Joshua Benmore

Artist. Photographer. Illustrator.
ROMANTIC ESCAPISM channeling nostalgia and belonging. 

Depicting a portrayal of organic, sensitive, thoughts and narratives,  I aim to look at the art of living and what that means for personal happiness. Considering the fleeting flash of sentimental memories  and conversations, my paintings strive to make even just one person feel seen. I love embellishing normal everyday moments to make them as special and saturated as they look when you remember them back.

In my work I love to make flowers act and take on the role of environments, people, and inner thoughts.  I fragment portraits with contemporary colour choices, to reveal the emotion and facets it takes to make a human. Landscapes and their dreamy palettes reveal time for personal reflection with statement typography of musings that have inspired me whilst I paint.

A central figure alongside the stems of flowers, and groups of people is the overarching symbolism of upward growth and the blossoming of personal spirit - whether it be an oil painting of a book that takes you back to fond memories in the summer, or a large scale artwork that invites you to join a group of figures all looking for the same feeling of safety and acceptance.

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BA Hons Falmouth University. Fashion Photography & Fine Art

Visions Of the Future. NFT Exhibition 2022
CourtX. Rotate. 2022
Wall Street Journal. Onwards and upwards. 2021
Gallery Colchester. Wild at art. 2021
Saatchi Rising Stars “35 Under 35” Artists to Invest In. 2020
The Other Art Fair LA. 2020
Zebra One Gallery. ‘We’re All In This Together’. 2020
Saatchi Featured Collection and printed Catalogues. 2019
Radisson Red Artist of the Month. 2018
Noctis Magazine. Cosmic Issue. 2017
Picture This. Hoxton Gallery. London. 2016.
Picture This part II. Falmouth 2016
Wonderland. Essex 2013
Young Artists Upcoming. Chelmsford. County Hall. 2012
Triangle Gallery. Frinton. 2012
WALL STREET JOURNAL. WSJ ONWARDS AND UPWARDS EXHIBITON. USBEK & RICA (France). THE OTHER ART FAIR. WINSOR AND NEWTON. SAATCHI ART CATALOGUES. SAATCHI ART COLLECTIONS. NOCTIS MAGAZINE. RADISSON. DESIRE HOMME. LEWIS. KUHL. THE PINK PRINCE. LOVE YOU TO DEATH. MAJESTIGAL.  FOULMOUTH. THE BECKERMANS. PICTURE THIS @ HOXTON GALLERY. PICTURE THIS FALMOUTH EXHIBITION.  VISUAL ART OPEN. PHOTOGRAPHY WORK FEATURED AT BBC. VARIOUS FILM FESTIVALS.