Trinity Ellis
Permitted Contact
Fire Control Technician First Class (FT1) David Butler of the US Olympic wrestling team attempts a takedown move against Young-Nam Kim of Korea during the XXIV Olympic Games
Archival print, wax & oil paint, mounted on Hardwood plywood with artist-made frame
96 x 120 cm
2026.


Luncheon
Ensemble
May 2025






























Trinity Ellis is a London-based artist working between photography and painting. His practice is currently concerned with the body under pressure - how images hold it, discipline it, and quietly betray what they were made to conceal. Drawing on found and archival material, Ellis submerges the photographic image within dense, worked surfaces, producing objects that resist quick looking and ask instead for patience, proximity, and heat.

His work examines masculinity as something constructed and performed: the narrow conditions under which bodies are permitted to touch, and what surfaces when those conditions begin to soften. Ellis completed his MA at the Royal College of Art in 2026. Recent recognition includes the New Photography Prize, with work held in private collections.




Shows
July 2026 
Noisy Room Projects X The Art Thread
HEATWAVE
267 York Street Gallery
London W1H 1QB

May 2026
Exhibition
Run Pony Run
The Old Waiting Room
London

February 2026
Exhibition
Green to Blue
Hockney Gallery
London





Clients/Publications
Saint Laurent
Luncheon
Burberry
AnOther 
Erdem
Timberland
A Magazine Curated by
Replica Man 
Family Style
Fantastic Man
Dazed
AnOther Man
Fashion East 
Nike

Permitted Contact
Fire Control Technician First Class (FT1) David Butler of the US Olympic wrestling team attempts a takedown move against Young-Nam Kim of Korea during the XXIV Olympic Games
Archival print, wax & oil paint, mounted on Hardwood plywood with artist-made frame
96 x 120 cm
2026
Permitted Contact
Army SPECIALIST 4 Steve R. Colling from Fort Carson, Colorade, participates in the Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics,
Archival print, wax & oil paint, mounted on Hardwood plywood with artist-made frame
96 x 120 cm
2026
Threshold
Hello?
Found door, scratched out print and telephone receiver
2026
Permitted Contact
Army SPECIALIST 4 Steve R. Colling from Fort Carson, Colorade, participates in the Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics,
Archival print, wax & oil paint, mounted on Hardwood plywood with artist-made frame
96 x 120 cm
2026
Permitted Contact
Fire Control Technician First Class (FT1) David Butler of the US Olympic wrestling team attempts a takedown move against Young-Nam Kim of Korea during the XXIV Olympic Games
Archival print, wax & oil paint, mounted on Hardwood plywood with artist-made frame
96 x 120 cm
2026
Permitted Contact
Fire Control Technician First Class (FT1) David Butler of the US Olympic wrestling team attempts a takedown move against Young-Nam Kim of Korea during the XXIV Olympic Games
Archival print, wax & oil paint, mounted on Hardwood plywood with artist-made frame
96 x 120 cm
2026
Carl Andre
Wood Saw-Cut Exercise
Wood
61 × 8.9 × 8.9 cm
1958
Joseph Beuys
Fat Chair

Wooden chair, wax, fat, and wire
Joseph Beuys
Room 2
Hessischen Landesmuseum Darmstadt
Tony Cragg
Mortar and Pestle
Mixed media, 1985
225 x 120 x 350cm
Bruce Nauman
Untitled
Fibreglass
15 x 26 x 197cm
1967
Tony Cragg
George and the Dragon
1984
Blinky Palermo
installation view
Zigzag Incisions at CRAC Alsace
2017
Carl Andre
Angle - Element Series
Two element timber piece
1960
Wolfgang Laib
The Five Mountains Not to Climb On (Die fünf unbesteigbaren Berge
Hazelnut pollen, height: approximately 2 3/4 inches
1984
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Ehre Mut Zuversicht
 
Mixed media installation
variable dimensions
1985
Wolfgang Laib
Für einen anderen Körper (For Another Body)
Beeswax, brick construction, stucco
11 ½ × 5 ¼ × 13 feet
1988
Joseph Beuys
Gelose-Objekt
Gelatin, Wax, Transformer Part
20 cm x 35 cm x 35 cm
1969
Foto: Mario Gastinger
Carl Andre
Pyramid (Square Plan)
68 7/8 x 31 x 31 in
1959
Carl Andre
Philemon
Wood (western red cedar)
91 × 91 × 91 cm
1981
Joseph Beuys
Silver Broom and Broom without Bristles
Wood and horsehair encased in a sheet, with solid copper and felt.
Measurements: 130.00 x 51.00 cm
1972
Wolfgang Laib
Ohne Titel/Untitled
1987
Peter Fischli and David Weiss
Installation view
Monika Sprüth Galerie, 
Cologne, May 5–July 29
1995

Michelangelo Pistoletto
Division and Multiplication of the Mirror
Installation view of the P.S. 1 exhibition
October 2–November 27
1988