EXHIBITIONS
ELENA HOSKYNS-ABRAHALL (b. 1998) lives and works in London. Hoskyns-Abrahall achieved their BA Fine Art Sculpture from Camberwell College of Art, First Class Honours (2019) and MA Sculpture from Royal College of Art (2023). They are the beneficiary of The Gilbert Bayes Award in association with the Royal College of Art Sculpture Programme.
Edinburgh born Hoskyns-Abrahall is a non-binary artist whose sculpture and performance based practice uses storytelling to address themes of gender, identity politics and queer theory. Taking objects synonymous with contentious tropes of adolescence, the artist transforms them into embodiments of desire using precious materials and casting processes. Hoskyns-Abrahall practice reveals the beauty and vulnerability of being in a state of flux. Looking at the world through the lens of abjection, Elena uses this as tool for exploring their human experience. Whether it be through objects or performance, the bodily and the repulsive become excellent tools for exploring the dysphoric nature of the human condition. Through the eyes of the transgender experience, Hoskyns-Abrahall isolates and amplifies little pockets of beauty through works symptomatic of something that is desperately desired as opposed to merely endured.
Recent exhibitions include; ‘Fuego de Tierra (EARTH FIRE)’, Curated by Bee Beardsworth, Alice Black, London, UK (2024); ‘Charming’, SHAM Gallery presents at Collect Art Fair, Somerset House, London, UK, (2024); ‘Soft & Hard: Beyond Recognition and Queer Coding’, Curated by Whiskey Chow, The Art House, Wakefield, UK (2024); ‘The Witch's Cave’, Curated by Isabel Casey, Plop Residency, London, UK, (2023); ‘Across-Over-Beyond’, Curated by Rabz Lansiquot in association with 'Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest', Space Station Sixty-Five, London, UK (2023), ‘RCA 2023 Show’, Truman Brewery, London, UK (2023), ‘Raise Love by One Inch’, The Crypt Gallery, London, UK (2023), ‘Soft & Hard: Beyond Recognition and Queer Coding’, Curated by Whiskey Chow, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK (2023); ‘We Won't Stop Showing’, Set Woolwich, London, UK (2022); ‘Too Much Fruit on the Cake’, The Take Courage Gallery, London, UK (2022); ‘Artfem Natura’, International Biennial of Macau, Albergue SCM, Macau, (2020); ‘What Is She’, Ex-Baldessarre, Bedford & Big Shop Friday, Milton Keynes, UK (2020); ‘Camberwell College of Art Degree Show 2019’, Camberwell, London, UK, (2019); ‘Croaky Throat’, Take Courage Gallery, New Cross, London, UK, (2019); ‘TBC’, Copeland Gallery, London, UK, (2019); ‘Liminal Environments’, The Silver Building, Silvertown, London, UK (2018); ‘The Two Women Who Found Freedom (Performance)’, Camberwell College of Art (Wilson Road), Camberwell, London, UK (2018); ’Valkyries Collective’, hARTslane Gallery, New Cross, London, UK (2018); ’SPACE HONEY’, Safehouse 1, Peckham, London, UK (2018); ’Bad Art Presents: Touch Me Baby, Bone & Pearl Studios’, London, UK (2018);‘Over Capacity’, CPG London, London, UK (2018); ’In the Making’, AMP Studios, London, UK (2017); ’Mylifeisover101’, London, UK (2017); ’First Year Fine Art – Final Show’, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK (2017); ‘Reduced to Clear’, Camberwell College of Art, London, UK (2017); ’How to Eat a Grapefruit’, The Crypt, Camberwell, London, UK (2016); ‘CCW Foundation Diploma Final Show’, Camberwell College of Art (Wilson Road), London, UK (2016).
