“The virtual network between computers has transformed our perception and experience of the world from the single historical ‘vanishing point’ to a multi-dimensional view. My paintings investigate and echo this multi-dimensional view of perception, not as a representation but rather as a distillation of an essence, a re-creation and transformation; a new way to make visible the inner and the outer layers of perception, simultaneously.
I work intuitively, a working process that echoes a natural response to materials, to feelings, to environment, or subject, with all senses involved. I often work on a large scale to augment an immersive, embodied experience.”
Trudi van der Elsen
TRUDI VAN DER ELSEN is a visual artist, based in Ireland since 2004.
Her practice includes painting, drawing, installation work, performance and lens-based media. She exhibits regularly both nationally and internationally.
Her work has been supported by the Arts Councils of Holland and Ireland, as well as Culture Ireland and Clare County Council. Her work is in private and public collections internationally, and in Ireland collected by the OPW and Clare County Council.
Recent exhibitions have included:
Estuary, solo exhibition Custom House Studios and Gallery, Westport (2023), Sionainn, solo exhibition at Limerick Museum (2023), Breaking Borders, Curated by Valeria Ceregini, LUAN Gallery Athlone & GOMA, Waterford, IRL (2022), Artists from Ireland, online exhibition, Sasse Art Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2021), Fragmented Perception, solo exhibition at Weber & Weber Gallery, Turin, Italy (2021), RHA Annual, Dublin, Ireland (2020), Notes From A Digital Sea, at the BCA Gallery, IRL (2020). XR-Extended Reality, Toledo, Spain (2019).
Spring Tide, 2021
acrylic on canvas,
33x43cm, framed
UFO, 2023
acrylic on canvas,
42x42cm framed
Poppling Motion, 2018
acrylic on canvas,
160x110cm
Echo, 2019
acrylic on canvas,
100x160cm
Source Imagined, 2023
acrylic on canvas,
25x30cm, framed
Sionainn, 2023
acrylic on canvas,
25x30cm, framed
#14 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#17 Connla’s Well Series, 2022
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#15 Connla’s Well Series, 2022
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#7 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#12 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#10 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#11 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#6 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#8 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#9 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#13 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#22 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
#16 Connla’s Well Series, 2022,
acrylic on cotton rag paper,
47x47cm, framed
Sionainn’s Journey 2, 2023
acrylic on canvas,
70x110cm
Sionainn’s Journey 1, 2023,
acrylic on canvas,
70x110cm
Unknown, 2023,
acrylic on canvas,
50x70cm
Well Imagined, 2023,
acrylic on canvas,
40x50cm, framed
Reflections, 2020,
acrylic on canvas,
120x180cm