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 or paused moments.

Elena Grace

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

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

EXHIBITIONS

2025

UPCOMING: Hamburg (August)

UPCOMING: Small Time Projects, London (May - June)

UPCOMING: Tudor Lane Workshops Spring open day (April)

DUCK! RABBIT!, The Turner House, Penarth (February – March)

2024

SECOND THOUGHTS, BayArt,  Cardiff (August – September)

Y LLE CELF, Eisteddfod, Pontypridd (August)

WHOLEFOODS ARTIST COLLECTIVE TAKEOVER, Paradise Gardens, Cardiff (January)

2023

BAYART MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES EXHIBITION, BayArt, Cardiff (December - January)

AUTUMN EXHIBITION, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff (October – December)

WHOLEFOODS ASSOCIATE SHOW, BayArt, Cardiff (August)

FOUND IMAGES, solo show, The wholefood studio, Cardiff (February)

2022

YOUNG WELSH ARTISTS, MOMA Machynlleth (November – January)

ASSOCIATES SHOW, Arcade Campfa, Cardiff (November)

THE WHOLEFOOD STUDIO OPENING, Cardiff (October)

THE TURNER HOUSE OPEN, Penarth (August – September)

HOTHOUSE, Cardiff M.A.D.E, Cardiff (September)

CWPLA, Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff (June)

MADE IN ROATH OPEN, G39, Cardiff (March)

2021

MAKE SPACE GOOD, Shift, Cardiff (December)

 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