BENJAMIN ELSE
Benjamin Else is an artist working predominantly in the medium of photography. Although the photograph is normally the final destination, his working methods intertwine ideas and aesthetics from diverse areas ranging from cinema to sculpture, street art to painting taking inspiration from literature, science, mythology and many other areas along the way.
"The balance between man made structures and technologies and the natural world is an ongoing theme that to some extent features in most of my work. Sometimes subtly and other times more explicitly".
Education
Photography BA (Hons)
Southampton Solent University
2013
Art Foundation
Southampton City College
2010
Exhibitions
Group
Untold Connections (2011)
SSU (Southampton)
Methods and Approaches (2012)
Marlands (Southampton)
MXXIX (2013)
The Print Space
MXXIX (2013)
SSU (Southampton)
Six Degrees Forward (2013)
Showcase Gallery (Southampton)
Timeslip (2014)
FAB2014 (Bath)
New Greenham Open (2014)
New Greenham Arts (Newbury)
Art in te Ark (2014)
The Ark Centre (Basingstoke)
Assistant Curator
Transmission : Play (2013)
Quay Arts (Isle of Wight)
Residencies
Solent Showcase (July-Sept 2013)
Collections
SSU Art Collection (Re-arranging atoms)
Photographic Work
August 2012 – September 2012
Team Photographer – Charity Trek to Mt. Everest base camp
Samantha Dickinson Brain Tumour Trust (Raised over £2000)
September 2009 – Present
Freelance Photographer
Worked for various companies covering events, corporate portraiture and product photography
Clients: ASPECKS, Beckford Consulting, CIPR, Pathfinder, Signs Express, U17 Car Club, etc.
Other Employment
February 2006 – September 2009 (September 2012 – present, part time)
Sign Maker – Crescent Signs
Newbury
Responsibilities:
• Designing, Making and Fitting Signs
• Worked with a range of materials (Vinyls, Acrylics, Metals, Woods)
• Competent on computer programs (CorelDraw, Photoshop, Illustrator, GSP)
• Trained with a variety of Power tools, Large format printers, Vinyl plotters, Laminaters, Laser
Cutters and Routers