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Discover The Creatives Behind Our Art Fair

Explore the vibrant work of local artists and makers, each bringing their own creative spark to the GO! Artists – Oldham Art Fair.

Featured Artists & Makers

GO! Artists – Oldham Art Fair is a celebration of creativity and community.

This carefully curated event brings together a vibrant mix of local artists and makers, each selected for their distinctive style and creative voice. From expressive animal portraits and bold abstract pieces to intricate lino prints, ceramics, jewellery, textiles, collage, illustrations, and mixed media, the range is rich and exciting.

We’re also proud to showcase emerging talent from Oldham College, adding fresh perspectives to the line up. Plus, don’t miss our Made by Members table, a collaborative display created by the Friends of Gallery Oldham members, featuring a wonderful mix of styles and ideas.

Whether you’re discovering new favourites or reconnecting with familiar names, we invite you to explore, support, and share the work of these brilliant creatives. Together, they reflect the energy, imagination, and spirit of Oldham’s creative community.

Alice Pike

Alice is an illustrator and storyteller who goes by Ruby Frog. Her work is whimsical and character driven, inspired by the magic of the natural world.

Anneli Ebden

Anneli is a teacher, mother, and passionate creator who spends her free time bringing imaginative designs to life. She specialises in handcrafted jewellery and thoughtful gifts using a mix of vibrant polymer clay and precision laser-cut wood. 

JC Perry

Perry works as an animator and children’s book illustrator in Oldham. Initially she illustrated her own children’s books, three of which went on to receive literary awards, and she’s since illustrated titles for both independent and traditional publishers. Working digitally in a gentle watercolour style, many of her books feature local scenes from Oldham and the surrounding area.

At the Oldham Art Fair, Perry will be selling her children’s books, along with cards and prints featuring her illustrations. She’ll also be illustrating her next story, so please feel free to peek over her shoulder, ask questions, or request a signed copy of any of her books.

Annie Geddes

Artist Annie Geddes creates vibrant and thought provoking illustrations exploring themes of self reflection and personal development. These affirmation Illustrations are printed locally at a gallery grade and are packaged individually using compostable and recyclable materials.
Also a workshop host, the artist promoted and facilities self care, mindfulness and wellbeing.

Anita Memar

Anita Memar is a multidisciplinary artist based in Manchester, working primarily with ceramics and sculpture. Her practice combines storytelling with a playful exploration of form, texture and character, creating colourful and imaginative pieces that bring personality to everyday spaces. Her ceramic work includes handmade vessels, small vases, mugs and decorative pieces, alongside playful sculptural forms, each made with a sense of warmth, curiosity and character.

Vanisha Mistry

Vanisha specialises in fashion, accessories and soft furnishings. 

Think bold, colourful and pattern orientated pieces that are all handmade in Manchester. 

Alison Bell

Alison Bell is a local artisan jeweller whose practice explores the relationship between metal, colour, texture and transformation. Working primarily in copper and 925 sterling silver, she hand-forges and individually forms each piece, creating jewellery that sits between functional craft and wearable art.

Her signature blue collection is created through the controlled use of patination, allowing the metal to develop rich and unpredictable tones, textures and patterns. Each surface is unique, ensuring that no two pieces can ever be exactly replicated.

Alison’s work celebrates the beauty of individuality, imperfection and process — creating distinctive pieces to be worn, cherished and enjoyed every day.

Oldham College

Original works of art made by the students on Creative courses at Oldham College- Fine Art, Textiles & Fashion, Graphics and Photography. Images show examples of outcomes from Fine Art and Textiles courses. Students create a varied body of work from paintings, drawings, 3D sculptures, photography, prints, and textile/fashion items.

Melissa Curran

Melissa Curran (Marsden Glass) has turned her passion for glass into a hobby and loves bringing glass to life and constantly developing her skills. Living in Marsden in the Pennines she gets lots of her inspiration from the surrounding areas and has made bespoke pieces featuring local places. Working with glass helps her relax and take time out from her running her own business and its something she wants to develop as she comes closer to retirement.

