Artist: Estelle Woolley

Estelle Woolley 

1. Nests, 2011, Mixed media

2. Dorment, 2011, Mixed media

Estelle Woolley is a contemporary artist based in Chester, currently studying for an MA in Art as Environment at Manchester Metropolitan University. Estelle has a strong involvement working in the local community in various settings with different groups of people, using diverse forms of art practices. Alongside this, she organises discussions with local contemporary artists and has exhibited in, and curated, many exhibitions in challenging spaces.

Recent exhibitions include: Expo!  - Telford’s Warehouse Chester, In The Woods Today - Alvanley Cliff Woodland, Yarrangall Green Farm, Memory Blanks - Axis Arts Centre, Wunderland - TactileBOSCH Gallery, Cardiff,Panoply - Piccadilly Place, Manchester, The Conversation - Christ Church, Chester.

Estelle’s practice explores the metaphorical and transformative potential of materials, and the context in relation to the space in which these are sited.

For Free For All, Estelle has made a collection of nests, which aim to question the varying opinions towards mental health illness, how it is treated, and our understandings of it. Sited in an industrial space, she is concerned with our relationships towards the man made and the natural; nature and nurture...