BARBARA ASH M.A (R.C.A)
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
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Royal College of Art, London, M.A (R.C.A) in Sculpture. (Exchange to Lisbon Art College, Portugal)
Cyprus College of Art, Post-graduate sculpture course, Cyprus
Middlesex University, London. B.A (Hons) Degree in Fine Art
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AWARDS
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Marshwood Arts Prize, awarded the prize in the Sculpture category by Tania Kovats
British Women Artists' Annual, Judges Favourite; commended by Mary Allen, former Secretary-General of Arts Council England
Artist Grant for “Dolls” touring exhibition project in India & London, U.K (Arts Council England)
Spike Island Associates- Melluish Bursary towards project-development in India (Spike Island Associates)
Artists Grant awarded for solo show “Playthings” (Arts Council of England)
Year of the Artist Award in collaboration with Belvue Special School, London (Arts Council England)
Henry Moore Fellowship; based for one year at Canterbury College of Art, U.K (Henry Moore Foundation)
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE & RESIDENCIES
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Elected a member of the Royal Society of Sculptors, London, UK
Royal West of England Academy, shortlisted to become an Academician & invited to show at the Annual Open
Bristol School of Art, Lecturer in Sculpture, Stroud & South Gloc College
NIV Art Centre, Delhi, India - Artist Residency
Drawing across, internet drawing exchanges with women from the criminal justice system (Arts Council of England)
Art Adventures in India, Slide presentation on residency-work in India, Spike Island, Bristol, U.K (Arts Council of England)
Big girl's blouse, Site-specific Sculpture Residency, Spike Island Art Centre, Bristol, U.K
Sandarbh, Six month International Residency at Partapur/Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Artist Residency, Bangalore Artists Centre & 1 Shanthi Rd Studio Gallery, India
Bangalore University, India, Lecture/slide-show on practice
Spike Island, Studio-holder, Membership secretary & Member of Management & Education committee
Sculpture Residency at Portland Clifftop Sculpture Park, Dorset
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SELECTED INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS & WORKSHOPS
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Melting Pot, Project management & participation of four woman touring show, Kashi Art Gallery, Kerala, India, Sublime Galleria, Bangalore, India, Kombank Art Hall, Belgrade, Serbia, Serbian Embassy, London & the Nehru Centre (the Cultural wing of Indian High Commission), London & Gallery Beyond, Bombay
International Painting & Sculpture Workshop, Ranchi, Jharkand, India.
Love, hope & happiness; Artist exchange project curated by Bernard Beiling, Germany
Kala Samanya International Festival, Guwahati, Assam, India
International Painting Camp, Alva’s Education Foundation, Mangalore, India
Virion, Biennial exhibition of public screenings of project-work, Queensland University, Perth Cultural Centre, Australia
Green World Art Festival, Collaborative multi-media project, Orissa, India
Neerja Modi, National Painting workshop, Jaipur, India
Sandarbh, Ten day site-specific workshop in rural Rajasthan, India
International Sculpture Symposium, Hai Phong, Vietnam
International Sculpture Symposium, Gwalior, India
Lapidea, International Sculpture Symposium, Germany
International Sculpture Symposium, Sprimont, Belgium
International Ice and Snow Festival, Central House of the Russian Army, Moscow, Russia
International Sculpture Symposium, sculptures in the collection of the Rabas Museum, Czechoslovakia
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SELECTED SOLO SHOWS
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Holding up half the sky, Five Forty Five gallery, Bangalore, India
Sugar & Spice, Kashi Art Gallery, Kerala, India
Homogenous (the beauty of bland), J.K.K Art Centre, Jaipur, India
Dance footloose on the earth, Installation @ 1 Shanthi Rd Studio-Gallery, Bangalore, India
Sculpture in the Workplace -Ten years of sculpture, Canada Square, part of the Canary Wharf Public Art Programme, London. Curated by Ann Elliott
Play Things, Installation @ Walcott Chapel, Bath, U.K
Cornucopia, Installation in the cloisters of Gloucester Cathedral, Gloucester, U.K
Teddy bears picnic, Installation @ Spike Island Art Centre, Bristol, U.K
The Lost World of Feelings, Installation @ Picton Street Gallery, Bristol, U.K
Set in stone, Henry Moore Fellowship Show, Herbert Read Gallery, Canterbury, U.K
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SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
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"Flights of fancy" installation for Memory papers, 44AD Asssociates Annual, Bath
Print International, Ty Pawb Art Centre, Wrexham, Wales
Modify, Annual Print Open, 44AD, Bath
Near & Far, Print exhibition/exchange, Transylvania University, Kentucky, U.S
The Marshwood Art Prize, Bridport Art Centre
The Discerning Eye, London
Unexplored territories (Artist-led project on Brexit), Cambridge
RWA Candidate Exhibition Show, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Roots & wings, curated by Michaela Wetheral, House of Blah Blah, Exchange House, Middlesborough
FLUX Exhibition, Old Truman Brewery, London
Lust for life - works inspired by Frida Kahlo, Menier Gallery, Chocolate Factory, London
Morphologies of the archive, Inaugural exhibition, Museum of Goa, India
Bells from the deep, Hundred Years Gallery, London
Journey 5, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Calcutta, India
The Drawing Box, International drawing project, Associazone Culturale, Bologna, Italy
Stature, Gallery Iliev, Cologne, Germany
Interstices, Kochi-Muziris Biennale collateral event, Kerala, curated by Neelima Jeychandran, UCLA.
