Seven Questions with... Ellis Parkinson

This week we meet Ellis Parkinson, a London-based artist and Fine Art and Critical Studies student at the Slade School of Fine Art. Here, Ellis - who won the Provost Portrait Competition - chats to us about the Tintype, a unique form of photography. What are you studying, why are you interested in this subject and what do you plan to do in the future?. I am currently an Undergraduate at the Slade School of Fine Art and my course focuses on Fine Art and Critical Studies. This course is based upon building the necessary skills in order to consider your artistic practice in a professional forum and ensure that you have the necessary skills by which to function as an artist outside of the traditional academic structure. I have always been interested in studying art but had never considered myself eligible for studying it at a university level; however, with enough of a push from the right people at the right time and integration in widening participation programs, the door was opened to this level of academia. In an ideal world, I would continue refining my practice though further study, both within academia and outside it, forming collectives and frameworks in order to ensure that there is adequate representation in the arts as well as working towards more regular commission-based work and exhibitions.