KINGA
ELLIOTT
ARTIST STATEMENT
I currently attend Gray's School of Art in Aberdeen and I am in my fourth year studying towards Painting BA(Hons).
My work focuses on my fascination with light, colour, dynamism, balance and interconnectedness.
My inspiration often stems from natural forms or from figures. I have a background in mathematics and I sometimes use forms borrowed from mathematics and science as a starting point for my themes.
I am predominantly an oil painter, however I have been seduced by the rich Prussian blue colour of cyanotype and lately I started to make large scale cyanotypes using industrial size UV light bed. These cyanotypes serve as starting points for further painterly developments. I use oil and acrylic paint, ink and resin in my creative process.
EDUCATION
2016-present BA(HONS) Painting Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
2015 HNC Contemporary Art Practice Dundee and Angus College, Arbroath
EXHIBITIONS & AWARDS
Aug-Sep 2019 A MOMENT IN TIME Solo exhibition Aberdeen Health Village, Aberdeen
August 2019 GRAY'S OUTLET Group exhibition Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen
June 2019 Winner of the SCPN Art & Design Prize for Creative Communication, Scotland 2019
April 2019 MORE CONCRETE! Group exhibition Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen
November 2018 Shortlisted for SUT Award Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
November 2018 BGF & EY Painting exhibition Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen
September 2018 NEOS Group exhibition Hallgreen Castle, Inverbervie
June 2018 SMORG:ARTS:BORD Painting Exhibition Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen
April 2018 SNAP Group exhibition Ruthrierston Community Centre, Aberdeen
Nov-Dec 2015 The MEFFAN Winter Exhibition The Meffan Museum & Gallery, Forfar
June 2015 Selected for the Scotland+Venice Learning Team Venice, Italy