AA2A Resident Artist

Chris Allen

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I am an illustrator, printmaker and photographer based in the North of England. After graduating in Ba Illustration in 2022, I have just completed the Artlab Contemporary Print Studio Fellowship Residency and have exhibited work at Ironbridge Fine Arts.
I am passionate about drawing. My work typically has a focus on narrative and character, using limited colour palettes and line work to convey atmosphere, taking inspiration from the absurd world around me. However, I have lately been taking my work in a direction more inspired by industrial textures, particularly leaning into the inherent qualities of the materials used in my printmaking practice - such as the unpredictable nature of etching aluminium rather than zinc.

photo of Christopher Allen

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