His practice deals with the notion of ‘home’, working with small rural communities, often relying on inherent or local knowledge to inform a sense of place. In 2014 he participated in Plat(t)form at Fotomuseum Winterthur in 2014 and his work has been exhibited at TULCA Visual Arts Festival, PhotoIreland and Belfast Exposed. In 2013 Ellis spent three months as a visiting lecturer and artist in residence at the Nagenda International Academy of Art, Uganda.