Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com Jessica Ashman - Artist Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:04:21 +0000 https://jessicaashman.com en Index https://jessicaashman.com/Index Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:38 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/Index 'It Feels Like Going Back Home' and 'With Just A Little Effort, Anything Is Possible’ (2026) https://jessicaashman.com/It-Feels-Like-Going-Back-Home-and-With-Just-A-Little-Effort-Anything Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:39 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/It-Feels-Like-Going-Back-Home-and-With-Just-A-Little-Effort-Anything It Feels Like Going Back Home Acrylic ink, watercolour, silk dye scans and digital collage (2026)A billboard commission from Bethnal Green Nature Reserve. <img width="3053" height="1529" width_o="3053" height_o="1529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/525125b1655f68ee40fc9e3913526417f1a217d66e08673c239a9358e76ab7ae/It-Feels-Like-Going-Back-Home.jpg" data-mid="251209998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/525125b1655f68ee40fc9e3913526417f1a217d66e08673c239a9358e76ab7ae/It-Feels-Like-Going-Back-Home.jpg" /> ‘It Feels Like Going Back Home’ explores the act of growing food and flowers as a bridge between the UK landscape and our cultural origins. Yet climate change is increasingly jeopardising this connection. If traditional crops can no longer thrive in shifting temperatures, what happens to the cultural identities woven through them? Food is central to culture; but what becomes of that culture if these foods can no longer be cultivated? The title comes from a plot holder at Bethnal Green Ecology Garden. As an allotment owner herself, who cultivates produce tied to her Jamaican heritage, Ashman spoke with local growers about their relationship to the soil, the emotions they experience while tending their plots and the traditional recipes they prepare with their produce. She was particularly drawn to how plants are named in the growers' first languages, and how cultivation serves as a living link to 'back home'. The community also shared a grounded awareness of climate realities, having witnessed extreme weather impact their individual plots.The BGNR billboard commissions are a series of large-scale billboard artworks installed within the Nature Reserve, engaging a wide and diverse public audience in conversations around climate change and climate adaptation.<img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/88990662864180fb23325f3e80bf935d6ae867c13b747f3d89b92cbc35e8c1e0/IMG_3168-2.JPG" data-mid="251773448" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/88990662864180fb23325f3e80bf935d6ae867c13b747f3d89b92cbc35e8c1e0/IMG_3168-2.JPG" /><img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7353142d639e365657bffe2bc43ea64996eb28ecd169e87e0da195a4549e233c/IMG_3755.JPG" data-mid="251773442" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7353142d639e365657bffe2bc43ea64996eb28ecd169e87e0da195a4549e233c/IMG_3755.JPG" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4c7dd3e3aef8d51340036e702a8ec2fc1e123ed57947b7086177f49c55ece0d/IMG_3145.JPG" data-mid="251773446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4c7dd3e3aef8d51340036e702a8ec2fc1e123ed57947b7086177f49c55ece0d/IMG_3145.JPG" /> With Just A Little Effort, Anything Is Possible &nbsp;Audio interviews, guitar, electronic music composition (9 mins 34 secs, 2026) Jessica Ashman · With Just A Little Bit Of Effort, Anything Is Possible ‘With Just A Little Effort, Anything Is Possible’ is the soundscape that accompanies ‘It Feels Like Going Back Home’ made up from interviews with the growers at the Bethnal Green Ecology Garden. The piece offers a sonic exploration of what is in the growers plots and what cultural dishes (spanning Bangladesh, Nigeria, USA, Spain and the UK) are made from their own home-grown produce. The soundscape celebrates the magic of tending land and how horticulture connects to cultural heritage. This work is part also part of the Bethnal Green Nature Reserve billboard commission, where the soundscape is designed to be listened to whilst viewing the artwork. ‘With Just A Little Effort, Anything Is Possible’ features the voices of Sabia Khatun, Selina Akter, Zoe William, Sanzida Sultana, Hector Cuest, Grace Ihenacho, Rose Asaf and Ash Miah. Thank you for your time, wisdom, and wonderful energy. Music by Jessica AshmanInterviews recorded at Bethnal Green Ecology Garden on Saturday June 27th, 2026. Those that do not smile will kill me (2025) https://jessicaashman.com/Those-that-do-not-smile-will-kill-me-2025-1 Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:26:13 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/Those-that-do-not-smile-will-kill-me-2025-1 Those that do not smile will kill me: Decolonising Jamaican Flora&nbsp; &nbsp; February 22nd to July 27th 2025, Bristol Museum &amp; Art Gallery <img