Awards, Shortlists, Residencies:
Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Artist-in-Residence Award, 2022 (Daugavpils, Latvia, awarded 2020). Selected by Paul Huxley, Tim Marlow, Rebecca Salter and Laura Culpan. August 2022
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, shortlisted & exhibited artist, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Feb-June 2021, selected by Michelle Williams Gamaker, Jennifer Higgie, Gu Wenda, Hurvin Anderson, Alison Goldfrapp (also shortlisted & exhibited in 2018 and 2012)
'Sustainability First' Art Prize, awarded second prize 2020 (judges Jeremy Till, Kate Bryan, Tabish Khan, Geraldine Cox, Sam Gare, Jo de Montgros, Phil Barton) & shortlisted 2021
Short listed for Dentons Art Prize, 2019, and awarded Special Commendation by judges Mark Titchner, Elizabeth Neilson and Patrick Morey-Burrows
Florence Trust, Artist in Residence 2018, St Saviour’s, Highbury, London
Bothy Project Residency, Sweeney’s Bothy, Isle of Eigg, 2016, supported by Winsor and Newton
Solo & Two Person Shows:
'Work in Progress' Artist-in-Residence, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, January 2023
'Ground, Falling Away' the gunpowder store, Daugavpils fortress, Latvia, August 2022
'Liz Elton' at Arts Centre, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, April 2022
'Till', Stone Space, London, December 2019 - January 2020
'Yield', Liz Elton and Eliza Bennett, curated by Julie Bentley, 163 Gallery, London, September-October 2019
'100 Harvests' at Groundswell Agriculture Festival, (Artist-in-Residence), June 2019
Selected Interviews:
Interview for 'Friday Focus' with Parapluiearts
'Art Fictions' podcast with Jillian Knipe, 2021
Studio visit by DATEAGLE ART. Text and photography by Anna Souter
Interview with Hector Campbell in conjunction with 'Yield' at 163 Gallery
Co-Curated Projects: Control to Collapse, Blyth Gallery, 2017- 2018, PIYPaintLounge at Sluice Biennial 2017, Pool, Griffin Gallery, 2016, Slice, and SHIFT, both Hanmi Gallery, 2013
Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects:
2023
'The Art of Waste', Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn, March-July 2023
2022
'An Exhibition of SMALL Things with BIG Ideas', White Conduit Projects, December 2022-January 2023
'Still', Video Reel shown at ArsPace, Osan, Korea and as 'Portal' at Estacion Terrena, Bogota, Colombia, October 2022
'Still', Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Art, September 2022
Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Artist-in-Residence Award, 2022 (Daugavpils, Latvia). Selected by Paul Huxley, Tim Marlow, Rebecca Salter and Laura Culpan. August 2022 (awarded 2020)
'Zero Gravity - A Landing', curated by Sarah Pager and Jaime Davis, The Occasionnale, Old Barn Studios, Sussex, July 2022
'Where Waste Meets Design', ArtHouse Jersey, St. Helier, Jersey, June-July 2022
'Curated II, Womxn', Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, selected by Jo Baring and Beth Greenacre from Fair Art Fair, May-June 2022
'Options' project by MOOGZ at Cable Depot, London, April 2022-2024. See Instagram @my.tetra for phone line
'6.7 million tonnes', Art Exchange Gallery, University of Essex, Colchester, April-May 2022
'Compost - An Open Bin', OnCurating Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland, March-July 2022
'Expanded Painting', AIR Gallery, Altrincham, Manchester, March-April 2022
'SUPERNATURE', White Conduit Projects, London, November 2021-January 2022
2021
Hospital Rooms Auction, Hauser & Wirth, Savile Row, London, September 2021
Shortlisted for 'Sustainability First' Art Prize 2021
'Yellow Archangel' 2, General Practice, Lincoln, May-June 2021
