Benjamin  Cohen

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Benjamin Cohen (Born 1986, UK), Lives and works in London. MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins (2012 – 14). Lecturer in Fine Art, University of the Arts London and Co-founder of 40 Years– a series of collaborative projects with Majella Dowdican.

In 2021, Cohen was shortlisted for the Mark Tanner Sculpture Award. He has had solo exhibitions at FOLD Gallery (London) and upcoming has a solo exhibition at MAAB Gallery, Milan (May 2023), as well as a solo project with TICK-TACK Gallery (Antwerp). In recent years, Cohen has collaborated and realised site-specific projects with A- DASH Project Space (Athens) and has been a part of group exhibitions in Italy, Vienna, Serbia and across the UK.

Selected group exhibitions include: The weight of a tongue, The Broadway Plinth curated by Kristian Day, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth Garden City (2019),  Slippery Sum, APT Gallery, London (2019), Creekside Open – selected by Sacha Craddock, APT Gallery, London (2019),  New Relics, curated by Tim Ellis & Kate Terry, Thames-Side Studios, London (2018), C – Six, Triangle Space, London (2018), If it sounds like bacon you’re doing it right, A – DASH Project Space, Athens, Greece (2017). Collections include: Frank Cohen, Edo Jansen, Philipp Sachs, Herman Eisenköck.

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<b>Title: </b>Benjamin Cohen<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Eco-packaging chips, acrylic units, acrylic stands, car amp and speakers, wires, leads, mp4. audio file<br /><b>Size: </b>Dimensions variable
<b>Title: </b>INFINITE LOAF<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Bread and thermostat resin, acrylic shelf, screws<br /><b>Size: </b>30 cm x 15 cm x 12 cm
<b>Title: </b>INFINITE LOAF<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Bread and thermostat resin, acrylic shelf, screws<br /><b>Size: </b>30 cm x 15 cm x 12 cm
<b>Title: </b>THE MAGNIFICENT MOULINS<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Archival footage (credit: Rhombus Media) screen, raspberry Pi, metal brackets, wires, leads, mp4. video file<br /><b>Size: </b>30 mins 2 secs (looped)
<b>Title: </b>THE MAGNIFICENT MOULINS<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Archival footage (credit: Rhombus Media) screen, raspberry Pi, metal brackets, wires, leads, mp4. video file<br /><b>Size: </b>30 mins 2 secs (looped)
<b>Title: </b>OFF, OUT, OUT OF, ETC.<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Plastic, mirrored-acrylic, mirror-backed styrene, pine<br /><b>Size: </b>136.5 cm x 48 cm x 30.5 cm
<b>Title: </b>OFF, OUT, OUT OF, ETC.<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Plastic, mirrored-acrylic, mirror-backed styrene, pine<br /><b>Size: </b>136.5 cm x 48 cm x 30.5 cm
<b>Title: </b>Mrs Whippy<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Ceramic, cotton t-shirts, vacuum packs<br /><b>Size: </b>96 cm x 65 cm x 25 cm
<b>Title: </b>Mrs Whippy<br /><b>Year: </b>2022<br /><b>Medium: </b>Ceramic, cotton t-shirts, vacuum packs<br /><b>Size: </b>96 cm x 65 cm x 25 cm
<b>Title: </b>Derrick<br /><b>Year: </b>2016 - 2018<br /><b>Medium: </b>Skin cells, dust, talcum powder, Perspex, acrylic and pine<br /><b>Size: </b>140 cm x 14.5 cm x 29.0 cm
<b>Title: </b>empty in the other<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Hahnemüle print, silicon, tape, aluminium and birch plywood<br /><b>Size: </b>132 x 51.5 x 11 cm
<b>Title: </b>shaped to the comfort of the last to go<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Silicone and birch plywood<br /><b>Size: </b>242 x 13.75 x 12.5 cm
<b>Title: </b>if it didn't bother you for 13.8 billion years<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Bio resin<br /><b>Size: </b>15 x 11 x 11 cm
<b>Title: </b>mausoleum<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Hahnemüle print, silicon, tape, aluminium and birch plywood<br /><b>Size: </b>132 x 51.5 x 11 cm
<b>Title: </b>instead bereft<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Plastic and paper<br /><b>Size: </b>6 x 3.5 cm
<b>Title: </b>soundless damage<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Marble and birch plywood<br /><b>Size: </b>15.2 x 11.5 x 2.8 cm
<b>Title: </b>their habits properly shown<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Powder coated steel, bio resin, mica and birch plywood<br /><b>Size: </b>172.5 x 31 x 16 cm
<b>Title: </b>through lengths and breadths<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Steel and bio resin<br /><b>Size: </b>88.5 x 66.5 x 70.5 cm
<b>Title: </b>how things ought to be<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Epoxy resin<br /><b>Size: </b>145 x 58 x 48 cm
<b>Title: </b>empty in the other<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Hahnemüle print, silicon, tape, aluminium and birch plywood<br /><b>Size: </b>132 x 51.5 x 11 cm
<b>Title: </b>and dulls to distance all we are<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Silicone<br /><b>Size: </b>60 x 10 x 40 cm
<b>Title: </b>Arête<br /><b>Year: </b>2019<br /><b>Medium: </b>Bio resin and steel<br /><b>Size: </b>17 x 11 x 11 cm
<b>Title: </b>Harestua – Varingskollen<br /><b>Year: </b>2014<br /><b>Medium: </b>Film Still<br /><b>Size: </b>1080 HD film, 4'43’’
<b>Title: </b>the point is: if it sounds like bacon you're doing it right<br /><b>Year: </b>2017<br /><b>Medium: </b>Pine<br /><b>Size: </b>188.9 x 104.1 x 2.0 cm