width="5383" height="3628" width_o="5383" height_o="3628" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/973147aec8857c79b2c7e77686af284e4b36c1a779acbbec1045b3a2fd0faca9/Installation_01.jpg" data-mid="251207422" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/973147aec8857c79b2c7e77686af284e4b36c1a779acbbec1045b3a2fd0faca9/Installation_01.jpg" />Left to Right: Afiba&nbsp;(2025), Datura (2024) and Juba (2025) Back Row: The Rhizosphere (2025) Silk paint, acrylic ink, fabric medium, archival pen and watercolour pencil on Habotai silk, acrylic sculpture, vinyl print, digital animation Size: 1400mm x 5000mm <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e5ad27190ce839646044d1ec1251906532987935478de4ad68963fda54413bd0/juba01.JPG" data-mid="251207423" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e5ad27190ce839646044d1ec1251906532987935478de4ad68963fda54413bd0/juba01.JPG" />Detail of Juba <img width="3624" height="4679" width_o="3624" height_o="4679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbc4044a25bf89cc04e82e2ce0e7eb489e2de3a176912edcfe81342976c7168a/datura01.jpg" data-mid="251210056" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbc4044a25bf89cc04e82e2ce0e7eb489e2de3a176912edcfe81342976c7168a/datura01.jpg" /> Detail of Datura <img width="3648" height="5472" width_o="3648" height_o="5472" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56e5d84c5bf795b7e271d71e716808df5f707cff23d685ed3623a474ac17cdda/afiba.JPG" data-mid="251210058" border="0" data-scale="94" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56e5d84c5bf795b7e271d71e716808df5f707cff23d685ed3623a474ac17cdda/afiba.JPG" />Detail of Afiba <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6bfbdd3c596ae7072bbd6a2c07f5889867685783881d9ed9758f7f15e4e8e845/Installation_02.jpg" data-mid="251210059" border="0" data-scale="96" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6bfbdd3c596ae7072bbd6a2c07f5889867685783881d9ed9758f7f15e4e8e845/Installation_02.jpg" /> <img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/236b5314b9a36626203960a2bb689e60111ad2186827946125579ccabea6d676/installation_08.JPG" data-mid="251210060" border="0" data-scale="85" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/236b5314b9a36626203960a2bb689e60111ad2186827946125579ccabea6d676/installation_08.JPG" /> ‘Those that do not smile will kill me’ was a new installation work, supported by the University of the Arts London Decolonising Institute’s 20/20 programme and Bristol Museum &amp; Art GalleryConsisting of paintings on silk, animation, projection on acrylic, a soundscape and a digital print on cotton, ‘Those that do not smile will kill me’ is an exploration of the resistance and liberation gained through the plant world of Jamaica’s natural landscape, from the enslaved people who inhabited the island in the 1700’s. It is an exploration of the stories behind exploitation and extraction of the island’s precious natural resources. From summer 2023 to Winter 2024, Ashman was in residence at Bristol Museum &amp; Art Gallery’s collection, researching archives from the British Empire and Commonwealth Collection and exploring specimens in the Natural History collection.&nbsp; Her time in residence led to the exploration of the collections of two 18th-century biologists: Dr. Arthur Broughton and Rev. John Lindsay (1758-1796). Broughton accumulated flowers and plants in Jamaica in the 1780s and 90s and this herbarium is a resource for study of the botany on the island. The ‘pro-slavery priest’ John Lindsay (1729 -1788) settled in Jamaica in 1758. He produced an illustrated manuscript, depicting local flora and fauna . Both men relied on the knowledge of Africans enslaved on the island to develop their understanding and to aid in the collecting itself<img width="2000" height="3267" width_o="2000" height_o="3267" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4dab128cffa98e139ece120c1260a71a9389f1ef1b4aecd5027f95cc0a2ea307/Rebellion_Jessica-Ashman.jpg" data-mid="251210129" border="0" data-scale="97" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4dab128cffa98e139ece120c1260a71a9389f1ef1b4aecd5027f95cc0a2ea307/Rebellion_Jessica-Ashman.jpg" />‘Rebellion Abundant In All Parts’ Year: 2025 Medium: Digital print on Osnaberg cotton Size: 1200mm x 2400mm <img width="3495" height="5262" width_o="3495" height_o="5262" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d23ec7a7614f91a6dd1f9281215a423131c781077b20c3ed9134b71ac6d0dc0d/Entrance.jpg" data-mid="251210062" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d23ec7a7614f91a6dd1f9281215a423131c781077b20c3ed9134b71ac6d0dc0d/Entrance.jpg" /> <img width="2974" height="3906" width_o="2974" height_o="3906" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18ca97145095edf2a05d5299fb3202118f471e84aa44e4f40e7096a5e7b8f56b/Poster.jpg" data-mid="251210149" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18ca97145095edf2a05d5299fb3202118f471e84aa44e4f40e7096a5e7b8f56b/Poster.jpg" /><img width="2000" height="3000" width_o="2000" height_o="3000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/eb78174191078b99d19b7ad88646fbc60d543d80991ab16a9767bf503a3dd0b6/Rebellion_02_Jessica-Ashman.jpg" data-mid="251210128" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/eb78174191078b99d19b7ad88646fbc60d543d80991ab16a9767bf503a3dd0b6/Rebellion_02_Jessica-Ashman.jpg" />Ashman