Ellie Shipman is a participatory artist and illustrator living and working in Bristol, based at In Bristol Studios, and spending a year living in Vietnam in 2019.
Ellie’s work is concerned with concurrent states of being and the process of drawing out shared commonality between those dichotomies: hope and fear; isolation and togetherness; the domestic and the public; grief and joy. The liminal space where these states rebuff, align and overlap is explored, shared and reflected on through multimedia artworks using found objects, textiles, drawing, audio and installation. Ellie is also interested in what it is to be a woman; the experience of birth and new motherhood as well as notions of community; sustainability and anticipatory mourning for climate collapse.
Works are often site specific, participatory or interactive – including people in research, process and product. Ellie regularly collaborates with researchers, scientists and fellow creatives as well as the general public and a diverse range of community groups.
Commissioners, funders and partners have included:
Arts Council England; We the Curious; The Vietnamese Women’s Museum; Pump House Gallery; The University of Bristol; Historic England; The Royal Shakespeare Company; Wellcome Trust.
Ellie is also an illustrator, map-maker and pattern designer, whose illustration portfolio can be found at ellieshipman.com
Address:
Great Western Lane
Bristol
BS5 9BB