Biography
Ben Rowe MRSS RWA
b. 20/03/85
www.benrowe.org
@ben_rowe_artist
Spike Island Sculpture Studio 43
Education
2004 - 2007 BA (HONS) Fine Art UWE, Bristol
Solo Exhibitions
December 2011 Second Star to the Right and Straight on Until Morning MOTORCADE/FLASHPARADE, Bristol
June - July 2011 Second Star to the Right and Straight on Until Morning Mission Gallery, Swansea
April 2009 One part 5 Container, Bristol
Commissions
March - April 2010 Catalogue number: 9906753 Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
July 2013 - August 2013 The Charity Shop Tour Shop Hertford St, Coventry
Awards
March 2019 Open Sculpture Prize Royal West of England Academy
October 2014 Pangolin Editions Sculpture Prize Royal West of England Academy 162nd Annual Exhibition
Memberships
March 2023 Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
November 2024 Royal West of England Academician
Selected Exhibitions
November 2023 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Gallery, London
September 2023 – November 2023 170th Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October 2022- January 2023 169th Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
June 2022 Fresh Air Sculpture, Quenington Old Rectory, Gloucestershire
June – October 2021 StoneLane Gardens Annual Exhibition Chagford, Devon
April – May 2021 168th Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
September – December 2019 167th Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
April – June 2019 Otherworldy Atkinson Gallery, Street
March – June 2019 RWA Open Sculpture exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October – November 2018 Black Swan Open Frome
April – October 2018 Otherworldly Burghley House Sculpture Garden, Stamford
October - December 2017 165th Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
July – September 2017 Plymouth Contemporary Plymouth University
May – June 2016 Bath Fringe Open Art Prize 44AD, Bath
April 2016 #LookingThroughTheEyesOfMachinesAsHumans Gallery Twenty Two, Bristol
October - November 2015 163rd Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October 2014 - December 2014 162nd Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
November 2013 - January 2014 161st Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
July 2013 - August 2013 The Charity Shop Tour Shop Hertford St, Coventry
October 2012 - December 2012 160th Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October 2011 Creative Machines, Minimalist Sculpture Curzon Street, Birmingham
September - November 2009 Exeter Contemporary Open Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
August 2009 Two is One, One is None Back Lane West, Redruth, Cornwall
b. 20/03/85
www.benrowe.org
@ben_rowe_artist
Spike Island Sculpture Studio 43
Education
2004 - 2007 BA (HONS) Fine Art UWE, Bristol
Solo Exhibitions
December 2011 Second Star to the Right and Straight on Until Morning MOTORCADE/FLASHPARADE, Bristol
June - July 2011 Second Star to the Right and Straight on Until Morning Mission Gallery, Swansea
April 2009 One part 5 Container, Bristol
Commissions
March - April 2010 Catalogue number: 9906753 Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
July 2013 - August 2013 The Charity Shop Tour Shop Hertford St, Coventry
Awards
March 2019 Open Sculpture Prize Royal West of England Academy
October 2014 Pangolin Editions Sculpture Prize Royal West of England Academy 162nd Annual Exhibition
Memberships
March 2023 Member of the Royal Society of Sculptors
November 2024 Royal West of England Academician
Selected Exhibitions
November 2023 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Gallery, London
September 2023 – November 2023 170th Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October 2022- January 2023 169th Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
June 2022 Fresh Air Sculpture, Quenington Old Rectory, Gloucestershire
June – October 2021 StoneLane Gardens Annual Exhibition Chagford, Devon
April – May 2021 168th Annual Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
September – December 2019 167th Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
April – June 2019 Otherworldy Atkinson Gallery, Street
March – June 2019 RWA Open Sculpture exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October – November 2018 Black Swan Open Frome
April – October 2018 Otherworldly Burghley House Sculpture Garden, Stamford
October - December 2017 165th Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
July – September 2017 Plymouth Contemporary Plymouth University
May – June 2016 Bath Fringe Open Art Prize 44AD, Bath
April 2016 #LookingThroughTheEyesOfMachinesAsHumans Gallery Twenty Two, Bristol
October - November 2015 163rd Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October 2014 - December 2014 162nd Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
November 2013 - January 2014 161st Annual Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
July 2013 - August 2013 The Charity Shop Tour Shop Hertford St, Coventry
October 2012 - December 2012 160th Autumn Exhibition Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
October 2011 Creative Machines, Minimalist Sculpture Curzon Street, Birmingham
September - November 2009 Exeter Contemporary Open Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
August 2009 Two is One, One is None Back Lane West, Redruth, Cornwall