Aisling O'Beirn was born in Galway, Ireland and is now based in Belfast.

Her current work is concerned with exploring spatial politics encompassing subjects as diverse as the technologies behind space exploration to the very localised practice of nicknaming places and landmarks. Research takes the form of a constantly expanding collection of vernacular information ranging from urban myths, anecdotes, place nicknames and hand drawn maps gathered from various locations.

Alistair Wilson earned a BA in Fine art from the Bath Academy of Art and a MA in Sculpture from the Chelsea School of Art, London. He currently is the Course Director of the Master of Fine Art Course at the University of Ulster.

Darren Murray gained a BA Honors Degree in Fine & Applied Art from the University of Ulster in 1999. His work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin; and the Context Gallery, Derry. He’s been shown in group exhibitions at the 2005 Venice Biennale; the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; ARCO in Madrid; the Czech Museum of Fine Art, Prague; and the Proposition Gallery in Belfast.

Factotum was formed in 2001 by Stephen Hackett and Richard West. It publishes The Vacuum newspaper, runs a choir and has organised a number of exhibitions including the 'English' show in Belfast Exposed in 2005.

Ian Charlesworth received his MFA from the University of Ulster in 1998. In 2005—2006, he was a Northern Ireland Fellow at The British School in Rome.

Mixed—media sculptor and installation artist Katrina Moorhead was born in Northern Ireland in 1971. She earned her MFA and BA from the Edinburgh College of Art, Heriot—Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.