ELLIS HOLMAN
Ellis Holman (born 27 January 1997, The Netherlands) is a visual artist who draws inspiration from the landscapes around her and tells their narratives by translating them into artworks. She uses her passion for film and photography to analyze her surroundings and then works with an iterative process to translate what she finds fascinating into her own visual language. A process in which she keeps searching for the right combination of material, technique, form, and movement that reflect the atmosphere and poetry of a landscape. Coming from a long family line of carpenters she always had a special place for material and craftsmanship. That combined with the atmosphere of landscapes and releasing emotions in the viewer is what thrives her. Creating works that stimulate the viewer or make them contemplate.
While studying product design at the Willem de Kooning Academy she explored her fascination for the natural elements around her. Instead of using those materials for designing a functional product, she decided to tell stories with them. Firstly to express her vision on certain social issues. But slowly creating more personal projects, becoming an autonomous visual artist who creates work from an urge to share how she sees and experiences the world around her. She works in a multidisciplinary way not limiting herself to one material or technique, but instead seeking the right medium for the story she wants to tell.
Her work was selected for Best of Graduates 2022 by gallery Ron Mandos, nominated for the Lakeside Collection Award and Van Vlissingen Art Foundation Price, shortlisted by Arts Thread for their Global Design Graduate Show. Her work has been acquired by the Lakeside Collection, the Art Collection of Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, as well as private collections spread across Europe.