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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

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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