MONSTERS WITHIN features artists and illustrators from the UK and Europe whose work explores fear, ritual, mythology and the otherworldy, alongside representations of iconic characters, creatures and moments from horror/cult cinema.

The exhibition coincides with Mayhem Film Festival 2022, screening the best in contemporary horror, science-fiction and cult cinema and television from around the world from 13–17 October 2022.

A limited number of original artworks, editions and prints will be available to buy (card payment only).

MONSTERS WITHIN is inspired by the BFI's In Dreams Are Monsters autumn season of films focusing on the creatures that linger long after the closing credits, which have haunted our screens and dreams for over a century. Exploring 5 iconic mythical figures: the vampire, the ghost, the zombie, the witch and the beast; the season will chart how the monsters of horror have made physical the anxieties of their times, and how we react when faced with the monster within.

MONSTERS WITHIN is co-curated and co-produced by Broadway's Near Now with Nottingham artist and Near Now Studio member Rachel Parry.

Kindly supported by Mayhem Film Festival and produced as part of In Dreams Are Monsters: A Season of Horror Films, a UK-wide film season supported by the National Lottery and BFI Film Audience Network.

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• Aamina Mahmood
• Adam Beaumont
• Andrew Morgan
• Artgoon365
• Carmen Lafran
• Charlotte Rodgers
• Charlotte Thomson-Morley
• Jim Brown
  
• Kim Thompson
  
• Mia-Jane Harris
• Michael Cowell
• Orryelle Defenestrate-Bascule
• Simon J Curd
• Songe Riddle
• Spilt Milk Press
• Steve Larder
• Tereza Buskova
• Wingshan Smith

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