Group shows | Articulate

Opens on Mar 9 until Mar 31, 2024

Nicole Ellis uses found materials: textiles, printed papers and urban refuse, to construct her works. Using collage, assemblage and imprint Ellis reconfigures already deteriorated and worn materials to underscore their tactility, affect and haptic sensibility. Her art discloses an interest in issues of culture, history, archaeology, architecture and abstraction. It can be seen to critique post-industrial production and the culture of consumerism, while also posing questions around ideas of painting, modernity, minimalism and abstraction.

The Clash works were first exhibited at Factory 49 in 2009 under the title Fabric Paintings.

Nicole Ellis has exhibited nationally and internationally, including awards and residencies: the AGNSW, Paris Studio, the British School at Rome, the Australia Council London Studio and the Redgate Studio Residency, Beijing. She has exhibited in London, Paris, Barcelona, Rome, Bologna, Tokyo and Singapore. Recent shows include: Nicole Ellis Fabrications, Drill Hall Gallery, Canberra, 2021, Ravenswood Australian Women’s Art Prize, Sydney, 2021, Tatterdemalion, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, 2022, Vibrations in Australian Drawing, Macquarie University, 2023, Rituals and Methods, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, 2023.

Nicole Ellis

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