Introducing the Assembly 2025 Artists

Assembly is an annual exhibition programme of newly commissioned work by emerging artists based in Sandwell and the Black Country. We are delighted to announce the 2025 artist cohort features Mandeep Dillon, Mia Banks and Tegen Kimbley.

Initiated as part of Multistory’s artist development programme Blast Creative Network (BCN), the opportunity platforms emerging artists from across the region, and makes space for them to push their practice and experiment with making new work. Multistory is delighted to once again be working in partnership with The New Art Gallery Walsall who will also be providing mentorship and curatorial support to the artists, and present the the end of programme exhibition of newly commissioned work.

To learn more about the wonderful artists, read about their practices below.

We can't wait to share their progress with you, so keep an eye out for news on our website and socials!

Mandeep Dillon

Mandeep Dillon creates ephemeral sculptures that investigate the transient nature of human and non-human existence. Conflicted about occupying space and adding to a crowded world, temporality is an integral aspect of her practice. Made primarily from inflatables, her works are inherently fragile, their swollen buoyancy hinting at impending collapse. Often, photographs serve as the only lasting evidence of their existence.

Viewers might engage with the sculpture in a way that is both abstract and visceral, their presence prompting kinetic reactions and an awareness of their embodied connection to the object.

Artist Bio: Hailing from Tipton and now based in Dudley, Mandeep has an MA in Sculpture from the Royal College of Art and is a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors. She won the Madame Tussauds Fine Art Prize for her MA show and was shortlisted for the Ingram Prize. Mandeep previously worked as a documentary filmmaker, creating programs focused on environmental issues and conflict.

Mia Banks

Mia Banks specialises primarily in sculpture, with elements of photography. Her practice focuses on validating undervalued materials and textures found in everyday life. She combines mass-manufacturing and handcrafting techniques to extract and replicate existing textures from familiar settings onto various objects and surfaces.

Through this process of extraction, she aims to encourage audiences to pay closer attention to their surroundings by offering a neurodiverse perspective—transforming overlooked everyday surfaces and materials into art.

Artist bio: Mia Banks is a multidisciplinary artist from Walsall. She holds a BA and MA from Birmingham City University. Her most recent project was featured in the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's exhibition "Deviance and Difference," which celebrated the diversity of multicultural artists from the West Midlands.

Tegen Kimbley

Tegen Kimbley is a documentary photographer exploring manmade environments. Tegen documents the people and objects that inhabit them, creating narratives around the everyday and over-looked. Through considered composition, she attempts to generate dialogue around current environmental, social and economic issues, whilst creating a sense of atmosphere and place.

Artist bio: Tegen graduated from The University of South Wales in 2018. Recent group exhibitions include Narcissus in Bloom, Ffoto Cymru 2024, Cardiff (2024), CYCLES, The Gap, Birmingham (2024), The Technician Show, Coventry (2022), Offsite 9: Wolverhampton Outdoor Market (2022), and PHRAME: Everywoman, Senedd Cymru - Welsh Parliament (2020).