Born 1986, UK
Lives / works - London, UK
Lecturer in Fine Art, University of the Arts London
Co-founder of 40 Years - a series of collaborative projects with Majella Dowdican
Collaborated with A - DASH Project Space, Athens
MA Fine Art, Central Saint Martins / 2012 - 14
Prizes / Awards
Mark Tanner Sculpture Award / 2021-22
Shortlisted by Eva Rothschild, Lewis Gilbert, Rebecca Scott, Dean Kenning - with special thanks to Standpoint Gallery, London
MESH, Fotofilmic / 2019
Shortlisted by Linsey Young - Curator of Contemporary British Art, TATE
Selected solo exhibitions
empty, mpty, mty, mt, , TICK TACK Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium / 2023
Bone Deep, Suns Speak, MAAB Gallery, Milan, Italy / 2023
two point eight million, FOLD Gallery, London, UK / Aug 2022
Something that isn’t, FOLD Gallery, London, UK / 2019
Thoughts of Terminal Refreshment, Breese Little, London, UK / 2013
Benjamin Cohen / Recent Works, Breese Little, London, UK / 2012
Benjamin Cohen, Breese Little Gallery, London, Uk / 2010
Selected group exhibitions
Studio Response 03, curated by Dominic Beattie, Saatchi Gallery, London / 2022
Carry-on Baggage, Galeria Augustine, Lisbon, Portugal / 2022
Frammento e Ornamento, curated by Roberto Lacarbonara, Ducal Castle, Ceglie Messapica, Italy / 2022
Faber, MAAB Gallery, Milan, Italy / 2021
ArtVerona 2021, MAAB Gallery, 15 - 17 October. Verona, Italy / 2021
On the Other Hand, Brooke Bennington and Canary Wharf, Isle of Dogs, London / 2021
To young to fruit, Wevet Projects, Coachwerks Space, Brighton, UK / 2021
In Conversation, with Clare Burnett and Adeline de Monseignat - Bo Lee Gallery at Beckenham Place Mansion, Kent / 2021
Slow_Install, Amba Sayal-Bennet and Benjamin Cohen / 2020
Subtraction, Slow_Install / 2020
The Potion Room, Subsidiary Projects, London / 2020
The weight of a tongue, The Broadway Plinth curated by Kristian Day, Broadway Gallery, Letchworth Garden City / 2019
Slippery Sum, APT Gallery, London / 2019
Creekside Open - selected by Sacha Craddock, APT Gallery, London / 2019
New Relics, curated by Time Ellis & Kate Terry, Thames-Side Studios, London / 2018
C - Six, Triangle Space, London / 2018
If it sounds like bacon you're doing it right, A - DASH Project Space, Athens, Greece / 2017
STS, curated by Jess Wilson, 3/2 53 Bentinck St, Glasgow, UK / 2017
Flick, Triangle Space, London, UK / 2015
#utopia, Clapham Orangery, London, UK / 2015
Promise of Palm Trees, Breese Little, London, UK / 2015
Priprema, Pozor, Pad: Still I’d Like to Try it Just One More Time, Belgrade, Serbia / 2014
Stop it, Lethaby Gallery, London, UK / 2014
In-transit, V22 The Biscuit Factory / 2013
Untitled, Lisa Kandlhofer Contemporary, Vienna, Austria / 2011
London-Vienna, Vienna-London, WUK Projektraum, Vienna, Austria / 2011
Art Fairs
Artefiera 2022, MAAB Gallery, 12 - 15 May, Bolgna, Italy / 2022
ArtVerona 2021, MAAB Gallery, 15 - 17 October. Verona, Italy / 2021
Curatorial Projects
Documenta 14
A - LETHIA Project / I Hope My Legs Don't Break, Athens, Greece / 2017 - Anton Kats / Noemi Niederhauser / Benjamin Cohen
I Hope My Legs Don't Break, (part.1, 2 ,3, 4), variable sites, A - DASH Project Space, Athens, Greece / 2017
Noemi Niederhauser / Benjamin Cohen
Promise of Palm Trees, Breese Little, London / 2015
Collaborative Projects
If it sounds like bacon you're doing it right, A - DASH Project Space, Athens, Greece / 2017
40 Years, variable sites and countries / 2015 - 55
Majella Dowdican / Benjamin Cohen
The march that no one saw, Breacon Becons, Wales, UK / 2015
Noemi Niederhauser / James Lake / Roderick Laperdrix / Majella Dowdican / Maria Teresa Ribero / Benjamin Cohen
Priprema, Pozor, Pad: Still I’d Like to Try it Just One More Time, Belgrade, Serbia / 2014
Nikola Dordević / James Lake / Roderick Laperdrix / Noemi Niederhauser / Sonia Vrkatić / Jovana Vasić / Benjamin Cohen
Educational Projects
Athens Biennale, Synapse 2
Space Revolution, Athens, Greece / 2016
A-DASH Project Space / Becky Campbell / Myrto Katsimicha / Maaike Stuterheim / Augustus Veinoglou
Promise of Palm Trees, Breese Little, London, UK / 2015
Charlie Billingham / Benjamin Brett / Fiona Curran / Benjamin Cohen
Tremors / Thoughts of Terminal Refreshment, Breese Little, London, UK / 2013
Tom Hackney / Maggie Gray / Benjamin Cohen
Online Publications
FLOORR Magazine / 2021
TIQUE Publication of Contemporary Art / 2020
BOOOOOOOM / 2018
YOUNG SPACE / 2018
Selected collections
Frank Cohen / Edo Jansen / Philipp Sachs / Herman Eisenköck