Reconnecting | Sustainability First, Bermondsey Project Space, May-June 2021
'The Waiting Place', The Art Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk, April-June 2021
'Art Fictions' podcast with Jillian Knipe, 2021
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Feb-June 2021, selected by Michelle Williams Gamaker, Jennifer Higgie, Gu Wenda, Hurvin Anderson, Alison Goldfrapp
'Flowers of Romance, III', White Conduit Projects, London, December 2020 - February 2021
2020
'A Year in Lockdown', Florence Trust, Highbury, December 2020
'Home(work)', curated by Peter P. Hopkins & Courtney King, (pop up), 113 East 29th St, New York, November-December 2020
'Little Voices', curated by Amy Jackson, Kensington and Chelsea Art Week, October 2020
'On Paper', Dekka Arts, Margate, Winter 2020
'Beep Painting Prize Exhibition', Elysium Gallery, Swansea, October 2020
'Yellow Archangel', curated by Paul Bramley, Oceans Apart, Salford, September - October 2020
Studio visit by DATEAGLE ART. Text and photography by Anna Souter
'Sustainability First' Art Prize (images shown on line and in an e book at SustainabilityFirst.org.uk). Awarded second prize
'Biosphere Consciousness', on @ConsciousIsolation site, virtual group show curated by Samuel Zealey and Susie Olczak - May 2020
2019
Offshoot Winter Salon, curated by Nick Scammell, Offshoot Art Space, November - December 2019
Video 'Hebrides' included in 'Alive in the Universe', Venice, May-June 2019
One of One, 163 Gallery, London, May 2019
Short listed for Dentons Art Prize (work on display at Dentons, London, January-June 2019) and awarded Special Commendation by judges Mark Titchner, Elizabeth Neilson and Patrick Morey-Burrows
2018
The John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, July-November 2018
Florence Trust Summer Show, June-July 2018
Florence Trust, Artist in Residence 2018, St Saviour’s, Highbury, London
The Performativity of Painting, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, January 2018
2017
Control to Collapse, Blyth Gallery, London, November 2017-January 2018
PIYPaintLounge at Sluice Biennial 2017, Hackney, London October 2017
Zero Gravity, mc3 project space, Sussex, July 2017
No Format Gallery Fundraiser, Anthology, Deptford Foundry, April 2017
51%RememberHer, curated by Rebecca Feiner, The Tower Gallery, London, March-April 2017
2016
No Format Gallery Painting Show, Anthology, Deptford Foundry, December 2016
Summer Salon, Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes Gallery, July-August 2016
Pool, Griffin Gallery, London, April-June 2016
Sixty, Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes Gallery, May 2016
Bothy Project residency, Sweeney’s Bothy, Isle of Eigg, supported by Winsor and Newton
2015
Hundreds and Thousands, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London, September 2015
En Plein Air, Mecklenburgh Gardens, London, September 2015
Angus-Hughes Gallery Open, London, August 2015
Art Athina, A5 exhibit, Lubomirov-Easton, Athens, May 2015
Lubomirov-Easton Editions, Deptford, March 2015
2014
Gate Cinema, Notting Hill, ‘Atmosphere’ images shown in conjunction with screening of ‘Mr. Turner’ and discussion by Winsor & Newton / Griffin Gallery, November 2014
Continuum of Ceaseless Change (CCC), A.P.T. Gallery, Deptford, September 2014
Off the Wall, Terrace Gallery, Haggerston, Curated by Karl Bielek, August 2014
Art Athina, A5 exhibit, Lubomirov-Easton, Athens, May 2014
PaintUnion postcards event at Passport to Pimlico, Churchill Estate, Pimlico, May 2014
Chelsea Collective at Passport to Pimlico, Show-in-a-Van, Churchill Estate, Pimlico, May 2014
Into the Fold, Camberwell Space, Peckham, March 2014
2013
Slice, (co-curated with Rebecca Byrne) Hanmi Gallery, Fitzrovia, December 2013