Sheila Haldane

Sheila is a textile artist who uses fabric and hand stitching to express her love of detail, pattern and texture. She developed her art as a direct result of the mounting waste from her sewing projects, recognising the potential in the leftover scraps of fabric.

Lisa Branney

Lisa is a wildlife and nature artist originally from Oldham but now living in Bury. Wildlife is her preferred subject matter, though she is also inspired by the shapes, patterns, and textures found in nature. She also loves contrasts and layering and looks for ways she can add these in to her work using a mixed media approach.

Nicola Jones

Nicky started making stained glass decorations in June 2018 after being gifted a stack of beautiful glass. She is mainly self-taught and has enjoyed learning and developing her skills ever since. The creative process is something she truly loves, and she is still learning all the time!

She creates a variety of stained glass decorations and also takes commissions, including larger bespoke pieces.

Please take a look at her Facebook page, Nicky’s Stained Glass, to see some of her designs. If you see something you like but would prefer it in a different colour, please feel free to message her. She is always happy to discuss your ideas and create something special for you.

Rebekah Marsh

Glimpsing Light is run by Rebekah Marsh, a papercut artist, illustrator and printmaker living in Oldham. Much of her work is botanical and inspired by her appreciation of nature. She creates intricate hand-drawn and hand-cut papercuts, lino prints, screen prints, cards, and hand-printed gifts.

Jude Shore

Jude Shore is a contemporary textile artist and designer based in the Peak District, who has strong links to the Oldham area.

Much of Jude’s work is inspired by forms and textures in the natural world; she loves pebbles and the sea but takes much of her inspiration from the flora and fauna, colours and ever-changing light found in the wide-open spaces of the Peak District.

Jude uses sustainable materials and fibres in her work, trying where possible to reuse, recycle or repurpose many of the materials she uses. Other materials are sourced, wherever possible, from small British manufacturers.

Jude will be showcasing a range of wet felted pods, colourful textile jewellery along with an individually handmade range of functional and decorative textile items.

Joanne Greenwood

Joanne is an Oldham based potter, she makes both sculptural and functional pieces. Each piece is unique and made by her hands. 

Paul Jackson

Paul at Casa de Papi is an artisan based in Warrington, making custom handcrafted coin rings and other coin based items.  With just over a years experience of making coin based jewellery, he is bringing new ideas on how to create beautiful, long lasting items.  Paul takes pride in his meticulous craftsmanship, turning old coins into beautiful wearable art.  Each ring is a unique creation, reflecting his dedication to quality and the stories of his customers.

Fiona Newby

Fiona’s latest pieces are an exploration of emotions, how they contrast and how people try to hide their genuine feelings. Her Earth Mothers explore the female form and there curves especially during pregnancy.
Burnishing or polishing the clay is her therapy, using crystals and spoons to shine the drying clay’s surface, finally, achieving a beautiful sheen. Fiona applies no glazes to her work, using smoke and combustibles, in her saggar or naked Raku firing.Fiona’s latest pieces are an exploration of emotions, how they contrast and how people try to hide their genuine feelings. Her Earth Mothers explore the female form and there curves especially during pregnancy.
Burnishing or polishing the clay is her therapy, using crystals and spoons to shine the drying clay’s surface, finally, achieving a beautiful sheen. Fiona applies no glazes to her work, using smoke and combustibles, in her saggar or naked Raku firing.

Sean Harrison

Sean became fascinated with birds at an early age, sparking his passion for art as he drew images from his bird books. Embracing his colour blindness, Sean has developed a detailed and realistic style, with an expressive and creative use of his medium. He uses the movement of watercolours to paint birds and, with an eye for the finer details, uses his knowledge of birds to capture their specific characteristics within each study.

17th October 2026

10am – 4pm. The Creator Space, Gallery Oldham, OL1 1AL.