E D U C A T I O N
The Royal College of Art MA Contemporary Art Practice: Performance Merit
2016 / 2018
Grays School of Art Ba Hons Fine Art: Sculpture 2:1
2009 / 2013
Dundee College
2008 / 2009 NQ Visual Communication
2007 / 2008 HIGHER : Psychology
Sociology
English
Bell Baxter High School
001 / 2006 HIGHER : Art & Design
Religious & Moral Studies
E M P L O Y M E N T
]performance s p a c e[ 2018 / PRESENT Role: Programmes Manager
FOLKESTONE / LONDON Project Assistant
FUTURE RITUAL 2022 Role: Producer
Institute of Contemporary Art
LONDON
NEW QUEERS ON THE BLOCK 2021 / 2022 Role: Local Associate Producer
Marlborough Productions
WORKING WITH ENTITIES // SETTING INTENT 2021 Role : Producer
Benjamin Sebastian
VSSL STUDIO
LONDON
UNFRAMING PHOTOGRAPHY 2020 Role: Producer
Manuel Vason
FOLKESTONE
FOLKESTONE PUPPET FESTIVAL 2019 Role: Producer
Andre Braga Verissimo
FOLKESTONE
(BE)LONGING 2019 Role: Project Assistant
Daniella Del Carmen
BRIGSTOCK / FOLKESTONE
HERE COMES THE SUN 2019 Role: Project Assistant
Joseph Morgan Schofield
FOLKESTONE
WHITECHAPEL GALLERY 2018 Role : Family Day Facilitator
LONDON
TATE 2018 / 2019 Role: Lead Artist Under 5’s Workshop
LONDON Workshop Facilitator : Queer&Now
Family Day Facilitator :TATE EXCHANGE
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MACHAR 2015 / 2016 Role: Secretary
ABERDEEN
** references & full employment history from 2003 can be made available upon request **
W O R K S H O P F A C I L I T A T I O N
2020 Time and Durational Performance Workshop : MA Theatre Arts : Connecting Practices : Middlesex University : London : England
2019 Anna Maria Maiolino Family Day Workshop : Whitechapel Gallery : London : England
Anna Maria Maiolino Workshop : Phillips Auction House : London England
2018-2019 Under 5’s Explore the Gallery Workshops : TATE Britain : London : England
2018 INNER CREATURES : Family Workshop : QUEER & NOW : TATE Britain : London : England
2017 LIVE GROUP ACTION : BaHons Student Workshop following ‘Life After Art School’ Lecture : Grays School of Art : Aberdeen : Scotland
2016 PAST LIVES : Workshop in collaboration with Karolina Szpyrko : DA DEE AT Festival / Beaching like it’s 1916 Exhibition : Aberdeen : Scotland
W O R K S H O P S / R E S I D E N C I E S
2022 B O D Y M A T T E R S C O - C R E A T I O N E X P E R I M E N T A L R E S I D E N C Y : Venice international Performance Art Week : . . Presented by Live Arts Cultures, StudioContemporeano, EntrAxis e. V, and We Exhibit : C32 Performingworkspace : Forte Marghera : Italy
T R A N S V O I C E S : London Contemporary Voices : Union Chapel : London : England
2021 M Y T H I C T I M E : VestAndPage & Joseph Morgan Schofield : ]performance s p a c e[ : Folkestone : England
R e : S T O R E ( t r u s t ) : Workshop by Sandra Johnston : PSX : ]performance s p a c e[ : Folkestone : England
L a y e r s o f T i m e : Workshop by Rubiane Maia : PSX : ]performance s p a c e[ : Folkestone : England
2020 C O - C R E A T I O N L I V E F A C T O R Y D i s s e n t. i n g B o d i e s M a r k i n g T i m e : Venice International Performance Art Week : . European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora : Venice : Italy
2019 W R I T E L I K E A G R R R L : weekly writing workshop facilitated by Kerry Ryan : ]performance s p a c e [ : Folkestone : England
2018 B O D Y M A T T E R S A n a m C a r a – D w e l l i n g B o d y : Venice International Performance Art Week : European Cultural Centre - . Palazzo Mora : Venice : Italy
T H E A R M Y : Anton Mirto : Various Locations and Outdoor Interventions : UK
2017 C O - C R E A T I O N L I V E F A C T O R Y - P r o l o g u e 1 : Venice International Performance Art Week : VestAndPage, Marilyn Arsem, and . Andrigo & Aliprandi : European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora : Venice : Italy
B e i n g a n d D o i n g : Workshop facilitated by Nigel Rolfe and Gustaf Broms : Royal College of Art : London : England
A l i A l - F a t w a i a n d W a t h i q G z a r W o r k s h o p : Royal College of Art : London : England
2016 M i c h e l M a B e l l e : Workshop and Performance facilitated by Arianne Foks : The Performance Studio : THE NINES : London : England