Exchange Project (Part 2), Curated by Claire Undy, A.P.T. Gallery, Deptford, August-September 2013
Now You See It, Now You Don't, Terrace gallery, Haggerston, Curated by Karl Bielik, August 2013
‘Open Work’, Queens Park, London, June 2013
SHIFT, (co-curated with Rebecca Byrne), Hanmi Gallery, Fitzrovia, March 2013
2012
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, September 2012-January 2013, in conjunction with the 2012 Liverpool Biennial
The Chelsea Collective, Dianich Gallery, Vermont, USA, December 2012
Group show, Elevator Gallery as part of Hackney WickED 2012, Mother Studios, September 2012
MA Fine Art Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, September 2012
The Chelsea Collective, Anteros Art Foundation, Norwich, July 2012
Painting in Conversation, The Bussey Building, Peckham, July 2012
Talks, Publications, Workshops:
'Stroll with the Artist - Liz Elton', Highbury & Islington to Chapel Market with White Conduit Projects, March 2023
'Kitchen Compost Prints', Workshops for Hospital Rooms, 2022 and 2023
Artist's Talk at Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia in connection with Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Residency, 2022
Artist's Talk at ArtHouse Jersey in connection with 'Where Waste Meets Design', 2022
Artist's Talk at 'The Occasionnale' in connection with 'Zero Gravity, A Landing', 2022
Artist's Talk at 'On Curating', Zurich in connection with 'Compost, An Open Bin', 2022
Artist's Talk and video at White Conduit Projects in connection with 'Super Nature' 2022
Interview for 'Friday Focus' with Parapluiearts
'Armchair Traveller' workshop for Hospital Rooms, 2021
'Art Fictions' podcast with Jillian Knipe, 2021
John Moores Painting Prize 2020, Catalogue, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Studio visit by DATEAGLE ART. Text and photography by Anna Souter
'Fragments of a Whole Unknown', Jillian Knipe, 2019
Interview with Hector Campbell in conjunction with 'Yield' at 163 Gallery
Dentons Art Prize 7 Catalogue, 2019
John Moores Painting Prize 2018, Catalogue, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
‘Practice, Residencies and Collaborations’, Presentation and Discussion (invited by CWND residency), Canary Wharf, 2018
‘The Performativity of Painting’, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, 2018: Artists’ Talk with curator Alex Roberts
‘PIY PaintLounge': A marathon discussion of painting at Sluice Biennial 2017 (joint curator with Rebecca Byrne, Wendy Saunders and Paula MacArthur). Landscape discussion with Tamsin Relly and Dominic Shepherd
‘Pool’ 2016, Griffin Gallery: Curators’ Talk, and broadcast of discussion of show on ‘London Live’ TV Channel
‘PaintUnion’ (established by Rebecca Byrne and Liz Elton) - a series of talks on contemporary painting by contemporary painters at Griffin Gallery, West London. Speakers include Susan Sluglett, George Little, Jemima Brown, Juliette Losq, Cornelia Baltes, Sean Penlington, Alice Browne, Selma Parlour, Sarah Kate Wilson, Kate Hawkins, Marcelle Joseph, Eliza Gluckman. Further information: paintunion.blogspot.co.uk
An Exchange of Ideas at A.P.T. Gallery, Deptford; A conversation with artists Poppy Whatmore, Zoe Schoenherr, Kate Liston & Dan Wilde, Liz Elton, Bill Leslie and Sarah Kate Wilson, 5th October 2013
Materials and Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice - Neal Tait, Lucy Whitford, Liz Elton, Rebecca Byrne and Will Lawlor in discussion with Griffin Gallery Director Rebecca Pelly-Fry at Griffin Gallery, London, 14th August 2013
John Moores Painting Prize 2012, Catalogue, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Education:
MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, UAL, 2012
