Margaret Ashman

Margaret Ashman is a Senior Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter Printmakers. She was

Chairman of the Printmakers Council for a number of years Her work has been included in

many international exhibitions and is held in public collections including the Ashmolean

Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum and museums in Asia, Europe and the USA.

Statement.

Margaret Ashman creates photo etchings starting with photographs or videos of models

signing or dancing or a combination of the two. Her practice stems from the notion that signing and gesture have a particular resonance with the viewer because of their origins as the roots of language.

She transforms the starting-point photographs into atmospheric artworks, by placing the

dancers in ethereal spaces, sometimes real, sometimes imaginary. The images are etched onto

steel or copper plates by the artist in her own studio, and printed on the artist’s Rochat etching

press. The prints are original editions. Each one has been printed from one or multiple plates

inked and pulled through the press individually by the artist.

Margaret has built up a large body of work over the twenty years since she graduated. She has

produced many series of prints, each series exploring a particular idea or theme.

Occupation Artist Printmaker

Ashman studied Fine Art followed by an MA in Printmaking. She has a teaching qualification

MA Printmaking and Professional Practice
University of Brighton and London Print Studio 2003 – 2005

BA Fine Art
University of Hertfordshire 1998 – 2003

MA Physics
Somerville College, Oxford 1977 – 1980

Teaching Qualification
City & Guilds 7407
Certificate in Further Education Teaching Stage 1 2006
Kensington and Chelsea College