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Margaret Ashman
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Degree: MA Printmaking
University: University of Brighton
Graduation Year: 2005
New Blood Art Statement
With an impressive resumé and critical acclaim, Margaret Ashman presents sophisticated photo etchings. Investigating the human figure and movement by using dancers as her subject she captures softness and energy in her photographs using a multi-layered approach and incorporating oriental imagery. Asian influences are evident in the simplicity and minimalism of these harmonious compositions. Soulful, sensitive and powerful work.
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Artist Statement
My imagery is carefully constructed from my own photography and borrowed elements from sources such as fabrics, garments, wallpaper, or books with an oriental influence. My favourite muse is the Japanese dancer, Chisato Minamimura, who performed improvised dance and a number of sequences of sign language for the Deaf (Chisato is deaf) for my camera. I strive for a spiritual elegance and simplicity in my finished works, in contrast to the lengthy, complicated process of making. A poem or phrase or idea is given to the dancer as a starting point, from which the work evolves. Further layers add new constructs until the etching process translates the final image into a coherent whole, with rich textures and delicate colour combinations. The addition of birds, flowers and other elements allows the viewer a window into the subconscious inner world, a different reality to the visible.My interest in the orient stems from a family collection of Chinese and Japanese ceramics and embroideries which I was familiar with as a child. I was recently invited to the Guanlan Print Base in southern China as an International Artist in Residence. My work is in a number of collections in China including the Guandong Museum of Art and Shenzhen University.
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Solo Shows
2009, Recent Prints, Hepsibah Gallery, London
2008, A Time to Dance, Hepsibah Gallery, London
2006, New Prints, Hepsibah Gallery, London
2004, Deo Tangente, St Albans Cathedral, London
2003, Echoes, Fovea Gallery, Harrow
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012, Invited Artist in Tokyo Prints,
2012, Invited Artist 6th International Printmaking Biennial of Douro, Portugal,
2012, Invited Artist 6th International Kyoto Hanga, Japan,
2012, Head and Whole 2, Abbey Walk Gallery, Grimsby,
2012, Turn,Turn,Turn……Margate Gallery, Margate,
2012, RE Annual Members Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2012, The London Original Print Fair, The Royal Academy, London
2012, Lost for Words, Street Gallery, UCH Arts, London
2011, Press Freedom, The Station, Richmond
2011, Inspired by the Orient, Obsidian Gallery, Aylesbury
2011, Greenwich Printmakers – Second Edition, National Theatre, London
2010, ING Discerning Eye Mall, Galleries, London
2010, Art of Giving Competition Finals, Saatchi Gallery, London
2010, 2nd Penang International Print Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery, Penang, Malaysia
2010, Bienial Internacional de Gravura, Douro Museum, Portugal
2010, Exchange 7, Printzero Studios, Seattle, USA
2010, International Print Network, Stadtmuseum, Oldenburg, Germany
2010, Multiple Matters - Graphic Concepts, Vienna Kunstlerhaus, Vienna, Austria
2010, Originals 10, Mall Galleries, London
2010, Printmakers Council Exhibition, Solander Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2009, International Print Triennial, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow, Poland
2009, Print or Photography?, Contemporary Art Gallery, Opole, Poland
2009, International Graphic Art Biennial, Split Musuem, Split, Croatia
2009, International Prints Exhibition and Festival, Qijiang, China
2009, Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, New Zealand
2009, 7th International Engraving Biennial,Museum of Modern Art, Liege, Belgium
2009, 2nd International Print Biennial Guanlan, Shenzhen, China
2009, Pierre Press & Printmakers Council, Marcilhac-sur-Cele, France
2009, Lasting Impressions, National Theatre, London,
2008, Through the Lens, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
2008, RE Exchange Exhibition, Museum of Modern Art, Nairobi, Kenya
2008, The Americas Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary Prints, Iowa University, Iowa, USA
2008, 7th World Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
Selected Prizes
2012 Intaglio Printmaker Award, RE Members Exhibition 2011 International Print Prize, Guanlan Print Biennial, London
2010, Fellow, Royal Society of Painter Printmakers, London
2010, Finalist, Art of Giving National Art Competition, Saatchi Gallery, London
2005, First Prize Mini Print Competition, University of Brighton
2004, Julian Trevelyan Memorial Award, Originals 04, Mall Galleries, London
2003, Degree Prize Winner University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield
Residencies
2009, Artist in Residence, Guanlan Printmaking Base, China
2008, Artist in Residence, Harlow College, Essex