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All work and photographs © Gala Bell
Gala Bell
About the artist
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
About the work
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
Links
Artist website: www.galabell.co.uk
Instagram: @galabelll