Education
2010 - 2014 BA Fine Art, Honours, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design
2015 - 2016 Master of Art & Humanities with Distinction
Self employed Freelance Artist

Publicity/ News

Appearance on Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing. BBC2 Link here
Collaboration with Innis and Gunn & Laphroaig. Link here
Gallery Heinzel Interview. Link here
BBC Loop/ The social. Link here
Collaboration with Talisker & Coco Chocolatier. Link here
Commission for National Geographic & Lindblad for the Endurance Ship
Commission for Julie Fowlis for Caim Chaluim Chille Chaoimh music video. Link here
Appearance on BBC Scotland’s ‘Scary Adult Things’ Programme with Duncan Cowles. Link here
Eilean Sionnach Commission, Isle of Skye
Visit Scotland Link here
The Times

Awards

John Byrne Award
Balavoulin Art Grant
Scottish Arctic Club expedition award
International Travel Bursary for Visual Arts supported by the Saltire Society and the British Council Scotland
Tay Landscape Award
William Sangster Phillips Award
Dundee Visual Art Award
Royal Scottish Academy Landscape Award
Fleming Collection selected Scottish Artist
Dundee Visual Art and Craft Award
Bernard Cooper Memorial Prize
Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Florence Scholarship
Royal Scottish Academy New Contemporaries 2015 Selected Artist

Talks/ Workshops
2022 Drawing from the Land Art Holiday in partnership with Wild At Art, 17th - 24th April. Wild at art
2022 Between Land and Sea, Art & Sailing Residency with Sail Britain, 20th - 27th August. Sail Britain
2019 Plein Air Workshop in partnership with the Laundry Gallery, Aviemore, 8th - 9th June
2017 Invited speaker to the Scottish Parliament as part of Scot Link Week
'Deep Time Drawing with Ellis O'Connor' a drawing workshop as part of the An Talla Solais Murmur Show

2016 Green Tease: Iceland’s Landscapes: Science & Art with Dr Anthony Newton & Ellis O’Connor, Tuesday 25th October.
Speaker at the Just Landed Exhibition, An Talla Solais, Ullapool
Led community engaged drawing workshops in Ullapool

2015 Creative Conversations selected speaker, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Speaker to coincide with Another place Show, Wall Projects, Montrose
Speaker at the Arctic Circle Conference as part of Lateral North, Reykjavik
The Sublime in Landscape Art Presentation and Workshop, Ólafsfjörður
Gallery Representation
Kilmorac Gallery
Morningside gallery
Strathearn Gallery
Resipole Studios
Whitehouse Gallery
Tolquhon Gallery

Stockists

An Lanntair
The Tayberry Gallery

Exhibitions
2024 Spring Show, Strathearn Gallery, Crieff. 10th February - 31st March
Group Show, Watermill Gallery, Aberfeldy. 15th March - 19th May
Solo Exhibition, Eilean Iarmain, Isle of Skye. 25th April - 8th May
Drawn to the light, Glasgow Gallery, 3rd - 31st August
Solo Exhibition, Annan Gallery, Glasgow. 2nd - 24th November

2023 Frontier, Solo Exhibition, Discovery Centre, Dundee, 1st February - April 23rd.
Solo Exhibition, Eilean Armain, Isle Ornsay, Isle of Skye, 30th March to 19th April
Exhibition, Annan Gallery, Glasgow, 30th April - 22nd May
Solo Exhibition, The Steadings Gallery, Balmacara, 23rd - 28th July

2022 Small works Show, Morningside Gallery, Edinburgh. January - onwards
‘New Horizons’ Solo show, Tayberry Gallery, Perth. 4th - 26th March
Solo show, Gallery Heinzel, Aberdeen. 12th March - 2nd April
Borders Art Fair, Borders Event centre, Kelso. 25th - 27th March
Abstraction Group show. The Annan Gallery, Glasgow. 22nd April - 22nd May
Group exhibition, The Strathearn Gallery, Crieff. 10th April - ongoing.
Solo exhibition, Talla Na Mara, West Harris Trust, Isle of Harris. 2nd - 31st May
Selected works, Dockside Gallery, Berwick upon Tweed. Ongoing
Selected works, Resipole Studios, Ardnamurchan. Ongoing
Selected works, Tighnabruaich Gallery, Tighnabruaich. Ongoing
Selected works, The Glasgow Gallery, ongoing.
VAS NORTH, Visual Art Scotland Member’s Exhibition, Inverness Creative Academy, 2nd - 21st December
Solo Exhibition, Detail Framing, Edinburgh, 2nd December - February 1st.

