Ella Skinner 

(b. Cardiff, Wales)

Ella Skinner is a Welsh visual artist and set designer. Her transgressive and often provocative works create experiences that engage all six senses. Working with architecture, flesh and religious iconography, she is interested in using art as a transformative experience for her audiences.

Skinner initially trained as a fiction writer and painter, studying a bachelor’s in English Literature with History of Art at the University of Manchester. During this time, she began operating within DIY experimental artistic scenes in both England and Wales, leading her to create installations and performances that challenged traditional conceptions of art, discipline and order. Skinner graduated with a Masters in Fine Art from Manchester School of Art and went on to complete a certificate in architectural draughting for production design at Pinewood Studios, London. Her visual art expands to artistic direction and set design for film, events and music.

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Press

2023 Radio Vilnius: Tautvydas Urbelis in conversation with Ella Jo Skinner

2021 Manchester Collective: Turning sounds into visuals: in conversation with artist Ella Skinner