ELLEN DOWNES
Curator
Artist
About Ellen Downes
Ellen is a teacher, curator and artist based in Bristol, UK.
Based at Maze Studios, she is spending the spring of 2022 planning her next Every Body’s Story exhibition following a successful 2021 show at Centrespace Gallery as featured on the BBC.
Every Body’s Story is a project to celebrate the diversity of women’s bodies and create a space and platform to share their stories.
Her work explores community, sustainability and social justice with a focus on storytelling and creative collaboration.
Blog
21/01/17 Nassi, Jamshed, Sadaf and Siyar
A DAY IN THE LIFE AT CITY PLAZA 10 questions with Nassi Shams (30), Jamshed Shams (36) and their children Sadaf (12) and Siyar (6), they also have a 7 month old baby who has been living through a life support machine in hospital since birth.From: Kabul,...
20/01/17 Ali
A DAY IN THE LIFE AT CITY PLAZA 10 questions with Ali Agha (27)From: Kandahar, AfghanistanAt the time of this interview he had been living at City Plaza since: 09/16 By Ellen Downes Thurs 20 Jan 2022n the 18th of January 2017 I photographed...
19/01/17 Saeed
A DAY IN THE LIFE AT CITY PLAZA 10 questions with: Saeed Agha Jafari (28), Saeed was at City Plaza with his wife and their 3 children, (3 years old, 1 year old and 12 weeks old) From: Logar, Afghanistan At the time of this interview he had been living at City Plaza...
Ellen Downes
Ellen’s recent projects and collaborations: