Ella Garvey

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 LASilver Screen’, Los Angeles

June 2022 - Central Saint Martins Degree Show, London

May 2022 - Purslane ‘Ostara’, Online

February 2022 - D Contemporary ‘The Front Room Show’