Education

2016 - 2018 Royal College of Art, MA Painting

 

2015 Berlin Art Institute Residency

 

2009 - 2012 City and Guilds of London Art School BA (hons) Fine Art Painting 1st

 

2008 - 2009 Foundation in Art, Diploma, City and Guilds of London Art School

 

For an up to date CV including exhibitions, please visit the artist's website

Gala Bell (b. 1989) is a London based multidisciplinary artist exploring processes in diverse forms, sometimes occurring through traditional media, painting or sculpture, other times we’re not sure what it is. Inspired by the kaleidoscope of modern manufacturing and synthetic materials that yield in excess, her work is the aftermath of a reaction to substance and situation, engaging with ideas of value, taste, hierarchy and absurd labour. Materials and actions become metonymic, swapping roles between building methods or kitchen techniques, in performances that are more life than art. In the form of deep-fried canvases or cast tower blocks of sugar, a silicone swim suit and a public pool, the works echo the euphoria of our synthetic environment that shapes the comedy and calamity of reality.

 

Text source: Artist website

Artist website: www.galabell.co.uk

Instagram: @galabelll