Ben Smith

Born 1977
Lives and works in Sydney

Artist's CV

Ben Smith is a rare artist in his ability to combine strong classical technique with painterly abstraction and oblique narrative.

Smith’s work combines the beautiful and the unsettling, the humorous and the sincere, the banal and the uncanny. Recurring themes in his work include doubt,divergence within a personality and the search for consolation. These themes are explored using multi-layered allegory through an equally layered and expressive use of paint.

His recent work includes figures traveling through ambiguous metaphorical interiors. They are often seen on, or passing through, a somewhat otherworldly threshold.They are psyches held within a state of flux, selves undergoing transformation.

Smith has been a finalist in more than 50 established art prizes across Australia, including the Doug Moran Portrait Prize (2009, 2010) and the Sulman Prize (2010, 2011). Ben has exhibited in South Korea, Denmark, Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.

 

\ Artworks

Ascendancy 1

2020 \ Oil on polyester canvas \ 180 x 145cm

SOLD

Bridge and Echo

2017 \ Oil on board \ 110x91cm

Darkness Yielding

2020 \ Oil on polyester canvas \ 122 x 125cm

Deep Calls Unto Deep

2019 \ Oil on polyester canvas \ 103 x 73cm

SOLD

Drifting Away

2013 \ Oil on board \ 90x98cm

Escalator Mythology

2015 \ Oil on board \ 90x122cm

SOLD

It's Hard to Relax

2012-2019 \ Oil on board \ 122 x 99cm

SOLD

Midnight

2021-22 \ Oil on polyester canvas \ 180 x 155cm

Portico

2017 \ Oil on board \ 122x84cm

SOLD

Reverie I

2021-22 \ Oil on polyester canvas \ 25 x 20cm

SOLD

The Little Lion

2013 \ Oil on board \ 70x62cm

Undivided Love

2020 \ Oil on polyester canvas \ 180 x 156cm

SOLD

Vivificatus

2017 \ Oil on board \ 90x87cm

Vivify

2021-22 \ Oil on polyester canvas \ 150 x 120cm

SOLD

Within Ultramarine

2021-22 \ Oil on canvas \ 150 x 100cm

SOLD

Wollumbin

2021 \ Oil on board \ 12.7 x 22.86

SOLD

\ News

NH Event

BLINK AND YOU MISSED IT — VIEW CATALOGUE

13 December 2022

In this collection are available artworks from this year’s solo gallery program; some that were not released at the time—all great examples from our talented stable.

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\ Exhibitions featuring Ben Smith

Ben Smith

Ascendency—love over strife

2 March — 19 February 2022

9 x 5"

Group Exhibition

22 January — 6 February 2021

Summer Show

Group Exhibition

5 December — 22 December 2018

Summer Exhibition

Group Exhibition

6 December 2017 — 20 January 2018

Ben Smith

Threshold

4 May — 19 May 2017

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12 - 14 Meagher Street Chippendale, NSW 2008
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