Elisabeth Pointon Biography

Elisabeth Pointon is a contemporary artist. Born in 1992, she lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington.

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Elisabeth is best known for her event-based and sculptural works, which centre on text, and references her former career at a luxury car dealership. Pointon riffs on physical advertising devices, such as banners, blimps, and flailing tube men. The phrases she favours—'BIG DEAL.', 'SPECTACULAR.', 'PHENOMENAL.'—are the ebullient language of sales floors. She embraces slipperiness, but also retains a keen interest in the potential of collective understanding and action.

An important element of Elisabeth's practice is institutional critique. She responds to the failings or limitations of galleries, gallerists, and curators in ways pointed and subtle. As a queer woman of colour, she recognises that artists like her are still shown relatively seldom by public institutions, and are constantly at risk of being side-lined or tokenised. She creates works that are bold and outlandishly grand, seizing opportunities to occupy the most space that she can.

You can choose not to take Elisabeth seriously, but that's on you. Do so at your own risk. Like the court fools in Shakespeare's plays—who exercise the privilege of speaking truth to power as well as entertaining—Elisabeth makes the most of her comic dispensation. She cultivates fun, only to cut it with a dash of critique. She opens your mouth with laughter, only to slip something serious in. Tragedy and comedy in equal parts; humour balanced by absolute sincerity.

Text courtesy Jhana Millers.

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EVEN IF IT IS A BLANK OBJECT, IT IS STILL AN OBJECT. by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork works on paper
Elisabeth Pointon EVEN IF IT IS A BLANK OBJECT, IT IS STILL AN OBJECT., 2024 Embossed foil lettering on 300gsm matte paper
42 x 30 cm
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Just Saying. by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork sculpture
Elisabeth Pointon Just Saying., 2023 LED Neon
85 x 11 cm
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Portrait of Blue Pool Noodle (Just Beautiful) by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, sculpture
Elisabeth Pointon Portrait of Blue Pool Noodle (Just Beautiful), 2021 Oil and gold leaf on board (framed), with gold plaque and pool noodle
57 x 180 cm
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Portrait of Yellow Pool Noodle (Just Wonderful) by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, sculpture
Elisabeth Pointon Portrait of Yellow Pool Noodle (Just Wonderful), 2021 Oil and gold leaf on board (framed), with gold plaque and pool noodle
57 x 180 cm
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Portrait of Green Pool Noodle (Just Remarkable) by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, sculpture
Elisabeth Pointon Portrait of Green Pool Noodle (Just Remarkable), 2021 Oil and gold leaf on board (framed), with gold plaque and pool noodle
57 x 180 cm
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Portrait of Red Pool Noodle (Just Brilliant) by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, sculpture
Elisabeth Pointon Portrait of Red Pool Noodle (Just Brilliant), 2021 Oil and gold leaf on board (framed), with gold plaque and pool noodle
57 x 180 cm
Jhana Millers Contact Gallery
WORTH IT. by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork sculpture
Elisabeth Pointon WORTH IT., 2021 LED light box with vinyl
62 x 27 x 12 cm
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PARADISE. by Elisabeth Pointon contemporary artwork sculpture
Elisabeth Pointon PARADISE., 2021 LED light box with vinyl
62 x 27 x 12 cm
Jhana Millers Contact Gallery
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