pREpellers, Gallery Art & Soul, Artchennai Artfair, Chennai, curated by Kavita Balakrishnan
New York Expo, Sculpture & video presentation of work, New York, U.S. A. curated by Nelleke Nix
Dolls, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, India, curated by Marta Jakimowicz, touring to ArtChennai Art Festival & Rob Dean Art, London
Innerscapes, installation & drawings at Alliance Francais, Bangalore, India
Second Bangkok Triennial, selected by Tetsuya Noda, Tokyo National University of Fine Arts. Bangkok Art & Cultural Centre, Bangkok.
Art in Rajasthan, Bougainvillea Gallery, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
Adam’s Rib, Eve’s Air in her hair, SOHO20, New York, curated by Melina Messina, Brooklyn Museum
Beauty & the Beast, Stourhead, curated by Peter Dickinson for Hotbath Gallery/the National Trust, England
Re-worked, Washington Gallery, Cardiff, Wales
153rd Autumn Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Royal British Society of Sculptors Centenary Show, University of Leicester & Royal British Society of Sculptors Annual Show, London
Off the Wall, Olympia, London
Shrewsbury Open, Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery, Shrewsbury
Beauty & Corruption, Crawford Municipal Gallery, Cork, Ireland. Selected by EugenieTai, Brooklyn Museum & Hugh Mulholland, Ormeau Baths Gallery.
Workplace, Site-specific project for the “Year of the Artist” programme, Arts Council of England, Bristol
Sculpture presented on ArtLink@Sotheby's International Young Art programme
Contemporary Art Society Annual Exhibition, Royal Festival Hall, London
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Sub-tropical, Four Woman Show, Opus 39 Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
Interim Show, Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, London
Vojanovy Sady, Open Air sculpture Show, Central Prague, Czech Republic
International Sculpture Symposium Exhibition, Horice, Czechoslovakia
Island life, Gloria Gallery, Nicosia, Cyprus
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SELECTED COMMISSIONS
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Bristol Children’s Hospital, U.K Interactive Public Sculpture in collaboration with digital artist.
Battersea Park, London. Public commission for the herb garden
Canterbury International Art Festival, Public commission for Canterbury Council Collection.
"Bristol scenes" Bath stone panels for J. Sainsbury, Public commission for the Sainsbury Collection
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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Never a doll moment by Pratima Chabbi, Time Out, Bangalore, India
Sculpture at Canary Wharf - a decade of exhibitions, Ann Elliot, U.K (Canary Wharf Group)
Doll-girls, by Marta Jakimowicz, “Deccan Herald”, national press, India
The art of buying beauty, by Surekha K in “New Indian Express”, national press, India
Gender-specifics, by Tanya Abraham in “The Hindu”, national press, India
Child-like in a metaphoric landscape, Marta Jakimowicz, “Deccan Herald”, national press, India
Lapidea 2006, Anneli Karrenbrock, Germany (Görres Publishing House)
crawford open 1 – 4, Peter Murray, Ireland (Gandon Editions)
Sculpture in Bristol, Douglas Merritt, U.K (Redcliffe Press)
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Mail barbarajash@gmail.com for enquiries about available works.
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