Eleanor Herbosch (1999) is a British-born Belgian multidisciplinary artist manipulating a variety of natural materials, earth above all, to create textural works of art. After graduating with a Ceramic Design degree from London’s Central Saint Martins, she established her practice in a small studio in Antwerp, where she continues to live and work.
Her chosen means of expression are ceramics and painting, both united by a common denominator: earth. Following an intuitive method of work, her meditative pieces are the result of a dialogue between manipulation and materiality that come together to enhance the intrinsic qualities of the clay. Herbosch’s attraction to rituals and tact led her to choose this ancient material as a form of paint that she dehydrates and grinds down to create powdered clay pigment to then be mixed with ink.
Through her creative research, she seeks to offer a visual experience that is pure sensory pleasure while highlighting the delicate interaction between inked elements and natural soil. She explores a variety of patterns and pigments from different geographical locations and realises differing visual effects as both the interplay of light and shadow and the alternation of moments of pause and motion on the canvas surfaces.
Despite her youthful age, Herbosch has already managed to make her mark in the creative world. Among her recent professional collaborations, in 2023 a selection of commissioned works were incorporated in the private residence in Southern Italy, Casa Soleto, restored by Studio Andrew Trotter and Marcelo Martínez; in 2021, her works were included into the prestigious collection of Aman New York hotel, as part of the art consultancy project curated by KALPA. In 2022, together with Japanese ceramist Akiko Hirai, she was selected for the exhibition Aevum, the first exhibition of the three-annual program Timeless Encounters. Etruscan and Contemporary Art, promoted by KALPA and the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum of Volterra. In 2020, she was offered to participate in an artist residency at the Florentine Numeroventi, culminating in The Daylight Opening collective exhibition of nine local and international artists under 30; in 2020 and 2021, several of her paintings were presented at the La Collection flagship store in Antwerp, and included in the worldwide Zara Home Autumn Winter 2020 campaign.
- Text courtesy of KALPA ART LIVING Gallery
Her chosen means of expression are ceramics and painting, both united by a common denominator: earth. Following an intuitive method of work, her meditative pieces are the result of a dialogue between manipulation and materiality that come together to enhance the intrinsic qualities of the clay. Herbosch’s attraction to rituals and tact led her to choose this ancient material as a form of paint that she dehydrates and grinds down to create powdered clay pigment to then be mixed with ink.
Through her creative research, she seeks to offer a visual experience that is pure sensory pleasure while highlighting the delicate interaction between inked elements and natural soil. She explores a variety of patterns and pigments from different geographical locations and realises differing visual effects as both the interplay of light and shadow and the alternation of moments of pause and motion on the canvas surfaces.
Despite her youthful age, Herbosch has already managed to make her mark in the creative world. Among her recent professional collaborations, in 2023 a selection of commissioned works were incorporated in the private residence in Southern Italy, Casa Soleto, restored by Studio Andrew Trotter and Marcelo Martínez; in 2021, her works were included into the prestigious collection of Aman New York hotel, as part of the art consultancy project curated by KALPA. In 2022, together with Japanese ceramist Akiko Hirai, she was selected for the exhibition Aevum, the first exhibition of the three-annual program Timeless Encounters. Etruscan and Contemporary Art, promoted by KALPA and the Guarnacci Etruscan Museum of Volterra. In 2020, she was offered to participate in an artist residency at the Florentine Numeroventi, culminating in The Daylight Opening collective exhibition of nine local and international artists under 30; in 2020 and 2021, several of her paintings were presented at the La Collection flagship store in Antwerp, and included in the worldwide Zara Home Autumn Winter 2020 campaign.
- Text courtesy of KALPA ART LIVING Gallery
© Eleanor Herbosch