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Born

1977

About
Benjamin lives and works in London, UK. His work is often based on experiences from travels to remote parts of the world, but often focuses on the familiar as much as the exotic. He is interested in the ideas we often take to places rather than from them.

His recent solo exhibition featured paintings based on the interiors of modest tea lodges in the Himalayas. Featuring everyday-looking domestic objects placed before the spectacular backdrop of the mountains, they upend the Romantic archetypes often attributed to mountain scenery.

The interiors also feature patterns and fabric designs from different cultures, indicating that cultural ideas are mutable and constantly shifting.

Solo Exhibitions
‘Close Distance’ JGM Gallery, London (2022)
'The Tea House Paintings', TM Lighting Gallery (2022)

Group Exhibitions
Edgelands Turps Gallery, London (2024)
Cubitt 30 Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Horizon Cello Factory, London (2022)

Contemporary British Painting Prize 2023 (Finalist)

Residencies
PADA Studios (2018)
Joya Art+Ecologica, Andalucia, Spain (2017)
Listhus, Olafsfjordur, Iceland (2015) KIAC Dawson City, Yukon, Canada (2008)
University of Kathmandu, Nepal (2005)
Hospitalfield Trust, Arbroath, Scotland (2002)

Please visit www.bendeakin.co.uk for more information about Benjamin and his work.

About
Benjamin lives and works in London, UK. His work is often based on experiences from travels to remote parts of the world, but often focuses on the familiar as much as the exotic. He is interested in the ideas we often take to places rather than from them.

His recent solo exhibition featured paintings based on the interiors of modest tea lodges in the Himalayas. Featuring everyday-looking domestic objects placed before the spectacular backdrop of the mountains, they upend the Romantic archetypes often attributed to mountain scenery.

The interiors also feature patterns and fabric designs from different cultures, indicating that cultural ideas are mutable and constantly shifting.

Solo Exhibitions
‘Close Distance’ JGM Gallery, London (2022)
'The Tea House Paintings', TM Lighting Gallery (2022)

Group Exhibitions
Edgelands Turps Gallery, London (2024)
Cubitt 30 Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Horizon Cello Factory, London (2022)

Contemporary British Painting Prize 2023 (Finalist)

Residencies
PADA Studios (2018)
Joya Art+Ecologica, Andalucia, Spain (2017)
Listhus, Olafsfjordur, Iceland (2015) KIAC Dawson City, Yukon, Canada (2008)
University of Kathmandu, Nepal (2005)
Hospitalfield Trust, Arbroath, Scotland (2002)

Please visit www.bendeakin.co.uk for more information about Benjamin and his work.