Elizabeth Bessant

Elizabeth Bessant is an award-winning artist who lives and works in London.
She started her career as a silkscreen printmaker in the 1980s’ quickly establishing her reputation with exhibitions at the Royal Academy, many UK galleries plus international
exhibitions in New York, LA and Paris.
Her journey has taken her through 28 years as a couture designer where fashion became her medium of expression dressing society women, couture brides and celebrities. Now she focuses on her artwork. Elizabeth appeared in Sky Arts ‘Landscape Artist of the Year’ in 2022.
In her early career, she specialised in printmaking and exhibitions included: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1982, 1983, 1985; New York Art Expo 1987, 1988, 1989;
California Art Expo 1987, 1988, 1989; NEC Birmingham 1988; Atlantis Paper Awards Exhibition 1984 (won best print in show). By 1987 she was already listed in Who’s Who
in International Art.
Since returning to her art practice many accolades have followed, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Artists in 2018.
In 2024 Elizabeth had a solo exhibition called
“Refashioned” at Ad Lib Gallery, Wimbledon, one of the artworks “Lady or Tramp” has been selected for the Women in Art Fair at the Mall Galleries. A feature thr...

Alfred Sutton Girls' School (Reading) 1969 to 1974
Newport College of Art (South Wales) 1979 to 1982 BA (honours) degree in
Graphic Design specialising in Printmaking
Wimbledon School of Art (London) 1982 to 1984 Post Graduate Diploma in
Printmaking

Whitechapel Galleries bi-annual Open Exhibition, short-listed 2021
Sky Arts Landscape Artist of The Year TV program 2022
Parallax Art Fair, London 2023
Signet Contemporary Art, London 2023
Ad Lib Gallery, London, solo exhibition 2024
Women in Art Fair, Mall Galleries, London 2024
“Birds” exhibition, Women in Arts Network 2025
The Artist Lounge, Chelsea Waterside, London 2025
Federation of British Artists, Mall Galleries, London 2025
Parallax Art Fair, London 2026
Society of Graphic Fine Arts, Mall Galleries, London 2026
Wine Art Gallery, New Orleans, USA 2026
Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition, short-listed 2026

Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition 1982, 1983, 1987
Royal West of England Academy Annual Exhibition 1982, 1983
Municipal Galleries and Museum, Newport, S.Wales 1982
Tredegar House, Newport, S.Wales 1982
Welsh Arts Council 1982
Art Centre, Chepstow, solo exhibition 1982, 1984
Station Gallery, Chepstow, solo exhibition 1982
Old Bell Galleries, Chepstow, 1982, 1983, 1984
Medici Society, London, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Thumb Gallery, London, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
The Business Galleries, Royal Academy of Arts 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Railings Gallery, London 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Arnolfini Galleries, Bristol 1983
The R...