ABOUT / CV
“Her lively palette and use of loose brush marks is what initially drew me to her paintings, but digging deeper it’s clear to see the force and vitality that goes into the very physical process of painting.”
Natalie Staples
Director at Cambridge Contemporary Art
Georgia is a contemporary artist living in Buckinghamshire, England. Surrounded by countryside and woodland she is inspired by the changing seasons and landscapes. Her paintings are vibrant & intuitive response to her surroundings, capturing the energy, colour and pace of nature.
She enjoys the immediacy of working outside, en pléin air. Rapidly responding to everything the landscape has to offer; colour, light, sound, scale, shape, texture, energy and earthiness. Her work is alive with movement and colour. Energetic mark-making infuse the paintings with urgency, while colours are pulled directly from nature. Back in the studio Georgia relishes working large scale & this begins with finding colours that resonate with her on an emotional level.
“Colour can entirely change my mood, I’ve found I can get out of a lull by simply painting a huge canvas canary yellow & that dark ‘on trend’ walls in my home pull me down. Finding colour’s that make me tick, that make me feel something is essential for starting new work; and the joy is that these are always changing.”
Each painting has it’s own journey, Georgia never plans an image or colour palette as this hinders her from painting with complete freedom and emotion. The marks, energy and shapes from painting in nature spill into the work in unexpected ways. As she bounces between multiple canvases the paintings evolve through many layers building a depth and richness to them.
Ultimately, Georgia aims to create an instinctive and emotional response to our ever-changing natural environment, through a language of marks and colour.
Education
BA (hons) Illustration, University for the Creative Arts, Kent 2013
Foundation Art & Design, Bournemouth Arts University, 2009
Bio
Having worked as a freelance illustrator in Brighton for many years, Georgia felt a need to scale up after relocating to the countryside in Buckinghamshire (England) in 2018. She exhibits regularly through select galleries, collaborates with interior designers and shows at renound art fairs (The Affordable Art Fair London, Manchester Art Fair & The Other Art Fair London). Her work has been featured in magazine’s, including ‘The Cambridge Critique’ after her first solo exhibition in 2023 and a number of her prints can be found in John Lewis. Her piece 'Unforgiving Elements' was exhibited at The Oxo Tower in London as part of the Chaiya Art Prize and long listed for the Jackson Painting Prize 2022.
Her paintings adorn private and commercial spaces worldwide, residing in Europe, Canada, America & Australia. Working directly with clients and interior designers Georgia takes on commissions, get in touch if you’d like to discuss your ideas further.
Georgia exhibiting at The Oxo Tower, London.
A painting demonstration at Cambridge Contemporary Art
Exhibiting at Manchester Art Fair
Gallery Representation
Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge
Gallery 5, Salcome, Devon
Selected Group & Solo Exhibitions
Duo Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art, 2025 Affordable Arts Fair, Hampstead Heath with Ad Lib Gallery, 2025
Small Works Winter Exhibition, Spring Cheltenham, 2024
Affordable Arts Fair, Battersea with Ad Lib Gallery, 2024
Duo Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art, 2024
The Oxo Tower, Chaiya Art Awards Finalist Show, London, 2023 Solo Exhibition, Cambridge Contemporary Art, Cambridge, 2023 Summer Exhibition, The Art Buyer, Surrey, 2023. Winter Exhibition, Ad Lib Gallery, London 2023
Charity Art Auction, Highgate Contemporary Art, London, 2020
Achievements
2025 Live Painting Demonstration at Cambridge Contemporary Art, part of The Cambridge Arts Festival
2024 Shortlisted, Livingstone St Ives, Open Call, Cornwall
2023 Finalist, Chaiya Art Awards, Group Exhibition at The Oxo Tower, London, Painting selected ‘Unforgiving Elements’
2023 Collaboration, John Lewis, Art Print’s selected ‘Unforgiving Elements’ & ‘Shifting Skies'& ‘Side Swept’
2023 Live Painting Demonstration at Cambridge Contemporary Art, as part of my solo exhibition
2022 Long-listed, Jacksons Painting prize, paintings selected ‘Unforgiving Elements’
2021 Finalist, All She Makes & PXP Competition. 3 paintings selected for exhibition with PXP Gallery.
2021 Shortlisted, VAO21, Visual Art Open UK & International Emerging Artist Award.
2021 Finalist, Absent Gallery, 2 paintings selected, ‘Hope In The Air’ & ‘Seagrass’
2013 Shortlisted, AOI World Illustration Awards
Interview with The Art Buyer: "Interview with artist Georgia Elliott" // JUN 2023
Article in Brand You Magazine: "3 Years, 2 Babies, 1 Solo Show" // JUN 2023
Article in The Cambridge Critique: "Georgia Elliott at Cambridge Contemporary" // MAR 2023
Work featured in Good Housekeeping Magazine //MAR 2021
Work featured in InStyle Magazine // NOV 2021