Pandora Covell (b. 2000, London) is a multidisciplinary artist who lives and works in London. Painting is at the heart of her process, but she combines a multitude of processes thus refusing to limit herself to any single medium. Her visual language surfaces through a fusion of abstract elements, micro-narratives, and biomorphic forms. Covell creates organised chaos that invites viewers to navigate through a multitude of visual stimuli. Covell earned a Master’s in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London, in 2023 after receiving a BA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts in 2022.

My work starts with paying attention. I notice patterns, materials, and fragments of the everyday-things that feel charged, even if they are ordinary. These observations feed into my paintings and sculptural works. Collecting these pieces is part of the process, but the real work happens when I bring them into conversation with each other. In the studio I keep buckets and folders of found materials such as shells, plastic fragments, dried plants, and scraps of paper that gradually find their way into the work, sometimes directly and sometimes through their shapes and colours.

Painting and sculpture are the main ways I do this. I move between them fluidly, letting one form suggest the next. I like materials that don’t quite match: organic textures against synthetic ones, hand-drawn marks beside industrial surfaces. When they come together, they create frictions and overlaps that open space for new meaning.

I don’t see my work as fixed objects so much as stages in a larger cycle. Sketchbooks, collections of materials in the studio, and finished pieces all feed into each other. Each step is both an experiment and a record of where I’ve been.

At its core, my practice is about building connections between what I notice, what I collect, and what I make. The work is open-ended, adapting with my process, but always carrying traces of where it began.