Eliseo Pau

In my practice, I begin with images or videos that capture my attention—sometimes photographs I take with my phone, sometimes fragments sourced from the internet, television, or social media. These visual materials serve as starting points, often undergoing playful and intuitive transformations. I alter colours, add or remove elements, and sometimes push the imagery into abstraction and complexity. Other times, I choose to keep things simple and direct.
Recurring themes in my work include landscape, military pollution, personal history, and nostalgia. Through these lenses, I explore how memories and events can be looked at, questioned, documented, expanded, and reformed. I am particularly interested in slowing down the act of looking and encouraging a more reflective, layered engagement with images and narratives.
My practice is deliberately non-uniform and multidisciplinary. I move fluidly across painting, video, photography, drawing, music, and animation—embracing different genres, styles, and techniques. This freedom allows me to explore ideas in a way that is intuitive and responsive, rather than bound to a single medium or approach.
Born and raised in Sardinia (Italy), I lived in Rome before relocating to London, where I curre...

BA (Hons) Fine Art, 2008, University of the Arts London CSM (Central St. Martins College of Arts).

Art and Design Diploma, 2005, University of the Arts London CSM (Central St. Martins College of Arts, London).

Selected Activities/Exhibitions

2017
Painting Now, group show, Studio One Gallery, Wandsworth, London.

2016
Duo show "Intimacy//Paradise" with Birgitte Aasen at Fill The Gap Gallery, Leytonstone, London.

2015
Heads: Group Exhibition
Studio One Gallery, London SW18 1ES.

2015
Paradise: The Day After
Solo Show, Il Lazzaretto di Cagliari Sardinia (Italy), curated by Erica Olmetto

2015
DIY Cultures, one day Festival at Rich Mix, London
Video screening.

2014
Outsider, group show.
Candid art Trust, London.


2013
Sainte Chappelle, Gesto-Segno-Disegno
Mostra/Opera Collettiva-Workshop, touring exhibition, curated by Federico Cozzucoli
Ex Monte Granatico, Donori (CA) Sardinia, Italy
Galleria Gallerati di Rome, Italy
Agorà Multimediale Ghilarza (OR) Sardinia, Italy

Working On
Co-Curated Solo Show,
Collective Studios, Studio One Gallery Cato Hall
1 Church Row, Wandsworth Plain, London

2012
Dolphin Square Summer Art Exhibition
Group Exhibition
Pimlico, London.

Tavor Art Mobil
Mobile Gallery,
Sardinia, Italy

Back to Basics
Group Exhibition
Art Collective Stratford, London.

Orchestrated
Group Exhibition
Collective Studios,
East Putney SW18 1ES, London.

2011
Drawing Connections
Group Exhibition
Siena Art Institute,
Siena, Italy
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