First solo exhibition by Swansea illustrator Gemma Ellen, with intricate fine-liner and alcohol-ink drawings of South Wales animals.
Gemma Ellen opens her first solo exhibition, YMA: A Field Guide to Here, at Oriel Elysium Gallery on Friday 13 November. The opening runs from 7:00pm to 10:00pm, and the show stays on the walls through to 23 December, so there's plenty of time to catch it if you can't make the first night.
Ellen is a Swansea-based illustrator who studied Graphic Design at the University of Wales, Newport, graduating in 2010. The exhibition brings together a series of intricate drawings done in fine liner on translucent drafting paper and finished with alcohol ink, all celebrating animals found across South Wales. She builds her black-and-white portraits with detailed linework and pointillism, and her practice, which she describes as driven by curiosity, centres on animals—birds in particular—alongside references to Welsh culture and folklore.
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There's also an all-ages colouring book featuring species from the show to go with the exhibition, so it's a good one to bring the kids along for. You'll find the gallery at 12-24 Belle Vue Way, SA1 5BY, and the opening is 7:00pm to 10:00pm on Friday 13 November, with the exhibition running until 23 December.
