Looking for reminiscence in these ordinary domestic or recreational spaces. Thinking of them as ‘quiet areas’ - everyday encountered scenes, mundane and unnoticed. These scenes, which linger between my recollections and archival/found photography, suggest sets for films somewhat frozen like a memory.

Elena Grace

Welsh oil painter. Lives and works in Cardiff, Wales.

CSAD Fine Art 1st class BA(Hons) Graduate.

EXHIBITIONS

UPCOMING - TURNER HOUSE, Penarth, 13 Feb - 23 March 2025

SECOND THOUGHTS, residency and curated show, BayArt, Cardiff, 23 August - 7 September 2024

Y LLE CELF, Eisteddfod, Pontypridd, 3 -10 August 2024

HERE, NOW, curatorial project, BayArt, Cardiff, 31 May - 8 June 2024

CABLE (site responsive collaboration), Conway Methodist Church, Cardiff 24 - 26 May 2024

WHOLEFOODS ARTIST COLLECTIVE TAKEOVER, Paradise Gardens, Cardiff, 28 January 2024

BAYART MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES EXHIBITION, BayArt, Cardiff, 15 December 2023 - 7 January 2024

AUTUMN EXHIBITION, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff, 21 October - 21 December 2023

WHOLEFOODS ASSOCIATE SHOW, BayArt, Cardiff, 4 - 28 August 2023

FOUND IMAGES, solo show, The wholefood studio, Cardiff, 10 - 15 February 2023

YOUNG WELSH ARTISTS, MOMA Machynlleth, 19 November 2022 - 28 January 2023

ASSOCIATES SHOW, Arcade Campfa, Cardiff, 12 - 26 November 2022

THE WHOLEFOOD STUDIO OPENING, Cardiff, 7 October 2022

THE TURNER HOUSE OPEN, Penarth, 11 August - 11 September 2022

HOTHOUSE, Cardiff M.A.D.E, Cardiff, 7 - 10 September 2022

MADE IN ROATH OPEN, G39, Cardiff, 2 - 5 March 2022

MAKE SPACE GOOD, Shift, Cardiff, 10 - 12 December 2021

 RESIDENCIES AND PROJECTS

2022 - ONGOING The Wholefood studio collective

2023 - ONGOING Wholefoods x BayArt

2022 Cardiff M.A.D.E Hothouse

AWARDS

New Artist Scholarship granted by Y Lle Celf, Eisteddfod 2024

Brian Ross Memorial Award bursary granted by Arts Council Wales in 2022