Ellis Holman

Ellis Holman (born 27 January 1997, the Netherlands) is an artist that gets inspired by the landscapes around her and tells their narratives by translating them into art installations. She uses her passion for film and photography to analyze her surroundings and from there starts to research materials and shapes with an experimental and iterative process.

This combination of nature, material research, and craft are what drives her, but for her graduation project she wanted to add an extra layer — in which there is more space for the emotions of the viewer. Inspired by kinetic art, the escapism art movement, and neuroaesthetics, she developed the project The Narrative of Sunlight.

The Narrative of Sunlight is a series of kinetic light installations created by Ellis Holman and reflects on her fascination for the behaviour of sunlight around us. The series consists of three separate light installations that come from the same narrative.

The goal of the work is to create a contemporary form of escapism inspired by the optical effects of sunlight — creating a wondering moment of seeing something beautiful, but also the curiosity of how it is created. Pieces that make you think, but also let you return to a moment of timelessness and give you a reminder to take a deep breath. A work that gives the viewer an opportunity to escape.