Annie Ashwell is a Contemporary Painter working in London. Using predominantly oils, her work is a visual unravelling of feeling within space and time. The contrasting use of conscious colour and freeform, emotive brush strokes is an attempt to unpick harmony within the world we live in today; one that is anxiety-driven and divergent of stillness.
In her recent works, Annie explores the use of universal elements and natural forces, such as gravity, to create a sense of peace, softness and surrender to the motions of existence. Often enclosing the edges of the canvas as an integral part of the painting itself, she attempts to create a series of self-contained experiences within a shared reality, fusing a symbiotic relationship between chaos and order, embracing all that is within the metaphysical plain of emotion and exertion.
Annie studied Contemporary Art at Bath School of Art in 2020, since then she has exhibited around the South West of England, London and Spain. Some of her most prolific group shows include Growing Narratives at Royal College of Art, Power at Mimosa House, and Cambió de Forma at Gallo Rojo in Seville. Annie has been selected for artist residency at Joya Air in Velez Blanco South of Spain (2022) and shortlisted for several awards, including the Peter Kinley Painting Prize (2020) and the Signature Art Prize (2021).
Photograph taken by Stefania Kossakowska, London, 2025
Group Shows
2025
Many Hands, Art and Music Charity Fundraiser - Rolling Stock, Hoxton, London
Growing Narratives - The Royal College of Art, Kensington, London
2024
All I want for Christmas is Peace - hArtslane, New Cross, London
Power, SOTA X March Women - Mimosa House, Holborn, London
2023
IN/OUT Escape Online Exhibition at Follow Art World
Cambio de Forma, Gallo Rajo Galleria, Factoria de Creacion, Seville, Spain
Autumn Exhibition 2023 - BocaBar, Bristol, South West England
2022
2022 Spring Exhibition, The London Lighthouse Gallery, Canning Town, London
TASC at Hand - The Muse Gallery, Notting Hill, London
2021
Revolution, Art and Change - The Holy Art Gallery, Hackney, London
Contemporary Paintings and Works on Paper - The Brick Lane Gallery, Brick Lane, London
2020
Untitled - Bath Spa Virtual Degree Show
2019
Into the Blue - Walcot Chapel, Bath, Somerset
2018
Landscape, Surface and Space - Bath Artists' Studios
SHORTLISTED
Peter Kinley Painting Prize (2021)
Signature Art Prize (2022)
Artist Residencies
Joya Air (2022) - Vélez-Blanco, Spain
Education
2017 - 2020
Bachelor of Arts, Contemporary Art Practice
Bath School of Art
2017
Philosophy and Art Summer School, Confucian Studies Summer Institute, International Confucian Association and Beijing Foreign Studies University - Certificate of Completion
Prizes and Awards
Collaborative Arts Projects
2024
Roots, Collaborative Art Project - Secret Garden Party Festival 2024, Huntingdon
Hugo Da Silva Interior Design x Annie Ashwell - No.7 Castle Hill
2023
Lab E20 x Art for All Day x Annie Ashwell
Art Fairs
Firstsite Art Fair (Nov 2025) - Colchester, Essex