Persona can be defined as: the aspect of someone’s character that is presented to or perceived by others; a role or character adopted by an author, actor, etc or in a game; in Jungian psychology, the outer or assumed aspect of character, “persona and anima switch roles and merge in slow, smooth ways.” These facts and more can be viewed in a new group exhibition, full of cachet and verve.

Persona continues at the Leyton Gallery of Fine Art until November 9.

Images: Emma Jean and Margaret Find Some Seashells, by Kent Jones (watercolour and gouache); Breezy, by Iakov Afanasiev (oil on canvas), Reticence #4, by Virginia Mak (chromogenic print), courtesy the Leyton Gallery.