came to Broughton and Lindsay via the writings of the Scottish pharmacist John Small held in the BECC collection. The owner of a coconut plantation in Jamaica, Small described the island as a ‘land of milk and honey’. Ashman wanted to dig deeper and understand the experiences of those who were indigenous and enslaved on this island “paradise”‘Those that do not smile will kill me’ aims to ask the question: whose paradise is this? She has taken this line of enquiry further to explore how Indigenous and African-Jamaicans used plants to resist their enslavement: from growing for food to harvesting for poisons, hallucinogens, medicine and birth control. Ashman’s paintings on silk give agency to the minute African figures who appear in Lindsay’s drawings. She posits an alternative narrative for the figures: from growing to feed and sell, to resistance and rebellion: Jamaica was known to have the highest number of uprisings during enslavement out of all of the Caribbean.The title comes from a proverb that tells the danger of the Jamaican fruit, Ackee, part of Jamaica’s national dish, Ackee and Saltfish. If the fruit is not ripe, ie, does not split and ‘smile’, it is poisonous. Ashman questions the Enlightenment version of scientific investigation, the narrative that European colonisers owned this knowledge and the trauma of the extraction and exploitation of Jamaica’s natural resources and people.Through immersive soundscapes and moving image, Ashman also seeks to imagine a utopia through the magic of growing and how the enslaved people of the island connected to their spirituality through the landscape of Jamaica. Sonically, she has created a 30 minute&nbsp; soundscape with musician and composer, Auclair, that expands on the alternative universe Ashman has created and embodies the interority of the characters she has created.Read&nbsp;a Q&amp;A between Jessica Ashman and two of our curators which explores the themes of her work and what to expect from her exhibition. You can also see behind-the-scenes images, research and a commisioned text from curator and writer, Debbie Meniru for the project on the artist’s 20/20 Online Showcase page. Text - Looking For Paradise by Debbie Meniru Acclaimed writer and historian, Zakiya McKenzie was also commisoned by Bristol Museum and Art Gallery to write a text in response to Ashman’s work, entitled ‘Infanticide: Miss Tansy as Death Doula’ This is currently only avaliable through a publication from the artist - please do get in touch if you would like a copy!&nbsp; <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8d1b09c940ab1009ec9d85091d556e4ad85679f2c168a0096dca5da71e3ff11d/IMG_6084.JPG" data-mid="251210287" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8d1b09c940ab1009ec9d85091d556e4ad85679f2c168a0096dca5da71e3ff11d/IMG_6084.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/76f4301bba090d3b29eae226b43bb424977ee65ceacb256bae68393bfe41dd23/IMG_6086.JPG" data-mid="251210289" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/76f4301bba090d3b29eae226b43bb424977ee65ceacb256bae68393bfe41dd23/IMG_6086.JPG" /> All Power Emanates From The Land (2025) https://jessicaashman.com/All-Power-Emanates-From-The-Land-2025 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:40 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/All-Power-Emanates-From-The-Land-2025 All Power Emanates From The Land (2025 - ongoing) All Power Emanates From The Land is a new live audiovisual performance expanding on the soundscape made for Jessica Ashman’s exhibition ‘Those That Do Not Smile Will Kill Me’, at Bristol Museum &amp; Art Gallery (BMAG) - the result of Ashman’s research within the biology and botany collections of the museum.Through doom metal, punk, folk song, field recordings, sound design and animation, the trio of Jessica Ashman, musician Auclair and artist/musician Richard Phoenix perform a visceral energetic song cycle dedicated to the different plants central to the lives of enslaved African Jamaicans and offers an imagining otherwise to the trauma and violence of the botanical colonialism within the archives. <img width="1400" height="1400" width_o="1400" height_o="1400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cb52afbab7721a8b2a7884cb3efdb1d31f4f7823cf292504ef28f26866341634/APEFTL_Cover.jpg" data-mid="246303847" border="0" data-scale="81" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cb52afbab7721a8b2a7884cb3efdb1d31f4f7823cf292504ef28f26866341634/APEFTL_Cover.jpg" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; First performed at BMAG itself to an intimate audience, the piece was then perfrmed at the 2025 addition of Supernormal Festival and then on to Cafe Oto in November 2025.The soundscape which was created for BMAG was released as an EP in November 2025, entitled, Triptych, avaliable to buy now. Below: Cafe Oto performance of All Power Emanates From The Land, Nov 30th 2025. Photos and video by Richard Mukuze <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d9411bdf2dba9590be019c0d76b5d358adec3cdbafe87f97d15cdf134bb9a5a/APEFTL_1.9.1.jpg" data-mid="246303561" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d9411bdf2dba9590be019c0d76b5d358adec3cdbafe87f97d15cdf134bb9a5a/APEFTL_1.9.1.