{"id":55,"date":"2019-08-15T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T17:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T07:57:43","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alisonwootten.co.uk\/index.php\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I am an Orthodox Iconographer living in West Wales. I paint icons in the Byzantine tradition, predominantly in egg tempera on traditionally gessoed wooden panels. I like to use natural pigments and traditional processes. I also apply gold leaf by either water-gilding onto a clay bole ground or oil-gilding and often finishing with gold assiste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been an artist for over 25 years and have a background both as an abstract painter and also as a weaver and hand-spinner. Both disciplines have fuelled my ongoing interest in process and how it is driven by a complex balance between materials and meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The King\u2019s Foundation School of Traditional Arts: PhD in Traditional Arts – commenced 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prince\u2019s Foundation School of Traditional Arts: Icon Painting Certificate \u2013 completed 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wimbledon College of Art: BA (hons) Fine Art (Painting) –  awarded 1998.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust: Benefact Trust Scholarship awarded November 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Exhibition history<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Selected Group Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2023 – British Association of Iconographers Exhibition 2023: Liverpool Parish Church (Our Lady and St Nicholas), Chapel St, Liverpool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019 \u2013 Summer Open: Oriel Queens Hall Gallery, Narberth, Pembrokeshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 – ‘End of Summer’: Waunifor, Maesycrugiau, Ceredigion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 – ‘New Beginnings’: Y Pwerdy\/ Powerhouse, Llandysul, Carmarthenshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2014 – ‘End of Summer’: Waunifor, Maesycrugiau, Ceredigion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 \u2013 \u2018Square Pegs Presents\u2019: Guildhall, Cardigan, Ceredigion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2013 Christmas Arts and Crafts Fair: National Botanical Gardens of Wales, Carmarthenshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 – \u2018Moving\u2019: Tabernacle Arts, MOMA Machynlleth, Powys<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 – Summer Open: Oriel Queens Hall Gallery, Narberth, Pembrokeshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2011 – Summer Open: Oriel Queens Hall Gallery, Narberth, Pembrokeshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009 \u2013 \u2018Wildlife\u2019: The Nails Gallery, Corn Street, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 – Summer Show: The Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Street, Somerset<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 – Summer Open: First View Gallery, Stourhead, Wiltshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 – \u2018The Great Create\u2019, Greenway House (National Trust), Galmpton, Devon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006 – \u2018Back streets and Backwaters\u2019: Bristol Guild, Park Street, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1999 – \u2018Painting Is Not Dead\u2019; the Studio, Chiswick, London W4<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998 – \u2018Young Painters at Proud\u2019; Proud Galleries, London WC2N<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1998 – Globe Arts Open; Globe Arts Centre, Rawtenstall, Lancashire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997 – ‘OUT’ (curated by Richard Wentworth) Wimbledon Library Gallery, London SW19<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1997 – BHF Bank collection; BHF Bank, Frankfurt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Solo Shows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2016 \u2013 Open Studio: Ceredigion Art Trail, Felindre, Llandysul<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2015 \u2013 Open Studio: Ceredigion Art Trail, Felindre, Llandysul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2009 – Paintings: Bristol Folk House, Park Street, Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 – \u2018Wetlanders\u2019: The Bishops Palace, Wells, Somerset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 – Severn Vale Arts Trail: Thornbury, South Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2008 – The Primrose Cafe, Clifton, Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 – The Primrose Cafe, Clifton, Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2007 – Severn Vale Arts Trail; Thornbury, South Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006 – Paintings; Haven House, Staple Hill, Bristol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous Outlets (2006 -2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tourist Information Centre, Aberaeron, Ceredigion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

King Street Gallery, Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pembrokeshire Craft Makers: various pop-up outlets<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nails Gallery, Corn Street, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Ginger Gallery, Hotwells, Bristol<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I am an Orthodox Iconographer living in West Wales. I paint icons in the Byzantine tradition, predominantly in egg tempera on traditionally gessoed wooden panels. I like to use natural pigments and traditional processes. I also apply gold leaf by either water-gilding onto a clay bole ground or oil-gilding and often finishing with gold assiste. … <\/p>\n

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