
Eilis is an artist, designer, and lecturer. She runs an independent design practice and publishing imprint called HOLY! HOLY! HOLY!.
Eilis is an Associate Lecturer on MA Visual Communication, and leads an experimental class called TEXTUAL, exploring vernacular design and communication methods. After graduating from the same MA in 2019, Eilis has sustained a research practice centered around idiosyncratic cultural exchange – publishing works on subjects ranging from working class dialect in Higher Educational settings, to football fanzines, and the dance scene in Blackpool. Eilis has previously exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, the Victoria and Albert Museum, TATE Britain, and F.A.T. Studio. Eilis is also a Senior Lecturer in Illustration and Visual Media at London College of Communication, UAL.
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Awards
BEST IN SHOW, The Hockney Gallery, 2019
The Varley Memorial Award (Nominee), 2019
Most Random, St. Cecilia’s R.C. Technology College, 2008
Selected Publications
Searson, E. (2025) NORTHERN SOUL: COUNTDOWN (Here I Come) Together, Open Editions, p. 135—141.
Searson, E. (2023) Class matters in class matters: Education and emancipation in working-class culture Journal of Illustration, Intellect Books, p. 61—85.
Searson, E. (2022) The amateur can afford to lose, Left Cultures, p. 40—41.
Bigfoot News: Anthology of Homeless News Bulletins w/ Stuart Perkins and Harry Stayt, HOLY! HOLY! HOLY!.