Alex Ashton

As a painter and printmaker, materials and medium interconnect to explore the immersive experience of 'place', the colour of memory and the mark of intention. Recent work has focused on gesture as a means of containing relational memories. The vitality of painting and drawing within the immersive environment provides a structure through which temporality is both experienced and explored. The work begins with drawing in the landscape - immersed in the feel and texture of a particular "˜place'. This experience is concentrated and distilled within the studio as I attempt to isolate and refine the "˜situated experience' :smell, taste, colour and sound. The sensory experiences combine, through the intentional gesture, as an attempt to capture the "˜essence' of a particular moment in time. Landscape and drawing in direct response to place acts as a starting point for the paintings' development within the studio - intimately connected but suspended and distilled by the distance of the studio.

Academic and Professional Qualifications
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

2013-2017 DCA Research Degree at University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
2005-2006 Post Graduate Certificate of Education,University of Central Lancashire, UK
1989-1990 Chelsea College of Art and Design, MA Fine Art Printmaking
1986-1989 Loughborough College of Art and Design,B.A (Hons) Fine Art

Exhibitions (Edited)

2016 October, Brisbane - The Colour of Memory - solo exhibition
2015 Saatchi Gallery - group show
2014 Hong Kong Art Fair, Hong Kong - group show
2014 QArt, Caloundra, Queensland - group show
2013 LifeART Worldwide, Queensland - group show
2013 Arteria Gallery, Lancaster, UK
2011 Florence Biennale, Italy
2011 Bedfordbury Gallery, London
2011 Edinburgh Art Fair, Edinburgh
2010 University of Cumbria, Lancaster, UK
2010 Electricworks, Sheffield
2009 Arteria Gallery, Lancaster
2009 The Edge Gallery, Lancaster
2008 Open West, Stroud, Gloucestershire
2007 Neutron Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
2007 Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
2006 Dukes Playhouse, Lancaster
2006 Sun Gallery, Lancaster
2005 Manchester Art Show, Manchester
2005 Manchester Library Theatre, Manchester
2005 ‘JAPAN’, Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire
2004 The Edge Gallery, Lancaster
2003 Neutron, Kyoto, Japan
2003 Five Plus Gallery, Ambleside, Cumbria
2003 No.9 The Gallery, Birmingham
2002 Neutron, Kyoto, Japan
2002 ‘Sefton Open’, Southport, Lancashire
2002 Adze Gallery, York
2002 Rufford Gallery, Nottinghamshire
2001 ‘Sefton Open’, Southport, Lancashire
2001 Wave Co...