b. London, 1983.
Education
MFA Painting, Slade School of Fine Art, 2006-2008
BA Hons Fine Art, Newcastle University, 2002-2006 (First Class)
Art Foundation, Abingdon College, 2001-2002 (Distinction)
Awards
BP Portrait Award 2014, The National Portrait Gallery, London
BP Portrait Award 2012, The National Portrait Gallery, London
Solo Exhibitions
Weaponised Nostalgia, Dorothy Circus Gallery, 2024
Before A Fall, Roq La Rue, 2023
To Our Glorious Future, Roq La Rue Gallery, 2021
The King is Dead, Long Live the King, The Cob Gallery, 2016
At Home with the Ashtons, Simon Oldfield, 2011
Ben Ashton, Simon Oldfield, 2009
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Phantasmagoria, Roq La Rue, Seattle
More Disruption, The Principle Gallery, Virginia
Spectacle Du Petite, Roq La Rue, Seattle
2023
Secret Longings, Beautiful BIzarre, Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles
Seattle Art Fair, Roq La Rue
2022
HRH Princess Margaret, Ken Griffiths Bureau, London
Spring Break Art Show - Perfect Illusion, Gentle Giant Projects, Los Angeles
Spring Break Art Show - Objective Reality, Gentle Giant Projects, New York
Tiny Ghosts, Roq La Rue Gallery - Hi Fructose, Seattle
Halcyon Days, Modern Eden Gallery - Beautiful Bizarre, San Francisco
2021
Scope Miami, Mortal Machine Gallery, Miami
Invisible Landscapes, Mortal Machine Gallery, New Orleans
Lucid, Beinart Gallery, Melbourne
Male of the Species, Arcadia Gallery, New York
Vanguard, Outre Gallery, Melbourne
2020
ArtLife 2020, Moscow
Vanguard, Outré Gallery, Melbourne
All The Things, Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle
Wynwood Art Fair, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami
LA Art Show, Arcadia Gallery, Los Angeles
Portraiture 2020, Arcadia Gallery, Los Angeles
2019
Art Basel Miami, Robert Fontaine Gallery, Miami
Microdose, The Booth Gallery, New York
Mondo Tondo, Arcadia Gallery, Los Angeles
The New Portrait, Storpunkt Gallery, Munich
The Group Show /01, Betamax Gallery, Vancouver
2018
Daphne Guinness and The Golden Chord, Glass Sculptures commissioned by Daphne Guinness, London
2013
ICA Off-Site, A Journey Through London Subculture: 1980s to Now, ICA/The Old Selfridges Hotel, London
2012
Courtship of the Peoples, Simon Oldfield, London
BP Portrait Award 2012, The National Portrait Gallery, London
2011
Apartment, Bloomsbury Square, London,
Shifting Boundaries, Brighton Phoenix, Brighton
2010
The House of Voltaire, Studio Voltaire, London
Get on, Get in, Get out, Holster Projects, London
2009
The Brain Unravelled, Slade Research Centre, London
2008
Ascension, Simon Oldfield, London
Figurative Painting Prize, The Boundary Gallery
2007
Toronto Art Fair
Residencies & Other
2013. Grosvenor Estate Residency, Mayfair, London
2011. The Polyhedron Project, Queen Square/The Art Workers Guild, London
2010. The Bloomsbury Festival, Open Studio, London
2009. Whitechapel Gallery patrons visit & curator-led tour, 2009 Solo Show
2008. The Bloomsbury Studio, Artist in Residence (2008-2011)
2008. Suspending Disbelief, The Slade Summer School, Artist in Residence
2007. The Deconstruction of Illusion, Sassoon Gallery, Artist in Residence