IJE Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Ije (eejay) A multi-disciplinary artist with a sensuous, nomadic arts practice fusing personal memory, embodied practice and material intervention. My creations are extensions of the rhythms of my body, active evolving sites of experimentation and fabrications of energetic memories. A prolific maker, creating territories across several lines of enquiry concurrently, I have an MA Fine Art.
Ije (eejay) I explore metaphysical and material realities through a sensuous, nomadic arts practice fusing personal memory, embodied practice and material intervention. My creations are extensions of the rhythms of my body, active evolving sites of experimentation, fabrications of sensuous energetic memories.
A global majority artist, originally from Scotland, now living in the West Midlands, my sensuous practice draws on a lifetime of moving. Moving across the UK and beyond exploring landscapes, from wild spaces of mountains and coastlines, to mining and farming communities to industrial towns and cities. Moving with energy, with colour; dancing to rhythms of time, moving amongst smooth spaces. Photographs/video/audio recordings capture and document, eventually reimagined into energetic artworks of paintings, sculptures, installations and words, often incorporating found/repurposed, natural/manufactured materials.
A prolific maker, creating territories across several lines of enquiry concurrently, I am predominantly self-taught, gaining an MA Fine Art (2016) and achieving my first large gallery solo exhibition 2020 as winner of The Chameleon Arts Prize 2019 (Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK). I have artworks in 2 coprorate collections (UK/China) as well as in private homes in the UK, Ireland and Norway. I am a Trustee, Ambassador and Artist Advisor for the national charity – Outside In.
Selected recent exhibitions: 2025 UNDOINGS Sussex Contemporary, Newhaven; PAINTING Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield 2024 RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL spoken word performance, Alexandra Arts Centre, Rugby; THE GRANGE FESTIVAL exhibition of 6 artists, The Grange, Hampshire; LEAMINGTON OPEN Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Leamington Spa; C.A.S.E. The Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry 2023 RUGBY OPEN EXHIBITION 2023 Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby (also 2015 + 2017 to 2022); ING DISCERNING EYE Mall Galleries, London
Artwork
LISTEN TO THE EARTH SPEAK 8, Acrylic paint and mediums and gold leaf on canvas, 2024, £3325
PERDURANCE 19: MOMENTS OF ENTANGLEMENT 2, new/reused hand chained & knotted silicone cord, monofilament fishing line and used running shoes, 2021
STILL LIFE 1: TRACKS, TRAILS, TREACHERY / STILL LIFE 2: NIMBLE FOOTWORK / STILL LIFE 3: DID I SLIP?, Fine Art direct print on aluminium, 2020
TOPOGRAPHICAL ENCOUNTERS: WHERE SEA MEETS MOON BLANCH'D LAND 2, acrylic paint, re-used vinyl sheet, swarf and mirrored glass on canvas, 2020, £3,800
LISTEN TO THE EARTH SPEAK 2, Acrylic paint and mediums and gold leaf on canvas, 2019, £2925
TORRENT, Acrylic and enamel paint, modelling paste and glitter on canvas, 2014, £13,000
EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH OF THE WORLD 2 , Acrylic paint, oil marker, re-used velvet, mirrored glass, swarf and plastic on linen, 2018
EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH OF THE WORLD: SUMMER MILIEUS, Acrylic paint and mediums, glitter, re-used yarn and plastic on canvas, 2017, £5,185
TTLL 18: PEREGRINATIONS OF THE PRIMAL DAY, Oil and enamel paint, modelling paste and glitter on canvas, 2018
PERDURANCE 18: MMIRI MMIRI, hand chained & knotted silicone cord & monofilament fishing line, 2020
Projects and exhibitions
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RUGBY OPEN 201923/11/2019 — 11/01/2020 Annual open exhibition for artists across the West Midlands |
Rugby Art Gallery and Museum, Rugby | Details | |
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ART IS WHY I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING 2nd Edtn01/11/2019 — 03/11/2019 weekend pop up contemporary art and music exhibition for selected artists |
The Line Contemporary Art Space, Mercato Metropolitano, London | Details |
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CHAMELEON CONTEMPORARY COLOUR EXHIBITION04/10/2019 — 19/10/2019 International open exhibition exploring colour in art today. "Chameleon will examine the sheer diversity of the way colour is used in contemporary art practice.... Artworks that examine different methods of presentation are encouraged. We are looking for innovative and informed work, as well as technical skill. This exhibition marks twenty... [Read more] |
Surface Gallery, Nottingham | Details |
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Our eARTh 201824/03/2018 International exhibition of around 100 artists creating contemporary art in response to environmental concerns & the theme of Our Earth. Exhibition 24 March 2018 to 23 December 2018 |
Kunsthuis Gallery, Crayke, N Yorkshire | Details |