Benjamin Phillips

London, United Kingdom

About Benjamin Phillips

Benjamin Phillips is an artist who uses everything from paint brushes to power tools to create large-scale, mixed-media compositions on handmade wooden panels. By developing his own unique art-making techniques he is able to marry his history—as the son of a master craftsman, oil painter and driftwood sculptor—with his interest in the contemporary urban landscape and is able to connect seemingly disparate ideas through form and materials. Many of the collage elements in his work are culled directly from the streets of London. Once back in his studio, he incorporates these ephemera into his work to create a contemporary abstraction. He gathers public imagery to repurpose towards his own aesthetic. Through this work, he explores the relationship between materiality and urban landscapes. Like the layers that make up the human consciousness, the layers of his work include posters, flyers, graffiti, and other aspects of urban archaeology that comprise the city’s psyche. The fragmented, textural, topographical nature of his work reflects the city’s ever-changing surfaces, which have accrued years of printed matter. His work is a snapshot of a specific moment. It combines many cultures and many stories into individual works of art, both calling to mind London’s sensory overload of colours, noises, and smells and allowing viewers to determine the works’ dynamic meaning and social impact for themselves. Benjamin Phillips lives and works in London, England and his work is exhibited and collected worldwide.

Education:

Classic and Contemporary Art education incorporating Fine Art, Art History and Lens & Digital Media.

Graduated as a Bachelor of Arts with an Honours degree from the University of Hertfordshire, England.

A Level Art and a Foundation Diploma In Art and Design.

Exhibitions:

Urban & Pop Art - A group show and auction of artworks handpicked from a variety of today's artists. House Of Vans, London, 2020.

The Other Art Fair - London, Truman Brewery, London, Spring 2020. Presented by Saatchi.

The Other Art Fair - London, West Handyside Canopy, Kings Cross, 4-7 July 2019. Presented by Saatchi.

THE SUMMER AUCTION a group show and auction of 48 artworks handpicked from a variety of today's artists. Candid Arts, Islington, London July 2019.

Euroart Exhibition London 2019. Exhibited and Curated.

PAPER | SCISSORS | STONE - An exhibition and auction of high quality works on paper, textiles and sculpture.

Alon Zakaim Fine Art in Mayfair, London. Nov 2018.

Euroart Exhibition London 2018. Exhibited and Curated.

Selected by Saatchi Art Chief Curator Rebecca Wilson as a 'Must See' artist...

https://canvas.saatchiart.com/art/art-news/rebecca-wilsons-6-must-see-artists-at-the-other-art-fair-bristol.

The Other Art Fair - Bristol, Arnolfini, 1-3 September 2017. Presented by Saatchi accepted from over 700 applications, by a committee of art experts to exhibit my upcoming new series of mixed media wood panels.

Euroart Studios - 'Open Studios & Exhibition' - 2017
Euroart is North London’s largest artist-led studios group. Work from 70+ established and emerging artists, across all disciplines.

Brick Lane Art Gallery - 'Abstract Art.' 2017.