Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP | New English Art Club, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Royal Society of Portrait Painters

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Agenda, Photographer, Tottenham

Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP

Oil

122 x 122 cm

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Man Wearing a Woolly Hat, Marrakech

Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP

Oil

30.5 x 25.5 cm

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Sunset, Seychelles

Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP

Oil

20 x 25.5 cm

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Sardines

Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP

Oil

15 x 20 cm

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Hugh By Lamplight

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Oil

79 x 64 cm

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Richard

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Oil

56 x 46 cm

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Self Portrait, Arms behind Back

Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP

Oil

36 x 30 cm

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Robin

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Oil

41 x 30 cm

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About Tim Benson PROI NEAC RP

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Artist details

Artist's Statement

I am committed to working with charities and NGOs to tell the stories of people throughout the world who don’t have a voice.

Painted portraits speak to people in a way that the written word and photography cannot. My exhibitions engage people with important global challenges and build awareness through painting.

Biographical Details

Educated at Glasgow School of Art and Byam Shaw School of Art from 1998-2001, contemporary artist Tim Benson has received recognition with his election as Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters. As a practised figurative artist Tim not only creates a distinguishable likeness of a subject but moreover evokes the sitter’s character and mood. He is never satisfied with simple representation, rather concentrating on bringing to his work an emotive and often visceral quality.

Tim regularly exhibits in solo and group exhibitions around the UK. He displays fine art paintings that stand on their own as collectable works of art and accordingly has established a large following and collector base. In addition to his fine art pieces, he accepts more formal portrait and figurative commissions in oil or charcoal.

Tim was elected President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters in 2018.

In 2019, Tim was elected to the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

TEACHING

2016 - Exhibitions Committee, Mall Galleries
2015-2017 Director, Diploma in Portraiture, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea
2014-2015 Co-Director, Diploma in Portraiture, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea
2014 - Portraiture tutor, The New School of Art, Lewes
2013 - Portraiture tutor, The Art Academy, Southwark
2010 - Portraiture tutor, Hampstead School of Art Private tutor, Oil Painting
2007 - Portraiture tutor, Heatherley School of Fine Art, Chelsea

Society Memberships

New English Art Club

Royal Institute of Oil Painters

Royal Society of Portrait Painters

Scholarships, Awards, Prizes

2018

Elected President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Elected full member of the New English Art Club

2017

The Darlington Crystal Chalice for outstanding service and contribution to the Royal Institute of Oil Painters

2016

Alan Gourley Memorial Award for the outstanding work in show – Annual Exhibition, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries

2013

Elected Vice President of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Awarded the ‘Arts Club Charitable Trust Award’, Annual Exhibition, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries

2011

Elected Full member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters
Elected Associate of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters

2010

Second prize – Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award, Annual Exhibition, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries

2004

Third prize, Winsor & Newton Young Artist Award, Annual Exhibition, Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries

Exhibitions

Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition 2018

Other exhibitions

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Visions of Zambia - Mall Galleries

2016 Faces of Ebola – Mall Galleries

2013 Solo show – Highgate Contemporary

2012 Small Paintings – Island Fine Arts

2008 East Anglian Landscapes – Highgate Fine Art

2007 British Landscapes – Rafael Valls, Mayfair

2006 Aspects of the Subcontinent – Highgate Fine Art

2003 ritish Skyscapes – Lauderdale House

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017 ‘My Favourite Subject’ - M1 Fine Art, Greenwich

2016 ‘The ROI Paints Greenwich’ - M1 Fine Art, Greenwich

2015

Portraiture Today – Gibberd Gallery, Harlow
50 Children 50 Artists – The Courtyard, Hoxton
Group show – CO2 Gallery
Group Show – HayHill Gallery

2014

December: Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
November-December: Annual Exhibition – New English Art Club, Mall Galleries
November: Beyond White Walls – Gallery Argentum
November: Discerning Eye Exhibition – Mall Galleries
October: 50 Children 50 Artists – Winton Capital
September-October: Group show – McNeill Fine Art
May: Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries
April-May: Group show – CO2 Gallery
February: Little Gems – Mall Galleries
January: Portraits Today – Milton Gallery, St.Paul’s School

2013

Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
Annual Exhibition – New English Art Club, Mall Galleries
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath – Highgate Contemporary
Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries
Affordable Art Fair, New York – Blue Tomato Gallery
Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of British Artists, Mall Galleries

2012

Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath – Highgate Contemporary
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park – Panter and Hall
Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
BP Portrait Award – The National Portrait Gallery
Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries
Group show – Highgate Contemporary

2011

Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
‘Ruth Borchard Self-Portrait Competition’, Kings Place Gallery, Kings Place, London.
Affordable Art Fair, Hampstead Heath – Highgate Contemporary Art
Summer Exhibition – Picturecraft Gallery, Holt, Norfolk
Summer Miscellany – Highgate Contemporary Art
Two Artist show – Highgate Contemporary Art
Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries
Breath of Fresh Air – Byard Art, Cambridge

2010

Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
Two Artists – Hay Hill Gallery, Cork Street
Two Artists – Island Fine Arts, Isle of Wight
Group Show – Highgate Contemporary Art
Cambridge Art Fair – Enid Lawson Gallery, Marylebone
Summer Show – Highgate Contemporary Art
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park – Island Fine Arts and Enid Lawson Gallery

2009

Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
Three Artists: Landscapes – Island Fine Arts
Changing Hang – Enid Lawson Gallery, Marylebone
Affordable Art Fair, Bristol – Enid Lawson Gallery
Cambridge Art Fair – Enid Lawson Gallery
Summer Show – Highgate Fine Art
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park – Enid Lawson Gallery and Island Fine Arts
Harrogate Art Fair – Enid Lawson Gallery
Edinburgh Art Fair – Enid Lawson Gallery

2008

Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
Antiques for the Future –Norman Adams, Knightsbridge
British Antique Dealers’ Association fair, Chelsea
Summer show – Highgate Fine Art
Summer show – Island Fine Arts, Isle of Wight
Summer landscapes – Thompson’s, Aldeburgh
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park – Island Fine Arts
Noel Noel – Highgate Fine Art Gallery

2007

Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries
Annual Exhibition – Royal Institute of Oil Painters, Mall Galleries
Cultural Expo – Pakistan High Commission, London
Summer show – Highgate Fine Art
Charity Exhibition – The Canterbury Oast Trust
Noel Noel – Highgate Fine Art

2006

Annual Exhibition – Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Mall Galleries
Noel Noel – Highgate Fine Art

2005 Noel Noel – Highgate Fine Art

2004

Annual Exhibition – Thompson’s City,
New Landscapes – Thompson’s City

Noel Noel – Highgate Fine Art

2003

Annual Exhibition – Thompson’s City
Three New Artists – CCA Galleries, Mayfair
Changing Hang – Thompson’s City
Commission – Le Meridien Hotel, London
Group Exhibition – Karen Taylor Gallery, Twickenham
September Show – Thompson’s Marylebone
Affordable Art Fair, Battersea Park – Thompson’s
Christmas Show – Catto Gallery, Hampstead

2002

Past Masters – Stroud House Gallery, Gloucestershire
Fresh Art – Business Design Centre, Islington
Group Exhibition – Fairfax Gallery, Tunbridge-Wells
Group Exhibition – Moreton Contemporary, Pimlico

2001 Braving the Elements – Vertigo Gallery, Hoxton

Publications

‘Dynamic oil portraits with Tim Benson AROI’ instructional DVD from ‘Town House Films’.

Guest columnist, ‘The Artist’ magazine, December 2011 issue.