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Ben Joiner

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Education

1981-1982

1978 -1981

1977-1978

Chelsea School of Art

M.A Sculpture

Chelsea School of Art, BA (Hons)

Sculpture, First Class

Harrow School of Art

Foundation Studies

Teaching experience

1999 - 2018

2011- 2013

1993 -1994

1984 -1985

1983 -1984

Course Leader (Principal Lecturer) BA (Hons) Fine Art Mixed Media,

University Westminster

Joint Course Leader MA Art & Media Practice

Joint founder of BA Hons Fine Art Art Mixed Media

Visiting Lecturer

Chelsea School of Art | Kingston School of Art

Visiting Lecturer

Falmouth School of Art | Norwich School of Art

Curation

2018

2017

2016

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

2005

1993

“Buffet d’art” Hestercombe House Somerset.

Group exhibition jointly curated with Peggy Atherton, Maria Bartolo

“Buffet d’art” Ambika P3 London.

Group exhibition jointly curated with Peggy Atherton, Maria Bartolo

“Buffet d’art” Meinblau Projekterum, Berlin.

Group exhibition jointly curated with Peggy Atherton, Maria Bartolo

“The troubled craftsman” London Gallery West exhibition jointly curated with Nina Triverdi.

Artists: Renata Bandeira, Rikki Turner, Amelia Sheibani, Emily Oakes, Claudia Cassasola.

“I do” PG Gallery, Istanbul Curator and exhibitor group exhibition.

Peggy Atherton, Kerry Stewart, Pete Owen, Maria Bartolo, Raine Smith, Natasha Kidd, Annie Davey, Ali Dolanbay

Meinblau Projekterum, Berlin, curator and exhibitor group exhibition.

Artists Peggy Atherton, Kerry Stewart, Pete Owen, Maria Bartolo, Raine Smith, Natasha Kidd, Annie Davey, Ali Dolanbay

“Responsive Eye” London Gallery West, Alumni Exhibition of Painting.

Artists Oscar Murillo, Mandy El-Sayegh, Rikki Turner

“Nothing gold can stay”.Meinblau Projekterum Berlin.

Jointly curated Alumni exhibition with Nina Triverdi. Artists Oscar Murillo, Renata Bandeira, Rikki Turner, Amelia Sheibani, Emily Oakes, Claudia Cassasola

Coordinator MMFA Alumni Exhibition London Gallery West

Harrow Arts Festival - Joint exhibition curator

Awards/Commissions

Exhibitions

2021

2011

2010

2009

2008

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1994

1992

1991

1990

1989

1988

1986

1984

1983

1980

CEOS Open Studio

CEOS Open Studio Exhibition

Haringey Townhall CEOS Exhibition

‘Ubudoda’, Metropolitan Gallery, Cape Town, S. Africa

‘Machos y Munecas’, Casa Elizalde, Barcelona

‘Men & Masculinities’, James Hockey Gallery, Farnham

Harriet Green Gallery, Soho, London - One person Exhibition

• ‘Art Now’, Eirlys Tynan Gallery, London

• Harrow Arts Festival - Group Show

• Darwin Museum, Kent

• ‘Men & Masculinities’, Watermans Art Centre, London 1995

• ‘Men a Space for Reflection’, Regent Street & The Tabernacle Gallery London

• ‘Red Dot’, Royal Academy of Arts, London

• ‘Outpost’, Edinburgh Festival & Venice Biennale

• ‘Adsite’, Central London Bus Shelters. ‘Outpost’, Edinburgh Festival
• Stansell Gallery, Taunton, Somerset

Canterbury Sculpture - KIAD Whitechapel Open Studio, London

• Canterbury Sculpture Exhibition, KIAD
H. Zellweger Gallery, Lugano, Switzerland Phillips Fine Art,

London - Green Party Fundraising Auction ‘Safe’, Kings Cross, London
• Smiths Gallery, London - Green Party Fundraising Auction. Robinson Road.

London - Open Studio Whitechapel, London - Open Studio

Canterbury Sculpture Exhibition KIAD.

British Art, Basel, H. Zellweger Gallery, Switzerland

Whitechapel gallery, London - Open Studio

• Robinson Road, London - Open Studio

• The London Group, Kensington Gore, London

• The Woodlands Gallery, London

• The Warehouse Show, London

• The Camden Annual - Arkwright Road, London

• ‘Room on the Ground Floor’, Chisenhale Works, London

• Robinson Road, London - Open Studio

• Showroom Gallery, London

• Chelsea School of Art, London

• Robinson Road, London

• Open Studio Cafe Gallery, London

Showroom Gallery, London

‘New Contemporaries’, ICA, London 1978 ‘Capital Elms’, Hyde Park, London

2004

1990

1988

1985

1982

Sculpture Commission, Cavendish Campus, London. Work commissioned by G.M.Rock Townsend & University of Westminster

Leamington Spa - commission - shortlist1990 Brent Magistrates Court – commission

Malcolm Puttick - commission

1983 Greater London Arts Award

British Wax Sponsorship - materials

Purchases

2004

1990

1983

1999

1996

1995

1991

1990

1989

Cavendish Campus Commissions 1990 H. Zellweger, Basel, Switzerland

P.A.C.A Birmingham

Arts Council of Great Britain, Contemporary Art Society Publications Catalogues

Machos y Munecas

Men and Masculinities

Men a Space for Reflection

Green party Auction, Phillips Fine Art, London ,KIAD, Canterbury, Lugano Group Exhibition

KIAD, Canterbury, British Art Basel

Whitechapel Open Studio

Books

1991 Kunst in der Schweiz, Kiepeuer & Witsch

Articles

2000

1996

1991

1990

1984

Cape Times - Review ‘Ubudoda’

Sunday Times - Review ‘Ubudoda’

Die Burger Kuns en Vermaak - Review ‘Ubudoda’ 1999

El Pais - Review ‘Machos y Munecas’

La Vanguardia Barcelona - Review ‘Machos y Munecas’

Achilles Heel - Review ‘Men and Masculinities’,

Watermans Art Centre, Chiswick, London 1993

Taunton Review, Stansell Gallery, Llionel Phillips

Artscribe Review - Safe Exhibition
Time Out Magazine, Adrian Searle Review - Safe Exhibition

Art Monthly, Review, Safe Exhibition - Patricia Bickers

Susie Gray - Catalogue Essay Safe Exhibition
Stuart Morgan, Kerry Andrews - Catalogue Essays Group Show, Lugano.

Kieth Passingham, British Art, Basel, Catalogue Notes

Reviews

Art Monthly, Review, Showroom Gallery, Margaret Garlake

Research

1995 - 2000

1993 - 1994

1993

1992

Co-ordinator Fine Art Research Group at University of Westminster

Research funding from University of Westminster School of Design & media to develop the exhibition programme

Curation of St. Anne’s Project in collaboration with Harrow Heritage. Funding £4,000 from Harrow Arts Trust

Development of Exhibition Space at Harrow Campus for the School of Design and Media Research Paper on ‘Site specific Art Works’ unpublished, funded by University of Westminster, School of Design & Media

Professional Experience

1982 -1984 British Council, Fine Art department, Exhibitions Co-ordinator