Anna Freeman Bentley b. (Freeman) 1982, London, UK
Lives and works in London.
- Education
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2008-2010 |
MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London |
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2001-2004 |
BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London |
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2003 |
Erasmus Exchange, Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin |
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2000-2001 |
BTEC Diploma Art Foundation, Camberwell College of Arts, London |
- Solo and two person exhibitions
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2022 |
make believe (part 2), Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
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2022 |
make believe (part 1), Armory Show – Presents section, NY, USA |
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2021 |
Armory Show - Presents section (remote), Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
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2020 |
Collected and composed, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
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2019 |
Second home, DENK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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2018 |
Exclusive, Ahmanson Gallery, Irvine, CA, USA |
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2017 |
Chapters, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK |
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2015 |
Descent, North Transept, Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, UK |
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2015 |
Settlement, Husk Project Space, London, UK |
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2013 |
Double Vision with Ale Groen, Fieldstead Gallery, California, USA |
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2012 |
Restoration, Pied à Terre, London, UK |
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2012 |
Chamber, workshop gallery, Venice, Italy |
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2010 |
Threshold with Adam Bainbridge, Blyth Gallery, London, UK |
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2007 |
re – collected, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
- Selected group exhibitions
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2022 |
Lustrum Frestonian, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
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2018 |
21st Century Women, curated by Jane Neal and Fru Thulstrop, Unit London, UK |
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2017 |
stiwdio/lle curated by LLE Gallery, Bayart Centre, Cardiff, UK |
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London Now, Space K Gwacheon, Seoul, Korea |
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Group show curated by Barbara Jenner, 68projects, Berlin, DE |
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2016 |
Landing, curated by Kristian Day, Herrick Gallery, London, UK |
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Sampler, Kristian Day at Arcade Gallery, UK |
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2015 |
Your Jewish Museum: Journeys, The Jewish Museum, London, UK |
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DADU: Conversations, gallery ELL, Nashville, TN, USA |
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Open West, The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham, UK |
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East London Painting Prize Shortlist Show, London, UK |
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London 2.0, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany |
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2014 |
Sluice Exhibition, The Hospital Club, London, UK |
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All Things New, Man&Eve Projects, West Square, London, UK |
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East London Painting Prize Finalists Exhibition, London, UK |
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Double Blind curated by Thomas Cuckle, 4Windmill Street, London, UK |
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2013 |
Shadow and Substance, Durham University & Newcastle, UK |
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2012 |
Drift, Lumen United Reformed Church, London, UK |
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2011 |
Some Domestic Incidents curated by Matt Price, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK |
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The Florence Trust Summer Show, The Florence Trust, London, UK |
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Sight Insight, Asylum Arts, London, UK |
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Prague Biennale 5, “Expanded Painting 4” Some Domestic Incidents, Prague, