Ella Garvey is a painter based in London. Her practice centers around the mythologizing of space and objects, using oil paint as a tool to play with form.
Ella Garvey (originally from the Isle of Man) is a painter based in London. Her practice centers around the mythologizing of space and objects, using oil paint as a tool to play with form. There is a deep reverence for the act of constructing an image as she adopts techniques from the Renaissance period, working meticulously with multiple layers and glazes. Ella aims to explore personal narratives through the collecting of folktales, imagery and objects that hold sentimental value. On the canvas she weaves these findings to create a visual language of recognisable forms and universal truths that relate yet contradict. Stumbling upon one object and its stories leads her down the path of many more, often finding herself in a territory that she hadn’t envisioned. It is a way of rearranging to pose new questions, to create poetry from the ordinary. The works allude to surrealism and symbolism yet they remain undefined, an eerie unspoken beauty inhabiting each world she imagines.
Education:
2019 - 2022 : BA (Hons) Fine Art, Central Saint Martins
2018 - 20219 : Foundation Diploma Art & Design, Newcastle College
Exhibitions:
Upcoming November 2023 - 'Sweet Potion' group show, Artistellar Gallery, London
September 2023 - DeptfordX Take Courage Gallery ‘Kill with Kindness’
July 2023 - Art On A Postcard Summer Auction, Online
July 2023 - Robbie Von Kampen ‘Cancer Season’ group show, London
May 2023 - Liliya Gallery ‘Hunting the Dawn’ group show, London
February 2023 - Soho revue ‘East of the Sun and West of the Moon’ 3 person group show, London
July 2022 - Harkawik LA ‘Silver Screen’, Los Angeles
June 2022 - Central Saint Martins Degree Show, London
May 2022 - Purslane ‘Ostara’, Online
February 2022 - D Contemporary ‘The Front Room Show’