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AISHA BRIDGMAN
In the studio, 2022
Bio
Aisha Bridgman is best known for her acrylic paintings, which oscillate between non-representational, imagined landscapes and figurative abstraction. Originally from Portsmouth, she now lives and works in Surrey, UK.
In recent years, Aisha reignited her painting career and in 2023, she completed a year of mentoring from Turps Art School. Although unable to proceed, she was later selected by Tracey Emin to join TKE Studios.
Recent exhibitions include Blue Shop Gallery in London, Studio Cennen in Wales, The Lido Stores in Margate and through Art & People at Hollywood Road Gallery in London, where her paintings sold out. Aisha's paintings have been secured in numerous private collections within the UK, Europe, Asia and the US.
With Will Gompertz, at a private view of the Turner Prize, Tate Britain, 2018
Artist Statement
My approach to painting is heartfelt, supported by my deepening relationship with colour.
Laying down a coloured ground with lines of ink, provides a starting point. Decisions concerning materials, layering and surface are partly planned, however the imagery and compositional direction change, when emotional responses to personal experience, memory or place arise.
Solitary figures are still or transparent, reflecting transience, the shifts experienced, when processing and working through emotions, both on and off the canvas. I am increasingly drawn to nocturnal scenes. They offer a stillness, an introspection and deep emotive connection.
My intention is for both myself and the viewer to escape into and explore these otherworldly landscapes, with their linear structures and off-kilter habitats.
CV
b. Portsmouth, England
Lives and works in Surrey, UK
Education
Turps Art School, Correspondence Course, 2022-2023
Chelsea College of Art, Digital Pattern Design & Print, 2013
University of Portsmouth, B.A. (Hons) Fine Art, 2.1, 2000-2003
10,000 word dissertation: The Importance of Abstract Expressionism, 2.1
Selected Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2021
Abstract paintings, Well & Good, Godalming, UK
Group Exhibitions
2023
Works on Paper 5, Blue Shop Gallery, online
The Wild Thought, The Lido Stores, Margate, UK
2022
Precious Postcards, Hollywood Road Gallery, London, UK
Tree of Life, Studio Cennen, Wales, UK
2021
Affordable Art, Laura Long Contemporary, online
2020
Lockdown, Fronteer Art, online
2007
Charity silent auction, Christie’s, London, UK
2003
Graduate show, Portsmouth, UK
2001
Half Way House, shortlisted by Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth, UK
Charitable Donations
2022
Donated 25% of proceeds of paintings to FoodCycle, through Art & People
Donated 100% proceeds of paintings to the DEC Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal
2020
Donated 100% proceeds of a painting to BLAM, Black Learning Achievement and Mental Health