Benjamin Sullivan RP

Benjamin Sullivan was born in Grimsby. He studied painting and drawing at Edinburgh College of Art, graduating in 2000. Since then, he has established a growing reputation as a figurative painter.

His work has been widely exhibited, including at the Royal Academy and National Portrait Gallery. He was elected a member of the New English Art Club and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters in 2001 and 2003 respectively, becoming the youngest person to be elected to those institutions. In 2009, he was made a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers. His work is to be found in numerous public and private collections, including the National Portrait Gallery, the Royal Scottish Academy, Parliament House, Edinburgh, and several Oxford and Cambridge Colleges.

Image: Benjamin Sullivan RP, Self-Portrait

Ben Sullivan's Portrait of HM The Queen

RP Member Benjamin Sullivan unveiled his commissioned portrait of HM The Queen celebrating the RAF Club’s 100th Anniversary. The portrait includes numerous personal links between himself and this commission, such as in the background you will see a Spitfire – ‘S’ for ‘Strike’ – from 253 Squadron from which the artist’s grandfather, F/Lt JM Sullivan, flew over Albania during WW2.

Read more about this portrait of HM The Queen by Benjamin Sullivan here