BORN: - - England 1981 - - - - - LIVES/WORKS: - - London, England - - - - - EDUCATION: - - 2006 -2009 MA Fine art The Royal Academy School of Art 2000 -2003 BA Hons Fine Art Liverpool School of Art - - - SOLO EXHIBITIONS: - - 2006 Half Cut for Confidence Independents Biennial, Liverpool - - - SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: 2008 Group Show The Wilde Gallery, Berlin 2008 Premiums The Royal Academy of Art, London 2007 Interceptor The Peles Empire, London 2007 Ritual Abuse The Dalston Boys Hall, London 2006 The Last Gang in Town Arena Gallery, Liverpool 2005 The Jerwood Drawing Prize The Jerwood Space, London (touring) 2004 Bracket This Independents Biennial, Liverpool 2004 Hayvend Laboratories In association with, The Manchester Cornerhouse, The Baltic centre for Contemporary Art, Newcastle upon Tyne, The ICA, London, The Hayward Gallery London, The Whitechapel Gallery, London 2003 Northern Graduates The Curwen and New Academy Gallery, London - - - AWARDS & RESIDENCIES: - 2008 Peter Rippon Travel Award - - - BIBLIOGRAPHY: - 2007 Ritual Abuse Exhibition Catalogue 2005 Jerwood Drawing Prize Exhibition Catalogue 2004 Bracket This Exhibition Catalogue 2003 Northern Graduates Exhibition Catalogue - - - COLLECTIONS: - - Private Collections in United Kingdom, Italy and Germany - - ARTIST STATEMENT: - Tim Ellis paintings and installations investigate the historical and mythological narratives of belief systems. His ideas emerge from a beings primeval desire to belong to something greater than ones self. The Characters that are played out in his works are descendants from humanities rich past, each one a universal metaphor that transcend cultural history. Whether gathered to celebrate a solstice, equinox or a religious ritual, the same metaphors appear encapsulated in the temporal cycles of our world.