Elliott Wilcox is a London based, British photographer who is currently studying at the University of Westminster, MA Photographic Studies. He graduated from the University of Wales, Newport with a BA in Photographic Art in 2008. He has been the recipient of several awards including a Judges Award at the Nikon Discovery Awards and a New York Photo Award in 2009. Elliott recently won a prestigious Lucie Award for the Discovery of the Year at the International Photography Awards. 

Elliott has exhibited internationally and in the UK, his work was part of Singapore’s first International Photography Festival and selected for both Catalyst Arts Belfast and the Crane Kalman Gallery Brighton’s Graduate showcase exhibitions. His work was part of the recent show ‘PRUNE – Abstracting Reality’ at FOAM Gallery Amsterdam guest curator Kathy Ryan, editor of the New York Times Magazine.  

His work is featured in the Magenta Foundation’s latest publication on the future of photography, focusing on emerging talent, ‘Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers 2009’, The New York Photography Festival and in the New York Photo Awards Annual 2009. Elliott is also featured in FOAM magazine’s Talent issue and FOAM Gallery’s 2010 Annual. 

Wilcox has also been a part of the BBC’s latest Documentary – School of Saatchi. His work beat thousands of applicants to be in the last 10 artists involved in the show. Elliott was the only photographic artist to make it through to the final stages, a testament to the quality of his photographic works. 

Forthcoming projects for 2010 include an artist run exhibition featuring works from artists affiliated with ‘MurmurArt’ which is set to run in autumn 2010. Later this year Elliott is hoping to exhibit his work ‘Courts’ in his first ever solo show in London. Elliott hopes to continue developing his photographic practice and pushing the boundaries of his medium. Wilcox is currently working on two new projects.

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