IJE-ARTIST
ARTIST-HEALER WITH A NOMADIC ART PRACTICE CREATING SENSUOUS FABRICATIONS OF ENERGETIC MEMORIES
Ije (pronounced eejay)
Artist-healer exploring metaphysical and material realities through a sensuous, nomadic arts practice fusing personal memory, embodied practice and material intervention. My creations are extensions of the rhythms of my body, active evolving sites of experimentation, fabrications of sensuous energetic memories.
A prolific maker, creating territories across several lines of enquiry concurrently, I am physically and mystically engaged in encounters with landscape, the elements, and perdurance. Predominantly self-taught, I have an MA Fine Art, I have exhibited across the UK, won The Chameleon Arts Prize 2019 (Surface Gallery) and I am an Ambassador and Artist Advisor for the national charity – Outside In.
Pieces by IJE can be found in private and corporate collections in the UK, China, France, Ireland and Norway.
Each series of artworks can include paintings, sculptures, photographs and words and these are accessed via the drop downs in the Art by IJE section.
drone shot of hand chained silicone cord and used running tights sculpture image credit - John Thompson Imagery
bronze, blue & gold painted sculpture w 93 x h 86 x d 52cm
Ije painting the 3rd of 14 layers on 1 of 6 panels of a large painting w 322 x h 242 cm
drone shot of hand chained silicone cord and used running tights sculpture image credit - John Thompson Imagery
IJE ARTIST BIO
A global majority artist, originally from Scotland, now living in the West Midlands, my sensuous practice draws on a lifetime of moving. Moving across the UK and beyond, exploring landscapes, from wild spaces of mountains and coastlines, to mining and farming communities to industrial towns and cities. Moving with energy, with colour; dancing to rhythms of time, moving amongst smooth spaces.
MAFA 2016 and Dip FA 2014 Birmingham City University
2024 a-n The Artists Information Company / Freelands Foundation Bursary
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Solo
2020 I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 2) Surface Gallery (both floors), Nottingham
2020 I RELEASE MY COLOURS (Part 1) Artspace Windows, The Row and Arcadia, Coventry
Small Group (up to 8 artists)
2024 THE GRANGE FESTIVAL The Grange Festival/Outside In partnership exhibition (6 artists), The Grange, Hampshire
2022 HOWDEN GROUP Howden Group/Outside In partnership (4 artists), One Creechurch Place, London; (painting purchased Howden Art Collection)
https://outsidein.org.uk/news/howden-group-partnership-launch-event-is-a-great-success/
2022 ENCOUNTERS (3 artists) Floor One Gallery, Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby
2021 MULTIPLICITY OF US (7Afro-descendant artists) Arcadia, Coventry
Large Group (9+ artists)
2025 UNDOINGS: Exploring Making and Unmaking Sussex Contemporary at BN9, East Sussex
2025 PAINTING Fronteer Gallery, Sheffield
2024 COLOUR Open Gallery, Halifax, West Yorkshire
2024 LEAMINGTON OPEN Leamington Spa Art Gallery, Leamington Spa
2024 C.A.S.E. The Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry
2023 RUGBY OPEN EXHIBITION Rugby Art Gallery & Museum, Rugby; (2015 + 2017 to 2022)
2023 ING DISCERNING EYE Mall Galleries, London
2022 PROGRESSION D Contemporary, London
2021 OPEN 21: Queen Street Gallery, South Wales
2019 CHAMELEON: CONTEMPORARY COLOUR Surface Gallery, Nottingham; Chameleon Art Prize winner
2019 IATC G&C Gallery, Tunbridge Wells; (3 paintings purchased for Chinese corporate collection)
2019 LIGHT HOUSE OPEN EXHIBITION Light House Gallery & Media Centre, Wolverhampton
2019 FERENS OPEN EXHIBITION Ferens Gallery, Hull (also 2017)
2018 our eARTh Kunsthuis Gallery, N. Yorks
PERFORMANCE / PROJECTS
2024 RUGBY LITERARY FESTIVAL performance of Sensuous Fabrications of Energetic Memories (parts 1-3), Alexandra Arts Centre, Rugby
2024 APE performance of Sensuous Fabrications of Energetic Memories (part 1), RMBL, Birmingham
2023 GRASRUTSZINE #3: THE YELLOW ONE (publication)
2021 BLACK ARTISTS’ PROJECT (Outside In) facilitated by Pauline Bailey and Jose Sunshine-Okoro (8 West Midlands based global majority artists taking part in 4 x “Zoom Cafes”)
2019 WHEN WOMEN SPEAK: THE TOUR performance at The Wightman Theatre, Shrewsbury
Upcoming Exhibitions
CONTACT ME
Thank you for your interest. For any inquiries, commission requests or studio visits, please contact IJE-art today.
WARWICKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK