Ella Porter is a London and Norfolk-based multidisciplinary artist working across ceramics and printmaking. She studied Drawing at Camberwell College of Art, Painting and Printmaking at Glasgow School of Art, and completed her MA at the Royal College of Art in 2021, supported by The Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust. Following her studies, Ella's work has been exhibited widely, including as a finalist for the Ingram Prize in 2021, and features in public and private collections.

Words from Ella:

“I am drawn to clay’s unique ability to preserve the act of making, as both conscious and unconscious moments of touch are held in the surface of the ceramic object.

My practice displays a strong relationship between surface and form, informed by a BA in painting and printmaking.  As I explore ideas surrounding the mark of the maker, temporality, trace and place, I refer to a range of historic ceramic artefacts, such…