‘Shroud’ by Suella Wynne

IOVA Photography Collective host The Four Elements exhibition in Gallery X, Hume Street, Dublin 2 opening at 6pm on Thursday 5 February and running until Saturday 14th February. Open Tuesday to Sat 1-5pm.

The Four Elements is a group exhibition exploring Earth, Air, Fire, and Water through contemporary photography. Moving beyond documentation, the show invites artists to treat the elements as emotional, symbolic, and lived spaces shaped by memory, movement, and change.

‘Shroud’ is a mixed media piece combining photography and site specific ‘finds’. Stitched over reeds is found baler’s twine while the sky is filled with the remnants of a decaying blue and white plastic bag. In this image I explore the idea that brokenness holds its own kind of beauty, and that restoration need not conceal damage but can instead highlight it with care and intention. The resulting work is a gesture towards empathy with the land –  a document of resilience, vulnerability, and the traces we leave behind.