Biography
Sian Ellis Tillott (b. 1995) is a London-based artist working predominately in graphite and charcoal on paper. Combining her studies in Psychology (BSc, MSc) with a love for the natural world, Sian creates detailed botanical works, exploring the intersection of art, nature, and their restorative benefits. Drawn to a monochromatic palette, Sian captures the subtle nuances of form and texture in her botanical portraits. Sian has exhibited her work in London and Norfolk at The Gallery at Green & Stone, The Gallery Holt, and the Mall Galleries, where she has won a number of awards. Sian has recently been elected a fellow member of the Society of Botanical Artists and selected as an RBA Rising Star where she has been shortlisted as a semi-finalist for the prestigious Rome Scholarship.
Selected Group Exhibitions
RBA Rising Stars Exhibition 2024, The Royal Over-Seas League, St. James’s, London (24th April - 7th July 2024)
‘Enigma’ 2023, The Gallery Holt, Norfolk
Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition ‘Plantae 2023’, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Annual Exhibition 2023, Mall Galleries, London
Winter Exhibition ‘Works on Paper’ 2023, The Gallery at Green & Stone, London
Winners: Award Winning Artists 2020 - 2022, The Federation of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London
Society of Botanical Artists Annual Exhibition ‘Plantae 2022’, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2022, Mall Galleries, London
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition 2015, Mall Galleries, London
National Students’ Art Exhibition 2014, Mall Galleries, London
National Students’ Art Exhibition 2013, Mall Galleries, London
National Students’ Art Exhibition 2012, Mall Galleries, London
Awards
RBA Rising Star, Rome Scholarship Semi-Finalist 2024, Royal Society of British Artists
Exhibiting Excellence Award 2022, Most Contemporary Example of Botanical Art, Society of Botanical Artists
Hahnemühle Fine Art UK Award 2022, Royal Society of British Artists
The de Laszlo Foundation Prize Highly Commended 2022, Royal Society of British Artists
Student Art Scholar 2014, Royal Society of British Artists
Press
Chorleywood Magazine
Education
MSc Applied Human Resource Management, University of Exeter
MSc Organisational Psychology, Birkbeck, University of London
BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Exeter
St Clement Danes School, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire
