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ellamayart@icloud.com

Hello! I’m an Edinburgh based artist who specialises in painting.

I am interested in observational painting, using archival practices to document the everyday .

ELLA WILLIAMS

Painter

 Exhibitions and Projects

  • I have been selected as an exhibitor of the upcoming New Contemporaries Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy, a show that curates and represents a selection of graduating artists from across Scotland.

    You can read more about the exhibition via the RSA here:

  • I have produced a series of work to be exhibited by Morningside Art Gallery at Battersea Affordable Art Fair this October from the 15th to the 19th you can view a catalogue of available works here:

  • I exhibited series of large scale paintings, the culmination of a project titled ‘Dwelling’, examining narrative memory,

    I was fortunate enough to be awarded:

    The RSA John Kinross Scholarship, as well as the Helen A Rose Bequest

  • A duo of large scale murals commissioned for Uplands Roast’s new bar , The Roastery.

    You can view photographs of the process of the project here:

  • I was selected as an exhibitor at the RA Rising Stars exhibition in the spring of 2025.

    View more information here:

  • An exhibition at the Kimpton Charlotte Square celebrating female artists based in Scotland.

  • I was commissioned to produce a painting commemorating the anniversary of Susan Ferrier, a renowned Scottish writer and former resident at the Hotels seminal work ‘The Inheritance’.

    You can view more about this project here:

    Or read about the project via The George here:

  • I exhibited a triptych of paintings as a part of the group exhibition, Versions Galore at the RSA, a show of works that sought to reinterpret existing pieces held in the RSA’s extensive permanent collections.

    You can view more about the project here:

Latest Project

The Edinburgh Archives,
Launching early next year

say hello!

email me: ellamayart@icloud.com

or find me on instagram @ellawilliamsart

shows and commissions …

Intercontinental the George Hotel Edinburgh ( Ferrier commission 2024)

Versions Galore’ ( A group show between Edinburgh College of Art and the RSA 2024)