M A Y D A Y - I P A V E N I C E 2 0 1 6 : Summer Class by VestAndPage, Jürgen Fritz, and guest teachers Andrigo&Aliprandi : Live Arts Culture . Association/International Performance Association : C32 Performingworkspace : Forte Marghera : Italy
s l o w C o o k e r ( S e r i e s 6 ) - Butoh and the art of slow : 2-Day Workshop facilitated by Marie-Gabrielle Rotie and Imogene Newland : . sonADA : Citymoves : Aberdeen : Scotland
2015 M i s p l a c e d W o m e n ? : Workshop facilitated by Tanja Ostojić : Tullos Community Centre : Aberdeen : Scotland
S e n t i n e l : Group Action to Camera : Workshop with Sinead O'Donnell : Grays School of Art : Aberdeen: Scotland
F r a g i l e L i m i t s : VestAndPage Workshop : This Is Performance Art Festival : Aberdeen : Scotland
A l l o r N o t h i n g : Aerial Dance Workshop : DanceLive15 : Robert Gordon University : Aberdeen : Scotland
2013 J a c k W e b b W o r k s h o p : Citymoves Dance Agency : Aberdeen : Scotland
H u m a n S p a c e s : Performing Worlds Festival : D-Air : Dundee
A S H M C N A U G H T O N
(they/them)
01/12/1990
ashleylouisemcnaughton@gmail.com | www.ashmcnaughton.com
Performance Artist and Independent Producer for creative and artistic projects.
Facilitates workshops within a Live Art context to various age groups.
Co-founder of SITE (CIC) a non-profit Performance Art organisation offering an open platform facilitating the professional development of artists through generating collaborative site-responsive Performance Art in locations of socio-historic, architectural, and ecological interest through actions, gestures, and intervention.
Co-established and coordinator of Last Friday’s Folkestone, a community-driven initiative that takes place in and around the Creative Quarter in Folkestone, Kent, every last Friday of the month with galleries, studio spaces, and artists coinciding together, offering to the public everything from art exhibitions, live performances, open studios, creative pop-ups, DJ sets, and live music.
Trustee of Folkestone Pride.
Member of the International ANAM CARA Collective
A W A R D S
Dewar Arts Award 2016
Dr John Calder Trust 2016
Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award 2015/16
Made in Aberdeen - Seventeen Commissions 2015
P E R F O R M A N C E S / E X H I B I T I O N S
2022 T H U M B : WHO DEAR? ME DEAR? QUEER DEAR : The Brewery Tap : Folkestone : England
B O D Y M A T T E R S : co-creation performance : Venice international Performance Art Week : Live Arts Cultures, StudioContemporeano, . EntrAxis e. V, and We Exhibit : C32 Performingworkspace : Forte Marghera : Italy.
M O U N T H : Video Installation : LGBTQIA+ History Month Exhibit : The Brewery Tap : Folkestone : England
2021 L I M B : Action to Camera (12.58) : film and editing with Matt Mahony-Page : Capel Le Ferne : England
C L O S E : DISTANCED 3 / Performance Platform: OPEN Ealing Arts Centre : London : England
L A Y : PSX Photography Exhibition : ]performance s p a c e[ : Folkestone : England
2020 A N A M C A R A – M i r r o r i n t h e M i r r o r : Performance-based film (01:30:06) : production by VestAndPage as part of their HOME cycle . collective performance operas, in collaboration with the ANAM CARA Collective
D I S S E N T I N G B O D I E S - M A R K I N G T I M E : Co-Creation Live Factory : Venice International Performance Art Week : . European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora : Venice : Italy
2019 S E B U M : SALVAGE FESTIVAL : ]performance s p a c e[ : Folkestone : England
R O O T : It Got BrIghter, Then Dimmer Next To The Wound : Enclave : London : England
2018 A N A M C A R A - D w e l l i n g B o d y : Collective Performance Opera from BODY MATTERS : Venice International Performance Art Week : . European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora : Venice : Italy
S L I T : Collaboration with cranzinistT : ]performance s p a c e[ : Folkestone : England
F.A.R.M : Live Art Weekend at Artwave Festival, : Lewes : England
V O L A T I L E D E C E P T I O N S : Tempting Failure : Croydon : England
T I L T I M E I S T H R O U G H : Open Quarter Takeover : ]performance s p a c e[: Folkestone : England
P E R S I S H I F T: Beyond the Body : Asylum : London : England
Another 5 Minutes of Your Time : Doodle Bar : London : England
