Ellen Kemad

Graduated From De Montfort University Leicester, England in 2012,BA Fine Art Honours Degree, Exploring mixed media, Sculpture, Print, Collage,

Artist Statement 2012.

The main focus of the work is the environment; the found materials are a reflection of the life in that environment. Investigating these materials through collage, painting, photography, Relief, and 3D. This current body of work uses both found and purchased materials; shiny, printed and holographic paper, card, off cuts from a wood workshop, Paper Mache, acrylic paint, glitter, glue, and varnish. Initially investigating the materials by cutting up and layering; a process that reoccurs in my work, exploring the tiers of my immediate location: the unconscious rhythmic and percussive elements seem to suggestion an untold narrative, a story, a song, an ocular translation of the frequencies that surround us every day.
Initially using appropriated, collected and sometimes found materials has proven to have its limitations and has led me to purchase certain types of reflective textured and transparent materials as they are in short supply. Using material from the environment is an important component of the work it is a link to a comment on society and how we live ...

De montfort University, Leicester, England, Fine Art Honours Degree 2009-2012,
Leicester College, Leicester city, England,
Foundation Art Foundation,2008-2009, (Distinction)