My practice focuses on the everyday banality of the home, aiming to deliberately confuse and question our own associations to our private space. Using the constraints of my childhood house, I play with ‘making strange’ the seemingly mundane in order to explore the tension between how we look at the everyday and the epic.
CV
Email: ellenstewart6@icloud.com
Education:
BA (Hons) Photography – The Arts University Bournemouth
Art and Design Foundation Diploma – Bucks New University
Awards:
2019 Nominee South West Graduate Photography Prize
2019 Photograd Selected Graduate for Support and Representation 2019-2020
2019 (Shortlisted) Loupe Magazine, ‘Another Graduate Show’
http://loupemag.com/ags-highly-commended/
2019 Source Magazine Chosen Selection
https://www.source.ie/graduate/2019/selection1.php
Publications:
2019 Paper Journal '2019 Round-up'
https://paper-journal.com/ba-photography-graduates-2019/
2019 The Guardian, ‘A plait, a pear and a piano – new photography talent’
2019 Elephant Magazine ‘Words of Wisdom from Europe’s Largest Student Showcase’ Interview Feature
https://elephant.art/words-wisdom-largest-student-showcase-europe/
2019 Source Magazine, PR Controlling the Message - Graduate Showcase
Exhibitions:
Upcoming: South West Graduate Photography Prize, London
Upcoming: Suddenly Last Summer, Arts University Bournemouth
2019 Fabricate, Truman Brewery, London
2019 Free Range Introducing, Truman Brewery, London
2019 Source Graduate Photography Online, Arts University Bournemouth
2019 BEAF, Royal Arcade,Bournemouth
2019 The Outsider, Bushwick Community Darkroom, Brooklyn, New York
2019 On The Street, BUMF Gallery, Bournemouth
2019 that from a long way off look like flies, Seventeen Gallery, London