Ellie Young

University of Wales Institute Cardiff (BA Fine Art , 2010)

I am interested in representative painting in relation to time, the nature of the film still as a frozen moment captured and extended or the portrait sitting for an hour, each moment counting as a mark on the page. I feel that painting can measure an expansion or contraction of time and that the attempt to portray something real using paint and brushes can result in images that can be both amusing and captivating.

My artistic influences cover a broad spectrum from Titian to David Shrigley but my favourite painter is Pierre Bonnard. I am moved by the way his paintings both guide and disconcert the viewer, as though glimpsing an instant through the artists eyes, and excited by his shimmering use of colour. I am currently experimenting with heightened colours reminiscent of fauvist painters.

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Exhibitions

September 2013- One Hour Portrait Studio- Residency, Degree Art.com Execution Room, London August 2013- Do What You Will This World Is A Fiction- Oriel Canfas, Cardiff (With James Green and Freya Dooley) June 2013- Studio Audience- Residency, Milkwood Gallery May 2013 - 15 Minute Portraits - Made in Spring Festival, Milkwood Gallery April 2013 - 15 Minute Portraits - Chapter Art Centre, Cardiff March 2013 - Artist Talk - Porthcawl Pavilion October 2012- Street Portraits - Cardiff Contemporary Festvial August 2012 - Same Place/Different Time Solo Show - ArcadeCardiff January 2012 - Fresh Paint - Newport Museum and Art Gallery June 2011 - Degree Show - Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff April 2011 - Slunks Presents - Slunks, Cardiff December 2010 - Hans Brinker Trophy Exhibition, Amsterdam April 2010 - 2nd Year Exhibition, BayArt Cardiff March 2010 - 'Inner Space', Group Show, Oriel Ty Coch, Cardiff