BA Fine Art: Painting (1st class), Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL, 2009
Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Artist-in-Residence Award, 2022 (Daugavpils, Latvia, awarded 2020). Selected by Paul Huxley, Tim Marlow, Rebecca Salter and Laura Culpan. August 2022
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, shortlisted & exhibited artist, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Feb-June 2021, selected by Michelle Williams Gamaker, Jennifer Higgie, Gu Wenda, Hurvin Anderson, Alison Goldfrapp (also shortlisted & exhibited in 2018 and 2012)
'Sustainability First' Art Prize, awarded second prize 2020 (judges Jeremy Till, Kate Bryan, Tabish Khan, Geraldine Cox, Sam Gare, Jo de Montgros, Phil Barton) & shortlisted 2021
Short listed for Dentons Art Prize, 2019, and awarded Special Commendation by judges Mark Titchner, Elizabeth Neilson and Patrick Morey-Burrows
Florence Trust, Artist in Residence 2018, St Saviour’s, Highbury, London
Bothy Project Residency, Sweeney’s Bothy, Isle of Eigg, 2016, supported by Winsor and Newton
Solo & Two Person Shows:
'Work in Progress' Artist-in-Residence, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, January 2023
'Ground, Falling Away' the gunpowder store, Daugavpils fortress, Latvia, August 2022
'Liz Elton' at Arts Centre, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, April 2022
'Till', Stone Space, London, December 2019 - January 2020
'Yield', Liz Elton and Eliza Bennett, curated by Julie Bentley, 163 Gallery, London, September-October 2019
'100 Harvests' at Groundswell Agriculture Festival, (Artist-in-Residence), June 2019
Selected Interviews:
Interview for 'Friday Focus' with Parapluiearts
'Art Fictions' podcast with Jillian Knipe, 2021
Studio visit by DATEAGLE ART. Text and photography by Anna Souter
Interview with Hector Campbell in conjunction with 'Yield' at 163 Gallery
Co-Curated Projects: Control to Collapse, Blyth Gallery, 2017- 2018, PIYPaintLounge at Sluice Biennial 2017, Pool, Griffin Gallery, 2016, Slice, and SHIFT, both Hanmi Gallery, 2013
Selected Group Exhibitions and Projects:
2023
'The Art of Waste', Groundwork Gallery, Kings Lynn, March-July 2023
2022
'An Exhibition of SMALL Things with BIG Ideas', White Conduit Projects, December 2022-January 2023
'Still', Video Reel shown at ArsPace, Osan, Korea and as 'Portal' at Estacion Terrena, Bogota, Colombia, October 2022
'Still', Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Art, September 2022
Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Artist-in-Residence Award, 2022 (Daugavpils, Latvia). Selected by Paul Huxley, Tim Marlow, Rebecca Salter and Laura Culpan. August 2022 (awarded 2020)
'Zero Gravity - A Landing', curated by Sarah Pager and Jaime Davis, The Occasionnale, Old Barn Studios, Sussex, July 2022
'Where Waste Meets Design', ArtHouse Jersey, St. Helier, Jersey, June-July 2022
'Curated II, Womxn', Unit 1 Gallery Workshop, selected by Jo Baring and Beth Greenacre from Fair Art Fair, May-June 2022
'Options' project by MOOGZ at Cable Depot, London, April 2022-2024. See Instagram @my.tetra for phone line
'6.7 million tonnes', Art Exchange Gallery, University of Essex, Colchester, April-May 2022
'Compost - An Open Bin', OnCurating Project Space, Zurich, Switzerland, March-July 2022
'Expanded Painting', AIR Gallery, Altrincham, Manchester, March-April 2022
'SUPERNATURE', White Conduit Projects, London, November 2021-January 2022
2021
Hospital Rooms Auction, Hauser & Wirth, Savile Row, London, September 2021
Shortlisted for 'Sustainability First' Art Prize 2021
'Yellow Archangel' 2, General Practice, Lincoln, May-June 2021
