last updated
1st August 2010

Artists’ Lottery Syndicate

1st July 2010 - 1st July 2011

On 1st April 2010, Ellie officially launched the Artists’ Lottery Syndicate - a forty-strong collective of UK based artists who are joining forces to play The National Lottery over the course of a year, with the hope of hitting the jackpot. The Syndicate runs from 1st July 2010 - 1st July 2011 and aims to be a fun and social group activity, which operates as a gentle critique of artists’ relationships to the economy, as well as a potential money-maker.

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Hen Weekend

2007 - ongoing

In 2007 Ellie devised and founded Hen Weekend - ‘the seminar by the sea for female artists, writers and curators’. The project aims to facilitate discussion and encourage collaboration between its participants, and to begin to create a unique support network for talented female practitioners working within the contemporary art sector. Hen Weekend events take place in collaboration with seaside art centres around the UK. The pilot event took place at De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea from 30th March - 1st April 2007.

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Day-to-Day Data

2005 - 2006

Day-to-Day Data - ‘an exhibition of artists who collect, list, database and absurdly analyse the data of everyday life’, was Ellie’s first major curatorial project. It developed as a way of further exploring the ideas at the core of her practice, and as a way of bringing together a group of artists who shared similar interests. The project featured newly commissioned works by twenty artists and comprised a gallery-based exhibition touring to three UK venues, a publication and a website.

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Sports Day

2006 - ongoing

Sports Day was founded by Adele Prince and Ellie Harrison in 2005. Over the last few years they have created a number of one-off events such as the Bouncy Boxing Championships, the Olympic Ring Doughnut Eating Contest and the Desk Chair Parade, which have aimed to bring together the worlds of art, everyday life and physical exercise in fun and unexpected ways.

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Union of Undercover Artists

2006 - ongoing

The Union of Undercover Artists was formed in summer 2006 by Ellie Harrison, Elizabeth Kearney and Joanna Spitzner in response to the project Part-time, which they had each been commissioned to take part in. For Part-time the three artists were required to spend four weeks working undercover in low-wage jobs and to make work in response to their experiences. As well as drawing attention to the lack of support or representation for individuals working in the visual arts sector, the Union of Undercover Artists formed one of the artists’ major responses to the Part-time project.

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The Quotidian Factor

3rd October 2005

The first collaborative project between Adele Prince and Ellie Harrison was this artists’ workshop based on the popular UK TV series The Krypton Factor. The day-long workshop took place at Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth as part of the ARC programme, which accompanied the Day-to-Day Data exhibition in the gallery. The Quotidian Factor featured a series of four rounds in which participants competed in challenges designed to get them inspired by the little things in life.

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Zero Point

2006 - ongoing

Zero Point is an experiment in collaboration - it has no objectives, no outcomes and no material form, but instead manifests solely in the discussions which take place between its members online, via email and through regular physical meetings. Current members include Ana Benlloch & Stuart Tait (a.a.s), Ellie Harrison, Matt Lewis, Niki Russell, Pamela Wells and Dan Williamson.

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NAN-NANA New Adventures in Networking

28th - 30th April 2006

NAN-NANA was a networking event attended by over sixty artists from groups across the UK, Europe and China who had previously received NAN (Networking Artists’ Networks) bursaries from a-n The Artist Information Company. The event took place in a variety of venues across Nottingham and was coordinated by six Nottingham based artists Bruce Ayling, Dave Bond, Ellie Harrison, Niki Russell, Jonathan Waring and Dan Williamson.

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Notts on Tour

7th - 12th September 2007

In September 2007 Ellie coordinated Notts On Tour - a group road trip to Germany combining visits to Documenta 12 in Kassel and Sculpture Projects Münster 07. The trip was attended by 40 artists and curators from Nottingham, Leicester, Birmingham, Sheffield and Derby. Notts On Tour aimed to provide an important shared experience, which would strengthen the art community in Nottingham and its surrounding region.

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