Ella Carty

(B.1971 Nairobi, Kenya) I am a painter who investigates my own experiences of the world.
I am interested in describing a process of perception, discovery and regeneration: Spitting out paint and matter as I go along. A messy and rewarding process and something that keeps me endlessly satisfied.

I create layers of associations from scavenged sources: a slurry of art history, of physical landscape and emotional encounters and all the fictions I have constructed in between, especially the fictions I suppose.

I live in Penryn, near Falmouth in Cornwall and my studio is at Krowji in Redruth, U.K.

I am currently represented by Josie Eastwood Fine Art, U.K.

I have exhibited widely in the U.K. and sold my paintings to clients in the U.S. Canada, Australia, the Middle East, the Far East as well as in the U.K. and Europe.

BA Fine Art: Painting: Cheltenham College of Art 1990 - 1994

Fellowship at The Digswell Arts Trust, Hertfordshire 2010 - 2014

Currently based at Krowji, Cornwall, UK.

The Joy of Small Things – Terrace Gallery, Penryn, Cornwall – 30 September- 24 October 2021

Looking Forward – Newlyn Society of Artists, Tremenheere, Cornwall – 20 June – 11 July

On the Bright Side – 2 Person Show – Byre Gallery, Cornwall, PL10 – 1AJ- 5 – 30 June 2021

Group Show – Morgans, Falmouth, Cornwall, TR11 3JH – May 2021

‘Edge of Dark’ - Newlyn Society of Artists at a Tremenheere Gallery, Cornwall 10 Oct - 1 Nov 2020

The Autumn Show - Josie Eastwood, Hampshire Oct 2020

'Selene' The Old Lock Up Gallery, Cromford July 2020

Summer Show - Josie Eastwood, Hampshire - June 2020

Drawing from Rocks - Terrace Gallery, Penryn April 2020

The Auction Collective Spring Auction - March 2020

Penwith Society Winter Show - St. Ives February 2020

Krowji Open Studios - Redruth, December 2019

Imagine Falmouth - Falmouth Art Gallery November 2019

John Howard Print Studios - The Poly, Falmouth Oct 2019

Newlyn Society of Artists - Tremenheere, Oct 2019

Far and Wild Gallery, Perranporth October 2019

Sightings of Morgawr – Fish Factory, Penryn May 2019

Cornwall Open Studios - Krowji, Redruth - May 2019

Spring Exhibition - Far and Wild - Perranporth, April 2019

Krowji Open Studios - Redruth, Cornwall Dec 2019

AAF Battersea - with ‘Eleven and a Half’ - October 2018

Cambridge Art Fair - with ‘Eleven and a Half’ - Sept 2018

Cornwall Open Studios - Krowji, Redruth - May 2018

AAF Hampstead - With 'Eleven and a Half' - May 2018

Fresh Art Fair Cheltenham - April 2018

'Contemporary Cornish Art' - A&D Gallery, Marylebone, London - April 2018

The Other Art Fair London - March 2018

'Towards the Light' - Tregony Gallery, Truro - March - April 2018

Krowji Open Studios - Krowji, Redruth TR15 3AJ
1-3rd December 2017.

Tregony Gallery, Truro - 'Drawing In' - Group Exhibition, October 2017 - January 2018

Tregony Gallery, Truro - 'Sea of Colour' - Group Exhibition, July - September 2017

The Poly, Falmouth - 'Each' - A Two Person Show - 6th-10th June 2017

Cornwall Open Studios, Krowji, Redruth TR15 3AJ
27th May - 4th June 2017.

The Poly, Falmouth - Printmakers Exhibition - Group Show- Nov 2016

Pretty Like Pictures - Thame, Oxfordshire - A selection of Work - Sept - Dec 2016

Krowji Open Studios Cornwall, Redruth - May 28th - June 5th 2016

Trelissick Gallery, Truro - Spring Show - Group Exhibition - April - May 2016

Krowji Open Studios, Redruth - Dec 4th - 6th 2015

Trelissick Gallery, Truro - Autumn Show - Group Exhibition - Oct - January 2016

Pretty Like Pictures - Thame, Oxfordshire - A selection of Work - Oct - January 2016

Art Fair East, Norwich - 4th -7th June 2015

Trelissick Gallery, Truro - Summer Show - Group Exhibition - May - September 2015

Pretty Like Pictures - Thame, Oxfordshire - A selection of Work - May 2015

Mariners Gallery, St. Ives Society of Artists - Spring Open - April 25th – May 20th 2015

Trelissick Gallery, Truro - Spring Show - Group Exhibition - Jan - April 2015

Eastern Approaches - University Hertfordshire Galleries, St. Albans - 6th Dec 2014 - 11th Jan 2015

Space2, Watford - 'Aware' - A two Person Show with Hideki Arichi - 6th Nov - 20th Dec 2014

The Crypt Gallery, St. Ives Society of Artists - Printmakers Exhibition - 9th Aug - 22nd Aug 2014

Parndon Mill, Harlow - 'Nothingness'- Group Show - 7th Aug - 14th Sept 2014

The Forge, Digswell, Herts Open Studios - May 2014

The Forge, Digswell, Herts Open Studios - Sept 2013

Letchworth Arts Centre - Group Show, March 2013

Digswell Arts Trust, Herts - Open Studios - Sept 2012

R.A. London – One in Four – Group Exhibition, July 2012

Letchworth Arts Centre – ‘A Sense of Self’, 2012

Stevenage Arts Centre - 'Portraits and the Self' Solo Exhibition, Feb 2012

University of Herts, St. Albans – Eastern Approaches, Dec 2011

Arts Depot, Finchley - Group Show, Sept 2011