Ele Pack
Ele Pack
Brighton, East Sussex, United Kingdom
About Ele Pack
Ele Pack received her degree from Loughborough College of Art. She now lives and works in Brighton. She has exhibited her paintings both nationally, and internationally. Her work has been exhibited by various UK galleries, and overseas in Germany, Sweden and the US. Her work has also been published as fine art prints by Rosenstiels publishers, and The Art Group. She is represented by Josie Eastwood Fine Art, ArtDog London for international & UK art fairs, Cornwall Contemporary and The Stratford Gallery. She has work in private collections in Canada, the US and Europe. "In 2013 I visited a Morandi exhibition, at The Esoterick Collection, in London. Being a lesser known gallery I was able to view the paintings in relative peace and quiet, and had the most wonderful experience. I was so moved by these small intimate paintings, that it brought me to tears. It is this emotional experience I hope to create in my work. I believe that visual language has a potent power, like music or literature. And it has the power to lift, communicate and transform. My recent work has taken inspiration from the ocean, nature and the natural world. I seek to make images that have a feeling of light and space, the landscape and the sea, without being a literal representation. Living on the coast in Brighton has had a definite influence, with much of the new work conveying the openness and feel of space, depth and water. An imaginary floating world is created with hidden spaces, things half-shown and suggested. Like Rorschach inkblots, the viewer is invited to find and interpret their own symbols in the ambiguous visual field. Clouds, reflections, elements of landscape and the coast have all been observed. Using pattern and mark to create rhythm, I use a range of materials; paint, pencil, fabric, collage, metallics, and build up my paintings in a very organic way. I overlay layers of paint, mark and collage to build up the pictorial space. This creates glimpses, hidden spaces, things half_ shown, suggested. I use delicate layers of texture, drawing and colour to create an ambiguous space. The image is then worked and re_worked until the image is “found”. Only when a balance and integration is achieved I feel that the painting is finished. I like to think of them as “visual poems”. This sensual world is one to be absorbed, felt, and enjoyed.
Education:
BA(hons) Fine Art: painting
Events:
2017
Jan & Feb Josie Eastwood by appointment
Feb The Stratford Gallery
March "Contemplation" exhibition Gallery57 Arundel
May Josie Eastwood Spring Collection
June AAF Hampstead
July Solo show Staithes Gallery
2016
Feb 9 commissioned paintings for luxury cruise liner "Ovation of the Seas" in collaboration with Peter Millard ART Consultants London
March - April Spring Collection
Cornwall Contemporary
May Studio 106 open studio show Studio 106 Hove
June Hampstead Affordable Art Fair with ArtDog London
September - Oct Group show with Melanie Goemans & Melissa Kiernan
Autumn Collection - Josie Eastwood Fine Art
Buy Art Fair, Manchester with ArtDog London
November Edinburgh Art Fair with Staithes Studio
December Josie Eastwood Little Christmas Show
2015
Jan McAllister Thomas group show
April Chelsea Art Fair with David Stacey Art.
May Studio 106 Open House
Four Knoyle Road Open house
June Affordable Art Fair Hampstead with Cornwall Contemporary
22nd August Two-person Show with Alasdair Lindsay at
- 22nd Sept Cornwall Contemporary
August Rachel Ashwell Shabby Chic Couture LA exhibiting 13 new paintings
Sept New York Affordable Art Fair, with ArtDog
Sept Exhibiting with Staithes Studio Gallery, Staithes
October Moniker Art Fair London with Iaysha.com
Exhibitions:
CV
Ele Pack
Born: London
Lives: Brighton, UK
Flat 2, 4 Preston Park Ave
Brighton BN1 6HJ
elepack@gmail.com
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2014 Represented by Lacy Road Gallery, SW15, London
Xmas show McAllister Thomas Fine Art, UK.
Represented by Saatchi Art
Studio 106 May Festival open house exhibition
Brighton Art Fair
Represented by ArTbridge
2013 Represented by Saatchi Art
Studio 106 May Festival open house exhibition
2012 Brighton Art Fair
Studio 106 May Festival open house exhibition
2010 Still life & landscape exhibition, Seascape Gallery, Godalming, Surrey
Spring Affordable Art Fair, with Wills Art Warehouse, Battersea Park, London
2009 Summer show, Seascape Gallery, Godalming
Brighton Art Fair, Brighton
2008 Interiors exhibition, Will's Art Warehouse, London
Spring Affordable Art Fair, with Will's Art Warehouse, Battersea , London
Glasgow Art Fair, with Will's Art Warehouse, Glasgow
Bristol Art Fair, with Will's Art Warehouse, Bristol
New York Art Fair, with Will's Art Warehouse, New York
Birmingham Art Fair, with Seascape Gallery
Group show, Sarah Wiseman Gallery, Oxford
2007 Group show The Fairfax Gallery, Tonbridge Wells
Will’s Art Warehouse, London
AK Wilson Gallery, Harpenden, Herts
East Midlands Contemporary Art Auction, Nottingham
2006 Affordable Art Fair and group shows The Fairfax Gallery, Tonbridge Wells
Group show, The Bircham Gallery, Norfolk
2002 Affordable Art Fair, with CCA Galleries Battersea , London
Chelsea Art Fair with Lena Boyle Fine Art, London
2001 Paperleaf Art Fair, Battersea Art Centre, London
Summer Show, Will's Art Warehouse, Fulham, London
Group show, Museum of the Southwest, Midland Texas, U.S.A
Group show, The Art Exchange, Nottingham
Group show, Foreningen Norden, Gothenburg, Sweden
Neo Art, Nottingham
Print Showcase Harley Gallery Notts.
2000 Interiors Exhibition, Ferrers Gallery, Staunton Harold
Summer Show, Will's Art Warehouse, Fulham, London
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park, London
Recent Paintings Castle Museum Nottingham
1999 New Work by 100 Artists, Quantum Contemporary Art, Atrium Gallery, London
Artists of Promise, Will's Art Warehouse, Fulham, London
Ele Pack - Recent Paintings East Midlands Arts Loughborough
1998 Beaumanor 150 Exhibition, Beaumanor Hall, Woodhouse, Leicestershire
1997 New Works Festival, De Montfort Hall, Leicester
1994 Four Man Show, Byard Gallery, Nottingham
1993 Ele Pack - Recent Paintings Phoenix Arts Centre Leicester
1992 Painting Today '92, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London
Inside and Outside, Ferrers gallery, Staunton Harold, Leics
1991 Group show, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
Fresh Art, Business Design Centre, Islington
Graduate Show, Hanover Gallery, Liverpool
Painting Today '91, Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London
AWARDS:
1999 East Midlands Arts New Work & Commission Award
1997 East Midlands Arts Start-Up Grant
PUBLISHING:
2012 Nine fine art prints published by Rosenstiel's publishers
2002 Three framed prints published by 'The Art Group Ltd.'