Amanda Ansell (born 1976) is an

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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

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. The same year, a body of work was selected for exhibition at

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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),

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(2017) and

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(2017 – 2018) * “Anything Goes”

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(2017) * “The London Group Open Exhibition”

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(2015) * “@Paintbritain” Ipswich Museum (2014) * “Contemporary British Painting”

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(2014) * “Contemporary British Painting” The Crypt, St Marylebone Parish Church, London (2013) * “Hiraki Sawa, Tessa Farmer and Amanda Ansell”

, Colchester (2006)

Selected solo exhibitions

* “River” The Oasis Gallery,

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(2018) * “Rearranging Curves”

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(2016)

Selected collections

*East Contemporary Art Collection,

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*Jiangsu Arts and Crafts Museum, Artall

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References

External links

Amanda Ansell website
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