Ella West
Ella West
The Dolmen Series I, 2019
Screen print on paper
Varied edition, 1/3 + 2 AP
137 x 82 cm
About this work
The Dolmen Series is a collection of varied edition screen prints in which West employs hand-drawn, digital and open-screen printmaking processes across multiple layers. Captivated by the study of neolithic megalith sites in the UK, the artist depicts standing stones and portal tombs as geological giants, existing in the gentle night of imagined future landscapes.
About Ella West
Ella West is a visual artist living and working in London, UK. She is currently undertaking an MA in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Art, UCL, after gaining her BA in Fine Art from Falmouth University in 2014. Through a series of collaborations with fellow artist Sophie Glover, West has produced a publication, and delivered workshops. She has also participated in residencies such as The London Summer Intensive at UCL and Camden Arts Centre, and the Kala Art Institute Residency Programme in California, USA. Recent exhibitions include London Grads Now at Saatchi Gallery, London (2020), and Slade School of Art MA/MFA Interim Show at UCL, London (2019).
Working within the media of installation, video and print, West is interested in themes of nature, family, failure, symbolism and the body. In the work, the common motif of the rock – or the facsimile of the rock – can shift between signifying the mother, the home, and the bones of the earth.
Education
2018-2021 MA Fine Art: Media, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL, London, UK
2011-2014 BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class Honours, Falmouth University, Falmouth, UK
Awards & Residencies
2019
“London Summer Intensive”, Camden Art Centre & Slade School of Art, London
2018
“Artist in Residence Commission”, St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire.
2015
“Autumn Printmaking Residency Programme”, Presdales School, UK
“Åland Archipelago Guest Residency AIR”, Kökar, Finland
“Listhus I Fjallabyggo Artist in Residence”, Iceland
“Artist in Residence Programme”, Kala Art Institute, California, USA
2013
“Bite: Artists Making Print, Galleries Magazine Award”, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Exhibitions
2020
“London Grads Now”, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
2019
“Slade School of Art MA/MFA Interim Show”, UCL, London
“London Summer Intensive Showcase”, Woburn Studios, UCL, London
“London Summer Intensive Works in Progress Show, Camden Arts Centre, London
2018
“The Cerae Tablets”, Installation of Sculptures in St Albans Cathedral, Hertfordshire
2015
“Solidity · Tell Me How You Stand”, Hundred Years Gallery, London
“As Above, So Below”, Listhus Art House, Iceland
“Vidvera: A Contemporary Perspective on Icelandic Landscape”, Iceland
“Drawing Biennale 2015”, The Drawing Room, London, UK
“New Beginnings”, The Upstairs Gallery, Berkhamsted, UK
2014
“Prints from The Studio”, Kala Art Institute, California, USA
“Kala Art Institute Annual Exhibition”, California, USA
“Works on Paper Fair”, Science Museum, 2014
“ING Discerning Eye Exhibition”, Mall Galleries, London
2013
“DRAW 13: SGFA Exhibition”, Menier Gallery, London
“The National Open Art Exhibition”, RCA, London
“Bite: Artists Making Prints”, Mall Galleries, London
Publications
2015 “Solidity - Tell Me How You Stand (30 Days of Sediment)”, UK