A former actress, founder of Cartoons Underground, a power organizer of a global award-winning non-profit female empowerment organization, SheSays, Vicky is one of the most dynamic people you will meet. At 21 she received her certified elephant driver’s license (Mahout license), crossed the Arctic Circle at 23, had breakfast with the creator and director of The Minions, Kyle Balda at 25.  Over the past five years, Vicky has worked in the digital space, in Asia and Europe, across different fields such as SEO, social media, public relations and in 2017 she was also a finalist for the Women Leading Change – Rising Star award.

Mark Neville is an English artist, working at the intersection of art and documentary, investigating the social function of photography. His work consistently looks to subvert the traditional role of social documentary practice, seeking to find authentic ways of empowering the position of its subject over that of the author. Neville often works with closely knit communities, in a collaborative process intended to be of direct, practical benefit to the subject.  His photographic projects to date, such as Deeds not Words, Fancy Pictures and the Port Glasgow Book Project have frequently made the towns he portrays the primary audience for the work. His lens based projects have been actualised in many forms; still photography, non-commercially available giveaway books and slow motion film.  

Debasmita Dasgupta is a passionate advocate for social change and worked for a decade as a communications specialist with many international non-profits including the United Nations, OXFAM and Asia-Europe Foundation. Originally from Calcutta, India, she is an illustrator and graphic novel artist. In 2015, she was awarded one of the 50 Creative Fellows by the National Arts Strategies (USA) and Arts Fellow under the Royal Society of Arts (UK) in 2016. She is the founder of ArtsPositive, a not for profit organization, championing arts for change initiatives.

Veronica Howe is the Chief Art Consultant and Gallery Director at One East Asia (OEA) art gallery and management organization in Singapore. Founded in April 2010, it is dedicated to enriching the appreciation of South East Asian art internationally. They are also the only appointed representative of the pioneering modern Indonesian artist, S. Sudjojono, in Singapore.  

We are excited that Veronica has agreed to give us some insight into her role and tell us more about the gallery itself and how they operate.

CAS’s favourite graphic designer and the creator of our awesome branding has agreed to feature in our a day in the life interview to tell us more about what he does as a graphic designer.

Pedro was born Porto, in northern Portugal.  He first studied sculpture then graphic design and publicity at University and worked for several years for newspapers and magazines as a layout and advert designer. In 2009 he moved to Lisbon and started working for an Angolan advertising agency, designing new brands and key visuals for a variety of products and services such as Oficina Expresso, Supertaça Compal and Projekta. He has also worked for Cuca beer and launched Tigra beer. In 2017 Pedro moved back to Porto with his wife and daughter and started a new position as Senior Designer at Nortada beer.