ELLA WALKER
B 1993 MANCHESTER, UNITED KINGDOM
LIVES AND WORKS IN LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM

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    Theatre of Virtues and Vices

     

    WHERE THE THREADS ARE WORN

     

    This Isn’t Who It Would Be, If It Wasn’t Who It Is

     

    After great pain, a formal feeling comes

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    Chorus

    2023

    acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk and pencil, on unstretched canvas, powder-coated aluminum armature

    99 x 210.5" / 251 x 534.7 CM

    Installation View: Ella Walker,After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes Casey Kaplan, New York, March 7 - April 13, 2024

    Installation View: Ella Walker, After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes Casey Kaplan, New York, March 7 - April 13, 2024

    Fugue Study

    2023

    Pencil and tempera on paper

    12.6 x 9.4” / 32 x 24cm
    Framed: 14.25 x 11” / 36.2 x 27.9cm

    Ablutions

    2023

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk and pencil, on linen

    67 x 35.5” / 170 x 90cm

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Chorus, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, July 8 - October 1, 2023

    Chorus

    2023

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk and pencil, on unstretched canvas

    107.5 x 212.6" / 273 x 540cm

    Chorus (detail)

    Chorus (detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Chorus, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, July 8 - October 1, 2023

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Chorus, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, July 8 - October 1, 2023

    Iconoclastic Modern Art Troupe

    2023

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk and pencil, on stretched linen

    82.7 x 47.2" / 210 x 120cm

    Iconoclastic Modern Art Troupe (detail)

    Iconoclastic Modern Art Troupe (detail)

    The Gathering

    2023

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk and pencil, on stretched linen

    82.7 x 47.2" / 210 x 120cm

    The Gathering (detail)

    The Gathering (detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Chorus, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, July 8 - October 1, 2023

    The One Who Fell (Fallen Pierrot)

    The One Who Fell (Fallen Pierrot) (detail)

    The One Who Fell (Fallen Pierrot) (detail)

    Installation view: Distant Conversations: Ella Walker and Betty Woodman, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, July 13 - October 20, 2023

    Installation view: Distant Conversations: Ella Walker and Betty Woodman, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, July 13 - October 20, 2023

    Installation view: Distant Conversations: Ella Walker and Betty Woodman, Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH, July 13 - October 20, 2023

    The Disquieting Muses

    2023

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk and pencil on stretched linen

    67 x 35" / 170 x 90cm

    The Disquieting Muses, 2023 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Faith

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on canvas

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Faith, 2022 (Detail)

    Faith, 2022 (Alternate View)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Idolatry

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on linen

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Idolatry, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Theatre of Desire

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on linen

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Theatre of Desire, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Troupe

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on canvas

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Troupe, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    The Personification of Virtue

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on canvas

    39.69 x 31.69" / 100.8 x 80.6cm
    Framed: 40.75 x 33.25" / 103.5 x 84.46cm

    The Personification of Virtue, 2022 (Detail)

    Queen of the Night

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on linen

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Queen of the Night, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Sacrifice, Milk

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on linen

    18.19 x 14.06" / 46.2 x 35.7cm
    Framed: 19.25 x 15.75" / 48.9 x 40cm

    Sacrifice, Milk, 2022 (Alternate View)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Folly

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on linen

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Folly, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Mother

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on linen

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Mother, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Installation view: Ella Walker, Theatre of Virtues and Vices, Casey Kaplan, New York, 2022

    Bedroom Scene

    2022

    Acrylic dispersion, pigment, chalk, and pencil on linen

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87" / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Bedroom Scene, 2022 (Detail)

    Installation view: Ella Walker, The Strife of Love in a Dream, Casey Kaplan, Frieze London 2021, October 13 - 17, 2021

    Angels Painting

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas

    82.68 x 39.37 x 7.87” / 210 x 100 x 20cm

    Red Painting

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87” / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Sacred Conversation Painting

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas

    82.68 x 55.12 x 7.87” / 210 x 140 x 20cm

    Installation view: Ella Walker, The Strife of Love in a Dream, Casey Kaplan, Frieze London 2021, October 13 - 17, 2021

    Heroines

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas

    82.68 x 39.37 x 7.87” / 210 x 100 x 20cm

    Justine 2

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas

    82.68 x 39.37 x 7.87” / 210 x 100 x 20cm

    Installation view: Ella Walker, The Strife of Love in a Dream, Casey Kaplan, Frieze London 2021, October 13 - 17, 2021