2021 Spring Show, Resipole Studios, Acharacle, Argyll. March
Selected works, Morningside Gallery, 94 Morningside Rd, Edinburgh. March
Selected works, Tolquhon Gallery, Aberdeenshire, April - onwards.
Spring Show, Morven Gallery, Isle of Lewis.
Selected works, Whitehouse Gallery, Kirkcudbright
Presence, Tatha Gallery, Newport on tay, 13th November - 23rd December

2019 ‘Sumainn’ Solo Show, Laundry Gallery Aviemore, 29th March - 22nd April
‘Ascent’ Solo Show, Rhue Art Gallery, 22nd April - 22nd August
‘Tide’ John Muir Open 2019: Dunbar Town House Gallery, 25th May - 23rd June
Solo show, The Boiler Room Gallery, Ardtornish Estate, Morvern Peninsula, 12th August - 30th September

2018 Uncharted Lands: Solo Exhibition, Maclaurin Galleries, Ayr, 11th January – 11th March
Selected Works Cobalt Gallery, Pittenweem, 1st April – ongoing
Selected Works Morven Gallery, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, 1st April – ongoing
Solo Exhibition WWT Caerlaverock Centre, Dumfries, 28th April – 16th June
Aite Iargalta: Solo Exhibition, Taigh Chearsabhagh Lochmaddy, North Uist, 1st May – 28th July
Luaisgeachd: Solo Exhibition, Resipole Gallery, Ardnamurchan, 6th July – 24th August
Group Exhibtion, An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis, 14th July - 25th August
Elemental: Solo Exhibition, Talla Na Mara, Isle of Harris, September 1st – 30th
October Group Show, Strathearn Gallery, Crieff, 13th October - 10th November
End of Year Group Show, Strathearn Gallery, 17th November - 3rd January
Winter Group Show, Kilmorac Gallery, 17th November – 9th March
On a Small Scale Group Show, Open Eye Gallery, 26th November – 22nd December

2017 Murmur - Artists reflect on climate change, An Talla Solais, Ullapool, 5th August - 17th September
Autumn Show, Resipole Studios, Ardnamurchan, 1st September - 22nd October
Members Show, An Talla Solais, Ullapool, 30th September - 23rd December
Group Show, North Lands Creative Winter Show, 24th November - 2nd February

2016 Skammdegi Group Show, Salur Myndlistarfélagsins Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
Listhus Art Space Group Show, Listhus 10 Art Space, Ólafsfjörður, Iceland
Tracing the Land, Solo show, Mjólkurbúðin Gallery, Akureyri, Iceland
Moving Mountains, An Ealdhain Arts Trust, Lime Tree Gallery, Fort William
Just Landed, New Graduate Exhibition, An Talla Solais, Ullapool
Fading Light, Grampian Arts Trust, 11th May – 24th June, Aberdeen
SCOTLAND + Venice: Prospect North, Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, Venice, June - July
Image Collective, Ocean Terminal, Edinburgh, 2nd - 16th September
Dundee Science Festival, Dundee, 29th October – 13th November
Solo show, John Muir Wild Space, Pitlochry, 8th November – 4th January 2017

2015 RSW Exhibition, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
RSA New Contemporaries, Royal Scottish Academy, The Mound, Edinburgh
New Scottish Artists, Fleming Collection, Mayfair, London
Another Place, Wall Projects Solo Exhibition, Montrose
Edges, Solo Exhibition, Meffan Gallery Solo Exhibition, Forfar
DJCAD Masters Show, Duncan of Jordanstone College, Dundee
VAU Annual Members Show, Generator Projects, Dundee
Lateral North, South Block Gallery, Glasgow,
Festschrift, House for an Art Lover’s Studio Pavilion, Glasgow

Collections
2016 Royal Scottish Academy Collection, Edinburgh
University of Dundee Private Collection, Dundee
Ninewells Hospital Private Collection, Dundee

Residencies
2022 Arctic Circle Residency, Svalbard, High Arctic. October/ November
2021 Create Space Wales, Ferwig Wales, September/October
Visiting Artist, Fair Isle Studio. November/ December

2017 Visiting Artist, The International School of Graphics, Venice, 9th January - 19th February
Bothy Project, Isle of Eigg, 15th - 22nd March
Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ireland, 29th March – 12th April
Leveld Arts Centre, Norway, 25th April - 28th May
ØY Festival 2017, Papa Westray, Orkney, 16th – 20th November

2016 Cove Park Residency, Cove Park, Scotland, March
Artist in Residence, Lyth Arts Centre, Wick, March
DJCAD Artist in Residence, University of Dundee
Arctic Circle Expedition, selected worldwide artist to Svalbard, October
Sumburgh Head Artist in Residence, Shetland, November

2015 Bothy Project, Sweeney's Bothy, Isle of Eigg, January
Nes artist studios, Skagaströnd, Iceland, October - November
Listhus Skammdegi AIR Award, Ólafsfjördur, December - March

2014 Bothy Project Inshriach, Aviemore, Highland Scotland, January
Northern Isles Expedition to Shetland, July
Fljotstunga Eco Farm, Iceland, November