Elena Hartley is a visual artist primarily working on paper, using drawing to distort and blur timelines; endlessly collecting present day moments with past memories, fictional musings, and historical findings . Her work sits between figuration and abstraction, mythical yet quietly confessional. With an emphasis on mark making, colour, and line, Hartley’s work is ambiguous yet humorous, intuitively allowing forms to emerge on paper and canvas. 

Elena Hartley graduated from BA Hons: Drawing and Printmaking from the University of the West of England, Bristol in 2022. She lives in Bristol and is a studio holder at Jamaica St Studios.