Barbara ash

Bristol, UK

Barbara currently makes work on a boat on a marina near Bristol, before that she had an active 10-year practice in Bangalore working around India on residencies and shows, enjoying the freedom of a different cultural aesthetic. Her farewell project was to co-organise an India to Europe 4 woman touring exhibition inaugurated by the Dean of Fine Art at the Royal College of Art.

Barbara explores ideas of power, individuality and freedom from a feminist perspective; collaging combinations of materials and dynamics –  mixing up 2d and 3d, putting sculpture and linocut print elements together, bringing together notions of hard and soft sculpture, and juggling “serious” socio-political issues with a degree of absurdity/humour, often in an accessible “pleasant” pastel coloured visual format. She enjoys the challenge of blurring boundaries by creatively using different textile materials alongside more “traditional” techniques, often introducing collaged lace trim with carved forms and hand sewing hanging canvas sculptures festooned with repeated lino designs to produce unusual relationships.

Website: www.barbaraash.org

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