Haydn Cottam, born and raised in Southport, Merseyside, studied at St. Martins School of Art, London and is now living in East Sussex. Commended in The BP Portrait Award, Winner of the inaugural BP Portrait Travel Award and solo exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery. Winner, Most Promising Portrait Artist, Carroll Foundation Awards, Mall Galleries London. Work in the BBC National; Collection.

Exhibited in London, L.A, Berlin, Cardiff, Cheltenham, Sussex, Devon, Loughborough, Merseyside. Haydn is a regular exhibitor and is represented by the Catto Gallery, Hamstead, London.