Ben Ashton
Ben Ashton, SIX, 2012 (oil on board)
b. London, 1983.
Education
MFA Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, 2006-2008
BA Hons Fine Art, Newcastle University, 2002-2006 (First Class)
Art Foundation, Abingdon College, 2001-2002 (Distinction)
Awards
BP Portrait Award 2012, The National Portrait Gallery, London
Solo Exhibitions
At Home with the Ashtons, Simon Oldfield, 2011
Ben Ashton, Simon Oldfield, 2009
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Courtship of the Peoples, Simon Oldfield, London
BP Portrait Award 2012, The National Portrait Gallery, London
2011
Apartment, Bloomsbury Square, London,
Shifting Boundaries, Brighton Phoenix, Brighton
2010
The House of Voltaire, Studio Voltaire, London
Get on, Get in, Get out, Holster Projects, London
2009
The Brain Unravelled, Slade Research Centre, London
2008
Ascension, Simon Oldfield, London
Figurative Painting Prize, The Boundary Gallery
2007
Toronto Art Fair
Residencies & Other
2011. The Polyhedron Project, Queen Square/The Art Workers Guild, London
2010. The Bloomsbury Festival, Open Studio, London
2009. Whitechapel Gallery patrons visit & curator-led tour, 2009 Solo Show
2008. The Bloomsbury Studio, Artist in Residence (2008-2011)
2008. Suspending Disbelief, The Slade Summer School, Artist in Residence
2007. The Deconstruction of Illusion, Sassoon Gallery, Artist in Residence
Ben Ashton / BP Portrait Award 2012
Ben Ashton has been selected to exhibit new work, Lindsay Lohan - pictured below - in the BP Portrait Award 2012, which opens on 21 June 2012 at The National Portrait Gallery. The work will then tour as part of the...read more
The Polyhedron Project
Off Site | 22-23 October 2011 | Queen Square, Bloomsbury, WC1Ben Ashton presents The Polyhedon Project; a giant installation erected in Queen Square, Bloomsbury, which will house a camera obscura and optical installations. The Art Workers Guild will host an exhibition of drawings which accompany...read more
Ben Ashton in Brighton
Ben Ashton is the headline artist in Shifting Boundaries at Phoenix, Brighton 7 May - 12 June 2011. http://www.phoenixarts.org/exhibitions/258-shifting-boundaries.html...read more
Notion Magazine Feature Simon Oldfield Gallery & Ben Ashton
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The Groucho Club acquires new work by Ben Ashton
The Groucho Club has acquired Drake, a new painting on copper by Ben Ashton. This painting is the final piece in a series of work completed in 2009/2010. We are very excited and looking forward to seeing it hung in...read more
Ben Ashton's exhibition selected for curator-led FirstThursday's bus tour
IntroductionSimon Oldfield Gallery supports emerging artists by providing studio facilities and exciting opportunities for exhibiting artworks. Simon Oldfield is the founder of The Bloomsbury Studio, which opened in 2008, offering subsidized live/work spaces for young artists. Simon Oldfield Gallery also...read more
Pamela McMenamin on Ben Ashton's exhibition
Simon Oldfield interviewed by Elizabeth Day from The Osberver about Pop Life: Art in a Material World at the Tate ModernThe Observer...read more
Alex Nikiporenko and Jordan Hunt perform at Ben Ashton's opening
Alex Nikiporenko and Jordan Hunt played at the opening of Ben Ashton’s exhibition on 13 October 2009. Alex and Jordan are two of Britain’s most talented young composers/performers. Alex was the winner of the BBC Proms/Guardian’s Young Composer of the...read more
Hardeep Singh-Kohli discusses Ben Ashton in The Scotland on Sunday
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Ben Ashton in FirstThursdays
Ben Ashton’s show opened to critical acclaim on 13 October and is listed on FirstThursday's site:FirstThursdays...read more
