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Alfie Gatt

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Alfie Gatt is an award-winning Maltese multidisciplinary artist whose work blends figurative and surrealist approaches across traditional and digital media. Working with a wide range of materials and techniques, his practice often explores solitude, memory and introspection through distinctive, dreamlike compositions. Alfie draws inspiration from Maltese culture, architecture, nature and everyday life, balancing careful observation with imagination and visual storytelling. His work has been exhibited in Malta and internationally and forms part of private collections locally and abroad.

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Raymond Aquilina

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Raymond Aquilina is an artist whose work bridges traditional mosaic craftsmanship with a contemporary approach. Using glass, marble and stone, he creates intricate compositions that honour the medium’s historical foundations while exploring new possibilities in colour, texture and form. Inspired primarily by the sea, Raymond also draws from nature and the Maltese landscape, occasionally moving into abstraction. His work approaches mosaic as a living artistic language, combining meticulous craftsmanship with experimentation to create pieces that feel both timeless and contemporary.

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Folla Création

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Folla Création is a Tunisian brand specialising in bags and handcrafted objects made from natural fibres. Its work celebrates Tunisian artisanal knowledge through original, elegant and authentic creations that combine tradition, creativity and functionality. Drawing on established craftsmanship while responding to contemporary trends and everyday needs, the brand seeks to present Tunisian artisanal heritage through a modern design language.

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Nadia Haber

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Nadia Haber is a Maltese ceramist whose work is largely inspired by nature, from pieces of wood, stones, seeds and prickly pear bark she gathers to the animals she encounters. Through clay, she expresses her fascination with the textures, forms and colours of the natural world. Alongside ceramics, Nadia also works with wood, occasionally bringing the two materials together. Her practice explores the relationship between refined ceramic surfaces and raw natural elements, using material, texture and form to evoke harmony and a connection with nature.

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YANS HOME

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Founded by Monia Mahjoubi in 2017, YANS HOME is a Tunisian artisanal company specialising in hand-embroidered home furnishings. Based in Tunis, the brand preserves craftsmanship inspired by Berber heritage while reinterpreting it through minimalist and elegant contemporary design. Working primarily with cotton and wool, YANS HOME creates unique handmade pieces that combine refinement, modernity and cultural identity.

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Michelle Gialanze / Mixa Painting

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Mixa Painting is Michelle Gialanze’s contemporary mixed-media practice, investigating portraiture through material disruption and layered surface construction. Working primarily with paper, natural pigments and textural compounds, her practice explores fragility, concealment and revelation. Through tearing, rebuilding and reworking paper surfaces, Michelle transforms traditional portraiture into tactile compositions that challenge flatness and blur boundaries between fine art and design. Her work approaches identity as layered and evolving, treating paper not simply as a surface but as an active structural element.

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Jake Brincat

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Jake Brincat is a carpenter and Product Design student specialising in furniture design, with a focus on functional innovation and material exploration. His work emphasises space efficiency, mechanical interaction and craftsmanship, often incorporating movement into everyday objects. Through hands-on prototyping and testing, Jake develops designs that balance practicality with a refined aesthetic.

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Tea Japaridze

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Tea Japaridze studied Applied Arts at the Apollon Kutateladze Tbilisi State Academy of Arts. Her practice centres on abstraction, alongside still life and landscape. She is particularly known for mixed-media wall panels combining wool, silk, fabric, paint and other materials into richly textured, layered compositions. Tea began exhibiting in the 1990s and has since participated in exhibitions across Georgia and internationally. Her works are also held in private collections in the Netherlands and Germany.

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Sarah Camilleri x Roberta Micallef

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Sarah Camilleri has refined her design and garment-construction skills through formal coursework and local atelier experience. With a background in environmental science, she explores the relationship between sustainability and fashion and is developing her practice in slow fashion through her label, sarahkvictoria.
Roberta Micallef is a maker and educator behind the KEEP Studio project. Care and circularity are woven throughout her practice, which encompasses small-batch designs, alterations and repairs, alongside textile workshops for children and adults.

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Sue Mifsud

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Sue Mifsud is a Malta-based ceramics designer working from her Rabat studio. Her knowledge and experience draw on her studies at Glasgow School of Art and over 30 years of working with ceramics. Thrown functional ware in stoneware clay forms the main body of her practice, often incorporating detailed textures and vibrant studio-made glazes that enhance form and surface. Inspired by nature, stories, people and emotions, Sue creates bespoke designs for restaurants and private clients alongside readily available collections.