As well as being affordable and covetable to the collector, the miniature often has a practical element for the artist. For example, Isabella Cotier’s art is in miniature scale due to the fact that she sketches from life in her Moleskine notebook – capturing the passing moment and snapshots of everyday life (her new series for the exhibition is of people she’s sketched at Columbia Road Flower Market). 

Miniatures have an often-underestimated power to captivate. Despite their small size, they are often dense in their richness and encourage the viewer to look a little closer and engage more intimately with a piece of art – rather than pass it by from a distance. In a generation where we are bombarded with over-sized visual signs and signals, miniatures are a treasured reminder that size is not everything.

All artworks were available to view at Benk and Bo from 15 November - 1st February 2019. An array of framed artworks as well as unframed pieces by each artist are available. The exhibition was in partnership with Frame Factory Ltd, who produced all of the frames.