ASHWAN studied fine arts in the UK and the USA at the The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has been living and working in Barcelona since 2009. He describes his art as a visual Tao of the boom-bap-sounds. The artist creates objects: figurative, solid and with a strong presence. The oftentimes uses discarded cardboard for his mixed media pieces and transforms them into large-format works, ultimately encasing them in resin. His art takes the beholder back to a time, where cities and urban live was stricken by a continuously growing social gap, leading to an explosion in color, i.e. the graffiti-sprayed parts of the Bronx from the 1970s, being left untouched for decades, as well as the destroyed Berlin wall.
born in Liverpool, United Kingdom
Bachelor (with honors) from the University of Northumbria, Newcastle, United Kingdom
Master of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA
lives and works in Barcelona, Spain
Today Was A Good Day @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Sample Culture, BienCuadrado Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
I Like The Way You Talk @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Used To Di It Out In The Park, BienCuadrado, Barcelona, Spain
Swab, Art Fair, 3 Punts Galeria, Barcelona, Spain
Palimpsest, Zap, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Art Madrid, 3 Punts Galeria, Madrid, Spain
Art Karlsruhe 2014, 3 Punts Galeria, Karlsruhe, Germany
Royal College of Art, London, United Kingdom
London Elephant Parade, London, United Kingdom
Dukes Oak, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Loop Festival, Video Art, Barcelona, Spain
Firbob and Peacok, Knutsford, United Kingdom
Videoakt, Video Festival, Berlín, Germany
MIND MAPS, @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg
DOGGED, BienCuadrado Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
Interruption, with Nico Sawatzki @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Sprayed, with Katharina Grosse and Nico Sawatzki @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Urvanity, 2020 Art Fair, BienCuadrado, Madrid, Spain
Same Same but Different, with Robert Longo, A.R. Penck, Alex Katz and others @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Same Same but Different, with Robert Longo, A.R. Penck, Alex Katz and others @Galerie Isabelle Lesmeister, Regensburg, Germany
Art Milan, 3Punts Galeria, Milano, Italy
Xerxes Fine Art, 2 Man Show, London, United Kingdom
Bites of Future, 3 Punts Galeria. Barcelona, Spain
Abnormal Activity, 3 Punts Galeria. Barcelona, Spain
A Rich Stash, A Nova Incredible. Believe Inn, Chicago, USA
Dukes Oak, Cheshire, United Kingdom