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2024

  • ​Up and Coming: De Loods - Solo Exhibition 6 Dec - 26 Jan

  • ​Secret Postcard Auction West of England Academy 

  • 171st Open Exhibition Shortlisted West of England Academy 

  • Open Studio Borneo Brunei 1 - 7 Jun 

2023

  • 170th Open Exhibition Royal West of England Academy 

  • D31 Art Gallery - Art Prize 2023 3rd Edition - Preselected 

  • Artist Network Exhibition RWA Bristol  25 Apr - 21 May

  • RWA Open Photo Exhibition - A Celebration of Contemporary photographic practice 28 Jan - 1 May

2021

  • Autumn Exhibition, Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands 

  • TWENTY, TWENTY ONE: MFA Exhibition at OVADA Gallery Oxford - Sept

  • TWENTY, TWENTY ONE: MFA Graduate Show Oxford Brookes University  

2019

  • DreaMFActory, The Glass Tank Gallery, Oxford Brookes University December

  • 167th Annual Open Exhibition Royal West of England Academy

2018

  • Vantage Point Sharjah 6 (VPS6) 6th iteration of Sharjah Art Foundation’s annual initiative supporting the practice of photography within the GCC  14 Jul - 8 Sept Gallery 1 Al Mureijah Square

  • Winter Exhibition, Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands

  • Imago Mundi 2018 Dubai is a cultural, democratic and global project that looks to the new frontiers of art in the name of coexistence of expressive diversity 

  • Annual Group Exhibition, MADE IN TASHKEEL Dubai   

  • Spring Exhibition, Galerie Van Harinxma The Netherlands 

  • Life Cycle, Thejamjar, Alserkal Avenue Dubai

  • Artist in Residence, Solo Exhibition Jan - Apr

2017

  • Winter Exhibition, Galerie Van Harinxma The Netherlands

  • Art 4 Sight, Noor Dubai The Only Middle Eastern art exhibition and auction dedicated to restoring the gift of sight Dubai Design District Auction House Christie's 11 Oct

  • 165th Annual Open Exhibition Royal West of England Academy 

  • Autumn Exhibition at Galerie van Harinxma 

  • Urban Architecture, Vantage Point 5 Sharjah August

  • International Art Centre Celebrating Ramadan, Gallery 76 Dubai 

  • Summer Exhibition, Galerie Van Harinxma The Netherlands

  • Group Exhibition MADE IN TASHKEEL  May - Aug Dubai

  • Art Dubai Exhibition at Gallery 76 Dubai

  • Spring Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands

2016

  • Winter Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands

  • Dubai International Art Centre - 2nd Prize - Professional Art

  • 164th Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy Bristol

  • SELF-PORTRAIT Vantage Point Sharjah 30 Jul - 12 Oct

  • Summer Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands

  • International Art Centre Gallery 76  Dubai Jun - Jul

  • Artist Network Exhibition RWA Royal West of England Academy 23 Ap -   15 May

  • Connectivity TASHKEEL Nad Al Sheba Dubai

  • Spring Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands 

  • Shortlisted for Sikka Art Fair Dubai 

2015

  • International Art Centre Exhibition Gallery 76 Dubai

  • Galerie van Harinxma Winter Exhibition The Nederlands 

  • Galerie van Harinxma Summer Exhibition The Netherlands 

  • Galerie van Harinxma Spring Exhibition The Netherlands 

2014

  • Open Studios Chapel Arts Studios Andover

  • Winter Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands  

  • The Carroll Art Exhibition, Link Gallery, University of Winchester 

  • Spring Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands 

  • 161st Annual Open Exhibition RWA Royal West of England Academy  

2013

  • Realms 10 Days Exhibition St. Cross Hospital Winchester

  • Surface The Ark Conference Centre Basingstoke 

  • Autumn Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands 

  • Open Studios Chapel Arts Studios Andover

  • Drawn Exhibition RWA Royal West of England Academy

  • Spring Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands

2012

  • 160th Annual Open Exhibition RWA Royal West of England Academy

  • Remains Solo Exhibition Chapel Arts Studios Andover

  • Autumn Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands

 

2011

  • Seize Bargehouse OXO Tower Wharf London 

  • International Women's Day Exhibition Southampton University 

  • Make/Shift Winchester School of Art Hampshire 

  • Tension Solo Exhibition Winchester School of Art Hampshire 

Prizes

  • 2016 - Dubai International Art Centre - 2nd Prize - Professional Art

  • Staatscircus van Moskou - Prize Oleg Popov

Residencies and Memberships

  • 2013 - 2024 RWA Artist Network member

  • 2018 - TheJamJar Dubai

  • 2016 - Tashkeel Member Dubai

  • 2013 - Art Awards Adviser (Discovery and Explore)

  • 2012 - 2020 Galerie van Harinxma, Art Coordinator The Netherlands

  • 2011 - 2014 Resident artist at Chapel Art Studios UK. Arts Award/Artswork training at Anton Junior School, Icknield School and Norman Gate School in Andover, Hampshire

Education

  • 2021 Oxford Brookes University MFA Fine Art (With Distinction)

  • 2013 Art Awards Adviser (Discovery and Explore)

  • ​2008 - 2011 Winchester School of Art University of Southampton BA (Hons) Fine Art (First)

  • 2000 - 2003 Leidse Onderwijsinstellingen The Netherlands Interior Architecture

 

Featured Articles

Sharjah Art Foundation Presents ‘Vantage Point Sharjah 4

August 28, 2016

The photographic exhibition captures a series of self-portraits of emerging and established artists from the UAE and across the GCC

Tashkeel: Connectivity

March 09, 2016

Tashkeel is pleased to announce Connectivity, an exhibition of works that question how technology affects our lives and our relationships, our working practice, and our engagement with the world around us.
 

Tashkeel: Elle Ford

June 16, 2017

Elle is a Fine Artist with a First Class honours degree from The University of Southampton, UK. Her work has been selected to be exhibited at The Royal West of England Academy, and has been showcased and sold in the UK and The Netherlands to private and corporate clients

RWA: Elle Ford

June 16, 2017

A current theme in Elle’s work is Carbonisation. Carbonisation results in a transformation of an object to “become” a carbonized facsimile of the original “being” and yet simultaneously challenges the spectator with properties that transcend the captured images outside previous physical experience. 

10 Days Winchester: Discovery Stories in Public Space

December 07, 2016

An interdisciplinary contemporary arts platform across the district. 

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