structures.

Fish Contemporary Furniture: FCF not only make fine furniture from various materials but also handcraft objet d'art from reclaimed and salvaged wood at reasonable prices. Special commissions undertaken. See image

Sculptors

Mark Gregory: A diverse range of metalwork featuring ethereal Dragonflies individually made from steel, copper and brass. Forging, brazing, etching, raising and patination are some of the techniques employed. Winged horses too!

Jewellery Designers

Designs by Belle: Belle is a jewellery designer based in Brighton creating bespoke jewellery in solid silver. Bracelets and necklaces, made by hand and constructed from carefully selected beads and gems are also available. Please take a look at www.designsbybelle.co.uk or email mail@designsbybelle.co.uk.

Miscellaneous

Big Foot Theatre: The UK's leading provider of drama within schools. Also offering Saturday and after school drama academeys in Brighton
Daniel Burman: An artist specialising in drawing, painting, photography and graphic design...
innamorarsi: Decorative handmade lighting panels out of wood and fabric, a beautiful addition to any home. Wood is sustainably sourced and stained with natural varnishes.
River Bank Design: specialises in making web sites for creative people
+44 (0) 7780 582 642

Cats3000: The home of Rational Madness, a Brighton based theatre and arts company with a bizarre sense of humour
Du Pont Art Club: Hove based collective.
Paul Watson: Brighton based visual artist working mainly in assemblage and collage
Second Impression Theatre Co.: A Brighton based non-profit making theatre company committed to staging innovative and engaging theatre. Founded in 1992, comprising of both experienced and aspiring performing artists staging new, innovative, memorable and often absurd theatre

email us: arts@brighton.co.uk