Ella Bertilsson

Ella Bertilsson’s practice explores sensory and visceral experiences that reflect life transitions, escapism and mental health through thoughts, emotions, memories, and the body. By building trust and solidarity between subject matter and viewer, her work articulates anxieties embedded in the personal and collective psyche. Audiences are invited to engage with installations and performances that incorporate dark humour, magical realism, and absurdity through staged realms. Dream-like states, symbolic imagery, and unexpected moments in everyday life are explored to reveal hidden narratives that blur the line between the ordinary and extraordinary, while examining events that shape character and define identity. Moving between the personal and universal, Bertilsson’s practice draws on dadaist and absurdist traditions, to form a contemporary view on the human condition.

Born 1982 in Umeå, Northern Sweden, Ella Bertilsson works in Dublin, Ireland. Selected solo exhibitions include: The Horse, Dublin (2025); Ballina Art Centre, Mayo (2024); The Dock, Leitrim (2023-24) and The Complex, Dublin (2022). Selected group shows include: Borders, Rua Red Gallery, Dublin (2024-2025); Abstract Reflections, Charlemont Square, Dublin (2024); Museum of Everyone at Luan Gallery, Athlone (2024); The Lab Gallery, Dublin (2024) and The Library Project, Dublin (2023). Selected performances: Linen Hall, Mayo (2025); 126 Gallery, Galway (2024); TBG+S, Dublin (2024); Galway Art Centre, Galway (2023) and IMMA, Dublin (2023). Ella Bertilsson is recognised as a Next Generation Artist by The Arts Council of Ireland (2023-2024). Her work is included in The Office of Public Works State Art Collection.