2024
Up and Coming
De Loods - Solo Exhibition 6 December 26 January
Secret Postcard Auction West of England Academy
171st Open Exhibition Shortlisted West of England Academy
Open Studio Bornio Brunei 1Juni - 7Juni
2023
170th Open Exhibition Royal West of England Academy
D31 Art Gallery - Art prize 2023 3de Edition - Preselected
Artist Network Exhibition RWA Bristol 25 April - 21 May
RWA Open Photo Exhibition - A Celebration of Contemporary photographic
practice 28 January - 1 May
2021
Autumn Exhibition, Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands
TWENTY, TWENTY ONE
MFA Exhibition at OVADA Gallery Oxford - September 2021
TWENTY, TWENTY ONE
MFA Graduate Show Oxford Brookes University
2019
DreaMFActory, The Glass Tank Gallery
Oxford Brookes University 2019 December
167 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 July - 8 September 2018 Gallery 1 Al Mureijah Square
Winter Exhibition, Galerie van Harinxma The Netherlands
Imago Mundi 2018 Dubai
Imago Mundi 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 January-April
Ongoing
2016 - Tashkeel Member
2012 - 2020 Galerie van Harinxma, Art Coordinator
2011- 2014 Resident artist at Chapel Art Studios in the UK for two years and provided Arts Award/Artswork training at Anton Junior School, Icknield School and Norman Gate School in Andover, Hampshire
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 Wednesday, October 11
165 Annual Open Exhibition Royal West of England Academy
Autumn Exhibition at Galerie van Harinxma
Urban Architecture, Vantage Point 5 Sharjah - August 2017
International Art Centre Celebrating Ramadan, Gallery 76 Dubai
Summer Exhibition, Galerie Van Harinxma The Netherlands
Group Exhibition MADE IN TASHKEEL May-August 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 presented to Elle Ford
164 Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy Bristol
SELF-PORTRAIT Vantage Point Sharjah 30 July -12 October 2016
Summer Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma, The Netherlands
International Art Centre Gallery 76 Dubai June - July 2016
Artist Network Exhibition RWA Royal West of England Academy
23 April-15 May 2016
Connectivity TASHKEEL Nad Al Sheba Dubai
Spring Exhibition, Galerie van Harinxma, The Netherlands
Shortlisted for Sikka Art Fair Dubai 2016
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
161 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, TheNetherlands
Open Studios, Chapel Arts Studios Andover
Drawn Exhibition, RWA Royal West of England Academy
Spring Exhibition Galerie van Harinxma, The Netherlands
2012
160 Annual Open Exhibition RWA Royal West of England Academy Autumn
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, Hampshire
Make/Shift, Winchester School of Art, Hampshire
Tension, Solo Exhibition, Winchester School of Art, Hampshire
Education
2021 Oxford Brookes University MFA Fine Art with (Dist)
2008-2011Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton First Class BA (Hons) Fine Art
2000-2003 Leidse Onderwijsinstellingen, The Netherlands, Interior Architecture
2013 Art Awards Adviser (Discovery and Explore)
2013 RWA Artist Network member
2014 Red Hot Press Screen printing Course
2014 Red Hot Press Printmaking Course (Etching, Drypoint, Collagraph & Carborundum Printing
Prize
Staatscircus van Moskou - Prize Oleg Popov
Dubai International Art Centre -2nd Prize- Professional Art presented to Elle Ford 2016
Featured Articles
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.