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Perception
Issue 2 includes artwork and writing about identity, belonging and death and reflects on how much of our daily discomfort is triggered by uncertainty and shaped by prejudices.
Rollin Leonard
Artist
Rollin Leonard is a portrait and new media artist who shot the cover image for Cringe's second issue. He experiments with bodies, water and all other kinds of wizardry in his photography. He also seems to be one of the few lucky ones to have mastered the art of accepting his Cringe.
Milicent Fambrough
Artist
Milicent Fambrough is a contemporary artist and writer from San Antonio Texas. Currently her focus is on mail artwork, writing poetry from publication, and art exhibitions to showcase her work. Milicent has a unique style all her own. You can inquire about charity work, commission artwork, and request stickers/mail artwork too.
Anna Vereshchaka
Artist
A SASS graduate named after T.G. Shevchenko, Anna graduated from the National Academy of Arts and Architecture with a degree in monumental painting.
Some of her works are featured in the National Collection of Ukraine, and temporary collections of the Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, and America.
Christina Nteventzi
Writer & Artist
The concept “Christina” was born in Greece, though the soul inhabiting that figment of self was never born and will never die.
Jase Cordova
Writer
Jase Cordova is a writer, parent, and podcaster residing in Brisbane, Australia. They have had poetry featured in literary mags all over the world such as orangepeel, Voleger, and Gems, and previously wrote for Disney’s now defunct parenting vertical, Babble.
When Jase isn’t writing they can be found elbow-deep in audio files editing their podcast, Do You Still Like Me?, making art with needle and thread, and being annoying on Twitter.
Valentina Kalinger
Photographer
La Pampa, Argentina 1991. Currently I live and work in Buenos Aires.
Jack Michael Carr
Writer & Artist
Jack has died a number of times and will continue for the considerable future.
Psychosurrealism
Artist
An artist from Liverpool inspired by Surrealism, Pop Art, Lowbrow and Pop Surrealism.§
Simran Atwal
Writer & Artist
Simran Atwal is an aspiring writer. Born and raised in Southall, her work is hugely inspired by her British South Asian upbringing. She currently works for a youth charity and is passionate about using her voice to speak out about what matters.
Charlie Elizabeht Culverhouse
Writer
Charlie Elizabeth (she/her) is a queer, working class, extremely leftist & feminist writer. She is interested in and writes about; fashion, media, politics, and environmental & social issues with an aim to do so in a way that can be understood by everyone.
Keely McLavin #2
Artist
An Irish based multi-disciplinary artist with a focus in painting and digital work, currently in the 3rd year of my (BA) Fine Art degree.
Stefan Doru Moscu
Artist
Stefan Doru Moscu is a visual artist, born in 1982, living and working in Brasov, Romania.
Alisha O'Brien-Coker #2
Writer & Artist
Alisha is a university student and writes short pieces and poems. She has also been on a journey to try and find an artistic style for herself. Art, in all its forms, is a means for her to channel and understand her own sense of identity and experiences be it to do with her race, class or struggles in the past. But art can also be silly and spontaneous and that is something she tries to get across.
Olive Nash
Artist
An aspiring artist ever since she could finger-paint, Olive is now studying Graphic Design & Illustration in Cambridge.