Benjamin Sullivan (born 1977 in Grimsby) is an English artist best known for portraiture. He lives and works in Suffolk.
Benjamin Sullivan | |
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Born | Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, England | 10 May 1977
Education | Edinburgh College of Art |
Known for | Painting |
Benjamin Sullivan studied painting and drawing at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2000.[1] 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.[2]
In 2007 he won the Lynn Painter-Stainers Prize.[3] His work is to be found in numerous public and private collections, including the National Portrait Gallery, London.[4]
In 2009 he became artist in residence at All Souls College, Oxford, where he undertook a large commission depicting College staff.[5][6] The resulting work, The All Souls Triptych, was displayed at the Ashmolean Museum[7][8] in 2012 and now sits in one of Nicholas Hawksmoor's twin towers at All Souls College.[9] In 2014 Sullivan was appointed artist in residence at the Reform Club.[10] .
In 2017, Sullivan won first place in the BP Portrait awards for "Breech!", a portrait of his wife breast-feeding their infant daughter.[11]