Artworks

INSTALLATIONS

Mapping: South Georgia and the Dry Valleys of Antarctica (2011)

Mapping: South Georgia an...

  • Antarctic Journeys: Mapping: South Georgia and the Dry Valleys of Antarctica. interpreted through variable Media. Prints, digital animation, projection. Galleries/Venues: La … more

The Dry Valleys

The Dry Valleys

  • The Dry Valleys of Antarctica interpreted through variable media. Prints, digital animation, projection.

Rush

Rush

  • A joint work with Stephen Partridge, two channel hi-definition video projection. Exhibited in ANALOGUE a group exhibition curated by Chris … more


A Blueprint For Bacterial Life (project) 2004-2010

A Blueprint For Bacterial...

  • A Blueprint for Bacterial Life A collaborative research project started in 2004, with Scientists from the Scottish Crop Research Institute: … more

Legacy (2004)

Legacy (2004)

  • LEGACY – An installation of digital imaging and traditional etching. VRC, Dundee Contemporary Arts, March 19-April 4, 2004 In this … more

Chimera- video installation by Elaine Shemilt and Stephen Partridge- RSA Annual Exhibition, Royal Academy Building, Edinburgh, 1998

Chimera- video installati...

  • An Installation by Elaine Shemilt and Stephen Partridge; four channel 8 screen video projection onto latex for the Society of … more


LATEST WORKS

Whale Song (2024)

Whale Song (2024)

  • Inspired by Shemilt’s visits to the Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Oil on Canvas; Size: 242 W x 121 H … more

In the time of plague (2021)

In the time of plague (20...

  • Abstract oil painting undertaken during the covid pandemic in Scotland. Oil & Wax Painting on canvas. Size: 96 W x … more

SCULPTURE

Scales of Life

Scales of Life

  • ‘Scales of Life’ was defined in 2013 as a major SciArt commission for the University of Dundee, College of Life Science’s new … more

East West

East West

  • This work is not “ about’ Civil War in what once was Yugoslavia, but it was provoked by it and … more

VIDEO/FILM

PROTEST, (B/W, 10.35 mins, silent) 16mm Film, 1976

PROTEST, (B/W, 10.35 mins...

  • A 16 mm film shot in three sequences. First exhibited at Winchester School of Art in 1976, then at the New … more

Quattro Minuti di Mezzogiorno

Quattro Minuti di Mezzogi...

  • Joint work with Stephen Partridge First Exhibited in Fuoriluogo 15 – Una Regressione Motivata, Limiti Inchiusi Arte Contemporanea, Campobasso, Molise, Italy. December 18 … more

Women Soldiers (1982 U-matic videowork Colour 6.00)

Women Soldiers (1982 U-ma...

  • Women Soldiers addresses several feminist issues. The main theme of the video is the role of women in the military … more


Doppelgänger (B/w Videotape 1979-81, 9.12)

Doppelgänger (B/w Videot...

  • Doppelgänger (1979-81) 9 minutes 12 seconds Monochrome Videotape 1/2 inch EIAJ Format Edition of 5 as installation with period monitor … more

Rush

Rush

  • A joint work with Stephen Partridge, two channel hi-definition video projection. Exhibited in ANALOGUE a group exhibition curated by Chris … more

CHIMERA | DVD version| joint work with Stephen Partridge  (1999 8 mins  16:9 Widescreen Stereo DVD)

CHIMERA | DVD version| jo...

  • Single channel version of the Chimera Installation work.


Whale Song (2024)

Whale Song (2024)

  • Inspired by Shemilt’s visits to the Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Oil on Canvas; Size: 242 W x 121 H … more

PAINTINGS / PRINTS

Winterline – Castello Pandone, Venafro, Molise, Italy

Winterline – Castel...

  • The works in the series ‘Winterline’ address land as location and site, where lives are lived and lost. They document and … more

Prints of Island of South Georgia

Prints of Island of South...

  • A series of Screenprints and laser cut embossed prints. First exhibited ‘Mapping: South Georgia and the Dry Valleys of Antarctica’, La … more




Bullets and Lipstick (1982) Photograph

Bullets and Lipstick (198...

  • Bullets and Lipstick (1982) Photograph, Edition of 1


Bell Jar – 1978

Bell Jar – 1978

  • Bell Jar (1978) Photo etching – Edition of 10

Traces of Conflict

Traces of Conflict

  • Series of Iris Prints on Somerset Paper. Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, London in 2002. First shown at the … more

Whale Song (2024)

Whale Song (2024)

  • Inspired by Shemilt’s visits to the Antarctic Island of South Georgia. Oil on Canvas; Size: 242 W x 121 H … more


On Motherhood | Various Works | 1979-1985)

On Motherhood | Various W...

  • These are examples of artworks executed in various media (collage; screenprint; etching; pencil; gouache) over a number of years (1979-1990) … more

PERFORMANCE

Constraint, performance and photo installation

Constraint, performance a...

  • Performances in 1976 and 1978

Conflict, video performance, 1975

Conflict, video performan...

  • Conflict is an installation with performance and video produced in 1974, that was part of The Video Show, Serpentine Gallery, … more


EARLY WORKS


Installations, Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, 1977

Installations, Gulbenkian...

  • Exhibition of installations at the Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art, London.

Vanishing Figure – Artist’s Book (1976)

Vanishing Figure – ...

  • Vanishing Figure Artist Book, 15 b/w lithograph prints, bound in hessian board, 28×28 cm 1976

First Fellows (1984), Winchester Gallery, Winchester

First Fellows (1984), Win...

  • The Exhibition First Fellows in the Winchester Gallery concluded Shemilt’s two-year fellowship at Winchester School of Art (1982-84). Works included … more