Reconnecting | Sustainability First, Bermondsey Project Space, May-June 2021
'The Waiting Place', The Art Station, Saxmundham, Suffolk, April-June 2021
'Art Fictions' podcast with Jillian Knipe, 2021
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Feb-June 2021, selected by Michelle Williams Gamaker, Jennifer Higgie, Gu Wenda, Hurvin Anderson, Alison Goldfrapp
'Flowers of Romance, III', White Conduit Projects, London, December 2020 - February 2021
2020
'A Year in Lockdown', Florence Trust, Highbury, December 2020
'Home(work)', curated by Peter P. Hopkins & Courtney King, (pop up), 113 East 29th St, New York, November-December 2020
'Little Voices', curated by Amy Jackson, Kensington and Chelsea Art Week, October 2020
'On Paper', Dekka Arts, Margate, Winter 2020
'Beep Painting Prize Exhibition', Elysium Gallery, Swansea, October 2020
'Yellow Archangel', curated by Paul Bramley, Oceans Apart, Salford, September - October 2020
Studio visit by DATEAGLE ART. Text and photography by Anna Souter
'Sustainability First' Art Prize (images shown on line and in an e book at SustainabilityFirst.org.uk). Awarded second prize
'Biosphere Consciousness', on @ConsciousIsolation site, virtual group show curated by Samuel Zealey and Susie Olczak - May 2020
2019
Offshoot Winter Salon, curated by Nick Scammell, Offshoot Art Space, November - December 2019
Video 'Hebrides' included in 'Alive in the Universe', Venice, May-June 2019
One of One, 163 Gallery, London, May 2019
Short listed for Dentons Art Prize (work on display at Dentons, London, January-June 2019) and awarded Special Commendation by judges Mark Titchner, Elizabeth Neilson and Patrick Morey-Burrows
2018
The John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, July-November 2018
Florence Trust Summer Show, June-July 2018
Florence Trust, Artist in Residence 2018, St Saviour’s, Highbury, London
The Performativity of Painting, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, University of Greenwich, January 2018
2017
Control to Collapse, Blyth Gallery, London, November 2017-January 2018
PIYPaintLounge at Sluice Biennial 2017, Hackney, London October 2017
Zero Gravity, mc3 project space, Sussex, July 2017
No Format Gallery Fundraiser, Anthology, Deptford Foundry, April 2017
51%RememberHer, curated by Rebecca Feiner, The Tower Gallery, London, March-April 2017
2016
No Format Gallery Painting Show, Anthology, Deptford Foundry, December 2016
Summer Salon, Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes Gallery, July-August 2016
Pool, Griffin Gallery, London, April-June 2016
Sixty, Lubomirov / Angus-Hughes Gallery, May 2016
Bothy Project residency, Sweeney’s Bothy, Isle of Eigg, supported by Winsor and Newton
2015
Hundreds and Thousands, Angus-Hughes Gallery, London, September 2015
En Plein Air, Mecklenburgh Gardens, London, September 2015
Angus-Hughes Gallery Open, London, August 2015
Art Athina, A5 exhibit, Lubomirov-Easton, Athens, May 2015
Lubomirov-Easton Editions, Deptford, March 2015
2014
Gate Cinema, Notting Hill, ‘Atmosphere’ images shown in conjunction with screening of ‘Mr. Turner’ and discussion by Winsor & Newton / Griffin Gallery, November 2014
Continuum of Ceaseless Change (CCC), A.P.T. Gallery, Deptford, September 2014
Off the Wall, Terrace Gallery, Haggerston, Curated by Karl Bielek, August 2014
Art Athina, A5 exhibit, Lubomirov-Easton, Athens, May 2014
PaintUnion postcards event at Passport to Pimlico, Churchill Estate, Pimlico, May 2014
Chelsea Collective at Passport to Pimlico, Show-in-a-Van, Churchill Estate, Pimlico, May 2014
Into the Fold, Camberwell Space, Peckham, March 2014
2013
Slice, (co-curated with Rebecca Byrne) Hanmi Gallery, Fitzrovia, December 2013
Exchange Project (Part 2), Curated by Claire Undy, A.P.T. Gallery, Deptford, August-September 2013