    The Wife of Bath

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas

    82.68 x 39.37 x 7.87” / 210 x 100 x 20cm

    The Spirit of the Rose

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas

    82.68 x 39.37 x 7.87” / 210 x 100 x 20cm

    Juliette

    2021

    Acrylic and ink on paper, stretched

    11.81 x 8.27 x 1.26” / 30 x 21 x 3.2cm

    Justine

    2021

    Acrylic and ink on paper, stretched

    11.81 x 8.27 x 1.26” / 30 x 21 x 3.2cm

    Justine

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas, powder-coated aluminum

    Canvas: 89 x 39.25 x 5.25in / 226.06 x 99.7 x 13.33cm
    Installed: 89 x 45.25 x 5.25in / 226.06 x 114.94 x 13.33cm

    Detail:Justine

    2021

    Installation view:Where the threads are worn, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 18 - April 24, 2021

    Shall the whole world vanish so soon

    2021

    Acrylic on canvas, powder-coated aluminum

    Canvas: 89 x 39.25 x 5.25in / 226.06 x 99.7 x 13.33cm
    Installed: 89 x 45.25 x 5.25in / 226.06 x 114.94 x 13.33cm

    Detail:Shall the whole world vanish so soon

    2021

    Installation view:Where the threads are worn, Casey Kaplan, New York, March 18 - April 24, 2021

    The Inscription Over the Gate

    2020

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    90.5 × 70.75in / 229.9 × 179.7cm

    A Moonlight Tryst

    2020

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    82.5 × 39.5in / 209.6 × 100.3cm

    The Wife of Bath

    2020

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    82.5 × 39.5in / 209.6 × 100.3cm

    Installation view:Cosmati Floor And Wax Fruit, Huxley-Parlour, London, March 19 - May 25, 2020

    Cosmati Floor and Wax Fruit

    2019

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    82.5 × 39.5in / 209.6 × 100.3cm

    Installation view:Cosmati Floor And Wax Fruit, Huxley-Parlour, London, March 19 - May 25, 2020

    Saint Sebastian

    2019

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    82.5 × 39.5in / 209.6 × 100.3cm

    Pierrot

    2019

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    84.6 × 39.4in / 214.9 × 100.1cm

    Winged Victory

    2020

    Acrylic and oil on canvas

    90.5 × 70.75in / 229.9 × 179.7cm

    Crouching Aphrodite

    2020

    Acrylic on paper

    9.44 x 12.59in / 24 x 32cm

    Installation view:Untitled (But Loved), Bosse & Baum, London, June 27 - September 5, 2020

    To tread the ooze of the salt deep

    2020

    Acrylic on paper

    9.44 x 12.59in / 24 x 32cm

    Installation view:Palazzo Monti x The Great Women Artists, Brescia, Italy, November 2 - December 14, 2019

    Installation view:Palazzo Monti x The Great Women Artists, Brescia, Italy, November 2 - December 14, 2019

    Untitled

    2019

    Acrylic on canvas

    15.74 x 12.2in / 40 x 31cm

    Untitled sketch (Goya Witches’ Sabbath)

    2019

    Acrylic on canvas

    11.81 x 8.26in / 30 x 21cm

    Untitled Sketch

    2019

    Acrylic on canvas

    11.81 x 8.26in / 30 x 21cm

    The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover

    2018

    Gouache on paper

    93.31 x 59.06in / 237 x 150cm

    Detail:The Cook The Thief His Wife and Her Lover

    2018

    Untitled

    2018

    Gouache on paper

    93.31 x 59.06in / 237 x 150cm

    Detail:Untitled

    2018

    Saint Anthony the Hermit Tortured by Devils

    2018

    Gouache on paper

    93.31 x 59.06in / 237 x 150cm

    Detail:Saint Anthony the Hermit Tortured by Devils

    2018

    Two Figures and Flooded House

    2018

    Gouache on paper

    93.31 x 59.06in / 237 x 150cm

    Detail:Two Figures and Flooded House

    2018

    Blue Figure in the foreground

    2018

    Gouache on paper

    11.42 x 7.48in / 29 x 19cm

    Untitled, Tiles on the Floor and House

    2018

    Gouache on paper

    9.84 x 6.69in / 25 x 17cm

    Red socks sword and drips

    2018

    Gouache on paper

    10.63 x 7.09in / 27 x 18cm

    History Painting

    2017

    Gouache on paper

    93.31 x 59.06in / 237 x 150cm

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