Born in South East London, 1986. Lives and works in London, UK.
Education
2006 – 09 Loughborough University, BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class
2005 – 06 Chelsea College of Art and Design, Foundation in Fine Art
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Benjamin Cohen, HRL Contemporary at The Old Truman Brewery, London
Group Exhibitions
2010
PAINT, HRL Contemporary in association with DegreeArt.com, London
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2010, The Mall Galleries, London
Le Basse Projects in association with Gallery Nosco, Culver City, Los Angeles
2009
London-Vienna, Vienna-London, Werkstatten- und Kulturhaud (WUK) Gallery in association with DegreeArt.com, Vienna
Corpus, HRL Contemporary at The Old Chapel, London
The Surface Gallery, Nottingham
Northern Graduates 2009, The Rectory Gallery, London
Northern Graduates 2009, Curwen and New Academy Gallery, London
BA Degree Show, Loughborough University School of Art and Design, Loughborough
Return to Reason! Part II, HRL Contemporary in association with Degree Art.com, The Empire Gallery, London
Return to Reason! Part I, HRL Contemporary in association with DegreeArt.com, Gallery 77, London
2008
BP Portrait Award 2008 touring exhibition, National Portrait Gallery, Wolverhampton Art Gallery and Aberdeen Art Gallery
The Pride Art Gallery Summer Exhibition, Pride Art Gallery, Derby
The Salon Exhibition, Loughborough University School of Art and Design, Loughborough
Publications
2010 Benjamin Cohen Solo Exhibition at The Old Truman Brewery, in association with HRL Contemporary
2010 Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition Catalogue
2008 BP Portrait Award 2008 Exhibition Catalogue
School of Saatchi
In 2009 he was one of the last 30 artists out of 28,000 applicants to be considered for the Channel 4 programme School of Saatchi.
Interviewed by: Tracy Emin, Kate Bush, Matthew Collings and Frank Cohen.
