Ben Guiver

born 1972 newmarket

Ben Guiver Artist Biography

Ben Guiver is an artist who has a background in psychiatry and music. He has received commissions from Resonance 104fm, The Guardian and the Institute of Psychiatry (Maudsley Hospital, London). His work ranges between abstraction to more focussed pieces examining public and private space, group dynamics, and the similarity between micro and macro social dynamics.

Ben studied politics and philosophy at Leeds University 1990-93, and learnt to mix records during this time, subsequently playing at nights such as Coalesce (London), The Electronic Lounge (I.C.A., London), Anokha (Blue Note, London), Its Obvious (Leeds Warehouse), Back to Basics (Music Factory, Leeds) and on the Leeds pirate station Dream FM. He has undertaken pre-production and writing work in occasional music projects, for example with the cult indie band Picture Center (Vinyl Japan/North American Recordings) and graphic design for other artists (King Brillo). He associated for some time with the Project X, Smokescreen and DIY sound-systems that operated out of Leeds, Sheffield and Derby respectively, and additionally the now defunct London based studio Ultimate Brain run by Graham MacMahon (St Pancra...