Selected Group Exhibitons
2026 John Ruskin Prize ‘Patience in Looking, Truth in Making’, London
2025 The Glasgow Gallery of Photography ‘Ethereal’, Glasgow
2025 Art Icon 'Static Cinema', Venice
2025 DG03 Collective 'Intro', London
2024 Photofusion 'Salon 24', London
Education
2024 MA, Photography, University of the Arts London
2022 BA, Photography, Kingston University
Selected Awards
2026 John Ruskin Prize ‘Patience in Looking, Truth in Making’: Shortlist Link
2025 1839 Art of Storytelling Contest, Conceptual/Abstract Category: Gold Link
2025 Neutral Density Photographer of the Year Contest, Fine Art - Conceptual Category: Honourable Mention Link
2025 Exposure One Awards Photographer of the Year Contest, Conceptual Category: Bronze Link
2025 reFocus Black and White Photo Contest, Conceptual Category: Gold Link
2025 Fine Art Photography Awards, Conceptual Category: Nominee Link
2024 The Sproxton Award: Shortlist
2024 Parallax Photographic Coop Outstanding Project Award
2023 reFocus Awards Black and White Photo Contest, Abstract Category: Silver Link
Interviews and Publications
2025 reFocus Black and White Photo Contest, Contest Winner: Bronze Interview
2025 Ephemere Tokyo: Collective Book ‘Neither Here, Nor There’ Link
2025 Ephemere Tokyo: Collective Book ‘Anarchyº2’ Link
2024 Zone Magazine: Third Collective Book 'Z3NE' Link
Tzion Essel is a London-based artist and educator whose practice centres on narrative, storytelling, and an ongoing dialogue with the complexities of the human condition and our relationship to the natural world. Drawing from the traditions of classical art and the Pictorialist movement, his work adopts a cinematic, painterly, and monochromatic aesthetic to construct images that invite spiritual and philosophical reflection.
He has exhibited both in the UK and internationally, and his work has received multiple recognitions. He was recently shortlisted for the John Ruskin Art Prize and awarded an Honourable Mention at the Neutral Density Awards. He holds a BA in Photography from Kingston University and an MA in Photography from the University of the Arts London.
His work has been published in Zone Magazine and Ephemere Tokyo. He is a member of the DG03 Collective and currently contributes to photographic education as a guest critic at Kingston University.
