Elizabeth Palmer
Photography curtesy of Erin Todd @ezs_photos
ABOUT
Elizabeth Palmer’s work sees the weaving of speculative fictional narratives into found object sculpture and installation as a method of navigating the complex web of contemporary discourse surrounding the end of the world and its many forms. Taking influence from video games, literature and real-world events, Palmer works with found objects to craft sculptures and immersive installations. These displays acknowledge the agency of the found objects, thereby entangling stories of the speculative dystopic with a plethora of established everyday contexts presented in forms such as museological display and archival material. In challenging anthropocentrism, Palmer’s distinctly human-less arrangements hold space for confrontation of issues in contemporary life and the potentialities of the scales tipping out of humanity's favour.
2003 Born in Leicestershire, East Midlands, England
2024 BA Contemporary Art and Illustration, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England
2026 MA Fine Art, University of Derby, Derby, England
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
Artcore Emerging Artist Award 2027
Banks Mill Student Residency Award 2026/27
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Precipice, Artcore Gallery, Osnabrück Sq., Derby, England, 2026
We, the Other, Markeaton Street Campus, University of Derby, Derby, England, 2025/26
The Lost Robots Club, Markeaton Street Campus, University of Derby, Derby, England, 2025
Museum as Muse, Markeaton Street Campus, University of Derby, Derby, England, 2024
Literary Muse, Issue 50, HAUS-A-REST [online], 2024
Uncanny for Gaza, Phantasmal Gallery [online], 2024
Muse, Fox Yard Studio, Old Fox Yard, Stowmarket, England, 2024
Kaleidoscope, Barbara Hepworth Building, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England, 2024
Formative, Barbara Hepworth Building, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, England, 2023
The Archive Project, Heritage Quay, Huddersfield, England, 2023
Poundland Springboard Show, Huddersfield, England, 2023
Portals, The Bath House Galleries, Huddersfield, England, 2023
PUBLICATIONS
Awe Struck Press, 2026
Witching Hour, Sally Anderson, 2025
Collect Art, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2025
Collect Art, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2025