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e020a107336f0ed84995d8031e56732c146afa4bd8547df94ee29cc9656cddb0/APEFTL_2.15.1.jpg" data-mid="246303813" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e020a107336f0ed84995d8031e56732c146afa4bd8547df94ee29cc9656cddb0/APEFTL_2.15.1.jpg" /> <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35b661ce0c8d85f36afa314e76f8a02b9cd333ecb8823779bd9c6c3e7878bcfc/APEFTL_1.6.1.jpg" data-mid="246303563" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35b661ce0c8d85f36afa314e76f8a02b9cd333ecb8823779bd9c6c3e7878bcfc/APEFTL_1.6.1.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9526695b8d9bf976bc8fd42034818162505ad0bd173865ac33ee6d118d04ee80/APEFTL_2.10.1.jpg" data-mid="246303844" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9526695b8d9bf976bc8fd42034818162505ad0bd173865ac33ee6d118d04ee80/APEFTL_2.10.1.jpg" /><img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f776ec89b37ad14ea3c4c3dff04391f10c6e48857e4dc2c38333f3cada1be421/APEFTL_1.18.1.jpg" data-mid="246303659" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f776ec89b37ad14ea3c4c3dff04391f10c6e48857e4dc2c38333f3cada1be421/APEFTL_1.18.1.jpg" /> <img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1261217ee8102153fec421a6a308fcbf7f039a44c750e28bbf9e9150144dee7/APEFTL_1.7.1.jpg" data-mid="246303600" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1261217ee8102153fec421a6a308fcbf7f039a44c750e28bbf9e9150144dee7/APEFTL_1.7.1.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="2160" width_o="3840" height_o="2160" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0bfbcfd88248d452d9440ff7352dafb6a516896284554a6510b3e388be235664/APEFTL_2.12.1.jpg" data-mid="246303879" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0bfbcfd88248d452d9440ff7352dafb6a516896284554a6510b3e388be235664/APEFTL_2.12.1.jpg" /><img width="2160" height="2700" width_o="2160" height_o="2700" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0cca1e6b47b73b4d9cd137a7bda35cae44488645aa8624b45a66416503e54002/APEFTL_1.17.1.jpg" data-mid="246303657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0cca1e6b47b73b4d9cd137a7bda35cae44488645aa8624b45a66416503e54002/APEFTL_1.17.1.jpg" /> Photos of All Power Emanates From The Land - Supernormal 2025. Photos by Sylwia Jarzynka <img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/94a07da2a2c3ae1cc3a3d7f276114cd56dbea3ceb04181e7a485fb5e78fc0cbf/DSCF4465.jpg" data-mid="246574787" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/94a07da2a2c3ae1cc3a3d7f276114cd56dbea3ceb04181e7a485fb5e78fc0cbf/DSCF4465.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/be7eb89784769400e2a180d95008c9b0ddb71b942d91f7628b4d319e592fb109/DSCF4472-1.jpg" data-mid="246574788" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/be7eb89784769400e2a180d95008c9b0ddb71b942d91f7628b4d319e592fb109/DSCF4472-1.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="2000" width_o="3000" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/848f3d5cc7410f5b86dab14a93510751522bbd46d082aa049f1dc8acd7be1207/DSCF4483.jpg" data-mid="246574790" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/848f3d5cc7410f5b86dab14a93510751522bbd46d082aa049f1dc8acd7be1207/DSCF4483.jpg" /> APETFL - Bristol Museum and Art Gallery performance, May 2025. Photos from Jessica Ashman and Grant Davies <img width="3360" height="1860" width_o="3360" height_o="1860" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea35a59df4ff557f5a622b28eae66427bd5e101381208dd46d805380bcff05bf/04.jpg" data-mid="246575003" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea35a59df4ff557f5a622b28eae66427bd5e101381208dd46d805380bcff05bf/04.jpg" /> <img width="3360" height="1875" width_o="3360" height_o="1875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f843739301a491e6b50eec02b97164fba44fb4f16c77630b329d9a91fbbc833b/01-2.jpg" data-mid="246574822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f843739301a491e6b50eec02b97164fba44fb4f16c77630b329d9a91fbbc833b/01-2.jpg" /> <img width="3165" height="1881" width_o="3165" height_o="1881" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a4191db0c95250ad70ce97cb5db1653302de81d9f8aef347721c46840ae45bbd/06.jpg" data-mid="246574862" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a4191db0c95250ad70ce97cb5db1653302de81d9f8aef347721c46840ae45bbd/06.jpg" /> Chimera Island (2025) https://jessicaashman.com/Chimera-Island-2025 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:38 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/Chimera-Island-2025 Chimera Island&nbsp; Silk dye, watercolour pencil, archival pen and natural dyes (Brazilwood, Logwood, Madder and Ivy) on Habatoi silk and silk chiffon (2025) Chimera Island was exhibited at Modern Painters, New Decorators, Loughborough from September 6th to November 1st, 2025&nbsp;The exhibition reimagines landscapes as sites of resistance, refuge, and radical re-connection for Black, brown and Global Majority communities. Working across textiles, animation, sound, and natural dyeing, Chimera Island