Born 4^th Oct 1976

­ben_barbour4@yahoo.co.uk

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Education

• Postgraduate Diploma in Modern & Contemporary Literature, Birkbeck University of London (Year 1) (2011)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Drawing, the Prince’s Drawing School, London (2007)
• Secondary PGCE in Art & Design, Institute of Education, London (2006)
• BA Hons Degree in Fine Arts, First Class, The Slade School of Fine Art, London (1998)

Solo exhibitions

• Noon Reports: Qatar to South Hook Qatar UK 2013 Year of Culture (British Council, Qatar Museums): Katara Cultural Village, Qatar (2013); The Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, Wales, UK (British Council & Wales Arts International) (2013)
• New City Katara Art Centre (KAC), Katara Cultural Village, Qatar (2012)
• Drawings & Prints Corner-Gallery, Carshalton Beeches, UK (2009)
• A Different Angle St Mary of the Angels, Westbourne Park, London (2001)

Selected Group Exhibitions

• Reflection Swell Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), U.S. (2018)
• Percussive Excavation Doha Fire Station, Qatar Museums (2018)
• MiSK Art Festival Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (2017)
• Summer Hours Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), U.S. (2016)
• Hold No Format Gallery, Thames Barrier Print Studios (2015)
• Home The HBKU Gallery, Education City, Qatar, with Sonia Brewin and Camilla Fyfe (2015)
• ­Qatar Mirror The HBKU Gallery, Education City, Qatar. Joint show with Michael Perrone (2014)
• Drawings from the Olympic Park Construction Site Brick Lane Gallery, London, Sponsored by the ODA (2011)
• Views from the Edge I & II The View Tube, The Olympic Park, Stratford, London (2010)
• Contemporary Drawing from London & Edinburgh Kensington Palace (2008)
• The Royal Society of Portrait Painters The Mall Galleries, London (2006)
• Pastels Today 2006 The Mall Galleries, London (2006)

Awards

• Richard Ford Award, The Prado, Madrid (2007)
• Mary Ritschgitz Prize, awarded by the Slade committee (1998)

Current Employment

• Qatar Museums, curator for Public Art (Apr ’16 – present)
• Artist curator at Msheireb Arts Centre (MAC), Msheireb Properties, Qatar (Oct 2011-Mar ’16)

Education/ Project Management

• QatarUK 2013 Artists’ Exchange & Residency The Slade School of Art (UCL), Katara & British Council (2013)
• Through the Eyes of a child Katine, North-east Uganda, with The Guardian and Amref (2010)         
• Taking Part Community Portrait Project, Orleans House Gallery, London, funded by Arts Council England (2008)