Annie Wighton

I am a recent Fine Art graduate from the University of East London. As an artist I work primarily within the mediums of drawing, sculpture and installation. During the course of my degree I began exploring the way in which a work can be created within a space, the relationship between creation and location, the transience of site specific working practice, the associations that my work can provoke, exploring a sense of ambiguity between figuration and abstraction and the way in which an artwork can permeate the environment in which it is created and displayed. I began to explore drawing and sculptures formal qualities through using motifs which may potentially evoke associations in the mind of the viewer, whilst leaving or encouraging a sense of ambiguity, and exploring how the imagery and associations of my work can be both sensual and sinister.As an artist I work primarily within the mediums of drawing and installation. I use forms and visual motifs which may provoke evocations in the mind of the viewer such as hair, cloth, dress, and objects associated with ideas of beauty and identity whose depiction often creates a sense of ambiguity between figuration and abstraction.
My work examines concepts of self perception and the...

BA Hons Fine Art 2007-2010 -University of East London

Made in East London-Islington Metal Works-16th February 2011
Nowhere Near-Ground Floor Left 24th-30th September 2010
AVA Fine Art Degree Show 2010-AVA Gallery June 3rd- 7th 2010-07-05
STRETCHED- Biscuit Factory Bermondsey- November 2009
AVA Degree Show- Ava Gallery June 2009
Hard Hat Area – AVA Gallery March 2009
Fine Art Show- Trinity Buoy Wharf February 2009
AVA Degree Show- Ava Gallery June 2008
Fine Art Show-Trinity Buoy Wharf March 2008
Fine Art Showcase- AVA Gallery December 2007