Ellie Pearch
Statement
My practice involves fixating on the standardized and mass-produced apparatus of domestic and city life to dig out buried vulnerabilities, intimacies and narratives. Some of these are there to be excavated, but some have to be fantasized, extrapolated from scraps. This search is motivated by the strong emotions I feel in certain places alongside a curiosity for how materials can be mis-functioned beyond their original context. Formal qualities of materials (proximity, weight, roughness, rigidity) give me metaphors for emotional states and relationship dynamics. I try to balance introspection with a search for common ground. Cardboard, coat hooks, toilet paper, concrete: Familiarity is important, I want you to recognize the generic materials I choose. Like these objects, the feelings and memories I draw upon are both personal and generic: Stunted conversations, someone’s absence,
closing the front door.
My practice involves fixating on the standardized and mass-produced apparatus of domestic and city life to dig out buried vulnerabilities, intimacies and narratives. Some of these are there to be excavated, but some have to be fantasized, extrapolated from scraps. This search is motivated by the strong emotions I feel in certain places alongside a curiosity for how materials can be mis-functioned beyond their original context. Formal qualities of materials (proximity, weight, roughness, rigidity) give me metaphors for emotional states and relationship dynamics. I try to balance introspection with a search for common ground. Cardboard, coat hooks, toilet paper, concrete: Familiarity is important, I want you to recognize the generic materials I choose. Like these objects, the feelings and memories I draw upon are both personal and generic: Stunted conversations, someone’s absence,
closing the front door.
Biography
Ellie Pearch (b. 1994, London) MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths University of London, 2024. BA Fine Art
Sculpture, Brighton University, 2016. Recent two person shows: No Format Gallery, London, 2024. Take Courage Gallery, London, 2024. Selected exhibitions: hArtslane, London, 2023. Hypha Studios,
London, 2023. East Bristol Contemporary, Bristol, 2018. Chisenhale Studio 4, London, 2017. De La Warr Pavilion, Hastings, 2016. Awards: Selected for Into The Wild, Chisenhale Studios, 2016. Nominated for Platform Graduate Award, CVAN SE, 2016.
Ellie Pearch (b. 1994, London) MFA Fine Art, Goldsmiths University of London, 2024. BA Fine Art
Sculpture, Brighton University, 2016. Recent two person shows: No Format Gallery, London, 2024. Take Courage Gallery, London, 2024. Selected exhibitions: hArtslane, London, 2023. Hypha Studios,
London, 2023. East Bristol Contemporary, Bristol, 2018. Chisenhale Studio 4, London, 2017. De La Warr Pavilion, Hastings, 2016. Awards: Selected for Into The Wild, Chisenhale Studios, 2016. Nominated for Platform Graduate Award, CVAN SE, 2016.
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Degree Show Location: Ben Pimlott Building, 5th floor