Ambrosine Allen

Ambrosine Allen’s Compendium to the New World is an ever expanding series of intricate collages, meticulously created using layer upon layer of tiny paper cuttings. The subjects are landscapes, often epic in scope but with a detailed aesthetic that references 17th and 18th century engravings of a geographical nature. Each piece often takes several months to complete.

Simultaneously fantastical and real, beautiful yet troubling, the collages depict a world in turmoil, landscapes of altered ecosystems that are subject to bizarre natural phenomena. Ruins sit strewn amongst unfamiliar geology, the sea invades the land as the land shifts, the sky broods and terrifying storms roll in. Informed by the science, myths and history of humanity’s interaction with the environment, the series presents us with a ‘new world’, an alternative evolution that shadows our own but is violently shaped by the power and majesty of nature and the self destructive force of mankind.

Exhibiting at Griffin Gallery in The Tragedy of Landscape in February 2015.

EDUCATION

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

2000 - 2003 BA Fine Art: Drawing, Lancaster University

(Last updated 02.02.2015)