Artist Ben Alden in his studio

Bio

Benjamin Alden is an award winning contemporary figurative painter living and working in Norwich, Norfolk, UK. 

Benjamin’s work has been shown nationally, with recent exhibitions including Mall Gallery shows such as ‘ING Discerning Eye’(2022) and ‘Figurative Art Now’(2021).

Through his artworks which he produces in a range of mediums from Oil paint to pastel he creates evocative and ambiguous scenes. He is interested in how figures occupy their space and how they affect and are affected by their surroundings, be it the room they are in or the people they are with.

Awards:

2022    The Royal Watercolour Society Award. The Society of East Anglian Watercolourists 
2020    Public Choice Award. The Society of East Anglian Watercolourists.

Selected Exhibitions:

2024     DISTANCE BETWEEN: Solo Exhibition. Gray Area Gallery. Norwich.
2024     Unconsumed II. St Mary's Works, Norwich.
2024     TBA Artist Collective: 008 5 Years. St Mary's Works, Norwich.
2023     Norfolk Open Studios Preview Exhibition. The Forum, Norwich.
2023     Colour. Cromer Art Space, Cromer.
2022     ING Discerning Eye. Mall Galleries, London.
2022     Norfolk Open Studios. Norwich.
2022     T.B.A Artist Collective: 007. Carnival. The Undercroft Gallery, Norwich.
2022     Awash. Handa Gallery, Wells-next-the-sea.
2021      Figurative Art Now. Mall Galleries, Online.
2021      Figura 21. St Margarets Church of Art, Norwich
2021      Waterways. Babylon Gallery, Ely.
2021      Summer Open Exhibition. The Assembly House Trust, Norwich.
2020     SEAW Selected Exhibition. Society of East Anglian Watercolourists,             online.
2020      T.B.A Artist Collective: 04. St Margaret’s Church of Arts, Norwich.
2020      Em-Re-Un Presents: Emanate. Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich.
2019      Paint In Progress. Anteros Arts Foundation, Norwich
2019      Em-Re-Un Presents: Consume. Nunns Yard Gallery, Norwich
2018      Connection. Handa Gallery, Wells-Next-The-Sea
2017      Sardines and Beer. Thirteen A Gallery, Norwich.
2016      Building Art Spaces: 8 Selected Artists. Nunns Yard Gallery, Norwich
2016      Summer Drawing Show. Riverside Art & Glass Gallery, Wroxham
2014      12/28 Members Exhibition. STEW Gallery, Norwich
2014      Inspired by Birds. Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Norwich