I live in central Henley on Thames. Interestingly, a town was suffocating in my teenage years that has ended up enabling the life I choose and reconnected the river in me.

My name is Karima Brooke. I did a Foundation Year in Leamington Spa and then had children very young and didn’t go back to art school until my mid-30s. I did a brilliant course at Coventry Poly, Craft Materials and Design, where I specialised in textiles. In the past, my practice was rather sporadic, due to the need to earn a living, but I’ve been doing a lot more in the past 10 years.

I live and work in North Oxfordshire. I studied Fine Art many years ago, and I still work within its loose framework, experimenting with various media, including: film; experimental digital and analogue photography; drawing; mixed media.

I live in North Oxfordshire and I came to artistic practice late and almost by accident. My professional background is in botanical science and I developed my interest in making art when unable to follow my previous passion, cyclesport, because of family and work commitments. I started drawing and painting for a couple of hours a week on a beginners course at a local Arts Centre (with a creche) and found that it gave me something of the same buzz!

I am a mid career British/Irish artist. I trained in Fine Art Printmaking in the 1980’s. My first degree was from Norwich School of Art and my MA from the Royal College of Art.

I make performance work and use strategies of play, comedy and improvisation in works that are open to situation and moment.

I have lived in Oxfordshire since meeting my partner and moving from London, we live with our two cats on the edge of a small town 15 miles from Oxford. I have nature on my doorstep, which keeps me grounded and feeds my practice, I value walking and the space to think and play with ideas. Moving out of London was a massive change and I was initially resistant, I now realise how much space and quiet are what I need in my in life and in my practice.

I have lived in Oxfordshire since 2008. I went to California College of Art in Oakland where I did a BA in graphic design and worked in San Francisco until returning to the UK and learning the practise of mosaic making. I then worked in London as a mosaicist on large private and public commissions and created my own work for exhibitions.

I am based in Oxfordshire but can work wherever I find myself at any time. When not in Oxford I generally stay in the Spey Valley in the Highlands or on a small peninsular in North Finistère called Le Diben. I have very busy times when I am producing work to show, interspersed with thinking and learning periods, which are crucial and which are my favourite times.

I live near Banbury North Oxfordshire. Five years ago I graduated from Camberwell College of Arts with a Masters in Fine Art Printmaking and then went on to join the OVADA Warehouse Art School (WAS) for three years on their ‘continuing practice’ course.