Ellen Tovey was born and raised in Rural Somerset , now painting from her studio in East London.
Education
2001- 2004 Falmouth College of art – Fine art Degree, Graduated with First class Honour’s
1997- 1999 Strode College – National Diploma in art and Design
Selected Exhibition History
2016
National Open Art competition – London
Royal West Academy show – Bristol
Olympic Village Exhibition – London
Murmurations – joint Exhibition with Le Roy Harris – Bow arts , London
1000 postcards Exhibition – Black Swan , Frome
The Affordable art fair – Battersea Park, London
2015
Open studios – Bow Art’s – London
Olympic Village exhibition, London
2014
Collective – west bank gallery, London.
The Royal institute of oil painters – The Mall Galleries, London
Collective show – Stour space, London
2013
Wake – solo show – Stour Space, London
Drawn – Royal West Academy, Bristol
Being Woman exhibition – Being Human Warehouse, Frome
Seed Gallery – Black Swan, Frome
2012
Small exhibition – Black swan, Frome
Joint exhibition with John Robinson – Open studios, Frome
Mono no ware Exhibition – Bo Lee Gallery, Bath
2011
The Affordable art fair – Hampstead Heath, London
Shadow side – Bo lee gallery, Shoreditch London
Frome festival – open studios, Frome
2010
The Holborn Portrait prize – Chapel Row Gallery, Bath
Joint show – In the The Mill at Rode, Rode
Solo show – Somerset art weeks, Glastonbury
Solo show – Frome festival Open studios, Frome
Open competition – Black Swan Gallery Frome
2009
Open competition – Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
Figuratively speaking – group show Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
2008
Joint Exhibition – Strode Theatre, Street
2007
Cann Art Festival – Prizewinner Webster Award
Open competition, commended Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
Open exhibition – Royal west Academy, Bristol
2006
London Inspired Art Fair – Spitafields, London
Solo Show – Somerset Art Weeks, Glastonbury
2005
Published in Celeste Art prize catalogue
Group show – Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
Group show – Arts Way Gallery, New Forest
Open exhibition – Royal West Academy, Bristol
2004
Jamaica Street Open Studios, Bristol
Group show – Chalk House Gallery, St. Ives
Falmouth College – Degree Show, Cornwall
2003
Open competition – Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
Falmouth College – mid-stream show
2002
Group show – Atkinson gallery, Somerset
2001
Solo Show – Strode Theatre gallery, Street
Open Competition – Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
Awards
Windsor and Newton Award – Royal institute of oil painters, The mall Galleries, London.
Cann Art Festival – Webster Award
Atkinson Gallery – First place prizewinner
Atkinson Gallery – commended
Three times Short-listed for the BP portrait awards.
Residencies
2012 Artist in residency – Gillingham school Wiltshire
2009 -2011 Exhibition steward, assistant to curator – Black swan gallery, Frome
Commissions
Private commissions have made up a large amount of my working studio practice.
I have completed numerous portrait and landscape commissions each year from 2004 – 2016.
I have also painted book covers and album covers.