Ella

Ella (which means “she” in Spanish) is a recurring graphic figure in my work.. Through her, I’ve developed an ongoing visual world that moves across different techniques and projects while maintaining a consistent narrative thread. She has become a steady presence across my life and practice, one I keep returning to, which keeps the work around her open and in constant development. In the exhibition Ella Folie, this language takes the form of obsessive repetition. Through the character, I explore compulsive patterns of behaviour—how they emerge in everyday life, how they are shaped and reinforced by societal norms and belief systems, and how, at times, we inhabit them without even realizing it.

Ella Pinup, Photograph

WonderElla

Mixed media on paper 11"x17"

Ella Folie

Ella Folie portrays a woman living in her apartment, where the figure of “Ella” is present throughout her everyday, objects surroundings and routines. Unaware of it herself, she is deeply absorbed in this recurring drawing—an attachment that gradually isolates her from the outside world, which appears no less chaotic than her inner one.

The work reflects on forms of obsession or dependency that can take many shapes—an object, a person, a substance, or an emotion—in this case, a drawing. Ella becomes a face, a kind of mirror that reflects our own forms of fixation and fragility.

The artworks and artisanal fabric screen prints were produced in my studio in Montreal. The photographs of Ella Folie are an extract from an exhibition presented by Valence Art in June 2022 in Montreal.

Detail of screen print

Ella Tattooed in Collaboration with Nathalie Presle

Pigment Ink on Fabriano cotton paper 30"x24"

Detail of Ella Tattooed

Mixed media on handmade paper 27"x30"

Screen Print on paper 11"x17'

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