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Thomas Woodruff

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Thomas Woodruff is an American artist known for imaginative, intricately detailed paintings developed through complex narrative series. His practice draws on personal experience and has explored wellness, loss, identity and the figure of the outsider through cross-cultural, illusionistic and highly ornate imagery. Over a four-decade career, Thomas has presented more than 30 solo exhibitions. He has also worked as an illustrator, set and costume designer, cartoonist and tattooist, and is Chair Emeritus at the School of Visual Arts. His work is held in numerous public collections across the United States and internationally.

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Capt. Keith J. Caruana x Alda Bugeja

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Capt. Keith J. Caruana is a retired Armed Forces of Malta officer turned leathercrafter, fashion designer and founder of Captain’s Cut. Specialising in leather, his practice combines traditional craftsmanship with contemporary design and sustainability. Working with Tuscan leather and artisanal techniques, Keith creates handcrafted pieces focused on bespoke making, durability and preserving leathercraft skills.
Alda Bugeja is a Gozitan master weaver and textile artisan dedicated to preserving traditional crafts. Her practice, learned from her mother and grandmother, spans weaving, hand-spinning, dyeing, macramé and Gozitan lace, combining inherited craftsmanship with contemporary textile design.

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Marisa Zarb

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Marisa Zarb is a mechanical engineer whose artistic passion developed into Peprin®, a jewellery brand reconnecting her with the creativity of her childhood. Inspired by Malta, the brand takes its name from peprin, the Maltese word for poppies, symbolising resilience and the ability to bloom in difficult conditions. Through Peprin®, Marisa channels femininity, creativity and perseverance into handcrafted jewellery celebrating individuality. Her practice reflects a belief in embracing personal talents and transforming creative expression into meaningful wearable art.

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Janine Cardona

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Janine Cardona is an educator, artist and jewellery maker who founded Janine Jewellery in 2021. Her practice combines contemporary jewellery design with traditional Maltese ganutell, which she developed into her Ganutell Ġojjell line. In 2024, Janine received First Prize in the Textiles category of the Premju Ġieħ l-Artiġjanat Malti 2023 for Ganutell: A Twist to Tradition. Through collections ranging from everyday pieces to elaborate statement designs, she continues to reinterpret heritage through contemporary forms, combining traditional craftsmanship with creativity and modern design.

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Alison Agius

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Alison Agius holds a Diploma in Fine Arts and has developed a particular focus on life drawing and portraiture, seeking to capture gesture, mood and character beyond physical resemblance. She co-founded and leads BILD (Bred In Life Drawing), coordinating regular sessions for fellow artists, and mentors local practitioners. Alison also organises international workshops bringing overseas tutors and different artistic perspectives to Malta. Her works have been exhibited in museums and castles abroad and form part of private and public collections locally and internationally.

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Stephen Cordina

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Gozo-born Stephen Cordina is a qualified perfumer and clinical aromatherapist with a lifelong passion for creating fragrances from natural ingredients and molecules. Since 2000, he has studied in the UK, Switzerland and France under master perfumers and cosmetic scientists. In 2020, he became the first Maltese member of the Société Française des Parfumeurs. Recognised locally and internationally, Stephen creates perfumes, colognes and scented products in which history, ingredients, character and identity are carefully brought together into distinctive and evocative compositions.

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Jane Birchall

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Jane Birchall is a multidisciplinary artist working in sculptural ceramics and acrylic on canvas. Following a career in fashion and interiors, she now focuses on her artistic practice, dividing her time between Malta and the UK. Deeply inspired by Gozo, which she first visited in 1984, Jane’s work reflects the island’s coastline and rural landscapes while exploring the environmental fragility of the Maltese Islands and the impact of development over time. Her award-winning work has been exhibited across the UK and Europe and is held in private collections.

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Marcon Borg Caruana / Atelier Nineteen

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Atelier Nineteen, founded by Maltese artisan Marcon Borg Caruana in 2011, is a wearable-art practice rooted in craftsmanship and the poetics of time. Known for transforming antique watch parts into one-of-a-kind jewellery, the practice explores memory, history and transformation through reclaimed materials. Marcon’s work received a Runner-Up award for Most Innovative Product in 2020, while these themes were further explored through her solo exhibition Tempus Fugit. Alongside her jewellery practice, Marcon has expanded her work into other forms of wearable art and creative expression, while retaining the same focus on handmade craftsmanship, storytelling and giving new meaning to existing materials.

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Nadège Renée Cassar x Alfie Gatt

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Nadège Renée Cassar is an established contemporary jewellery artist whose practice combines traditional craftsmanship with modern design. Her work explores identity, storytelling and artistic expression through jewellery, bringing artisanal techniques into a contemporary creative language.
Alfie Gatt is an award-winning Maltese artist whose work blends realism with surrealist narratives. Working especially in watercolour and oil, he explores Maltese culture, architecture and everyday life through a distinctive visual language.

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Tamar Durglisvili

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Tamar Durglisvili is a self-taught Georgian designer whose creativity is rooted in family traditions, human relationships and an appreciation for handmade craftsmanship. Her work combines traditional Georgian ornamentation with contemporary design, placing the creative process at the heart of her practice. Working extensively with leather, Tamar revives traditional leather-sewing techniques in Sighnaghi while exploring modern approaches to form and decoration. Her distinctive style combines carefully selected colours with traditional and contemporary motifs. She presents her creations under her own brand and has participated in exhibitions and festivals in Georgia and internationally, including Greece, Germany and Italy.