Ella Reid (b.2001) is a South African artist living and working in London. Her practice encompasses painting, printmaking and ceramics rooted in an evolving dialogue with the natural world.
My work begins in the landscape, where found organic materials and imagery culminate in pieces that embody a personal response and connection to place. Compositions surface intuitively, drawing on the symmetry between the natural world and the human body. These blending forms reflect the synergy and interconnectedness woven through all living things. Earth itself has become a central focus both as material and metaphor, opening themes of the cyclical, transformation and transcendence that this rich material imbues.
I work predominantly with handmade paints using clays and ochers sourced from various landscapes I have encountered, both in South Africa and the UK. This process is central to my practice, minimising the separation between the artist, landscape and material. The resulting works speak to the intimate relationship between the physical and metaphysical, grounding spiritual reflection in natural matter.
2026 V. 5, Auto Amour, Outhouse Gallery, London
2026 Art Swap V.4, Auto Amour, The Art House, London
2025 Pylos, Fresh Salad, Electro Studios, St-Leonards on Sea
2025 Breaking Bells Make No Noise, St Barnabas Dalston, London
2024 BA Painting Degree show, Camberwell Collage of Art, London
2024 En Rout, Southwark Park Galleries, London
2023 Weatherbys Partnership Exhibition, Weatherbys Private Bank, London
2023 Sense of a Place, Ogilvy Advertising Agency, London
2023 Spectrum, Barge House Gallery OXO Tower, London
2023 Home on Me, Hoxton Arches, London
2022 Parenthesis, Copeland Gallery, London
2022 Painting Community History, Brixton Library, London
2022 Art on the Walls: Art For Action, Orms school of Photography, Cape Town
Selected Exhibitions
Residencies
2025 Morphe Arts Studio Residency, St Barnabas Dalston
2025 Charles Cecil Studios, Florence
2024 BA Painting, Camberwell College of Art, UAL, London
Eduction
Press
Dec 2024, The Art Thread, Issue 2 Winter 2024. https://www.theartthread.com/read-the-art-thread
