Quinn Elise Jenkins
Shipboard Theatre
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Detail: Awkward Dinner, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
Shipboard Theatre follows a group of actors and their friends during a stint performing on a river cruise. Seen from the perspective of the headless Maud, this strange collection of artists, corpses, soldiers, and creatures play pretend and coexist in close quarters. Everything is theatre, apart from theatre itself, which is of course real life. If you squint, there might be a story here, but that's really up to you.
Selected oil on calico works
Luggage, oil and acrylic on calcio, 2026.
Collision, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
Fishing, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
An Hour Before the Show, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
Awkward Dinner, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
Puppet Prototype, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
Excursion to the Shore, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
After the Show, oil and acrylic on calico, 2026.
Shipboard Theatre, degree show installation view.
Miniatures and gouache works
The Duck, cardboard, modroc, acrylic paint, textiles, and wire. 2026.
Detail: Repairs, gouache on cotton, 2025.
Portrait of Maud, gouache on greyboard, 2025.
Fishkisser, modroc, wire, textiles, and acrylic paint. 2025.
Safe-on-High Crane and Godsgift Parry, modroc, wire, textiles, and acrylic paint. 2025.
Para Falls on her Own Sword, gouache on calico, 2025.
Philia Cottage, cardboard, modroc, textiles, wire, and acrylic paint. 2026.
About the artist
Quinn Elise Jenkins is a painter, writer, and amateur miniaturist, interested in the grotesque, the surreal, and character design. Originally from Worcestershire, they are currently based somewhere in their own imagination, and have yet to confirm whether this work is autobiographical or not.
Photo of the artist in their studio, 2026.
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