« Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton »
Born 1989 in Southampton, United Kingdom- Elmo Hood is a self-taught contemporary artist specializing in abstract and pop art styles. Elmo’s work first came to notoriety in 2013 when he created a collage out of two playing cards. The piece was a viral hit and secured a number of international exhibitions along with a firm celebrity fan base. His playing card pieces focus on portraying human emotion through the cards using a variety of methods to achieve this effect. The success of the playing card collages lead on to an experimental period with a brief stint in pop art portraiture before delving deep into expressive and figurative abstraction.
