Nick Ellwood

A series of drawings made on location while in Calais. Recording the people and stories behind the migrant crisis and headlines. Currently part of the an exhibition at York Art Gallery – ‘The Sea is the Limit – 11 international artists exploring the current and ongoing issues of migration, dispossession and national borders. Running until September 2018.’

The drawings from Calais have also been exhibited by the Migration Museum and will form part of an upcoming exhibition in winter 2018 at the House of Illustration in London, showing reportage artists working within the migration crisis today.

The Guardian Review

Sketches made on location at the Royal Norfolk Show and agricultural fair. Celebrating the best in show! Developed illustrations coming soon…

Creating an illustrated map, character drawings for interpretation design & for a children’s activity trail plus a set of seasonal illustrations for leaflet covers & designs to help promote this stunning English Heritage site in North Yorkshire, including new pre-raphaelite gardens designed by Chris Beardshaw, a historic Arts and Crafts house and a medieval Carthusian priory and a stoat colony!

Creating an installation and series of large scale illustrations for the National Coal Mining year long exhibition on Nationalisation ‘For The People By The People’ .

Illustrations for a children’s guide book and trail in Fairfax House Museum. Awarded the Frances Garnham Award for innovation in education Historic Houses Association.