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 was the recipient of the Rome Arts Programme Scholarship in 2022. She held a studio at Jamaica St Studios 2022 - 2023 before deciding to travel Asia for 18 months. She now currently resides in Bristol.