Created as part of the 2022-2023 FACT Together residency, this work was created to explore the anxieties joys and functionalities of community spaces through Liverpool's Lost Public Rest Rooms.
'As You Please' A video work shown at London Art Fair 2022 with IMT Gallery, which also went on to be adapted into an installation for Liverpool Lightnight 2022 at The Royal Standard
Notice Board
An interactive board game produced for OUTPUT Gallery for 'Output Sculpture Open 2023' at The Bridewell Studios - As part of a wider project for FACT Liverpool
'New Bed Making Progress' Commissioned by Convenience Gallery for Birkenhead Parks 175th Anniversary and shown as part of 'Not A Cloud In The Sky'
'Floor Plan', an ET/RG show commissioned by Convenience Gallery in Birkenhead's Bloom Building.
Commissioned by Bitch Palace for 2021's Liverpool Sound City 'Courtyard' exists as both a sculptural piece that was installed at St. Luke's Bombed Out Church and online as a video work by ET/RG
Developed as an extension of the SPUR.World show, The Park Notice Board exhibits a reconnection between The Ranger and the community - Existing in both the IRL SPUR.World show at D.Unit Bristol, and as an AR Filter on Instagram by ET/RG
The Spur.World Main Hub where you can walk around & find your way into The Ranger's Park (Direct link on the right)
After finding a DVD at the Park gates you are invited to watch and witness the different stories that unfold inside by ET/RG
PaST Works
Produced as part of 'Seeing Things ' an Arts Council England funded project 'Conduits' is a film & installation work about a Triple booked conference hall, dreams, growing & memory, shown at Wigan's 'The Edge'.
A look at a town from a watchers perspective created as part of The Royal Standard's Space Raiders Residency 2020 ET/RG
Explore a distorted home environment using a map you find inside a box made as part of the LJMU Degree Show 2020, winner of Kate Cooper Selection Prize
Examples of past Projects, Workshops, Exhibitions and Experimentations
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ELLIE TOWERS Based in The Royal Standard Gallery, Liverpool
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Situating itself in various landscapes, my practice looks to un-pack the forms that create an environment through reflections, memories, and anecdote, and re-work them into a comprehensive artwork, informed by the connections and communities that are made in relation to fictional, digital and physical spaces.
Working from within my studio at Liverpool's The Royal Standard, I create this work using a mixture of handmade-drawings, paintings, miniature clay-sculptures, and 3D renderings - that are collaged together as it takes its form in between a material and virtual output - creating visual capsules of experience and thoughts.
Education and Qualifications
2017 - 2020 Liverpool John Moores University: Fine Art (BA Hons), First Class (practical and dissertation modules) - Studied under Rory Macbeth, Adam Carr, Bedwyr Williams
A-Level in Fine Art: Burnley College (A) - Studied under Paula Newton, Paula McNutt
Positions
Currently - Freelance Artist
Currently - The Imaginist Society Facilitator at FACT Liverpool
Currently - Paid Consultant on Birkenhead 2040 Cultural Development Project within Arts/Science
Paid Artist assistant with the Liverpool Biennial developing the works of participating artists alongside curators Abi Mitchel and Hyun Seo, and under senior curator Manuela Moscoso
Programme committee member at The Royal Standard Studios and Gallery organizing shows and events in partnership with A-N
Paid visual artist and campaign content creator as part of the Infinite Visions team for musicians Stealing Sheep
05.08.20 - 01.04.21 - Paid featured artist Public programmer in the SPUR.world programme alongside curator Julia Greenway
2020 Paid part-time mentor for students at Liverpool John Moores University in idea development and critical preparation
2020 Paid Guest Lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University
2020 Paid Q&A host at Liverpool John Moores University
2019-2020 Co-Founder of Liverpool John Moores University's ‘Film Club’ Initiative - Co-curating multiple cross-year shows, screenings and workshops
