Elisha Enfield, 'Kamidana'

Elisha Enfield’s work explores the divided history burnings - from ancient funeral pyres, through witch hysteria, to modern community celebrations. Simple, joyful, yet macabre. These practices overlap and imprint across time and place. For Enfield, sometimes this thread is tangible; moments where we feel, rather than see the presence of something, or someone. Her work often explores these blurred boundaries, inviting the viewer to linger in that betwixt and between.

Maglemosen marks the beginning of a series inspired by the ancient Danish burial at Vedbæk of a mother and her child, laid to rest upon a swan’s wing. How do the rituals and stories we share - a history of ghosts - help us to live in a world without the ones we love?

Elisha studied painting at the University of Brighton, graduating in 2011. Recent work has been selected for the BEEP Painting Biennial, Manchester Contemporary and ING Discerning Eye, where it was awarded the Landscape and Midlands Prizes. She is the winner of Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year 2022. Her work is held in public collections nationally and private collections worldwide.