explores how colonial histories haunt rural spaces and how those same spaces might be reimagined through a speculative, restorative lens.The exhibition centred on a new large-scale textile installation which is the exhibitions name sake, Chimera Island; an imagined island, drawing inspiration from personal experience, landscape research, and myth. Ashman weaves together references to Brazil Island in Leicestershire (a renamed islet in Swithland Reservoir) and the legend of Hy-Brasil — a phantom island from Irish folklore said to appear once every seven years. Out of these entangled geographies, Ashman conjured a speculative refuge for those displaced by empire, where Black, brown and Global Majority identities can commune with land outside the logics of conquest, forced labour, and exclusion through ancestral connection.The piece comprises of vivid pinks and magentas, dyed using Brazilwood and Logwood — a material historically linked to colonial extraction and trade. The works unfold like exploded storyboards: layered scenes and characters suspended in space,&nbsp; weaving together silk painting, sound, and hand-drawn animation; a visual meditation on identity, resistance, and the possibility of reimagining place.The installation is soundtracked by a soundscape created by Ashman, entitled ‘You Just Gotta Make A Path’, comprising of recordings made on Brazil Island and original music. Jessica Ashman · You Just Gotta Make A Path Ashman was interviewed about Chimera Island and her ideas behind the project&nbsp;by artist, Ama Dogbe, for YAC, which you can read here.Installation photos by Joshua Jones <img width="1600" height="2400" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/18b3f37fa8c27729700ab56dee7e11af11f6e5f4429748fd8219a44234ecb379/Chimera_Hits-008.jpg" data-mid="238862000" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/18b3f37fa8c27729700ab56dee7e11af11f6e5f4429748fd8219a44234ecb379/Chimera_Hits-008.jpg" /><img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c6160a6eb9c63a61666d3103d2317d01de44f301c361c171dd21e2aeba9ff68/Chimera_Hits-022.jpg" data-mid="246303885" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c6160a6eb9c63a61666d3103d2317d01de44f301c361c171dd21e2aeba9ff68/Chimera_Hits-022.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f0a1ee8aa473e2ec31f926137174d2592b6a8c62dba4c5b8f780380958dd1af2/Chimera_Hits-015.jpg" data-mid="246303890" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f0a1ee8aa473e2ec31f926137174d2592b6a8c62dba4c5b8f780380958dd1af2/Chimera_Hits-015.jpg" /><img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5ef84230c44fd9fb60e7a132842eab15dcaa6cfd6a2fa8fe4d7cb5364358f4f6/Chimera_Hits-020.jpg" data-mid="246303884" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5ef84230c44fd9fb60e7a132842eab15dcaa6cfd6a2fa8fe4d7cb5364358f4f6/Chimera_Hits-020.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e6412e9008270f22f33c55e9cc8212eb6cec4cbdbc972024e4b89ef29198261/Chimera_Hits-018.jpg" data-mid="246303883" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e6412e9008270f22f33c55e9cc8212eb6cec4cbdbc972024e4b89ef29198261/Chimera_Hits-018.jpg" /><img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32f02400697b28946e506ca10f597dd66d8720892e0357c9b36cc0fcb8c33b31/Chimera_Hits-017.jpg" data-mid="246303892" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/32f02400697b28946e506ca10f597dd66d8720892e0357c9b36cc0fcb8c33b31/Chimera_Hits-017.jpg" /> The exhibition also included two previously made works ‘ The Rhizosphere’ (2025 - back two panels) and ‘when you rip the people from the earth, you also rip the earth from the people’ (2024 - Front panel) as well as a special single channel edition edit of Ashman’s moving image piece,&nbsp;All Power Emanates From The Land (2025) ‘The Rhizosphere’ (2025) - Silk dye, archival pen and watercolour pencil on Habatoi silk ‘when you rip the people from the earth, you also rip the earth from the people’ (2024) - Silk paint and acrylic ink on Habatoi silk and wooden branch. ‘All Power Emanates From The Land’ -&nbsp; (2025) – digital animation and archival footage. <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/58b039f490f5daae6ffc9b7a6f1c25d0ca322e47d65dd2a48938f35bff772dba/Chimera_Hits-002.jpg" data-mid="238861990" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/58b039f490f5daae6ffc9b7a6f1c25d0ca322e47d65dd2a48938f35bff772dba/Chimera_Hits-002.