Born in Bradford, Yorkshire in 1966, Elizabeth Price studied at the Royal College of Art, London and the University of Leeds. She is known for short films which explore the social and political histories of artefacts, architectures and documents. Her arresting moving-image works are widely regarded for the interplay of the visual and aural. Finger clicks, claps and samples of vocal harmonies are used to provide rhythms that structure the narration and create urgent, ritualistic undertones. They have been described as ‘rapturous, addictive, virtually artspeak-resistant’, 'mysterious, mesmerising - and utterly original'.
Price won the Turner Prize in 2012, and is currently Professor of Film and Photography at Kingston University, London.
Photograph credit: Saesha Blue-Ward