Now You See It, Now You Don't, Terrace gallery, Haggerston, Curated by Karl Bielik, August 2013
‘Open Work’, Queens Park, London, June 2013
SHIFT, (co-curated with Rebecca Byrne), Hanmi Gallery, Fitzrovia, March 2013
2012
John Moores Painting Prize Exhibition, The Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, September 2012-January 2013, in conjunction with the 2012 Liverpool Biennial
The Chelsea Collective, Dianich Gallery, Vermont, USA, December 2012
Group show, Elevator Gallery as part of Hackney WickED 2012, Mother Studios, September 2012
MA Fine Art Show, Chelsea College of Art and Design, September 2012
The Chelsea Collective, Anteros Art Foundation, Norwich, July 2012
Painting in Conversation, The Bussey Building, Peckham, July 2012
Talks, Publications, Workshops:
'Stroll with the Artist - Liz Elton', Highbury & Islington to Chapel Market with White Conduit Projects, March 2023
'Kitchen Compost Prints', Workshops for Hospital Rooms, 2022 and 2023
Artist's Talk at Mark Rothko Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia in connection with Mark Rothko Memorial Trust Residency, 2022
Artist's Talk at ArtHouse Jersey in connection with 'Where Waste Meets Design', 2022
Artist's Talk at 'The Occasionnale' in connection with 'Zero Gravity, A Landing', 2022
Artist's Talk at 'On Curating', Zurich in connection with 'Compost, An Open Bin', 2022
Artist's Talk and video at White Conduit Projects in connection with 'Super Nature' 2022
Interview for 'Friday Focus' with Parapluiearts
'Armchair Traveller' workshop for Hospital Rooms, 2021
'Art Fictions' podcast with Jillian Knipe, 2021
John Moores Painting Prize 2020, Catalogue, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Studio visit by DATEAGLE ART. Text and photography by Anna Souter
'Fragments of a Whole Unknown', Jillian Knipe, 2019
Interview with Hector Campbell in conjunction with 'Yield' at 163 Gallery
Dentons Art Prize 7 Catalogue, 2019
John Moores Painting Prize 2018, Catalogue, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
‘Practice, Residencies and Collaborations’, Presentation and Discussion (invited by CWND residency), Canary Wharf, 2018
‘The Performativity of Painting’, Stephen Lawrence Gallery, 2018: Artists’ Talk with curator Alex Roberts
‘PIY PaintLounge': A marathon discussion of painting at Sluice Biennial 2017 (joint curator with Rebecca Byrne, Wendy Saunders and Paula MacArthur). Landscape discussion with Tamsin Relly and Dominic Shepherd
‘Pool’ 2016, Griffin Gallery: Curators’ Talk, and broadcast of discussion of show on ‘London Live’ TV Channel
‘PaintUnion’ (established by Rebecca Byrne and Liz Elton) - a series of talks on contemporary painting by contemporary painters at Griffin Gallery, West London. Speakers include Susan Sluglett, George Little, Jemima Brown, Juliette Losq, Cornelia Baltes, Sean Penlington, Alice Browne, Selma Parlour, Sarah Kate Wilson, Kate Hawkins, Marcelle Joseph, Eliza Gluckman. Further information: paintunion.blogspot.co.uk
An Exchange of Ideas at A.P.T. Gallery, Deptford; A conversation with artists Poppy Whatmore, Zoe Schoenherr, Kate Liston & Dan Wilde, Liz Elton, Bill Leslie and Sarah Kate Wilson, 5th October 2013
Materials and Materiality in Contemporary Art Practice - Neal Tait, Lucy Whitford, Liz Elton, Rebecca Byrne and Will Lawlor in discussion with Griffin Gallery Director Rebecca Pelly-Fry at Griffin Gallery, London, 14th August 2013
John Moores Painting Prize 2012, Catalogue, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Education:
MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, UAL, 2012
BA Fine Art: Painting (1st class), Wimbledon College of Arts, UAL, 2009