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Benjamin Hope
British artist, based in London (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Benjamin Hope (born 1976)[1] is a British artist, based in London.
Life
He grew up in Oxford, the son of the painter Jane Hope and an academic historian (two of his grandparents were also artists).[2]
After studying Mathematics and Physics at the University of Warwick and taking Part III of the Mathematical Tripos at Cambridge University, he was awarded a PhD in theoretical nanoscience at Cambridge.[3] He has been a competitive runner and earned four Cambridge Blues for cross-country.[3][4]
Hope was invited to join the Oxford Art Society in 1999, and in 2001 his still-life Old Violin won the Oxford Times Critics' Choice at the society's Members' Exhibition. In 2002, for its 400th anniversary, the Bodleian Library commissioned a commemorative still-life.[5]
On leaving academia in 2007, he worked as a risk analyst in the City of London in order to earn enough to start painting professionally.[2][6] In 2011, he left the City to paint full-time from his studio in Blackheath, South East London.[1]
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Work
Working mainly in oil, but also in charcoal, pastel, and pencil,[1] his works include plein air street scenes, detailed still lifes, and impressionistic portraits.[6] The street scenes are mainly of locations in central and south London,[7] while he has also painted landscapes beyond the capital.[1] John Walsh in The Independent called him "a brilliantly accomplished impressionistic painter of street scenes."[2]
His work has been selected for a number of exhibitions,[8] including the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition in 2013.[9] His first solo show, Observations was staged by the JP Art Gallery in London in 2015.[10] A joint exhibition with sculptor Ben Hooper was held at the Gallery Different in Fitzrovia in June 2017.[7] Since 2018 he has regularly exhibited at Island Fine Arts in Chichester.[11]
In 2018 he was elected to The Pastel Society[12] and the New English Art Club.[13] In 2021 he was elected to membership of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.[14]
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Awards and recognition
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Hope has won a number of prizes and awards:[8][11]
- Sheng Xinyu Art Award at the Almenara Art Prize (2024)
- Shortlisted / Runner Up, Ondaatje / William Lock Portrait Prize, Royal Society of Portrait Painters Exhibition (2024)
- Menena Joy Schwabe Memorial Award, Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition (2022)
- Sea Pictures Gallery Award, Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition (2022)
- Peter Kelly Commemorative Prize, Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition (2022)
- Michael Harding Award, Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition (2019)
- Frinton Frames Award, Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition (2018)
- Winsor & Newton Non-member Award, Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition (2017)
- First Prize in the Jackson's Pastel Portrait Competition (2016)
- Jackson's Pastel Portrait Competition, First Prize (2016)
- New English Art Club: Mall Galleries Greetings Card Award (2016)
- Pintar Rapido First Prize (2014)
- Jackson's Prize, United Society of Artists Open Exhibition (2014)
His work has been selected for exhibition in[1][8][9][10][15]
- Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 2013
- New English Art Club
- The Pastel Society
- Royal Institute of Oil Painters
- Royal Society of British Artists
- Royal Society of Marine Artists
- Royal Society of Portrait Painters.
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