CONTACT BEN - studio@benthomas.co

Australian Artist Ben Thomas’ (b. 1981) work centres on the relationship between people and place. Working with the moving image in his younger years sparked his initial interest in the visual arts for Ben, however,  it wasn’t until his mid-twenties, when he moved to Melbourne, that Ben began to pursue photography. Not knowing the city well, Ben saw photography as a tool to discover and document his new home. It was this process of documentation as well as his pure fascination with his new surroundings that sparked his passion for photography. The objective in his photographic work is to further understand how people relate to place, creating pictures that reflect a strong and individual visual aesthetic along with a revealing narrative. For Ben, the most important factor in moving forward has been to relentlessly follow his own curiosity and vision. Describing his photographic style as hyperreality, he creates works that challenge the boundaries of how a photograph is constructed and perceived. He attempts to challenge the perceptions of not only what photography is, but what a subject should be, his work being centered mostly around our urban built environment. His aim is to provide a way for people to consider the relationships that they form with their surroundings and how their environment affects them.

Ben is a Hasselblad Master and has recently worked with/been featured by; Hasselblad, Apple, McLaren Formula 1, Pantone, Wired, The New Yorker Magazine, Sony, Singapore Airlines, OnePlus, OPPO, Paradiso Art Hotel Ibiza, Penguin Books and Chronicle Books.

AWARDS:

Hasselblad Master 2018

Winner - LensCulture Emerging Talents 2016 Jurors’ Pick

Finalist - 2016 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize

Winner - 2015 125LIVE Olympus Vision award (London) ‘honouring an established artist for pushing the boundaries of the medium through innovation, technical expertise and originality’.

Honourable Mention - 2015 International Photographer of the year - Fine Art, Conceptual Category. 

Winner - 2015 Desktop Create Awards - Photography Category.

GALLERY REPRESENTATION:

Duran Mashaal Gallery Montreal

Project 2.0 The Hague

EXHIBITIONS:

“Ben Thomas Chroma” - Duran Mashaal Gallery Montreal 2017

CONTEXT Art Miami 2017

Art Wynwood 2018

CONTEXT Art Miami 2018

Hasselblad Masters 2018 Cologne

Foire Papier Montreal 2019

Photo London 2019

RESIDENCIES:

April & May 2015 - Villa-Lena Foundation, Tuscany Italy.