2018-2019 Paid Student Safeguarding Champion at Liverpool John Moores University
2017-2020 Liaison with numerous Galleries and Institutions in Liverpool and beyond including but not limited to: The Tapestry, The Bridewell Studios and Gallery, The Royal Standard, The Liverpool John Moores University John Lennon Art and Design Building, FACT, Chaos Magic, D-Unit Studios and Gallery, and OMSK Social Club
Residencies
Current - FACT Liverpool Together 2022 Artist Residency 12.08.22 - Present
Current - Artist in residence at The Royal Standard Gallery and Studios 13.11.20 - Present
Digital Residency with IMT Gallery London 09.12.21 - 01.01.23
SPUR - Digital, 05.08.20 - Present - Virtual residency run by Chaos Magic, Omsk Social Club and D-Unit, operating as one of the 16 selected CORE members, managing 125 Community Members
SPACE RAIDERS -13.10.20 -27.10.20 - Residency inside the Main Gallery Space of The Royal Standard, which culminated in ‘Walkies’
Selected Exhibitions
TAKE CARE - As Part of 'Output Gallery Sculpture Open' - Bridewell Studios and Gallery 09.02.23 - 19.02.23
NEW BED MAKING PROGRESS - As part of 'Not A Cloud In The Sky' - Birkenhead Park Visitors Centre -16.07.22 - 31.07.22
AS YOU PLEASE (Installation) - As Part of 'ZESTY' - The Royal Standard - Liverpool - 20.05.22
AS YOU PLEASE (Video Work) - Commissioned by IMT Gallery - London Art Fair - Business Design Centre - London - 20.02.22 -24.04.22
FLOOR PLAN - Convenience Gallery, Bloom Building, Birkenhead - 19.11.21 - 03.12.21 - ET/RG SOLO SHOW
COURTYARD - Commissioned by Bitch Palace for Liverpool Sound City - The Bombed Out Church - Liverpool - 01.10.21-03.10.21
SPUR.WORLD (IRL) - 07.08.21 - 15.08.21 - D-Unit Gallery - Bristol
LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL FESTIVAL GUIDE SHOW 30.06.21 - Liverpool Arts Bar
LIVERPOOL LIGHTNIGHT - The Royal Standard Studios and Gallery - 21.05.21
SPUR.WORLD DIGITAL SHOW - Online - 01.04.21
WINDOWS INTO THE VIRTUAL - International Exhibition - Loosen art, Millepiani Gallery, Rome 25.02.21 - 04.03.21
1:1 -Wet Dove Tail - Online 17.12.20
WALKIES - The Royal Standard, Liverpool, Main Gallery Space/Online 01.11.20
DEGREE SHOW ON MARS - Online 05.06.20
QUARANTINE CONNECTIONS - Online 21.04.20
DON’T THROW STONES IN GLASS HOUSES - The Capital Building 12.03.20
WHAT’S THE SCORE (II) - Ethel Austin Room John Lennon Art and Design Building 28.02.20 - 07.03.20
WHAT’S THE SCORE - The X Gallery, John Lennon Art and Design Building 26.02.20
FAKE SNOW THE CHRISTMAS SHOW - The Bridewell Studios and Gallery 12.12.19
SCREENING EVENT - JFA, John Lennon Art and Design Building 28.10.19
THE GIFT - The Masonic Hall 30.04.19
OBJECTIVITY - Ethel Austin Room, John Lennon Art and Design Building 02.04.19
TERRITORY: THE COLLECTIVE - The Bridewell Studios and Gallery 20.02.19
BY HER CHATTER - (Curator) Ethel Austin Room, John Lennon Art and Design Building 11.03.19
ST GEORGES HALL EXHIBITION - St. Georges Hall 15.03.18
MINI DEGREE SHOW - PES, John Lennon Art and Design Building 13.11.17
WHAT I WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE - FACT, Network Narrative, Mark Titchner (Turner Prize Nominee) - Burnley College, Burnley Youth Theatre, Burnley Library, Burnley Market Hall 15.07.17 - 31.01.18
Awards/Nominations
Short List Nomination Jerwood Survey III - Currently awaiting Results
Jerwood Arts 1:1 Fund Recipient - Awarded a grant of £2,000 to develop collaborative practices
CCA Introducing Program Selectee 2021 - Centre for Contemporary Art Derry (CCADLD) Nominated by Roy-Claire Potter
Kate Cooper Selection Prize for Show Favourite in ‘Degree Show On Mars’
Publications/Other
The Royal Standard Newsleteer Interview with Chris Malpos 04.23
CCA Derry Introducing Instagram Takeover - 06.12.21
Round Lemon Instagram Takeover
Ekphrasis Magazine - ‘SPACE AGE’ Vol.5 feature on ‘Walkies’
The Royal Standard Instagram Takeover
Round Lemon Instagram Takeover
Ekphraisis Magazine - ‘THE NEW NORMAL’ Vol.4 feature on ‘Un-Boxing’
Frieze Magazine - Feature on ‘Un-Boxing’
FAD Magazine - Feature on ‘Un-Boxing’
Art Daily - Feature on ‘Un-Boxing’
Degree Show on Mars Instagram Takeover - Film Club