Benjamin Parker’s delicate and visually arresting work knit Western and Eastern modes intelligently

Aesthetica Magazine, 12 April 2016

About

Having gained a BA (hons) in Fine Art from the University of York and an MA in Art and Space from the University of Kingston-Upon-Thames, I developed a career as a fine artist, with success both as an individual and as part of the Byclops group, specializing in painting and film. I then trained as a teacher of primary and secondary education and practiced art therapy for children with special needs. After an MA in Children’s Books Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art and working as byclops illustration, I have been exclusively developing my fine art practice since 2013.

Solo exhibitions
2019 – Hold the line: an examination into the evolution of explanation, ArtWorks Open Space, London

Collective exhibitions
2017 – Salon des Beaux Arts, Carrousel du Louvre, Paris
2017 – Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2016 – ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2016 – 20th National Open Art Exhibition, Mercers’ Hall, London
2016 – All religions are one, Gabriel Fine Art Gallery, London
2015 – In Conversation, Seven Dials Club, London
2014 – Underland, O3 Gallery, Oxford
2012 – Project 2012 – End of the World, The Gallery on the Corner, London
2012 – Swains Lane Gallery, London
2011 – Telling Tales, Avery Contemporary Art Gallery, Kent
2002-05 – The Byclops monthly exhibition series, The Ginglik, London
2002 – Docma v. Byclops, Westbourne Park Studios, London
2002 – Freeview project, nation-wide television rental outlets
2002 – Suburbitron, The Stanley Picker Gallery, London

Awards
2017 – Gold Medal, Engraving, Prix du Jury Invité, Salon des Beaux Arts 2017
2015 – Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize, shortlisted
2011 – Saatchi Online ‘Work of the week’
2010 – Searle Award for Creativity, Cambridge School of Art
2001 – National Sky film competition