Ellen May Anderson examines fear and the feminine sublime within contemporary practices of bodily enhancement, where painting is a self-reflexive medium capable of both interrogation and re-stabilisation.
Her residency takes off from contemporary obsessions with the material self: diets, surgeries/procedures, augmentations/bodily enhancements and extreme exercise, accessed via open-source image banks, and circulatory platforms.
Aware that the body becomes post-human also through the digital image’s sheer achievement of distance from original identities, this series of work will explore proximity, the collapse of self/other and object/event in painterly approaches to body horror and post-human perfection.
Ellen May says:
“This opportunity directly contributes to my development as an artist, providing safe studio space to experiment with materiality, scale and process. The access to critique, and to a studio culture with other artists, will aid with the refinement of processes and concepts, as I find my place in the Magan-djin arts community.”
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Artist Residencies provide artists with 6 or 12 months of studio space, mentorship, and practical support to deepen their creative practice. Residents receive studio access, access to fabrication resources and professional development opportunities, alongside connection to a broader community of artists and collaborators.
