Prudence Ainslie – Semblance

ABOUT THIS PRINT

In ‘Semblance’ dissolving woodcut veils subside to reveal maze-like architectural spaces. Framed by the fabricated walls of the structure, cloudscape vistas break through from the other side.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Prudence Ainslie is primarily a printmaker. She documents places with the intention of re-analysing the act of seeing. For her the viewing experience is absorbed through process and the re-working of multiple media – By folding, layering, and abstracting to create subtle illusions and construct tangible worlds that allude to the original space. There is an interrogation of the fluctuation between the reading of the two-dimensional and three-dimensional.

Her images often bring together the traditional 20th century woodcut and contemporary digital printing methods, exploiting the subtle layering of contrasting print media.

Ainslie’s work is held by public collections including UK: Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Golder-Thompson Collection; Chichester University; Swindon Museum and Gallery Collection, Wiltshire; USA: United Therapeutics Corp. Collection, USA.

Ainslie was born in Wiltshire, UK in 1990. She studied BA(Hons.) Fine Art, Printmaking, at the University of Brighton, graduating with a First Class Honours degree in 2013. Alongside working in her studio and exhibiting, Ainslie also has printmaking experience as studio assistant for artists Eileen Cooper RA. and Sara Lee, and as Print Editioner for Sanguine Studios, Bermondsey. She was Archivist & Studio assistant for artist Tom Hammick from 2013 -2015.

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