Elgin's Life and Work

Elgin Thwaites (1996) was born in Saudi Arabia and lives and works in Suffolk UK. Through autonomy, Thwaites creates surrealist dystopian worlds using print and mixed media on paper. In 2013, Thwaites collaborated with students at the Nicolson institute in Stornoway to create a large sculpture for the new school building. Through her BA (Hons) in Fine Art at University of Suffolk, Ipswich (2018-2021) Thwaites showed works in the group exhibition “Mapping” at the University of Suffolk exhibition space. These were a collection of 9 paintings based on the psychogeography of a night out in Ipswich. Thwaites is currently involved in a project 'Take Thick with the Light' using letters sent from the front line in the First World War as inspiration for a collaborative stitched work. This will be exhibited throughout Suffolk from 2020-2022. Thwaites is also working on developing sculptural and paper based works for the future group exhibition in Arlington's, Ipswich (Dec 2019).