Margaret Ashman
Margaret Ashman’s work is a meditation on the unseen, spiritual, emotional or otherness of life.
Using photographs or video stills, sometimes layering images from multiple sources she creates pieces in which a solitary or group of dancers fills or interacts with a space. Dancers or Deaf signers are photographed performing contemporary dance or signing to particular songs or texts. The manipulated imagery is transferred to multiple etching plates using traditional acids and aquatint, imparting a particular textural quality to the finished prints.
Ashman’s recent series of prints ‘Slow Dancing’ is based on video stills of a dance by Chinese dancer Kehua Li, or Lico, with the performer’s permission. In this series Ashman has captured a series of poses, demonstrating the performer’s mastery of her medium. Largo, Lento and Slow Dancing 3 have not been exhibited yet; Slow Dancing 1 and 2 are new works this year, while Tempus Vernam has had several showings.
Ashman graduated from the University of Brighton in 2005 with an MA in Printmaking and Professional Practice. She is a short listed artist in the Flourish Award 2024.
She has exhibited widely in the UK and overseas since then. Recent solo shows include ‘A Time to Measure’ at Happenstance Gallery in 2023, a solo exhibition at Impact 12 and ‘Breaking Bread’ at the Swiss Church in 2022. Recent Print Fairs include PrintFest 2024, the Manchester Art Fair 2023 and the London Original Print Fair 2024.
Margaret Ashman’s work is a meditation on the unseen, spiritual, emotional or otherness of life.
Using photographs or video stills, sometimes layering images from multiple sources she creates pieces in which a solitary or group of dancers fills or interacts with a space. Dancers or Deaf signers are photographed performing contemporary dance or signing to particular songs or texts. The manipulated imagery is transferred to multiple etching plates using traditional acids and aquatint, imparting a particular textural quality to the finished prints.
Ashman’s recent series of prints ‘Slow Dancing’ is based on video stills of a dance by Chinese dancer Kehua Li, or Lico, with the performer’s permission. In this series Ashman has captured a series of poses, demonstrating the performer’s mastery of her medium. Largo, Lento and Slow Dancing 3 have not been exhibited yet; Slow Dancing 1 and 2 are new works this year, while Tempus Vernam has had several showings.
Ashman graduated from the University of Brighton in 2005 with an MA in Printmaking and Professional Practice. She is a short listed artist in the Flourish Award 2024.
She has exhibited widely in the UK and overseas since then. Recent solo shows include ‘A Time to Measure’ at Happenstance Gallery in 2023, a solo exhibition at Impact 12 and ‘Breaking Bread’ at the Swiss Church in 2022. Recent Print Fairs include PrintFest 2024, the Manchester Art Fair 2023 and the London Original Print Fair 2024.
Margaret Ashman’s work is a meditation on the unseen, spiritual, emotional or otherness of life.
Using photographs or video stills, sometimes layering images from multiple sources she creates pieces in which a solitary or group of dancers fills or interacts with a space. Dancers or Deaf signers are photographed performing contemporary dance or signing to particular songs or texts. The manipulated imagery is transferred to multiple etching plates using traditional acids and aquatint, imparting a particular textural quality to the finished prints.
Ashman’s recent series of prints ‘Slow Dancing’ is based on video stills of a dance by Chinese dancer Kehua Li, or Lico, with the performer’s permission. In this series Ashman has captured a series of poses, demonstrating the performer’s mastery of her medium. Largo, Lento and Slow Dancing 3 have not been exhibited yet; Slow Dancing 1 and 2 are new works this year, while Tempus Vernam has had several showings.
Ashman graduated from the University of Brighton in 2005 with an MA in Printmaking and Professional Practice. She is a short listed artist in the Flourish Award 2024.
She has exhibited widely in the UK and overseas since then. Recent solo shows include ‘A Time to Measure’ at Happenstance Gallery in 2023, a solo exhibition at Impact 12 and ‘Breaking Bread’ at the Swiss Church in 2022. Recent Print Fairs include PrintFest 2024, the Manchester Art Fair 2023 and the London Original Print Fair 2024.