Born
1977 Grimsby, N.E. Lincolnshire.
Education
1997-2000 B.A.(Hons), Drawing & Painting, Edinburgh College of Art.
1996-1997 Foundation Course, Grimsby College of Art & Design.
Exhibitions
2008 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
B.P. Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
Benjamin Sullivan and Toby Wiggins, St Barbe Museum, Lymington, Hants
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2007 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
NEAC Exhibition, Crossgate Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
NEAC Exhibition, Alresford Gallery, Hampshire
NEAC Exhibition, The Great Barn, Devon
B.P. Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
NEAC Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
NEAC Exhibition, Hereford City Art Gallery
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Exhibition, Painter's Hall, London
2006 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
B.P.Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
NEAC Annual Exhibtion, Mall Galleries, London
The Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Exhibition, Painter's Hall, London
Benjamin Sullivan and Ruth Stage, Oakham Gallery, London
2005 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
NEAC Summer Exhibition, Bankside Gallery, London
2004 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual EXhibition, Mall Galleries, London
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2003 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
NEAC by the Thames, Bankside Gallery, London
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2002 The Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London
Pastel Society Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Royal Society of Portrait Painters: Prize-winners Exhibition, NPG, London
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
B.P Portrait Award Exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, London
The Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2001 The Hunting Art Prize, Royal College of Art, London
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
The Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2000 Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh
Two Counties Art Exhibition, Highcliff Castle, Dorset
NEAC Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
Awards
Elisabeth Greenshields Grant, Quebec, Canada
Carrol Foundation Prize, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, London
Young Artist of the Year Runner-up Prize, Hunting Art Prize, London
Purvis Prize for Painting, NEAC, London (2000,2001)
Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers Prize, NEAC, London
John Kinross Scholarship to Florence, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Manya Igel Fine Art Scholarship, NEAC, London
Andrew Grant Memorial Scholarship, Edinburgh College of Art
Winner of the Lynn Painter Stainers Prize 2007
Bill Patterson Memorial Prize, NEAC, London
Collections
Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
Parliament House, Edinburgh
Institute of Civil Engineers, London
University College, Oxford
All Souls College, Oxford
Girton College, Cambridge
National Portrait Gallery, London
Standard Chartered
Memberships
New English Art Club (2001-)
Royal Society of Portrait Painters (2003-)
Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers (2009-)