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec65c4bdf488ec50f98ec9431566edb070eb3b6df623d2a5174d361a5d92700c/Chimera_Hits-054.jpg" data-mid="246575433" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec65c4bdf488ec50f98ec9431566edb070eb3b6df623d2a5174d361a5d92700c/Chimera_Hits-054.jpg" /> when you rip the people from the earth, you also rip the earth from the people (2024) https://jessicaashman.com/when-you-rip-the-people-from-the-earth-you-also-rip-the-earth-from Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:42 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/when-you-rip-the-people-from-the-earth-you-also-rip-the-earth-from ‘when you rip the people from the earth, you also rip the earth from the people’&nbsp; Silk paint on Habotai silk (90cm x 2m) and digital animation (1 min loop) and 7 min soundscape, 2024)&nbsp; <img width="1600" height="2400" width_o="1600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/06fb42df383cd2dc294801d0a08cc8b5788aeb0dcccc46100f1dc9bd2f5c063a/Chimera_Hits-030.jpg" data-mid="246303913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/06fb42df383cd2dc294801d0a08cc8b5788aeb0dcccc46100f1dc9bd2f5c063a/Chimera_Hits-030.jpg" /><img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/175beb51e8bdcd7ded4c600c2f3fa0fb87668b936ff87d6ab6e25f06af903ba2/Chimera_Hits-034.jpg" data-mid="246303915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/175beb51e8bdcd7ded4c600c2f3fa0fb87668b936ff87d6ab6e25f06af903ba2/Chimera_Hits-034.jpg" />'when you rip the people from the earth, you also rip the earth from the people' explores the emotional and mental effects of growing and foraging for the black British Caribbean diaspora and how this act connects the artist to her ancestral home of Jamaica. The work is inspired by Ashman's own experience as an allotment owner and the Black and brown growing communities she is part of, her research into Jamaican vegetables that are possible to grow in the UK climate and how these same vegetables were used for survival and resistance by enslaved populations of Jamaica during the 400 years of chattel slavery on the island. <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/daab231ffcd2dd381a607fb9c29e645726953acc7fc958805006da12db54e212/Chimera_Hits-036.jpg" data-mid="246303926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/daab231ffcd2dd381a607fb9c29e645726953acc7fc958805006da12db54e212/Chimera_Hits-036.jpg" /> <img width="2400" height="1600" width_o="2400" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b2b0d31f8fca0545b4dce061ef5d1a65f5e63ff2870e90eb4b64b90572a790ea/Chimera_Hits-035.jpg" data-mid="246303916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b2b0d31f8fca0545b4dce061ef5d1a65f5e63ff2870e90eb4b64b90572a790ea/Chimera_Hits-035.jpg" /> The work was originally displayed at Boscombe Arts Depot as part of the Connected Grounds exhibition, Oct 2024, which featured an animation projection mapped onto the piece, accompanies with a 7 min soundscape. <img width="5405" height="7899" width_o="5405" height_o="7899" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0ef2cdce02a26c34a787b41e85be4c9bc14d80f9bed2cc6a4cd9b08c17ca8abe/earth-rip-copy.jpg" data-mid="251210823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0ef2cdce02a26c34a787b41e85be4c9bc14d80f9bed2cc6a4cd9b08c17ca8abe/earth-rip-copy.jpg" /> Heterotopic (2023) https://jessicaashman.com/Heterotopic-2023 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:42 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/Heterotopic-2023 Heterotopic&nbsp; &nbsp;Acrylic paint on frosted acrylic panel, looping projected digital animation and soundscape (2023) ‘Heterotopic’ draws on ideas of colonial perception of the Caribbean (in specifically, Jamaica) being a paradise to be plundered contrast against re-imaginings of&nbsp;characters from Jamaican folklore and the ‘utopian’ complexities of black diasporic&nbsp;homecoming. The piece was created as part of the group show ‘Resonance’ at 198 Contemporary, London as part of the Women of Colour Art Award that Ashman was selected for.&nbsp; <img width="4032" height="2794" width_o="4032" height_o="2794" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d1cb21a41398bca1beaeca728c9d4db795bad8de0cabb8618ea2d4d72ae7fb85/IMG_3799.JPG" data-mid="246298125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d1cb21a41398bca1beaeca728c9d4db795bad8de0cabb8618ea2d4d72ae7fb85/IMG_3799.JPG" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24c6a46c289463f26412b565d9d5f8a82ad15dd7a5ee8ce129031c6c30e9de91/close-up.jpg" data-mid="246298000" border="0" data-scale="82" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/24c6a46c289463f26412b565d9d5f8a82ad15dd7a5ee8ce129031c6c30e9de91/close-up.jpg" /> <img width="3024" height="4032" width_o="3024" height_o="4032" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/099335cae7198f267a42f1183ed8b5d59254685818fd01394b8c95f7d0c3777f/IMG_4016-2.JPG" data-mid="246298196" border="0" data-scale="83" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/099335cae7198f267a42f1183ed8b5d59254685818fd01394b8c95f7d0c3777f/IMG_4016-2.JPG" /> DAWTA (Single Channel, 2021) https://jessicaashman.com/DAWTA-Single-Channel-2021 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:41 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/DAWTA-Single-Channel-2021 DAWTA Moving image single channel piece (7min 22secs, 2021) Hand-drawn animation, multi-plane animation, mobile phone footage, collage. “I have the same power as you. Let my power guide you forward.”Dawta tells the story of a young Black woman, running away from a pivotal moment in her family history. Guided by two elders, she discovers a safe, future utopian planet for Black women through a mysterious superpower. Inspired by the artist Jessica Ashman’s own family history of migration and trans-racial fostering, Dawta explores the idea of inherited cycles of trauma