Ella McCann Murphy

Artist

I'm Ella, a fine art undergraduate student at the University of Edinburgh whose passion lies within painting and photography. My work is inspired by my life experiences, interactions and nature. I am currently exploring the emotional connection between nature and the female figure.

Art From Ella's ethos is about having a positive impact on the lives of others. My mission is to create art that questions the workings of the world and our behaviours, sparking reflections, connections, personal growth and that brings you joy!

My proactive nature, has led me to initiate and curate exhibitions within and beyond my course, gain work experience in a leading Scottish gallery. In addition to my studies I have set up an Etsy account to sell my artwork, as well as an art magazine business with 3 friends.

To find out more about my practice follow me on Instagram @artfromella and feel free to email me (ellajanemm@gmail.com) for any information/commissions

Art Experience

September 2024 - Ongoing

Dead Fly Magazine

Founded a self-initiated art magazine with 3 friends.

Business branding
Social media marketing, through video production and graphic design art
Engaging and liaising with artists.
Designing and producing the magazine, working closely with artists and printers.
Organising opening nights
Team work, productivity and organisation

June 2024 - August 2024

SLICC - The University of Edinburgh

A summer project developing my artistic style and technical skills through exploring emotions surrounding body insecurities within my art practice

Designed and proposed my own experience – which I continued through to the end of my summer.
Gained self-directed, reflective and experiential learning.
Practiced, developed and articulated a wide array of professional and personal skills.
Reflected on both the knowledge I’ve gained and how I’ve gained it.
Defined what I’ve been doing throughout this project, learning from my mistakes and writing about this experience

June 2024

Gallery Exhibition Install at The Whitehouse Gallery, Kickubridge

Helping curate and install the 20th anniversary exhibition, showcasing artwork from over 20 prestigious artist.

Creative and critical thinking skills to contribute with decision making on where artwork should be exhibited
Handling and hanging artwork with care
Wrapping up artwork to be stored safely
Administrative work, filing documents and creating labels for jewellery displays
Time management, teamwork, punctuality and hard work to install an exhibition within a short time frame, to a high standard
Understanding of the artists and their artwork, and what to consider when curating exhibition spaces.

September 2023 - May 2027

Undergraduate BA(Hons) Fine Art degree

Continual development of my art practice, developing my technical and conceptual skills, through an experimental practice and reflections.

Part of the small curatorial team, proactively curating and installing exhibitions, consisting of art ranging from 20 to 87 student artists

January 2021 - January 2022

Art Prefect at The Holt School

Initiated and implemented art events, planned and promoted the events and liaised with peers and staff from various departments and year groups, to answer questions they had.
Created the school's sports day logo, and communicated with the leadership team to ensure the logo met the requirements, and we were collectively happy with the final result.
Organised presentations and worked with other departments to create smoothly run assemblies, and eloquently spoke in front of the audiences to effectively get across our message.