ELLA CHEDBURN
ARTIST CV
STATEMENT
Hello! I am an artist based in Somerset, England merging nature, technology and mysticism.
My art practice has involved wiring plants to computers, texting trees, projecting into woodland, healing digital problems with herbs, and so much more. These ideas manifest as installations, films, books and prints.
My ideas come from reading scientific findings, theory or folklore, usually found on the internet. I embrace the internet as a hub of fact and fiction, respecting all sources of knowledge. In one tab, I could be reading about the latest biotechnology developments; in another tab: an ancient folklore surrounded by glittering clip art.
PUBLICATIONS
Feb 2023
April 2020
Feb 2020
Nov 2019
Jan 2020
Solastalgia Zine // Edventure Frome
Expressing grief towards climate breakdown (purchase here)
Second Sad Grads Zine
With fellow UK art school graduates who also had their exhibitions cancelled due to Covid19.
Cats Cradle // Stanley Picker Gallery
Six week proposal project led by Lucy Hutchinson. Proposed an anthology merging folkloric and scientific explanations of cleft lips. (read here)
Wood Wide Web // Stanley Picker Gallery
Book blending science, folklore, and digitisation, displayed at Stanley Picker Gallery.
Predictable // Brooklyn Sketchbook Library in New York
Handmade book written using predictive text then illustrated with dreamy watercolours.
Plathoes Cave online magazine
Work featured alongside article ‘Encountering Value Beyond the Certainty Machine’. (view here)
TALKS
June 2022
2021
Borough Group Collective // London South Bank University
About A.I. generated Borough Group Collective painting commission
William Morris Society
About A.I. generated William Morris patterns
WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2021 to current
Sept 2020 to current
Sept - Dec 2020
Feb 2020 + Oct 2017
March 2019
May - July 2018
Feb 2018
Sept 2017 - Nov 2018
Nov 2013 to Sept 2016
Showing applicable career history only:
Arts Programme Assistant // Knowle West Media Collective, Bristol
Social Media Manager // Bat Print Studios, Frome, Somerset
Children’s Art School Assistant // Bat Print Studios, Frome, Somerset
Workshop Leader // Kingston School of Art
Gallery Sitter // E-space 8 and Studio Rialto in Montreal
Project Manager & Project Assistant // Rose Theatre in Kingston Upon Thames
Gallery Assistant // Stanley Picker Gallery in London
Student Academic Mentor // Kingston School of Art
Library Assistant // Trowbridge Library in Wiltshire
QUALIFICATIONS
2016 - 2020
2014 - 2015
2007 - 2014
First Class Fine Art BA (Hons) Degree
Kingston School of Art in England
+ International study abroad year at Concordia Unversity in Montreal, Canada
Merit in Foundation Diploma in Art and Design.
Wiltshire College, Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
A levels: Art A*, English Lit & Lang A, Psychology A.
GCSEs: 10 A* - C
St Augustines College, Trowbridge, Wiltshire.
AWARDS
2020
2020-22
Creative Conscience 2020 // Commended entry
For Data Water
Liberty Specialty Markets Art Award with Parker Harris // Finalist
For Interference series
EXHIBITIONS
April 2023
Feb 2023
July-Sept 2022
July 2022
2020-2022
Oct 2020
Oct 2020 - 2021
March 2020
Nov 2019
Oct 2017
March 2017
Gulung Tukar in East Java, Indonesia // The Trees & The Wires
Collaboration with Indonesian artists exploring myths/archives of local environmental issues.
Black Swan Art Gallery in Somerset // Solastalgia
Forest Virus installation.
Black Swan Art Gallery in Somerset // Black Swan Arts Open
Cyberlore cyanotype prints.
Bat Print Studio in Somerset // Playground
Tree cyanotype prints.
Walkie Talkie Building in London // Liberty Specialty Markets Art Award
Painting and prints from Interference series.
Silk Mill Gallery in Somerset // Bat Print Studio Launch
Interference printmaking series.
William Morris Society in London // Wallpaper Man with Storybox Collective
A.I. generated Morris patterns.
Platform Gallery in London // Pause
Interactive plant attached to a moisture sensor which ‘talked’ to viewers.
Stanley Picker Gallery in London // Book-ish
Book blending science, folklore, and digitisation.
Longleat Forest in Somerset // Forest Shapes
Forest light installation - solo show.
Asylum Chapel in Peckham, London // Out of Touch
Mirror box. Curated, exhibited and dismantled the entire exhibition within one evening.
Feb 2018