within Black women and asks the question: can the energy this trauma brings be harnessed? Can this power be used to discover new dimensions of hope and a future that pushes past the colonial and imperial histories intertwined in Black consciousness? Inspired by the work of seminal Black science fiction author, Octavia Butler (in particular, her time travelling odyssey, ’Kindred’), Dawta combines experimental animation techniques and live musical performance to create a sci-fi narrative of interdimensional time travel, questioning the possibilities of imagining better futures for the Black diaspora.This short film is part of a multi-layered project which includes an audio visual performance and EP release from Ashman’s music project, Spirit Sigh CREDITS A film by Jessica Ashman, produced by Abigail Addison at Animate Projects, and supported by the National Lottery through Arts Council EnglandMusic by Spirit Sigh featuring Bimpe Alliu, recorded, mixed and mastered at Marketstall Recordings by Mark Estall.Film Sound Mixed by Chris Smith at Kluster RoomsVoice of The Grandmother - Leah ArscottAdditional Animation by Laura. N. TamaraColouring Assistance from Leah MorrisAdditional Live Action Footage Camera by Leanne Davies and Sameer ShastriPublications quoted from the archives of the Black Cultural Archives and The Library of Birmingham:“Black Families Offer Pride and Identity” - Janet Boateng, The Independent, 1989“Culture Question Mark Over Black Adoption” – West Indian World, 1980“Reality facing young blacks who are brought up white” - Howard Foster, Daily Express, 1983“Directory of Homes and Hostels for the Care of Unmarried Mothers and Illegitimate children” by National Council for the Unmarried Mother and her Child, 1953Additional quotes from ‘Kindred’ and ‘Parable of the Sower’ by Octavia Butler. <img width="2880" height="1599" width_o="2880" height_o="1599" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/134efd2fb2fce570b5add48364b7296d9edc895299d83f6b67606d1e291e667d/06.jpg" data-mid="251262747" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/134efd2fb2fce570b5add48364b7296d9edc895299d83f6b67606d1e291e667d/06.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="1679" width_o="3000" height_o="1679" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c44b0c928cfdf5efbe142c1c146d5d015f194a6662adae47e5244cc540f1406d/01.jpg" data-mid="251262742" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c44b0c928cfdf5efbe142c1c146d5d015f194a6662adae47e5244cc540f1406d/01.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="1676" width_o="3000" height_o="1676" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f4a1cd9f1d3895252d8c8caef04b0f773f35edfa59d7dd517c74a69d3f1ad66/04.jpg" data-mid="251262745" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f4a1cd9f1d3895252d8c8caef04b0f773f35edfa59d7dd517c74a69d3f1ad66/04.jpg" /> <img width="3000" height="1686" width_o="3000" height_o="1686" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0afab7e7c366aa2f234bf5743741225e172a06c837c1e2a666a025ae3c656853/02.jpg" data-mid="251262743" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0afab7e7c366aa2f234bf5743741225e172a06c837c1e2a666a025ae3c656853/02.jpg" /><img width="3000" height="1676" width_o="3000" height_o="1676" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9c2406079f3d15e67341275de054c56d7fbbb7f9f4d0563e3d8974fdd0239cfd/03.jpg" data-mid="251262744" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9c2406079f3d15e67341275de054c56d7fbbb7f9f4d0563e3d8974fdd0239cfd/03.jpg" /><img width="2500" height="1400" width_o="2500" height_o="1400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f320dda564275a1adee91996caf3ace567ee92cc16296be9bc4606b0b0d3656d/05.jpg" data-mid="251262746" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f320dda564275a1adee91996caf3ace567ee92cc16296be9bc4606b0b0d3656d/05.jpg" /> Whose Land Is This? (2023) https://jessicaashman.com/Whose-Land-Is-This-2023-1 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 15:41:39 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/Whose-Land-Is-This-2023-1 Whose Land Is This?&nbsp; Audio visual performance as part of the Zero Parameters Festival, Huddersfield (2023) &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5a09eb70e06fa1721c81b6c3eedd1ef6c4eedd61d425cc58e0fb5fba657d198b/398f233c-3a4e-4df0-ab88-47d1b32612fa-2.jpeg" data-mid="251159744" border="0" data-scale="73" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/5a09eb70e06fa1721c81b6c3eedd1ef6c4eedd61d425cc58e0fb5fba657d198b/398f233c-3a4e-4df0-ab88-47d1b32612fa-2.jpeg" />Whose Land Is This? Is a project created in a week long residency at AME in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, as part of their Zero Parameters Residency in October 2023. Resulting in a 30 minute audio visual performance, the piece combined poetry, music and animation.Inspired by the writing of Claire Ratinon’s text ‘Unearthed’, ‘Green Unpleasant Land’ by Corrine Fowler and Ingrid Pollard’s seminal work Cost Of The English Landscape , Whose Land Is This? dives into Ashman’s feelings of discomfort and disconnection whilst visiting rural landscapes of the UK as a Black women. Whose Land Is This? questions the unspoken histories of Black peoples connection to the “Great” British countryside, as well as interrogating the ownership of rural UK land and how this space can be reclaimed.