Study for Rice Vessel

Emii Alrai (1993 - )

ink on rice paper

2021
  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Emii Alrai was born in Blackpool and received her BFA from the University of Leeds, which included a year at the École Supérieure d’art et de design Marseille-Méditerranée in France. She went on to an MA in Gallery and Museum studies, also at Leeds, graduating in 2018. She has had solo exhibitions at The Grundy, Blackpool (2023); The Hepworth Wakefield; Iniva, London; Eastside Projects, Birmingham (all 2022); Threshold, Leeds (2021); Jerwood Arts, London (2021) and The Tetley at Leeds 2020). Her work has been included in group exhibitions most recently at the Centre of Contemporary Art Glasgow (2024); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (2023); Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, US (2023); Bluecoat, Liverpool (2022); McIntosh Gallery, Western University, Ontario, Canada; and Assembly Point, London (2021).
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    Places
    Subjects
    still life
    Materials & Techniques
    paper (as artists material), ink, Ink drawing
  • Details
    Title
    Study for Rice Vessel
    Date
    2021
    Medium
    ink on rice paper
    Dimensions
    height: 40.0 cm; width: 40 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Iniva, March 2022
    Provenance
    Institute of International Visual Arts, London UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 25 March 2022
    GAC number
    19056