Meet Elizabeth Hindle
Background
Hello! I am an Interdisciplinary Fine Artist and Artist Educator living in the UK; I am also one half of the collaborative drawing duo Ridge & Scrase.
I graduated with a Fine Art degree in 2012 and have exhibited in both the UK and internationally regularly since then. My practice has spanned multiple disciplines through the years, and (although I continue to cross genres) I now consider myself primarily as a painter. My most recent paintings are dynamic abstract works focusing on the use of bold colour and geometric shapes juxtaposed with texture and expressive charcoal overlays. The use of compressed charcoal is heavily featured in my work, influenced by my early studies of abstract drawing and expressionist mark-making.
Inspiration
I am a disabled, neurodivergent artist who identifies as queer and non-binary, which I frequently reflect upon and use as a positive drive within my work. I see myself as an abstract-expressionist and rely heavily on emotion and complex life experiences as an influence for my practice.
Private Commissions
Are you looking for a custom piece of art that reflects your personal style and vision? I love to create dynamic and thoughtful artworks that are tailored to you - email me now for ideas!
You can view some of my previous commissions by clicking 'Paintings' in the menu above.
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Education
- 2023 - ongoing: MA Creative Writing
- 2009 - 2012: BA (Hons) Fine Art
Exhibitions
- 1 - 31 December 2023: 2023 Exhibition [online], MetaSpace Gallery
- 22 - 26 November 2023: Emerge at The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich, UK
- 18 January - 31 March 2023: Winter Exhibition, D31 Gallery, Doncaster. UK
- 03 – 31 May 2021: Community Regenerate [online], The Wayland Dragonfly Gallery, Norfolk, UK
- 24 – 29 February 2020: Creative Odyssey, Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich, UK
- 18 October 2019: Hospital Rooms: 20 x 20, Elephant West, London, UK
- 28 March - 26 May 2019: Vivacity, Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery, Peterborough, UK
- 29 - 31 January 2016: Visual AIDS: Postcards from the Edge, Sikkema Jenkins & Co. Contemporary Art Gallery, New York, USA
- 16 November 2015: Build Your Own: Tools for Sharing (As Ridge & Scrase), Guest Residency & Sonic Drawing Workshop, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich, UK
- 2014: Rebellious Edge: Postcards from the Edge (As Ridge & Scrase), Juxtaposed Gallery, London, UK
- 2014/15: Art is Our Last Hope (As Ridge & Scrase), Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona, USA, 1 October – 23 November 2014 & MonOrchid Gallery, Arizona, USA, 5 December 2014 – 12 January 2015
- June 2013: Echoes of Movement: Exhibition, Performances and Residency, Yallops Contemporary Gallery, Norwich, UK (As Ridge & Scrase)
- June 2012: Elysium - Odyssey Creative Festival, Derby, UK
- June 2011: Traces, Park Farm Centre, Derbyshire, UK
- May 2011: National Trust Artist Residency & Exhibition at Ilam Hall & Park, Derbyshire, UK
Publications and Features
- [Upcoming]: Maybe This Might Help, The Hale, 2023
- 101 Contemporary Artists and more... Volume II, Collect Art, Hardback, July 2023
- Collect Art Magazine: Summer Issue, July 2023
- AxisWeb: Highlights Feature, September 2022
- Haus a Rest: Issue 13, May 2021
- AxisWeb: Five2Watch: Collage, October 2020
- AxisWeb: Highlights Feature, March 2020
- Wotisart?: Issue 26, May 2019
- OneSelf as AnOther, Aldo Branti, Hardback, April 2018.
- Drawing Paper: Issue 7, July 2014 (As Ridge & Scrase)
Self-Published Zines
- Season’s Greetings, December 2019
- Thirty One, October 2019
- Anima Mea, September 2019
- Without Help, October 2016
- Untitled, April 2016
As Ridge & Scrase:
- Zine #4: It’s Time to Make Digits Not Digital, April 2016
- Zine #3: Perspicuus / Filum, April 2015
- Zine #2: Well…Yes. Decay. (Limited Edition: 50), February 2015
- Zine #1: Untitled (Limited Edition: 150), September 2014
Residencies, Workshops, Educational Facilitation
2017 – 2019: Board Trustee & Contemporary Art Specialist for the Hungate Medieval Arts Charity, Norwich. Projects within this role included work on the international 2019 “Hereligion” project, as well as curation and exhibition planning for St Peter Hungate Church.
2015 (as Ridge & Scrase): ‘Build Your Own: Tools for Sharing’, Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery. Guest residency and sonic drawing workshop at Norwich Castle Museum, offering interactive sound-based mark-making exercises and displays to visitors to encourage them to engage with and re-think the act of drawing.
2013-2015: Creative Specialist for the ‘Voice of the Child’ project, Norfolk County Council. Devised, planned, curated and facilitated an ongoing exhibition and arts programme for children and young people within Local Authority Care.
2013 (as Ridge & Scrase): ‘Echoes of Movement’, Yallops Gallery. A weekend-long drawing residency and exhibition hosted by Ridge & Scrase at Yallops Gallery in Norwich, offering drop-in drawing workshops, interactive works and performance pieces, encouraging members of the public to interact with the exhibition and experiment with mark-making as an expressive activity.
2011: National Trust: Ilam Hall & Park. Five-day artist residency creating open-air artworks in response the ruins of Ilam Hall and its surrounding parkland, culminating in a land sculpture of mud, fern leaves and flowers on a riverbank in Ilam’s grounds.