▲ Ash McNaughton ▼
SITE / Citadel Battery, Dover, UK, August 2020, captured by: Matt Mahony-Page
Ash McNaughton (B.1990 / Scotland) is an action based artist currently situated in Folkestone▲ UK▼
Their practice is a process-led exploration of materials▲ gesture▼ movement▲ and sound▼
Site-responsive▲ durational▼ and ritualistic in nature; Ash implements methods of endurance▲ repetition▼ and resistance to access altered states of being while reaching out into the spaces in-between▲ Their actions encourage a synergetic exchange between their physical▼ psychological▲ and spiritual body and the environments they inhabit▼
This practice is an attempt to articulate that which escapes us▲ A poetics of a fluid presence in a fixed world▼
Ash is a co-organiser of SITE - a platform for collective site-responsive art interventions▲ and a member of the international Anam Cara collective and the Encountering A New Normal community▼ They are Project Assistant at ]performance s p a c e[ (Folkestone) and facilitate workshops which hold Performance Art practice at its core which have been hosted by Grays School of Art▲ Tate▼ Whitechapel Gallery▲ and Middlesex University▼ They obtained their BA Hons in Sculpture from Grays School of Art (2013) and MA in Performance (Contemporary Art Practice) from the Royal College of Art (2018)▲ They have performed within the UK and Europe including: The Aberdeen Art Gallery (Aberdeen▼ Scotland▲ UK)▼ Haddo House Arts Festival (Ellon▲ Scotland▼ UK)▲ Tramway (Glasgow▼ UK)▲ Venice International Performance Artweek (Venice▼ Italy)▲ Electrocamp Festival (Mestre▼ Italy)▲ Revolve Festival (Uppsala▼ Sweden)▲ Whitechapel Gallery (London▼ UK)▲ Tempting Failure (Croydon▼ England▲ UK)▼ and Salvage Festival (Folkestone▲ England▼ UK)▲