Ellie Harrison is an artist based in Glasgow (UK) shortlisted for the Converse/Dazed 2011 Emerging Artists Award. In 2012 she was artist-in-residence at Glasgow Women’s Library and co-host of the weekly radio programme the Ellie & Oliver Show. Her Vending Machine is now on public display at the Open Data Institute in London until 22nd November 2013.
The ideas behind Ellie’s recent practice are explored in the text by Laurie Penny commissioned to accompany her solo exhibition Market Forces, and, in the artist’s profile by Martin Herbert published in Art Monthly in 2011. A survey of her earlier work can be found in the 2009 book Confessions of a Recovering Data Collector, which features her project Eat 22 - now on permanent display at the Wellcome Collection museum in London.
This website serves as an archive of her gallery based work created since 2000 and acts as an introduction to her numerous internet based projects which can currently be viewed online. It also provides information about the curatorial and collaborative projects she has initiated since 2005 and is currently working on. You can also find information about her current and previous residencies and exhibitions, as well as a thorough press archive dating back to 2002.
The animation above features a random sample of some of Ellie’s most recent and well-known projects. Please click on a project title for more information. For each page on the website that you visit you will also be provided with a randomly generated definition of Ellie Harrison following the asterisk below the main menu.
Ellie Harrison is coordinator of the Bring Back British Rail campaign, agent for The Artists’ Bond and a member of the Scottish Artists Union and the University and College Union.
