Ana Escobar has a background in fine art, having earned her bachelors and her MA in Photography at the London College Of Communication, University of the Arts, London in 2016.
She was born in Huelva, Spain in 1975. Ana works predominantly with the medium of photography, including multi-media installations and live performance.
Her main theme is the in-between space the artist inhabits, which is explored through the use of archetypes, alchemy and mythologies in a Jungian tradition.
She has had various collective and solo shows in U.K, Europe and China and it is part of the Writing Photographs Research Hub, LCC. She lives and works in London (UK) and Huelva (Spain).
Individual Exhibitions
2018 #iamawitchbecause, one month solo show at Studio 73, Brixton, London
2018 (In)Memoriam at The Womens Library, London
Group Exhibitions
2022 Un Pensar Distinto, Sala del triunfo, Casa de la Provincia de Sevilla, Sevilla
2019 Writing Photographs, Lower Gallery London College Communication, London
2019Lilith, International Womens Day Fringe Festival, The Stables Gallery, Folkestone
2018 In(Memoriam), Sheroes at ugly Duck, London
2017 Developing Photographs, as part of the Three-Fold show, Hangzhou, China
2017 Alice and The Fawn, as part of the Writing Photographs show, London. Symposium at Tate Modern, London
2017 Supernatural, Carmel by the Green, London
2017 Belly of the Whale, Mock Space, London
2016 Developing photographs, Ugly Duck gallery, live performance, London
2016 Nadar and I, Ugly Duck gallery, live performance, London
2016 CoyoteLoveFlow, ASC as part of Art Licks, live performance, London
2016 26,Caledonian Rd: A Smudging Ritual, Geddes gallery, live performance, London
2016 Imago, LCC Atrium gallery, London
2015 Spring Love, Euston Crypt Gallery, London
2010 After we arrive, before we leave, Clore Centre, Tate Modern, London
2010 The Urge, LCC Atrium gallery, London
2009 In Memoriam, The Womens Library, London. Exhibition, community tours and talk as part of The Feminist Collective
2009 Death Of A Loyalist Consumer, 100sqft gallery, London
2008 Lonely Butterflies, The Roxy, London
2007 Lonely Butterflies, Fucking Cool Art show, London
2006 God Saves the Queen, National Theatre Green Room, London
Education
2022 Escuela de Artes de Huelva (EOI), Grado Superior Ceramic Art
2016 UAL: London College of Communication (LCC), MA Photography
2010 UAL: London College of Communication (LCC), BA Photography
2006 UAL: London College of Communication (LCC), ABC Photography
2002 Art School N.4, BA Interior Design. Madrid, Spain
Professional Experience
2020 Photography Associate Lecturer at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London (UAL), London
2019 Workshops facilitator, London College of Communication, UAL, London
2018/current Research and art assistant for Professor Sara Davidmann, London
2017/2018 Photography lecturer at London College of Creative Arts (LCCA),
London
2009/current Photographer at the Tate (in house photographer), London
2007/current Freelance photographer
Published Photographs
2017 The New York Times, commercial photography of Grayson Perry
2012 Goldsmith University Research Centre, commercial photography of David Hoyle.
2011 The Herald Tribune, commercial photography of Symposium on LGBT at Starr
Auditorium, London
2010 Currents. Council for advancement and support of education. N.Y ,p.6
2010 Source Magazine Photographic Review. The Urge – (showcased work)
2010 Centrepoint Collective. Free Fall – (showcased work)
2009 Arterial Magazine. Free Fall – (showcased work)
2007 ‘The Guardian’ weekend magazine ‘In Pictures’ section. Family – photographic work selected. Published on 2nd November, UK
Published Texts
In collaboration with Dr. Paola Valerio for her book on countertransference in the therapy room, 2017
“The Hangzhou Collective Experience”, LCC newsletter, 2017
“In Conversation with Ana Escobar”, Parallax Photographic Coop website, 2017
“Photography Is An Artist’s Medium”, MAP16 Catalogue, 2016
Awards
2018 Highly Commended artist for Nasty Women International Art Prize
2017 Parallax Photography Award
2016 Sproxton Photography Award Commendation
2010 Sony World Photography Award, Conceptual category finalist
Relevant workshops/talks
2017 ‘Self_Express’. Photography workshop exploring the boundaries of representation within photography. For Certitude NGO, London.
2017 Writing Photographs at Tate Modern Symposium, workshop with artist Marcus Coates
2016-current Writing Photographs: a series of workshops and talks on the topic of the relationship between text and image, run by The Photography and the Contemporary Imaginary
Research Hub, London, (writing-photographs.tumblr.com), culminating in a public symposium at Tate Modern, London
2017 Workshops on alternative processes with Almudena Romero and Melanie King: Wet Collodium, Salt Print (Four Corners) , Cianotype (Photographers Gallery) Photograms (London College of Communication)
2016 Workshop with artist Lucy Orta and forager at Gillespie Park, investigating biodiversity, sustainability and edibility, London
2016 Workshop with artist Nicky Coutts at LCC, experimenting with the possibility of communication and hierarchy in human and animal kingdom, London
2016 Miracle Marathon: a symposium weekend on the symbiosis between miracles and art at Serpentine Gallery, London
2013 One year series of workshops exploring the concepts of ‘change’ and ‘from macroto- micro”, resulting in a published book and a public symposium at Tate Modern, Star Auditorium, “If you had a year to change something what would that be”, Tate Live Thought Programme, London
Curatorial projects
2018, “Sheroes”, international art show, Ugly Duck gallery, London
2017, “The Val Williams Archive: The Others Observers”, PARC space, London
2017, “Moose on the Loose Photography Festival”, the Photography Archive Research Centre Instagram account takeover
2017, “Self” exhibition by photographer Mike Tinney at Certitude charity, London.
2010, “After we arrive, before we leave”, Clore Centre, Tate Modern, London. The exhibition
is the result of collaboration between Tate Modern’s Adult Programme’s team and the BA Photography department at LCC. Initiated in 2009, the project aimed to create a photographic archive of public events and offer students a professional development opportunity as well as an insight into the workings of a major art institution.
Residencies
2017 One year at Photography Archive Research Centre (PARC), London
2013 One year BMW Tate Live Thought Workshops ‘If you had a year to change something, what would that be?’ I was selected and took part in a one-year series of workshops exploring and creating work around the idea of change. I collaborated with artists such as Quarantine and David Hoyle,