Ben Russell

Contemporary stone sculpture for the home and garden inspired by nature and the grown world.

Ben Russell is a stone sculptor based in West Dorset, UK. He works in a variety of stones including limestone local to the UK and alabaster, marble and onyx from around the world.

'When producing my work I use a mixture of the traditional skills learnt from my time in the heritage industry whilst employing a fairly spontaneous direct carving approach. Having fallen for the charms of stone I take inspiration from the grown world within the landscape and habitats that surround me in the rolling hills of West Dorset. I am fascinated by the interaction of seemingly soft and flowing organic forms within a hard natural material and strive to capture something of the way in which I saw the grown environment as a child. I encourage the viewer to question our place on the planet and evoke a realisation that we must respect nature in order to survive as a species. It feels ever more important to me to reconnect with the forms that enthralled me growing up. By creating these sculptures I feel closer to nature and myself and hope to awaken this feeling in others'

2009 - 2011 City and Guilds of London Art School, Post Graduate Diploma in Historic/Architectural Stone Carving


2007 - 2009 Weymouth College, Foundation degree in Applied architectural Stonework and Conservation

SOLO SHOWS

The Cactus House - Hignell Gallery. 2017


GROUP SHOWS

on form 22 - Asthall Manor, Burford 2022
Lucinda Dalton Spring Show - Portobello Road, London 2022
Moorwood Art Spring Show - Bruton, Somerset 2022
Affordable Art Fair - Battersea London 2022
Lucinda Dalton Winter Show - Kings Road, London Dec 2021
In conversation with Merlin Sheldrake - Asthall Manor, Burford. Dec 2021
Moorwood Art Summer Show - Bruton, Somerset 2021
Affordable Art Fair - Battersea London 2021
Sculpture at the Walled Garden - Moreton, Dorset 2021
Dorset Art Weeks - Open studios 2021
on form unlocked - Asthall Manor, Burford 2021
on form 20 - Online exhibition (due to covid19) 2020
The Great British Summer - Thompsons Gallery London 2020
National Sculpture Prize Summer Exhibition - Broomhill Sculpture Park 2019
Sculpture at Doddington Hall - Doddington, Lincolnshire 2018
Sculpture and Ceramics V edition - Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, London 2018
on form18 - Asthall Manor, Burford. 2018
Sculpture at The Walled Garden - Moreton, Dorset 2018
The Garden Gallery at Architectural Plants - Pulborough 2018
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