Born: 21/11/1981 - Suffolk, UK
Lives/Works: London
Ben Gooding is a British artist and curator based in London and Kent. Having achieved a 1st class degree from the Cambridge School of Art in 2003, he undertook a 6 month studio residency at King's College, Cambridge before completing his studies on the Masters programme at Central St. Martin's School of Art and Design in London. He currently teaches Printmaking at Camberwell College of Art (part of UAL) and co-founded Cut Editions Print Studio based in Suffolk. He is also a contributor to Saturation Point Projects, a curatorial project focusing on geometric, systems and reductive art in the UK where he has conducted a series of artist interviews. He has recently been selected for artist residencies at the Tasarim Bakkali programme in Istanbul and the Despina Foundation in Rio di Janeiro in Brazil.
Printmaking Tutor at Camberwell College of Art (UAL)
Co-Founder of Cut Editions Print Studio at the Cut, in Suffolk, UK
Education:
Ma in Fine Art from Central St. Martin's College of Art and Design, 2006-2007
1st class Ba (hons) in Fine Art (Printmaking) from the Cambridge School of Art, 2001/2003
Foundation in Art & Design from Suffolk College, 2000/2001
Selected Exhibitions:
2024-
"Wave, Colour, Turbulence", a group exhibition curated by Laurence Noga at Tension Gallery, London -
8 November to 14 December.
"Striations", a group exhibition at Close Gallery in Somerset, with the support of Freeny Yianni - June 2024.
"Chromascopic", a group exhibition at APT Gallery in London curated by Laurence Noga and Ben Gooding -
2021-
"Rhythm Adjust (part II)", group exhibition in conjunction with the "Breathe Project", curated by Hannah Payne
and Zanny Mellor at T.M. Lighting Gallery, London
"At a Tangent", a group exhibition curated by Ben Gooding at the Cut, Halesworth, Suffolk, UK -
"Rhythm Adjust (part I)", an on-line charity exhibition and auction for Frontline 19
2019-
"Iterations", a group exhibition curated by Rebecca Fairman and Ben Gooding at Arthouse1 gallery in
Bermondsey, London - click link to view catalogue
"8 Lines", a group exhibition curated by Saturation Point Projects, at Platform A Gallery, Middlesbrough, UK
"Chromatic Tensions", end of residency exhibition as part of the "Senado Tomado" event at the Despina
Foundation, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil
2018-
"The Momentum", a group exhibition curated by Saturation Point Projects at Angus-Hughes Gallery, in Hackney,
London
"Relative Trajectories", launch exhibition of boxed set of original artist prints produced in conjunction with
Saturation Point Projects, in the Cellar Gallery at Angus-Hughes, London
"Equivalence", a solo exhibition for the culmination of an artist residency curated by Isil Sipal and Emre Akora at
the Tasarim Bakkali Gallery in Kadiköy, Istanbul, Turkey
"In Line", a group exhibition curated by Becca Pelly-Fry at the Griffin Gallery, London - click link to view catalogue
2017-
"Static/Kinetic", inaugural exhibition at the Alice Black Gallery in Soho, London
"Edge of Perception", a solo exhibition curated by Crane Wang and Allison Thompson, 1091 Hornby Street,
Vancouver, Canada
The New York Affordable Art Fair, represented by Gas Gallery
2016-
Open Studio exhibition curated by Saturation Point Projects at the Propeller Factory, London, in
conjunction with Deptford X Fringe 2016
"Platform 10", selected for emerging artist exhibition at the Leydon Gallery in Shoreditch, London
2015-
"From Centre", a group exhibition co-curated by Slate Projects and Saturation Point Projects at the Loud and
Western Building in Fulham, London - click link to view catalogue
"The Determined Line", a solo exhibition curated by Ingrid Zee at the Residence Gallery, London -
2014-
"Neo-Craft", a group exhibition guest curated by Agnese Reginaldo at Arebyte Gallery, Hackney Wick, London
"Library", private members club launch exhibition, curated by Art Naked, Covent Garden, London
"A Given Structure", curated by Oliver Adams as part of the Fringe Arts Bath summer programme, Bath, UK
Clerkenwell Design Fair, represented by Gas Gallery at Dreamscape Gallery, London
2013-
The Other Art Fair 2013 - selected to exhibit at the Ambika P3 space, London
"Finish Fetish (part II)", a three person exhibition at the Residence Gallery, London
"Finish Fetish", curated by Ingrid Zee at the Art Projects section of the London Art Fair
2012-
"Cork Street Open", Cork Street Gallery, London
The Other Art Fair 2012 - selected to exhibition at the Ambit P3 space in London
"Formation", selected for this group exhibition curated by Caroline Jane Harris and Nimrod Vardi, at Arebyte
Gallery, London.
"Stable States", group exhibition at the Cultivate Gallery on Vyner Street, in Hackney, London
2011-
"Extentions", inaugural exhibition at the Eleni Duke Gallery, curated by Ellen Duke, Clerkenwell, London
"Cork Street Open", selected for charity exhibition in aid of Centre Point Charity, Cork Street Gallery, London
2010-
"TheOther Side Of...", a group exhibition curated by Michael Hall at the Parfitt Gallery, London
2008-
Ma Final Show at the Concourse Gallery, Central St. Martin's, London
2007-
Ma Interim Exhibition, at the Concourse Gallery, Central St. Martin's, London
2006-
"Spherical Void", final exhibition of a studio residency at King's College, Cambridge, UK
2005-
"Five Graduates", selected for group exhibition by the artist Rose Rands, in the E. M. Forster Rooms at
King's College, Cambridge, UK
2004-
Final Degree Show with the Cambridge School of Art at the Candid Arts Centre, London
2003-
"Cambridge University Open", selected for group exhibition, Cambridge, UK
"Unbound", a group exhibition at the R. K. Burt Gallery, Southwark, London
Residencies-
2019-
One month artist residency at the Despina Foundation in Rio di Janeiro, Brazil
2018-
One month artist residency at the Tasarim Bakkali Programme on Buyukada Island, Istanbul, Turkey
2006-
A six month Post-Graduate residency in the E. M. Forster rooms at King's College, Cambridge, UK