"Imbibe" Painting

Ella Skinner is a Welsh visual artist. Her unique, expressive work ranges from painting, sculpture, installation, sound, and performance. Her bold, textured approach to her paintings, which she creates using sound systems built at her studio in Manchester, UK, has attracted the likes of the seminal composer, Philip Glass. Her painting "Verde Nacht" was used for Glass's collaboration with orchestra Manchester Collective for their album "The Centre is Everywhere", released on Valgeir Sigurðsson’s label Bedroom Community in 2021 (Iceland, EU). The album was nominated for best newcomer at the BBC Music magazine awards. Skinner is best known for her provocative and bodily installations which merge different disciplines to achieve an art form that engages all six senses and provokes primal reactions within her audiences. She is interested in using art as a transformative experience to explore uncomfortable issues within the contemporary age. While studying for a bachelor’s degree in English Literature and History of Art at The University of Manchester (2016-2019), she began operating within DIY experimental scenes in the UK. Her immersion in the gritty world of harsh noise and the electronic rave scene led her to begin creating environments that challenged traditional conceptions of art, discipline and order. Skinner graduated with a Master in Fine Art in 2021 from Manchester School of Art.