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About
Ashleigh Beattie is a Zimbabwean Born Visual artist based in Manchester. She explores narratives of displacement and belonging, as an artist living in the diaspora. Beattie navigates these themes through drawing, print, sculpture and installation.  Repurposing everyday materials that are embedded with meaning and memories are central to her work.
Her work has been displayed at HOME gallery (UK) and she has recently collaborated with WAST (Women asylum seekers together) to deliver 10 mixed media art pieces as part of the Horizons festival Manchester.
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​​​Currently Showing
Oct 10- 26th Bankley Open 2025, Bankley Studios & Gallery, Levenshulme Manchester.
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Consultancy
2024-25 Lowry Artist advisory group, The Lowry, Salford
Workshops
2025 May 'WAST Horizons project', HOME, Manchester
2025 March 'Speak Up' Programme with Lowry and National Theatre , Salford
2023 October Temporary shelters, Leeds City of Culture 2023, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2023 August Temporary Shelters, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2022 October Teacher CPD, Sculpting Landscapes, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
2022 August Sculpting landscapes, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds
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Higher Education
2005-2009 2:1 Bachelors of Fine Art (HONS) University of Cumbria, U.K.
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Group Exhibitions
2025 Sep Tree Postcards, Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2025 Jun 'Perambulator', part of the Horizons festival at HOME, Manchester
2021 Sep HOME: Manchester Open Art Exhibition, Manchester
2019 Mar Rocking The Boat, Creative Recycling Gallery, Chorlton, Manchester
2014 Mar The Luck Of Edenhall, The Old Fire Station, Carlisle
2010 Nov The Meeting Point, National Gallery, Harare, Zimbabwe
2009 Jul Summer Exhibition, Cecil Street Projects, Carlisle, England
2009 Jul Summer Exhibition, Bank Gallery, Carlisle, England
2009 Jun This side of Somewhere, University of Cumbria, Carlisle, England
2008 Dec Love in the Asylum, Wasps Studios, Glasgow, Scotland
2008 Sep Liquidizer, Vault Gallery, Lancaster, England
2008 Feb Seconds Out- Redefined, University of Cumbria, Carlisle, England
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Solo Exhibitions
2025 May 'Musika', The Giving Tree, Manchester
2016 Jun In search of the Promised Land, Alexandria Library, Manchester
2010 May In search of the Promised Land, Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, England
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Grants/ Awards/ Residencies
2007-2009 University of Cumbria, Undergraduate Scholarship
2009 Undergraduate Arts Achievement Award, University of Cumbria
Commissions
2013 Nov Illustration for cover of GWC Annual Report, Cape Town, South Africa
Reviews/ Press
​ https://www.castlefieldgallery.co.uk/castlefield-gallery-associates-spotlight-ashleigh-beattie/
https://axisweb.org/blog/take-me-back-to-when-the-world-made-sense
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Contact
If you'd like to know more about my work or about the workshops I deliver please get in touch.