Lamyaa Elgen

My name is Lamyaa Elgen (b.1995), and I am a British-Moroccan self-taught landscape painter and cinematic composer based in the Vale of White Horse, in the South West Oxfordshire countryside.

Born and raised in St Albans, Hertfordshire, I grew up as a curious, undiagnosed autistic and ADHD child, finding a deep sense of comfort and calm in the changing landscapes around me. Traditional and atmospheric landscape painting inspired by Turner became places of refuge - spaces where I could observe, respond and make sense of the world without words.

Fluctuating seasons, light and movement helped me understand my lived experience of non-visible disability, chronic illness and later-diagnosed neurodivergence, and what it truly means to find visibility in the Sublime.

My debut collection follows my experience as a Wildcard Winner on Sky Arts Landscape Artist of the Year, Series 11 Heat 4, filmed at Crow Park in the Lake District.

In celebration, my debut series explores access and the subtle removal of barriers to the magnificence and luminosity of the Lake District through a different lens: one that is slower, gentler and compassionate.