CURRENT EXHIBITION

In 2021, Ellie Young was the joint winner along with Kate Shooter of the 2021 Solo Art Prize, a biennial award designed to boost the careers and visibility of talented artists based in South Wales, with a jury of curators and artists deciding the recipient.

Ellie Young’s work combines humour, the absurd and popular culture to delve into deeper human experience through exposure of the mechanics of manipulation via media, Tv and fictional versions of ‘The Truth’.

From the X-files, to Veronica’s shroud , Ellie Young’s cut-out sculptures, painted clay reliefs and lenticular paintings of crowds draw on her own experiences and connection to the narratives of relayed in cult TV series, religious Myth, alongside her own fascination with what is expressed in a face in her observance of crowd behaviour, which acknowledges the individual within that.

Yn 2021, enillodd Ellie Young gwobr 2021 Solo Art Prize ar y cyd â Kate Shooter - gwobr ddwyflynyddol i hybu gyrfaoedd ac amlygrwydd artistiaid talentog sydd wedi eu lleoli yn Ne Cymru, gyda rheithgor o guraduron ac artistiaid yn dethol yr enillydd.

Mae gwaith Ellie Young yn cyfuno hiwmor, yr absẃrd a diwylliant poblogaidd i archwilio profiadau dynol yn ddyfnach drwy ddatguddio mecaneg camddefnydd drwy gyfryngau, teledu a fersiynau ffuglennol o’r ‘Gwir’.

O’r X-files, i liain Veronica, mae ei cherfluniau torri, cerfwedd clai a pheintiadau deuamgrwm o dyrfaoedd yn tynnu ar ei phrofiadau a chysylltiadau ei hun i’r naratifau a gwelir mewn cyfresi teledu, chwedlau crefyddol, ochr yn ochr â’i diddordeb gyda’r hyn sy’n cael ei gyfleu mewn wyneb yn ei harfer ymddygiad torf, sy’n cydnabod yr unigolyn o fewn hynny.

“The themes of the work settle around belief - I’ve always found it easy to suspend my disbelief when confronted with fictional worlds films, books and television I become immediately absorbed in. Belief as a religious faith, belief in the afterlife ghosts and psychic mediums, in the truth being out there, belief in art, these things are all entwined in my mind in spite of an overriding skepticism.”

- Ellie Young 2022

This exhibition is supported by the Arts Council of Wales and HaNa Foundation.

Exhibition runs 25.06.22 - 30.07.22.

“Mae themâu y gwaith yn setlo o amgylch cred – Dw i wastad wedi teimlo ei fod yn hawdd atal fy anghrediniaeth wrth wynebu bydoedd ffuglennol, ffilmiau, llyfrau a theledu dw i’n ymgolli ynddynt. Cred fel ffydd grefyddol, cred mewn ysbrydion a chyfryngwyr seicig, yn y ffaith bod y gwirionedd allan yno, coel mewn celf, mae’r holl bethau hyn wedi cydblethu yn fy meddwl er yr amheuaeth or-redol”

- Ellie Young 2022

Gwnaethpwyd y prosiect hwn yn bosibl trwy arian gan Gronfa Loteri Genedlaethol Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a HaNa Foundation.

Mae’r arddangosfa ymlaen o 25.06.22 - 30.07.22.

ABOUT

AMDANOM NI

Ellie lives and works in Cardiff. Solo exhibitions include Daphne Don't Care, Oriel Blodau Bach (2019) Changing Faces, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan (2018), Frontiers, Arcade Cardiff, Cardiff (2016) and One Hour Portrait Studio Residency at Degree Art Execution Room, London (2013). Group shows include Cardiff MADE Summer Open (2021) UNITe g39, Cardiff (2018), Nightswimming. Mission Gallery Swansea (2018), NOVA Prize,RCA Conwy (2017), Oriel Davies Open, Newtown (2016). Ellie studied Film at University of East Anglia and worked in film and television before completing her BA in Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art and Design (2011).

AMDANOM NI

Mae Ellie Young yn byw a gweithio yng Nghaerdydd. Mae ei harddangosfeydd unigol yn cynnwys Daphne Don't Care, Oriel Blodau Bach (2019) Changing Faces, Oriel Mwldan, Aberteifi (2018), Frontiers, Arcade Cardiff (2016) One Hour Potrait Studio Residency yn Degree Art Execution Room, Llundain (2013). Mae ei harddangosfeydd grŵp yn cynnwys Arddangosfa Agored Haf Cardiff MADE (2021) UnNITe g39, Caerdydd (2018) Nightswimming, Oriel Mission Abertawe (2018)Gwobr NOVA, RCA Conwy (2017) Arddangosfa Agored Oriel Davies, Y Drenewydd (2016). Astudiodd Young Ffilm ym mhrifysgol 'University of East Anglia' a gweithiodd ym myd ffilm a theledu cyn gwneud ei BA mewn Celfyddyd Gain yn Ysgol Gelf a Dylunio Caerdydd (2011).

Ellie Young aND SIAN HUGES - Artist Talk // Ellie Young A SIAN HUGHES – Sgwrs Artist

Thursday 7th July

Ellie Young joins writer Sian Hughes and gallery curator Zoë Gingell to discuss the themes behind the work in her current solo exhibition, as reflected in Sian’s fictional responses published in the accompanying zine. Register your free ticket to attend the event in person via our website. 7.15-9 pm. Also available via Facebook live.

Dydd Iau 7fed Gorffennaf

Yn y galeri ac ar Facebook live, Yn rhad ac am ddim 7-9pm.

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EXHIBITION EVENTS // DIGWYDDIADAU

Relief painting workshop with artist Ellie Young // Gweithdy peintio cerfwedd gydag artist Ellie You

Ellie Young aND SIAN HUGES - Artist Talk // Ellie Young A SIAN HUGHES – Sgwrs Artist

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MAKERS - ARTISTS - DESIGNERS - ENTERPRISE

ellie young - i want to believe

ABOUT

AMDANOM NI

AMDANOM NI

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AMDANOM NI

AMDANOM NI

EXHIBITION EVENTS // DIGWYDDIADAU

Relief painting workshop with artist Ellie Young // Gweithdy peintio cerfwedd gydag artist Ellie You

Ellie Young aND SIAN HUGES - Artist Talk // Ellie Young A SIAN HUGHES – Sgwrs Artist

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