Andy Ash - Artist
Andy Ash was born in Bulkington in North Warwickshire in 1965 and studied Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University. His work encompass sculpture, objects, photography, film, drawing and installation.
Andy is a highly experienced Artist, Researcher and Educator with over twenty years of history working in higher education. Having worked in three Russell Group Universities he has strong education professional skills in Art Education, Contemporary Art, Galleries & Museums, Teaching & Learning, Visual Art Practice as Research and Initial Teacher Education. He has collaborated with cultural institutions such as Tate Exchange, Tate Britain, ICA, Kings College Art Centre Cambridge University, Peckham Platform, and the Freelands Foundation.
Exhibitions
There are two interwoven strands to Andy's art, research and teaching interests: 1) art education, visual art practise as research and making 2) transdisciplinarity, collaboration and a dialogic approach. His artistic practice includes sculpture, film, objects, drawing, print in an installation or in situ context. More recently he has collaborated with neuroscientists enquiring about the brain, depression, dyslexia and (dis)location.
Andy's is a member of the Red Herring artist studio co-operative based in Portslade.
Solo
2018
‘Hole in your soul’ Monitor Gallery, UCL IOE, London
2018
‘Talking Brains’ Kings College Gallery, Cambridge University
1995
1993
‘To train yourself’ The Butts Gallery, Reading
'Anything you can do...' Henley College Gallery
Group
2019
2019
'Making-Place' InSEA, BCU Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
'Making Time, for your Artlife' InSEA, BCU Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2019
'Science and Art', Gerald Moore Gallery, Greenwich, London.
2018
‘Dark Days, White Nights’, beta Space Gallery, Aalto University, Finland
2018
‘Research Images as Art: Art Images as Research’ Cloisters, Wilkins Building, UCL, London
2015
‘House of Animal Consciousness’ Brighton Festival, Open House
1994
‘Thinking of you’ Axiam Gallery, Reading
1993
'Art in Focus' Kings Arcade, Reading
1993
‘Group Show’ Reading University Gallery, London Road, Reading
1992
'Reading Arts Festival' Apex Plaza, Reading
1991
'Two Man Show' Rye Art Festival, Winchelsea Gallery, Winchelsea
1987
1986
1985
'Degree Show' Trent Polytechnic, Nottingham
'Group Show' Bonington Gallery, Nottingham
'Group Show' Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham
Residencies
2018
1994
1987
1986
Kings College Gallery, Cambridge University
Maiden Earley School, Reading
Redhill Comprehensive School, Arnold, Notts
Artist in Industry at Butterley Foundry, Ripley, commissioned piece
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