Kay Gasei is a London based painter that is inspired by synthesis of myths and stories. Recent winner of the Kate Bryan Soho House prize, Gasei looks into cultures, past, present and extinct. ‘I’m into stories and myths. I like details and intimacy, which attracts me to stories because you can find little escapes’ Which we can see this through Gasei’s use of symbolism, recurring motifs and characters in abstract spaces that act out these narratives. Gasei goes on to state ‘I try to keep the symbols as natural and universal as possible especially in the case of scenes expressing a ritual, trees, rocks/stones and bodies of water are incorporated as well as the most utilised resource we have at our disposal, the human figure.