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Ikesha Avo’s Workshop CV & Freelance Structure
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www.ikeshavo.com / www.oneandwe.com
CV
My name is Ikesha Avo and I am artist currently exploring lineage, archives and the act of observation.
Within my practice I make most of my materials and also draw from life. I do occassionally use photography and film as a means to document a subject, especially when over a period of time.
Facilitating art workshops has become an increasingly significant part of my practice. I want the participants in my workshops to experience the benefits of art and also be a completed art piece through the very act of their collective participation. The unpredictability and authenticity this brings is what most excites me. I could wax lyrical about this but to put it briefly, its what compels me to explore public engagement within my art further.
Features
BBC Arts in Motion: A look behind the scenes at London’s Royal Drawing School
Education
2024 The Drawing Year Postgraduate Programme, Royal Drawing School
2011 - 2014 BA Hons Product Design, University for the Creative Arts
2012 Exchange Programme, Eesti Kunstiakadeemia
Workshops
2025 Art Workshops for Make It Stop Campaign
● I am currently developing art workshops for children aged 13 that are at risk of becoming involved in crime.
● The workshops are predicted to be launched in 2025.
2024 Picturing Dad Workshop
● I produced a workshop in which I invited fathers and children to paint one another in a day in celebratin of Fathers Day.
● Creating marketing content.
● Developing pricing structure, logistics and ensuring safeguarding with Director and Operations Lead.
2024 Changing Our Hair Stories: Printmaking Workshop
● Writing and delivering a 4-week course on the theme of activism against hair discrimination. ● Teaching a group 8 - 18 years lino printmaking.
● Ensuring adequate risk assessments and appropriate safety measures were adhered to.
2018 Art Group Assistant at Cubitt Gallery for local elderly residents
● Practically supporting participants on their individual projects.
● Assisting the workshop leader within the classroom.
● Encouraging participants and befriending them during the course.
2009 Art Workshop Assistant at Hopetown Hostel with Mile End New Testament Church of God
● Assistanting an artist to deliver workshops to women living in a hostel.
● Creating a mural with these group of women.
● Sorting and preparing materials for the class.
Projects
2022 to present ONE&WE
I have always enjoyed investing in others. ONE&WE is a project I launched back in 2022 out of a desire to archive the stories of “ordinary” people doing exceptionally special things. I say ordinary because these people were not necessarily famous or seeking celebrity. Instead they were individuals doing extraordinary things that brought value to those around them which I thought was important to publicly document
The article A Mother’s Reflection: Emotionally Unavailable to Becoming Free was a breakthough piece. It was the first where one of these local pioneers as I also refer to them, published an article in their own words rather than me interview them. The process leading to this was an amazing opportunity to work with someone to tell their story on ONE&WE.
Freelance Structure
I can design and deliver a day workshop or course specific to a particular brief or from my own theme.
Pricing:
For locations in London Zones 1 - 5
Art Tuition Fees
Groups
from £30 per hour up 5 hours
One-to-One
from £35 per hour
Tuition Services:
Painting - acrylics, watercolours
Drawing
Paint Making
Pastel Making
Lino Printing
Monoprinting
Life Drawing
Extra costs:
Art tuition fees for locations within London Zones 4 to 9 and outside of London: Variable
Art workshop Assistant from £15 per hour
Materials: Variable
Life model: Estimated £20 per hour
Producing marketing material: from £25 per hour
Miscellaneous additions
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Artist - in - Residence at Nurture Academy
Bow & Stratford, London. January 2024 - June 2024
● Proposing and delivering a programme of workshops for young people aged 8 - 18 years and families.
● Using Adobe programmes to create marketing material for print and the digital marketing campaign.
● Responding to a brief for Nurture Academy for a themed art course that suited their values.
● Working closely with Company Director/Founder and Operations Lead to develop the business plan, logistics and ensure safeguarding for the projects.
● Producing my own event Picturing Dad in which I invited fathers and children to paint each other.