Committee
The Guernsey Art Network Committee Members
ATHENE SHOLL
GAN Chairperson
"GAN, as a registered charity and a platform for local artists to engage with each other is absolutely vital to the local artistic community. As a jeweller, my main hope and aim for the committee going forward is to bring together different facets of this artistic community, the visual fine arts, applied arts and craft. Working together, artists of all genres will benefit from this engagement and cross pollination. That's where the magic happens."
ANDY GILL
GAN Treasurer
Andy is an accountant, running AG Accounting Services, and a part-time amateur artist. We're glad to have him and he is glad to help out The Guernsey Art Network with accounting and finance experience as well as doing the odd painting
ALISHA FLOUQUET
GAN Secretary
Alisha has been a member of GAN since 2023, when she took over managing the charity's social media. Alisha moved away from that role and became GAN’s community liaison, working with other local charities and galleries on projects that support the artistic community in Guernsey. She now also undertakes secretarial duties.
LOUISE LE PELLEY
GAN Vice Chairperson
Louise has been an active member since 2022, helping run our Skillshare sessions and creating content for our social media accounts. Louise is experienced in organising events and funding applications.
PATRICK EARLE
GAN Committee Member
Patrick joined GAN in 2022, helping to run our rolling exhibition at the Chamber of Commerce and provides invaluable advice and knowledge on many of our projects.
JAMES KAIL
GAN Exhibitions Coordinator
An emerging contemporary artist, James joined the Committee in 2025, participating in meetings, helping with event organisation, exhibition ideas and promotions. He also provides practical support for community events.
LYNDSEY LONGSON
GAN Website Coordinator
Lyndsey joined GAN in 2025 to maintain the website, creating new pages, updating skill-shares and events, and adding artist profiles.
A part-time artist, Lyndsey was grateful for GAN's advice on finding her place in the local art community, and offered to support the team using the tech skills from her day job as a developer.
WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Without the efforts of the following artists, GAN would not exist. We remain grateful to their significant efforts to establish and run all exhibitions and events since 2014.
- Emma Griffin - 2014 - Founder of Guernsey Art Hub (renamed to GAN), 2014-15 - Co-Founder, Chairperson & Treasurer of GAN, 2015 - Director & Public Relations of the Skipton Art Festival 2015
- Adam Stephens - 2014-15 - Co-Founder
- Christa Puch Nielsen - 2014-15 - Graphic Design & Co-Founder
- Frances Lemmon - original Committee Member, then Chairperson
- Bridget Spinney - original Committee Member
- Coralie Moynihan - 2015-26 - original Committee Member
- Ali Ellis - 2014-15 - Fundraiser (Specsavers & Skipton International)
- Debs Soper - Co-ordinator of festival volunteers
- Vivien Ferneyhough - Chairperson, Vice-Chair & PR Co-ordinator
- Rex Ferneyhough - Exhibition Designer
- Sharmane Dodd
- Joe Kincaid
- Denyse McGahy
- Rosanne Guille - MA (RCA)
- Jennie Ryland
- Theresa McCafferty
- India Rose Silvester
- Charley Alston
- Yasmin Atkinson
- Adam F. Gillson
- Eleanor Saussey
CORALIE MOYNIHAN
Coralie was a proud, long-standing member from 2015 until 2026.
She organised the GAN stall at the annual Arts Sunday event on the Town seafront, and assisted with minute taking and exhibitions.
Coralie is a painter and illustrator who works mostly in acrylics, watercolour, inks, graphite and pastels, favouring botanical art and landscapes from our Bailiwick.
ELEANOR SAUSSEY
Eleanor retired from the Committee in 2025.
Eleanor joined GAN in 2022, helping to keep the website updated with all the latest GAN news and setting up artist profiles. She also assisted with the social media and Skillshare Session listings.
ADAM F. GILLSON
Adam is a freelance illustrator and a graduate of Spike Island fine arts UWE in Bristol. He enjoys basic mark-making to explore complex perspectives, and continues this into digital artworks and prints and abstract paintings which are available on his website along with comics.
Working with the youth commission and friends to make collaborative comic books has produced Zone the Guernsey comic book anthology and among others.
YASMIN ATKINSON
Yasmin retired as GAN Vice Chairperson in 2024
Yasmin was an active member and exhibitor with GAN for several years.
While Yasmin is better known locally as a professional photographer she has now discovered a new passion- clay. Inspired by the Channel Islands, and especially Guernsey she makes whimsical sculptures that are sometimes humorous and sometimes just plain weird.
THERESA McCAFFERTY - BA Hons (GSA)
Theresa retired as GAN Secretary in 2023.
Theresa is a Scottish artist living in Guernsey for 8 years.
She makes jewellery, sculptures and also works in mixed-media as a Community Artist. She graduated in Silversmithing & Jewellery from Glasgow School of Art and has exhibited internationally. She recently curated a collaborative show at Sausmarez Manor which included painting, jewellery sculpture and site-specific installations.
Theresa is actively looking for a shared studio space in Guernsey similar to the WASPS studios in Scotland.
ROSANNE GUILLE -MA (RCA)
Rosanne retired as GAN Social Media Co-ordinator 2021
Rosie is a Sarkee having now 'island hopped' to Guernsey, where she is painting nature in oils, pastels and water colours.