S O M E T H I N G C A R R I E D / S O M E T H I N G L E F T B E H I N D : Live Art for Children & Families : Whitechapel Gallery : London : England
C U S P : Action to Camera :The Royal College of Art : London : England
S U R F A C E T E N S I O N : Flowing Through Selves : SafeHouse 1 : London : England
G R U N T : Collaboration with Matt Mahoney-Page : Kent : England
2017 M Y B O N E S T H E Y L I E : Venice International Performance Art Week : European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora : Venice : Italy
C O M E H O M E ( H O M E I V ) : Collective Performance Opera : Venice International Performance Art Week : Co-Creation Live Factory - . Prologue 1 : curated and tutored by VestAndPage : European Cultural Centre - Palazzo Mora : Venice : Italy
S U N K : Royal College of Art : London : England
H U R T S M E / H U R T S M E N O T : Square Gallery : London : England
H A B E R E N O T H A B E R I : Electro Camp Festival : Forte Marghera : Venice : Italy
T O L L : REVOLVE Performance Art Days : Uppsala : Sweden
S P O R E : REVOLVE Performance Art Days : Tobo Folkan : Tierpsvägen : Sweden
Y I E L D : Live to Camera : Royal College of Art : London : England
S E V E R E D S P E E C H : 5 Minutes of Your Time : Doodle Bar : London : England
P U R G E : Performance Art Exchange Group : 4o minutes : The Royal College of Art : London : England
Work In Progress Show : The Royal College of Art : London : England
O N T H E L E D G E : Battersea Bridge : London : England
2016 R E Q U I S I T E M O K S H A : Made in Aberdeen Commissions : Seventeen : Aberdeen : Scotland
M A Y D A Y : Group Public Presentation from participants of the IPA Venice 2016 summer class tutored by VestAndPage, Andrigo&Aliprandi, . and Jürgen Fritz : Live Arts Culture Association/International Performance Association : C32 Performingworkspace Forte Marghera : Italy
O C C U P O N S T R O S I T Y : Collaboration with Karolina Szpyrko : DA DEE AT Festival : Aberdeen : Scotland
2015 B A C K W A R D : Street Intervention with Sinead O'Donnell : Gallowgate : Aberdeen : Scotland
2013 T H R O U G H A N D T H R O U G H O U T : Grays School of Art Degree Show : Aberdeen : Scotland
L I V E W I N D O W : Live Window : Seventeen : Aberdeen : Scotland
F L U I D M O T I O N :: PerformingNOW! : Generator Projects : Dundee : Scotland
T H E M O M E N T H A S T O A R R I V E : Collaboration with Holly Aitchison : Citymoves : Aberdeen : Scotland
B A C K T O F R O N T : Projection-Installation : VARIA : The Foyer Gallery : Aberdeen : Scotland
A N T H R O P O - T R O C H O I D : Kudos 'Create' Launch : Aberdeen Art Gallery : Aberdeen : Scotland
2012 F O R E V E R E P H E M E R A L : In No Particular Order : SWG3 : Glasgow : Scotland
C O N S T E L L A T I O N M O N O C E R O S : Grays School of Art : Aberdeen : Scotland
S U P P R E S S / R E L E A S E : Voices Exhibition : Haddo House Arts Festival : Aberdeen : Scotland
W A R M U P : Collaboration with Conor Baird : Grays School of Art : Aberdeen : Scotland
G I V I N G U P / L E T T I N G G O : Performance miniFestival : Limousine Bull : Aberdeen : Scotland
V E C T O R : Performance Installation : Group Exhibition : The Academy : Aberdeen : Scotland
W R I T I N G S / P U B L I C A T I O N S
( I M ) P O S S I B L E P E R F O R M A N C E S : Speculative scores for an online exhibition, publication, and live events following the theme of palpable communication through the language of performance actions. Funded : ACE / Stockist : LADA, VIPAW, ]PS[, Online Resource (2021)
E N C O U N T E R I N G A N E W N O R M A L : Exploration into accessibility writing via creative audio descriptions. Funded : ACE, SHAPE ARTS / Stockist : Online Resource (2020)
D E A R A N A M C A R A : Creative writing response to BODY MATTERS: Anam Cara – Dwelling Body workshop residency Venice International Performance Art Week. Online Resource (2020)
P A U S E & A F F E C T : Creative writing response to Ria Righteous and Mairead Delaney’s work during the Pause & Affect artistic residencies with ]performance s p a c e[ in Folkestone and Manchester. Funded : ACE / Stockist : LADA & Online Resource (2018)
T R I P P I N G O N T H E. E D G E : Meditations on the Spiritual Path in Performance : RCA MA Dissertation. Funded : Dewar Arts / Stockist : RCA (2017)