Ben Reeves

Born:

1969, North Vancouver, BC

Education:

1994-1995
MA Fine Arts, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London,England.
Specializing in drawing, painting, printmaking, and multi-media
1989-1993
BFA University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Specializing in painting, printmaking, and drawing.

Solo Exhibitions:

2011:
Forthcoming, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto

2010:
Everday Hallunicatory, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver

2009:
Oil and Water, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto

2008:
Elements, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver

2007:
Smoke, Flowers, Cars, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto

2006:
Complicated Matter: Ben Reeves, Museum London, London, Ontario (catalogue)
Ben Reeves: Unrecognised Heads, Open Studio Gallery, Toronto

2005:
Ben Reeves, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver Drawing Painting, Oakville Galleries, Oakville (essay)

2002:
Ben Reeves, New Works: Dawson City, Odd Gallery, Klondike Institute of Art & Culture, Dawson City, Yukon

1999:
You're Soaking in it, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver, essay by Christopher Brayshaw
Come Upstairs..., Anodyne Contemporary, Vancouver

1998:
Meanwhile, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver

1993:
AMS Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

Group Exhibitions:

2009:
Take Your Time, SFU Gallery, Burnaby

2007:
Aqua Miami Art Fair, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Miami
Toronto International Art Fair, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
Works on Painting, Rebecca Donald, Evan Lee and Ben Reeves, curated by Adam Harrison, CSA Space, Vancouver

2006:
Open Studios (2 person exhibition with Shari Boyle), Toronto
Du cote de Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Galerie Rene Blouin, Montreal

2005:
Ben Reeves, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
Toronto International Art Fair, Equinox Gallery, Toronto
Toronto Alternative Art Fair International, Jessica Bradley Art + Projects, Toronto
Surrey Seen, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Who Dunnit?, OCAD Fundraiser, Toronto
Inaugural Exhibition, Diaz Contemporary, Toronto
Shifting Space (3 person show with Patrick Mahon and Gu Xiong), curated by Gu Xiong, Museum of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Chongqing, China
Open Studio 100 Prints (fundraiser), Open Studio, Toronto

2004:
Outline in Black, curated by Jamelie Hassan, Thielsen Galleries, London, ON
High Points: Canadian Contemporary Art, Ten Years of Acquisitions, Musee des beaux arts, Montreal
RBC Investments Canadian Painting Competition, A Five Year Retrospective, Touring
Exhibition Lines Painted in Early Spring: Gerald Ferguson, Ben Reeves, Carmen Ruschiensky, Francine Savard, curated by Patrick Mahon (catalogue): Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal
Tom Thomson Memorial Art Gallery, Owen Sound
Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops

2003:
For the Record: Drawing Contemporary Life, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (catalogue)
Lines Painted in Early Spring: Gerald Ferguson, Ben Reeves, Carmen Ruschiensky, Francine Savard, curated by Patrick Mahon, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta (catalogue)
The Koffler Centre, Toronto
UBC Fine Arts Faculty Show, UBC Fine Arts Gallery

2002:
Some New Paintings: Bernadette Phan, Philippe Raphanel, Ben Reeves, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Equinox Gallery, Vancouver
Canadian Art, Gallery Hop and Gala, CBC Broadcasting Centre, Toronto
UBC Fine Arts Faculty Show, Design Arts Gallery, Vancouver

2001:
RBC Private Counsel, Great Canadian Painting Competition, Harrison Gallery, Vancouver
New Blood, Finer Things Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee

2000:
In Open Air, 2 person show with Harold Nix, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
Download: ECIAD Faculty Show, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver
UBC Fine Arts Faculty Show, Design Arts Gallery, Vancouver

1998-1999:
Edge City: New Art from (& About) Suburbia, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey (catalogue)

1997:
Sight Lines: New Artists, New Work, Atelier Gallery, Vancouver
Configuration: New Art from Vancouver, Catriona Jeffries Gallery, Vancouver (catalogue)

1995:
Out of the Garden, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond (catalogue)
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, England (3 shows)
Falmouth College of Art Print Exhibition, Falmouth, England

1993:
Parallax, UBC Graduation Show, Vancouver
Being in Place, UBC Annual Arts Festival, Vancouver

1992:
Helen Pitt Gallery, Victoria
Access Gallery, Vancouver
AMS Gallery, UBC, Vancouver (2 shows)

Reviews:

Gary Michael Dault, "Smoke and Cream Pie: The Ultimate Cover-up," The Globe and Mail, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007.
Leslie Dawn, "Lines Painted in Early Spring," Border Crossings, Volume 22, Number 4, Issue No. 88, p. 94.
Sarah Milroy, "Generation Next," The Globe and Mail, May 10, 2003, pp V1-V6-7.
Heather Pauls, "Dawson City Through the Eyes of Ben Reeves," The Klondike Sun, August 12, 2002, p. 18.
"Gallery Hop and Gala," Canadian Art Magazine, Fall, 2002 (insert).
Jamie Little, "Interview with Ben Reeves," Midday Magazine, CBC Radio North, July 19, 2002, Dawson City.
"Something New; Calendar," The North Shore News, June 14, 2002, p. 16.
Michael Scott, "Equinox tantalizes visitors with summer showcase," The Vancouver Sun, Saturday, June 15, 2002, p. H15.
Robin Laurence, "Of Wiener Jars and Dish Soap," The Georgia Straight, October 7-14, 1999.
Christopher Brayshaw, "New Fresh, Lemon Liquid!" September, 1999.
"The List," Canadian Art Magazine, Fall, 1999, p. 29.
Mia Johnson, "Ben Reeves: You're soaking in it," Preview, September- October, 1999, p. 14.
James Jason Lee, "Edge City Sticks to the Surface," The Georgia Straight, December 3, 1998.
Christopher Brayshaw, "Edge City," Surrey Art Gallery, catalogue, 1998.
Michael Scott, "Ben Reeves," (review) Queue, The Vancouver Sun, June 4, 1998.
Michael Scott, "Collection Finds Drama in Ordinariness of Workaday World," Calendar, The Vancouver Sun, July 24, 1997.
Christopher Brayshaw, "Configuration," Catriona Jeffries Gallery, catalogue, 1997.
Robin Laurence, "Deconstructed Landscape: An Idea We Got to Know Well," Saturday Review, The Vancouver Sun, December 30, 1995.
Christopher Brayshaw, "Out of the Garden," Richmond Art Gallery, catalogue, 1995.

Awards:

2002:
Canada Council Travel Grant

2001:
Purchase Award, 3rd Annual New Canadian Painting Competition, RBC Private Counsel

1994:
British Columbia Arts Board, Senior Award

1992: Florence Muriel Smeltzer Scholarship

1991: Ida Green Faculty Women's Club Scholarship

1990: UBC Scholarship