elena's Articles
Art in the Age of Now
It was a privilege to be part of Art in the Age of Now- a group exhibition that brings together contemporary art, live music, talksContinue Reading…
Fresh Flowers and Hair
During this last lockdown I have been drawing imaginary flowers made out of hair. Originally I wanted to draw some fresh flowers I had gatheredContinue Reading…
Dispensary Gallery
“This is the next instalment of the Dispensary Gallery lockdown digital exhibitions. We interviewed Elena Cecchinato as part of our proposal to offer insightContinue Reading…
Museum Spirituality IV
‘Museum Spirituality’ is a on going series of in-glazed fine bone china plates and vessels. Serving plates and vessels are used as passage and conduits betweenContinue Reading…
Museum Spirituality series III
‘Museum Spirituality’ is a on going series of in-glazed fine bone china plates and vessels. Serving plates and vessels are used as passage and conduits betweenContinue Reading…
Rivers of Change
Artists Residency @ Olho do Boi, Cacilhas, Lisbon, Portugal In March I participated to an artists’ residency at Olho do Boi, by the RiverContinue Reading…
Roses and Teeth
These plates are part of a series titled ‘Roses and Teeth’ I made for the kitchen of The Archive of Modern Conflict in London. EachContinue Reading…
‘Switch Supposing’ in an Urban Show, Art For All
Switch Supposing is a script and a painted image in poster-size format. London Loop Gallery, Multiple Locations: Shaftesbury Avenue, Hyde Park, Kings Cross, Euston Road, Finsbury Square, GreatContinue Reading…
11.11. San Martino Day, Armistice Day
11.11. Today my people are celebrating San Martino, the Saint Patron and Protector of my Home-town Piove di Sacco, in big numbers. I remember paintingContinue Reading…
“Reveries, Soul’s Sounds, Memories, Action”
“Reveries, Soul’s Sounds, Memories, Action” water, acrylics, natural pigments, gold, silver, copper leaves on rice paper. Ongoing series 2016/17 Over the course of lastContinue Reading…
Sound, Water and Paint Recordings on Paper
This week I have been collaborating with music composer Timothy Ellis. We have been experimenting with painting, water and sound waves, vibrations and feelings, atmospheres,Continue Reading…
Post-truth & the Whatnot, My new studio for 2017
Here is my new Studio in London 2016/17. I’m re-working on the abstract Paintings on Water I did in the summer at Studio16 adding layers of silver andContinue Reading…
Daily Cosmologies, Automatic Writing
Sporadically yet periodically and consistently I have been practicing automatic writings which have taken the form of synthetic and meaningfully liminal ‘Drawings by Words’. TheseContinue Reading…
Lacrimae Rerum V
This is a preparatory drawing for the decoration of Porcelain Tears Bottles, part of a ceramic installation commissioned by the Rothschild Bank. Lacrimae Rerum V (latin forContinue Reading…
Painting on Water
I always collected sheets of old marble paper from diverse parts of the world. Marble paper has this etheral quality of timeless organic abstraction. I startedContinue Reading…
Mould Making and Slip Casting of a Diesel Jerry Can
I wanted to recreate the iconic “Jerry Can” symbol of the indestructible fuel container used in some of the harshest condition of war into theContinue Reading…
Innovations In Ceramic Art, Cambridge
Here is my collaboration with Wendy Cambell-Briggs called Lacrimae Rereum IV. Working with Wendy is always a joy, she is an endless inspiration, never afraid to experimentContinue Reading…
Realms and Bridges @ Cowgill, Dentdale
Sketches, Dentdale, Yorkshire, 2015 I collected lost human hair and dust and sheep’s fleece trapped in the fence wires across vast grazing fields orContinue Reading…
Studio in Venezia, Malamocco
Here is my temporary studio in Malamocco, Venezia. I have been making sketches for the Politics of hair and decay and regeneration project and withContinue Reading…
In Lagos, researching Politics of Hair and Identity
I have spent the last two weeks in Lagos, Nigeria, researching the politics of hair and Identity and made some compositions with improvised notesContinue Reading…
A Collaboration in ceramic with artist Wendy Campbell-Briggs
Over the last month I collaborated with the amazing Wendy Campbell-Briggs. We were invited, together with other Studio16 members, by The Royal Pump Rooms LeamingtonContinue Reading…
Printing Studio @ Hybridarts, Royal Leamington Spa
Silk Screen Printing Studio @ Hybridarts, Royal Leamington Spa Silver Lustre on Black Paper
