Urban Contemporaries is a fluid group of figurative painters aiming to explore different approaches to the concept of contemporary communities in urban environments. We create ambitious responses to the urban experience, responding in ways that are of interest to our individual practice but with drawing as a starting point, painting as the common medium and the human figure in urban surroundings as the dominant motif. One of our aims is to reflect the many varied ‘voices’ of contemporary society in terms of gender, age, ethnicity and sexuality with the objective of ensuring a 50% representation of women artists. We create themed shows that research and reflect on the urban condition in specific situations and are open to site-specific and artistic collaborations and invited curatorial input.