Elise Stanley, The Scope of Touch, 2021. Image courtesy of the artist.
Elise Stanley
CHUTESPACE
Opening Thursday 24 September, 2026, 6-8pm
Friday 25 September - Sunday 18 October
The Scope of Touch is from a series of four-colour screenprints that forms part of the artist's ongoing exploration of femininity, vulnerability, autonomy, and the lived experience of inhabiting a fat body. The image of the artist's hands upon her own flesh are at odds with the intimate nature of the hyper-cropped image, reflecting the tensions between self-criticism and self-compassion, exposing the ways vulnerability and resilience coexist rather than oppose one another.
Elise’s practice is grounded in exploring personal experiences of femininity, vulnerability, and autonomy, using drawing and printmaking as a means to navigate the complexities of the body and lived experience. Through layered mark-making, repetition, and experimentation with process, Elise creates works that hold space for fragility and strength in equal measure.