Amanda Ansell (born 1976) is an English artist. She studied Fine Art at Norwich University of the Arts between 1995 and 1998 and then at the

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from 1998 to 2000. After living in

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for seven years, she returned to her native

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in 2006 to begin an artist residency at Firstsite,

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. The same year, a body of work was selected for exhibition at Kettles Yard, Cambridge and she was nominated for Jerwood Contemporary Painters. Her paintings are abstract and make use of a limited palette to explore the relationship between artist and nature.

Selected group exhibitions

* “Royal Academy Summer Exhibition”

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, London (2018) * “Contemporary Masters from Britain: 80 British Painters of the 21st Century” Yantai Art Museum (2017), Jiangsu Art Gallery (2017) and Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts (2017 – 2018) * “Anything Goes” Bermondsey Project Space (2017) * “The London Group Open Exhibition” The London Group (2015) * “@Paintbritain” Ipswich Museum (2014) * “Contemporary British Painting” Huddersfield Art Gallery (2014) * “Contemporary British Painting” The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church, London (2013) * “Hiraki Sawa, Tessa Farmer and Amanda Ansell” Firstsite, Colchester (2006)

Selected solo exhibitions

* “River” The Oasis Gallery,

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(2018) * “Rearranging Curves” Westminster Reference Library (2016)

Selected collections

*East Contemporary Art Collection, University of Suffolk *Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum, Artall

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* Swindon Art Gallery *

The Priseman Seabrook Collection The Priseman Seabrook Collection is a British-based private collection founded by the artist Robert Priseman and his wife Ally Seabrook. It is composed of three distinct categories: 21st Century British Painting, 20th and 21st Century British Work ...

References

External links

Amanda Ansell website
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