Benjamin Sullivan, RP NEAC
Benjamin Sullivan was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire in 1977. He studied painting and drawing at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2000. Since then, he has established a growing reputation as a figurative painter.
His work has been widely exhibited, including at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery. He was elected a member of the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2001 and 2003 respectively, becoming the youngest person to be elected to those institutions. In 2009, he was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. His work is to be found in numerous public and private collections. In 2009 he became artist in residence at All Souls College, Oxford, where he undertook a large commission depicting College staff. The resulting work, The All Souls Triptych, was displayed at the Ashmolean Museum in 2012 and now sits in one of Hawksmoor's twin towers at All Souls College. He now lives and works in Suffolk.
Awards:
Elisabeth Greenshields Grant, Quebec, Canada
Carrol Foundation Prize, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
Young Artist of the Year Runner-up Prize, Hunting Art Prize, London
Purvis Prize for Painting, NEAC, London (2000,2001)
Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers Prize, NEAC, London
John Kinross Scholarship to Florence, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Manya Igel Fine Art Scholarship, NEAC, London
Andrew Grant Memorial Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art
Winner of the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2007
Bill Patterson Memorial Prize, NEAC, London
His work has been widely exhibited, including at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery. He was elected a member of the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2001 and 2003 respectively, becoming the youngest person to be elected to those institutions. In 2009, he was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. His work is to be found in numerous public and private collections. In 2009 he became artist in residence at All Souls College, Oxford, where he undertook a large commission depicting College staff. The resulting work, The All Souls Triptych, was displayed at the Ashmolean Museum in 2012 and now sits in one of Hawksmoor's twin towers at All Souls College. He now lives and works in Suffolk.
Awards:
Elisabeth Greenshields Grant, Quebec, Canada
Carrol Foundation Prize, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
Young Artist of the Year Runner-up Prize, Hunting Art Prize, London
Purvis Prize for Painting, NEAC, London (2000,2001)
Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers Prize, NEAC, London
John Kinross Scholarship to Florence, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Manya Igel Fine Art Scholarship, NEAC, London
Andrew Grant Memorial Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art
Winner of the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2007
Bill Patterson Memorial Prize, NEAC, London
