1981-1982 Chelsea School of Art, M.A Sculpture
1978-1981 Chelsea School of Art, BA (Hons) in Sculpture, First Class
1977-1978 Harrow School of Art, Foundation Studies
1981-1982 Chelsea School of Art, M.A Sculpture
1978-1981 Chelsea School of Art, BA (Hons) in Sculpture, First Class
1977-1978 Harrow School of Art, Foundation Studies
About
Ben Joiner
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
CEOS Open Studio Exhibition
CEOS Open Studio Exhibition
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
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