&nbsp; <img width="800" height="559" width_o="800" height_o="559" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5cb1ccb8bfa402d3ae278939eac742aaa2ede550371d15fc5f9b3b20e8337522/ezgif-1-bca7d640bf.gif" data-mid="251210932" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/5cb1ccb8bfa402d3ae278939eac742aaa2ede550371d15fc5f9b3b20e8337522/ezgif-1-bca7d640bf.gif" /> <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/023cf3278a14ce091f29ffd71dc7a577a2e1526060ec129d682d0423b75164e3/orchid-blob.gif" data-mid="251210931" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/023cf3278a14ce091f29ffd71dc7a577a2e1526060ec129d682d0423b75164e3/orchid-blob.gif" /> <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b5899be2b91f048d6f42612f68d85d656260904c17645bbf5717a85392c0cc0/wlit.gif" data-mid="238862345" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/6b5899be2b91f048d6f42612f68d85d656260904c17645bbf5717a85392c0cc0/wlit.gif" /> <img width="800" height="450" width_o="800" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7769e61fcc096fc33b41bfa190799922c347a11809c915097e11df54ea9b04d0/walking.gif" data-mid="251210933" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/7769e61fcc096fc33b41bfa190799922c347a11809c915097e11df54ea9b04d0/walking.gif" /> <img width="2500" height="1875" width_o="2500" height_o="1875" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7c67f3e071f9fd7683f46ea4d5720a6b78a6721fb40b98661cb1dc707e4eb6cd/IMG_7644-2-1.jpeg" data-mid="251210944" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7c67f3e071f9fd7683f46ea4d5720a6b78a6721fb40b98661cb1dc707e4eb6cd/IMG_7644-2-1.jpeg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7e07755e24c9ad3f49ef4923c132915a48b6284469eed6124762076d500ec8da/047d6284-1e8b-41eb-822d-103b6f0568a1.jpeg" data-mid="251210895" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7e07755e24c9ad3f49ef4923c132915a48b6284469eed6124762076d500ec8da/047d6284-1e8b-41eb-822d-103b6f0568a1.jpeg" /> <img width="1500" height="2000" width_o="1500" height_o="2000" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/52d77220da31228dba9d2ebeb22c1d33baacf6f18a3ed777f4f3a7df42c654fe/6f102a69-9a62-42c7-83e5-50253969a333.jpeg" data-mid="251211005" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/52d77220da31228dba9d2ebeb22c1d33baacf6f18a3ed777f4f3a7df42c654fe/6f102a69-9a62-42c7-83e5-50253969a333.jpeg" /> <img width="900" height="1200" width_o="900" height_o="1200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3921463eb01ac22d10b798d0e8977e76a218e482de5ae97f9cbf09548e932fb8/1c1c3526-307c-492b-9ade-2d61649a33d6.jpeg" data-mid="251210896" border="0" data-scale="95" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/900/i/3921463eb01ac22d10b798d0e8977e76a218e482de5ae97f9cbf09548e932fb8/1c1c3526-307c-492b-9ade-2d61649a33d6.jpeg" /> DAWTA (2022, AV performance) https://jessicaashman.com/DAWTA-2022-AV-performance Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:04:21 +0000 Jessica Ashman - Artist https://jessicaashman.com/DAWTA-2022-AV-performance DAWTA (2021) - Audio Visual Performance and EP Release As part of DAWTA, an audio visual performance of the project was commisioned by Flatpack Festival, to develop the project further from it’s beginnings at Supernormal Festival. Funded by Arts Council England and produced by Abigail Addison of Animate Projects, the performance saw Ashman play live with drummer and visual artist Bimpe Alliu, playing the roles of ‘elder’ women, guiding Dawta to a utopian planet for Black, non-binary and trans women. Taking on concepts of time travel from Octavia Butler’s novel, ‘Kindred’, the live performance explored ideas of what a paradise for Black women could look like as well as enaging with ideas of the ability to harness collective/inherited trauma into an energy for hope. The premiere performance took place as part of Flatpack’s September 2021 edition of their festival. The second and final performance took place at Cafe Oto with Jenny Moore, in February 2022.An EP of the project, collecting songs from the performance/short film was released February 2022 and both vinyl and digital versions are avaliable to buy online at Ashman’s Spirit Sigh Bandcamp DAWTA by Spirit Sigh Guitars, vocals, lyrics, synths and production: Jessica AshmanDrums: Bimpe AlliuRecorded, mixed and mastered by Mark Estall at Marketstall Recording Cafe Oto Performance w/Jenny Moore, February 2022 <img width="1440" height="1440" width_o="1440" height_o="1440" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6cab033fa961cc3a635b53d7506de64443db2526fbfb9a5bbc31bbb21e281fd8/4A429413-A33C-41D2-8BFA-C6A38E7353DC-2.jpeg" data-mid="251263455" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6cab033fa961cc3a635b53d7506de64443db2526fbfb9a5bbc31bbb21e281fd8/4A429413-A33C-41D2-8BFA-C6A38E7353DC-2.jpeg" /><img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" 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