Ella Walker

Ella Walker is an artist whose practice spans painting, drawing and fresco. Her tightly composed works explore medieval narrative and costume through a contemporary lens of image, space and design.
  • Alumni
  • Tutor
  • 2018
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Role

Tutor, Drawing Year Alumni, 2018

Biography

Ella Walker graduated with a BA in Painting and Printmaking from Glasgow School of Art in 2015, before attending The Drawing Year in 2017. On graduating The Drawing Year Ella was awarded the Jack Goldhill Prize in Drawing and also won the Richard Ford award to study at the Prado, Madrid in September 2019. Painting, drawing, and fresco, form the foundation of her practice. Ella’s repertoire of works are contemporary concepts that explore medieval narrative and costume. Her compositions are tightly framed, shallow spaces that suggest constant interplay between the realms of drawing, painting and design.

Artwork

Untitled, Small figures hunched with flames

Untitled, Small figures hunched with flames

Ella Walker

History Painting

History Painting

Ella Walker

Love on the Stage

Love on the Stage

Ella Walker

Untitled, Tiles on the floor and house

Untitled, Tiles on the floor and house

Ella Walker

Untitled, flying angel and red curtain

Untitled, flying angel and red curtain

Ella Walker