About

The Art of Scent

aequill blur the boundaries of art and scent and has established an artist in residence programme in our East London Studio that explores the connection between the senses.

Bringing together artists working in sound, sculpture, graphic design, fine art and fragrance, the team work closely to create fragrance that expresses the diversity, raw creativity, and unconventionality of the London art scene.

With a belief that crossing the boundaries between art and scent provides a stage for personal expression and innovation, Aequill removes fragrance from the classical highbrow and places it unapologetically into the here and now of our favourite capital city.

 

2021-2022 Artist in residence

Ecka Mordecai is a British artist based in London. Situated between sonic, performative and olfactory disciplines, her work is driven by sensation: entwining cello, horsehair harp, voice, eggflute, scent and improvisation into time-based objects expressive of emotional complexity.

2023-2024 Artist in residence 

Mengting Zhuo

Zhuo Mengting ('Mengting Zhuo' in western common format) was born in Guangzhou, China in 1990.

She received her MA in Performance Making from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2016 and has been living in London since.

Having studied literature and critical theory, and played in indie bands, she holds as much interest in language as in the composition and the unspoken.

Live performance is regarded as a ‘total’ medium for her to explore the contingency of meaning, and what agency means.

She believes in the possibility of creating a poetic, quiet and intimate experience in a world that is already full of noise.

 

2024-2025 Artist in residence 

Kate Adelskaya 

Ekaterina Adelskaya (b. 1988, Moscow) is a London based award-winning artist working on abstract sculptures and watercolours, mostly revolving around the notions of materiality, destruction and transformative processes.

She holds a BA (Hons) in Fine Art (1st class) from the University of Hertfordshire & British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow. 

Ekaterina has been exhibiting since 2015, including London Art Biennale, RA in London, RWA in Bristol, CICA Museum in Gimpo, and Moscow International Biennale of Contemporary Art. Her works are held in private collections in the UK, Italy and Russia.