The Volcano at Night
Media Type
Collage artist using discarded books
Allen makes intricate collages, meticulously created using layer upon layer of tiny paper cuttings. The subjects are landscapes, epic in scope with a detailed aesthetic.
Biography/Details
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2021 In Conversation: Part III, Ambrosine Allen, Copeland Gallery, London

2018 What Remains, bo.lee, London 

2017 Visions and Vistas, bo.lee HQ, London

2016 The Art of the Small. Dolph Projects, London

2015 After the Ascent, Anima Mundi, St Ives

2012 Compendium to the New World, ROOM Artspace, London


EXHIBITIONS (selected)

2022 New Mythologies, King & McGaw Curated Editions, Osh Projects, London

2021 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Show, London

2021 Amikam Toren, Greta Alfaro and Ambrosine Allen, postROOM, London

2018 Collaborators 5 - The Hand of the Artist, Roaming Room, London

2018 Royal Academy of Arts Summer Show, London

2017 Nature's Alchemy, bo.lee Gallery, London

2016 Romanticism and the Sublime, Lubomirov Angus-Hughes. London

2016 Petrichor, 19 Greek Street, London

2016 Mono No Aware, bo.lee Gallery, London

2015 Winter Exhibition. Anima Mundi, St Ives

2015 Collaborators 4, Roaming ROOM, London

2015 The Tragedy of Landcape, Griffin Gallery, London

2014 All Visual Arts Collection, 1 Horse Guards Avenue, London

2013 Group Exhibition, All Visual Arts at 2 Omega Place, London

2013 The Viewing Room, No.1 Marylebone, London

2012 Metamorphosis: The Transformation of Being, 33 Portland Place, London

2012 Collaborators 3, ROOM Artspace, London

2012 Compendium to the New World, ROOM Artspace, London

2011 The Lie of the Land, ASC Gallery, London

2011 Through Hills and Valleys, Bristol Drawing School, Bristol


ART FAIRS

2021 London Art Fair Edit, bo.lee Gallery

2020 London Art Fair, bo.lee Gallery

2019 London Art Fair, bo.lee Gallery

2018 Pulse Art Fair, Miami, USA

2018 London Art Fair, bo.lee Gallery

2017 Art Central Hong Kong, bo.lee Gallery

2017 London Art Fair, bo.lee Gallery

2016 Art 16, London. bo.Lee Gallery

2016 London Art Fair. Antlers Gallery

2015 Sluice Art Fair, London

2015 Art 15, London. Anima Mundi, St.Ives

2014 Art 14, London. All Visual Arts, London

2011 Volta 7, Basel. ROOM Artspace, London

2010 Liste Art Fair, Basel

2010 AAF, London, New York, Amsterdm



PRIZES AND AWARDS

2012 Generation Next, Quintessentially Magazine

2007 UDP Residency Award, in Association with 30 Thornhill Road, London

2005 Jerwood Drawing Prize, Finalist


EDUCATION

2004 - 2005 MA Fine Art: Drawing, Wimbledon School of Art

2000 - 2003 BA Fine Art: Drawing, Lancaster University



RESIDENCIES AND PROJECTS

2014 Finding Your Identity project for Arts Emergency

2008 – 2010    Artists in Schools

2007 Residency, UDP Architects, London

2007 Graduate Advisor for Axis MAstars


PRESS AND EDITORIAL

2013    Flaunt Magazine, The Fabrication Issue

2012    YBA Spirit, Quintessentially Magazine

2012    Book Arts No.71

2011    W.I.R.E Ideas, Facts and Fictions

2007    World Making and Fictional Landscapes, Dialogue, axisweb.org


COLLECTIONS

21c Museum Hotel Collection, USA

All Visual Arts, London 

BlueCrest Capital, London

Studio Address
Lyston View
223 Cordell Road
Long Melford
Postcode
CO10 9ET
Studio Directions
Opposite the Swanfield turning on Cordell Road. Near Long Melford Primary School.
Wheelchair Access?
No
Visit by Appointment at Other Times?
Yes
Social Media Sharing
Yes
  • A Squall Before the Thunder
  • Coastal Scene in the Moonlight
  • Deluge After the Storm
  • Detail
  • Distant Waterfall
  • Mountain Lake with Retreating Water
  • Mountain Waterfall After the Rain
  • Detail
  • Storm Where the Land is Lower