Ben Elliott is a printmaker, whose work has been exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy.
Working predominantly as a wood engraver, his engravings archive the quiet moments in the novels he reads. Recent wood engravings illustrate the textured writing of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet. His work promises to render reflection on place, memory, and stories, and continues the legacies of the modern British illustrator-printmakers.
Ben trained at the Edinburgh College of Art and read art history and literature at York.
Selected Exhibitions:
Jan 2027, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy.
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026, ‘The Thread that Pulls’, Visual Arts Scotland Biennial Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy.
The exhibition celebrated ‘slow, sustained looking, the kind of engagement that resists completion and instead deepens with time’ (Visual Arts Scotland). 420 exhibited works of 2,800 submissions showcasing the best of contemporary art in Scotland.
Aug 2025, MA Degree Show, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh.
Feb 2025, A series of twenty-four woodcuts, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh.
Education:
MA Illustration, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
MA History of Art, University of York
BA English Literature and History of Art, University of York
Jan 2027, Visual Arts Scotland Annual Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy.
Dec 2025 - Jan 2026, ‘The Thread that Pulls’, Visual Arts Scotland Biennial Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy.
The exhibition celebrated ‘slow, sustained looking, the kind of engagement that resists completion and instead deepens with time’ (Visual Arts Scotland). 420 exhibited works of 2,800 submissions showcasing the best of contemporary art in Scotland.
Aug 2025, MA Degree Show, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh.
Feb 2025, A series of twenty-four woodcuts, Sculpture Court, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh.
Education:
MA Illustration, Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
MA History of Art, University of York
BA English Literature and History of Art, University of York