MICHELLE ELLINGSWORTH
TV Production to Eclectic Art
Based in Norfolk, VA, Michelle brings her years of experience creating on-screen worlds to her artistic endeavors. Her practice involves taking well-established, traditional Western art — including portraits, mythological imagery, and sculptures from museum open-source collections — and completely changing their meaning through digital manipulation.
Unexpected Details Speak Volumes
Headphones and cords woven into a project spanning 10 stories for Amazon's Manhattan office. Three-dimensional letter beads and daisy chains as a nod to summer camp. Colors that mirror a nearby mountain range. It's the little touches that add up to tell a bigger story behind the art.
Deliberate Digital Disruption
Michelle employs glitching, a new media art trend that relies on digital or analog errors, to disrupt classical imagery in her work. This creates intentional moments of chaos and allows something completely new to emerge. Ultimately, Michelle's work encourages viewers to see familiar works with a fresh perspective.
Democratized Art Access
The world's most prestigious collections, from the Met to the Getty, have made vast portions of their collections publicly available for free use. This creates unprecedented opportunities for artists like Michelle to reinterpret open-source materials, turning classics into something completely new.
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