works

1/  becoming geologic

2/  the tyranny of time 

3/  the dolmen series

4/  if i eat rocks will i last forever



info

Ella West is a visual artist living and working in London, UK. Working within the mediums of installation, video and print, West is interested in themes of nature, family, failure, symbolism and the body. In the work, the often appearing rock – or the facsimile of the rock – can shift between signifying the mother, the home, the bones of the earth.


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Bio


Ella West is a visual artist living and working in London, UK. Working within the mediums of installation, video and print, West is interested in themes of nature, family, failure, symbolism and the body. In the work, the often appearing rock – or the facsimile of the rock – can shift between signifying the mother, the home, the bones of the earth.

contact:    ellawest.studio@gmail.com


Education 

2018 - 2022 · Slade School of Art, MA Fine Art Media 

2010 - 2014 · Falmouth University, BA Fine Art  

2010 - 2011 · University College Falmouth, Foundation Diploma 


Group Exhibitions


2022 · Slade MA/MFA Showcase, Slade School of Art, London

2020 · London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London

2019 · Slade School of Art MA/MFA Interim Show, Slade School of Art, London

2019 · London Summer Intensive Residency Showcase, Woburn Studios, UCL, London

2019 · London Summer Intensive Work In Progress Show, Camden Arts Centre, London

2019 · Transitive States, Framers Gallery, London

2018 · The Cerae Tablets, AiR Installation, St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire

2015 · Solitidy · Tell Me How You Stand, Hundred Years Gallery, London

2015 · As Above, So Below, Listhus Art House, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland

2015 · Vidvera: A Contemporary Perspective on Icelandic Landscape, Tjarnarborg Cultural House, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland

2015 · Drawing Biennale, Drawing Room, London

2015 · New Beginnings, The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, UK

2014 · Prints from the Studio, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, USA

2014 · Kala Annual Exhibtion, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, USA

2014 · Works on Paper Fair, The Science Museum, London

2014 · ING Discerning Eye Exhibition Mall Galleries, London

2014 · Draw 13: Society of Graphic Fine Art Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London

2014 · The National Open Art Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London

2013 · Bite: Artists Making Prints, Mall Galleries, London


Residencies


2019 · London Summer Intensive, Camden Art Centre & Slade School of Art, London

2018 · Alban, Britains First Saint Project, St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire.

2015 · The Presdales School Printmaking AIR, UK

2015 · Åland Archipelago Guest Residency AIR, Kökar, Finland

2015 · Listhus I Fjallabyggo Artist in Residence, Listhus Art House, Iceland

2014 · Kala Art Institute Arist in Residence, California, USA