She is very proud of her Sark ancestry which she can trace back to the first settlers of 1565. For her Sark is the centre of the Universe! During the 1990's Rosie trained as a natural history illustrator at Bournemouth and Poole College of Art & Design and subsequently at the Royal College of Art in London where she gained her Masters Degree.
After a couple of years living and painting back home in Sark Rosie then decided to travel and paint alongside fellow RCA graduate and friend Debbie Tyzack. They travelled through India, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the US and Canada. Rosie has also visited the Galápagos Islands and South Africa where she kept sketchbooks of the iconic special wildlife of these unique environments. In 2002 Rosanne held a solo exhibition in Guernsey of wildlife and landscapes of the Channel Islands. She has illustrated for BBC Wildlife magazine, Usborne Publishing and has had work accepted into the annual exhibitions of the Society of Wildlife Artists and the Royal Miniature Society. She has run her own Gallery in Sark since 1997.
VIVIEN FERNEYHOUGH
Viv was Chairperson until stepping down to enjoy her retirement in Autumn 2019. Prior to that, she was Vice Chair and PR Co-ordinator.
Viv and Rex were instrumental forces in GAN for many years, hosting the Committee meetings at their house and curating the regular exhibitions.
"I joined the Guernsey Art Network Committee because ART MATTERS. It is not just the prerogative of aesthetes oran intelligentsia but of every social group regardless of age or gender.
The Guernsey Art Network not only provides a platform for existing artists to exhibit and promote their work, but actively encourages all age groups and people of all abilities to get involved with the visual arts. We are here to make a difference and change preconceptions."
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REX FERNEYHOUGH
Rex has been retired from the Committee since Autumn 2019 from his role as Exhibition Designer. With considerable skill and effort, he built and constructed 80 white display boards, which are available to rent from GAN for professional exhibitions.
Rex was attracted by the ethos of the Guernsey Art Network. His introduction to the Committee was in connection to the Skipton Art Festival 2015.
Rex believed it was important that Committee Members bring positive and diverse attributes to the table. This in turn can be seen by artists of all levels and media as a useful forum with which to be associated whilst they learn, share and promote their work and ideas in a friendly but stimulating environment.
DENYSE McGAHY
Denyse retired as a GAN Committee Member in summer 2020.
Her creative busy art studio 'Iris and Dora', puts her in the perfect position to act as a local hub for artists of all genres and abilities. From hobbyists to exhibiting professionals, Denyse engages with artists on a daily basis, bringing people together and fostering an environment in which people are truly able to work together, collaborating on a huge range of projects for the private sector and public at large.
JOE KINCAID
Joe retired as a GAN Committee Member in summer 2020.
His sculptural work has featured in many GAN exhibitions and include an interactive piece in Castle Cornet.
He continues in his artistic pursuits in Guernsey which includes a Community Arts role with the Youth Commission.
FRANCES LEMMON
Frances retired as Chairperson in December 2018.
The GAN has been formed to give the visual artists of Guernsey a voice and a platform to work from as well as a public resource for people to look at individual artists' work and contact details. We hope to be able to nurture artists' ambition and creativity through all our endeavours.
EMMA GRIFFIN
2014: Founder of the Guernsey Art Hub (Renamed to the Guernsey Art Network)
2014-15: Co-Founder, Chairperson & Treasurer of the Guernsey Art Network
2015: Director & Public Relations of the Skipton Art Festival 2015
Emma setup and funded the Gsy Art Hub website, to provide an art platform for like minded creatives. Providing free online profiles to showcase the island's talents and host weekly social meetups to build a local artist community.
Appointed to lead the committee, Emma registered the Guernsey Art Network with Adam Stephens, Christa Puch Nielsen, Frances Lemmon and Bridget Spinney. The passion, time and skills volunteered by each individual committee member contributed to the success of the first Skipton Art Festival. Emma was proud to have been a part of providing a space for artists to feel included and encouraged to work without judgement.
BRIDGET SPINNEY
Bridget is an artist living in a Guernsey Farmhouse in the north of the island, having converted an old barn into
a beautiful studio, The Clock Barn Studio.
Living opposite L’Ancresse Common she finds inspiration in the haven of wild flowers, butterflies and bees and two contrasting beaches; one a beautiful sandy bay and the other atmospheric and rugged.
ADAM STEPHENS
Adam attended committee meetings, provided invaluable advice and brought the original Committee members together.
DEB SOPER
Deb communicated with volunteers wishing to help out during the festival and organised a rota for people to follow.
CHRISTA PUCH NIELSON
2014-2015: Graphic Designer and Co-founder
Christa volunteered her graphic design skills and time to the committee as a co-founding member. Taking the image of the artist network and website to a professional level. She has a section on her website dedicated to the incredible graphic design work she did for the Guernsey Art Network and Skipton Art Festival here: https://hello.christapuch.dk/project/skipton-art-festival-2015/
SHARMANE DODD
Sharmane retired from her position as GAN Secretary in 2017.
She became a Committee Member after being involved in the first Skipton Art Festival in 2015. Guernsey has some talented artists and the network helps them have the opportunity to exhibit and develop their work.