Luella Bartley's (b. 1974, Stratford Upon Avon) work is a personal exploration of vulnerability, intimacy, and conflict around the female experience, specifically related to the body, including works on paper in pencil and oil, photographs and sculpture. These different mediums show the intimate process of the investigation.
Solo Exhibitions include (Upcoming) Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2026); Salon, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA (2025); Passenger, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2024); EXPO Chicago, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (2024); Intimate Spaces, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2023).
Group Exhibitions include (Upcoming) Expo Chicago, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (2025); EXPO Chicago, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (2024); Armoured, Sara Berman and Luella Bartley, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London, UK (2022).
Highlights
Trained at Central St Martins in the early 90s, Luella first worked as a writer at Dazed & Confused, British Vogue, The Face and The Evening Standard. Bartley's early investigations into drawing and painting were presented in collaboration with Miuccia Prada for Miu Miu.
In 1999 she launched her own fashion brand Luella, for which she was awarded an MBE for services to fashion in 2010. She was also awarded with the Designer of the Year Award in 2008 by the British Fashion Council after previously being nominated 2 years in a row. She published a book with Fourth Estate in 2011 and from 2014-16 designed the Marc by Marc collection for Marc Jacobs. Luella collaborated with Raf Simmons and Pieter Mulier for Calvin Klein 2017-2019.