Imogen Ashwin graduated in 2001 with a First Class honours degree in Fine Art, and completed an MA in Fine Art in 2002. Her experience since then as an arts practitioner and facilitator is outlined in her CV and artist's statement.
Imogen's own work is primarily expressed through mixed media installation, often employing photography, video and object making. She has always been fascinated by resonant places in the landscape and the interface between humans and nature, so her work constantly explores these themes.
Trevor Ashwin is a keen photographer, and is also active as an artist. At present he is using digital collage techniques and cartography - both key 'tools of his trade' as an archaeologist and illustrator - to explore familiar landscapes in a more subjective way than he once did as a field archaeologist.
Projects
Festial (2007-2008)
During 2007-8, Imogen conducted Festial, a year-long, Arts Council funded residency in a largely unrestored medieval church in the village of Wood Dalling, three miles from her home. This project explored the extent to which it is possible to share in, empathise with and 'inhabit' the medieval world, from our contemporary standpoint.
Read more about Festial.
Pace (2009)
Summer 2009 saw another project by Imogen. Pace was an urban intervention in the form of a series of installations and performances on Magdalen Street, Norwich. The work took place concurrently with Norwich's biennial festival of contemporary art CAN 09, which ran from 11 July until 31 August 2009.
Read more about Pace.
Howe (2009-2010)
Over the span of one year, from Autumn 2010 until 2011, Imogen's project Howe: from winternights to summer findings explored the magic and mystery of Norfolk's many hills through fieldwork, intervention and performance.
Read more about Howe.
Exhibitions
Imogen and Trevor have both contributed to numerous exhibitions. These are highlights from the last year.
- The Art of Faith (Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, October 2010-January 2011). Work from Imogen's Festial project was selected for inclusion in this major exhibition surveying 3500 years of art, archaeology belief and faith in East Anglia. Trevor also created a series of computer graphics for the exhibition, including an interactive map showing 'religious' sites and monuments since Neolithic times.
Read more about the exhibition. - Self Spirit Surroundings (School of World Art & Museology, University of East Anglia, November-December 2010). Trevor contributed photographs of prehistoric monuments in Norfolk to this exploration of the 'art of faith' in East Anglia today.
SAW: elemental (Salthouse Church, Norfolk, August 2011). A major exhibition by the SAW artists' group (Antonia Soto, Imogen and Trevor Ashwin and Lynda Williams) at this well-known North Norfolk venue. For more information, please visit www.sawnorfolk.net.
Our practice
Alongside its members' own practice, World Tree can offer:
- Workshops for all ages. Imogen has devised workshops for primary schools on diverse themes, often combining text with collage, reprographic/photographic/moving image techniques and traditional media. World Tree can deliver themed workshops, lectures or seminars on an expanding range of topics linked to its areas of specialism.
- Art tuition. One-to-one or group coaching to allow candidates to realise their full potential at GCSE, A-Level or for Further/Higher Education application portfolios. World Tree specialises in working with Sixth Form students specifically to bridge the gap between A-Level and degree-level study, both by means of constructive individual tutorials and through initiating critiques and debate. Imogen is passionate about the role of contemporary art but also has a great interest in the history and theory of art which feeds into her work with all age groups.
- Arts commissions. World Tree is happy to discuss individual commissions of all kinds.
- Consultancy. Research, advice - or just a 'fresh eye'.
To view a selection of Imogen and Trevor's work please visit our gallery.