Bio:

Ellis Khan, born in 1991 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is a multi-media artist who specializes in Digital Collage (Photo-montage) using Adobe Photoshop. Her affinity for this medium stems from a love of photography, and she is also very much influenced by her father’s career as a film/ television Director and Scriptwriter. Much of her childhood was spent visiting film sets, and the cinematographers working quietly behind the camera beguiled her the most.

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“My passion has always been the arts, whether managing exhibitions or visiting museums all around the World. I never worked up the courage to make my own art because drawing is not my strongest suite. I always thought that the ability to draw well is the basis for becoming an artist. Everything changed with the Covid-19 Pandemic. To keep my sanity intact, I began taking on several Instagram Challenges, placing photos of myself in ‘magical’ realms - the laVer edited using Adobe Photoshop. My almost non-existent self-esteem took a 360 degree turn with my husband’s ceaseless encouragement, and this belief led me to par6cipate in various art compe66ons and exhibitions.”

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Ellis’s body of work are interpretations of her dreams and simultaneously, a representa6on of herself. The Pandemic, like with everyone else, hit her hard. But it was this very asperity which spurred her art, and ‘Wonderland’ came to fruition.

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Statement:

Most of my pieces begin with a vintage photograph/image which is then coloured-in and extracted into a digital collage process. Sometimes I would photograph models or take a self portrait in a photo studio to achieve the desired ligh6ng and then I plan specific angles. My ‘Wonderland’ is then completed using Adobe Photoshop. I am inspired by many things, and ar6st Maggie Taylor is one example. I was so drawn to her surrealis6c montage back in College; I had a whole essay written based on her works. I love how the combina6on of 17th century classic photos and modern surrealism manifests into phantasmagorical images. I believe we do not have to fit into moulds the World gave us. Art is so vast and is in everything we see.

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website: elliswonderland.carrd.co

instagram: @ellis.labyrinth

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