Nicola Ellis and Ritherdon & Co Ltd

Artwork acquired by Arts Council Collection

September 2021

Keywords: acquisition • suckers • semi automatic machine self portrait • steel • prints • oil • powder coating

 
 
Arts Council Collection, one of the widest shared national loan collection of modern and contemporary art, announces that it has acquired 58 artworks by 32 artists for the nation, through funding from the National Lottery. 

Through the acquisition of these new works, the Arts Council Collection continues to support and promote artists living in Britain today, by buying their work at an early or critical stage in their career. The Collection team then works hard to make it immediately available for loan to the nation’s museums and public institutions including schools, universities, hospitals and charitable associations. 

This year’s acquisitions focus included artists working outside of London: Nicola Ellis (Manchester), Louise Giovanelli (Manchester), Sharif Persaud (Hastings), Vinca Petersen (Ramsgate), Nina Chua (also Manchester), and Theo Simpson (Lincolnshire). 

Title: Retroactivity series: Suckers

Size: 59.5 x 49 x 0.2cm

Material description: Scrap stainless steel and powder coating

Link to Retroactivity Series: Suckers: https://artscouncilcollection.org.uk/artwork/retroactivity-series-suckers 

 

 

Title: Semi automatic machine self-portraits: Trumpf trumatic edition

Size: 110 x 196 x 0.3cm

Edition: 1 of 3

Material descripton: Mild steel and powder coating

Link to  Semi Automatic Self portrait: https://artscouncilcollection.org.uk/artwork/semi-automatic-machine-self-portraits-trumpf-trumatic-edition

 

Recommendations to purchase innovative works of art that reflect artistic practice in Britain today are made by a changing group of external advisors to the Arts Council Collection Acquisitions Committee. The new Acquisitions Committee this year includes Harriet Cooper (Head of Visual Arts, Jerwood Arts), Marie-Anne McQuay (Head of Programmes, Bluecoat, Liverpool) and Vanessa Peterson (editor, photographer and writer). The Committee researches artists and makes recommendations from within and beyond established gallery networks and are responsible for including the most innovative and progressive works, ensuring a broad range of artists are considered each year. 

The external advisers to the Acquisitions Committee for 2021–22 were: Simeon Barclay, artist, Martha Barratt, writer and editor, Alistair Robinson (Programme Director, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art) and Dr. Zoé Whitley, Director of Chisenhale Gallery. The internal members of the Acquisitions Committee are Deborah Smith, Director, Arts Council Collection, with Ralph Rugoff (Director, Hayward Gallery), and Peter Heslip (Director, Visual Arts, Arts Council England). Sir Nicholas Serota, Chair of Arts Council England, is Chair to the Committee.

FULL LIST OF ARTISTS WITH WORK ACQUIRED BY ARTS COUNCIL COLLECTION 2021-2022

Ain Bailey, Alvaro Barrington, Ashanti Harris, Ayo Akingbade, Edwin Mingard, Everlyn Nicodemus, Jasleen Kaur, Joseph Buckley, Kira Freije, Louise Giovanelli, Michael Armitage, Mohammed Sami, Nicola Ellis, Nina Chua, Phoebe Collings-James, Rene Matić, Rhea Storr, Sharif Persaud, Somaya Critchlow, Theo Simpson, Vinca Petersen, Vivien Zhang, Alfred Cohen, Erika Tan, Dennis Mitchell, Rose Hilton, Terry Frost, John Wells, Richard Billingham, Jadé Fadojutimi, Dean Kenning.

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