About the Artist

Biography

Kinga Elliott (b. 1967, Budapest, Hungary) is a painter based in Aberdeenshire. She graduated from Gray’s School of Art, Aberdeen, in 2020. Her work has been exhibited widely, including at the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the British Art Fair at the Saatchi Gallery in London.

Elliott has received numerous national awards and prizes, including the Scottish Arts Club Prize (2024), RSA Patrons Award (2022), David and June Gordon Memorial Trust Award (2022), Glasgow Print Studio Publication Prize (2022), Royal Scottish Academy John Kinross Scholarship to Florence (2020), J. Gordon Brown Memorial Painting Prize (2020), and Scottish Cancer Prevention Network Art & Design Prize for Creative Communication (2019). She worked as a supporting painter on a collaborative project for British Art Show 9 (2021) and served as a Professional Development Ambassador for Scotland + Venice at the 56th Venice Biennale (2015).

Her work is held in collections including the Royal Scottish Academy, Glasgow Print Studio, and Robert Gordon University. Since 2024, Elliott has been a visiting lecturer in Fine Art at Gray’s School of Art.

Her paintings explore manifestations of light, colour, dynamism, balance and interconnectedness. Having studied physics and mathematics in her early years, Elliott often draws on scientific forms as starting points for her paintings. Central to her practice is an ongoing interest in the nature of light. This led her to cyanotype, a process in which light itself plays an active role in creating the image. These cyanotypes become starting points for further painterly development using ink, acrylic paint and resin.

The titles of her works refer to the coding systems of online platforms. Through seemingly random combinations of words, she creates titles that evoke atmosphere and musicality.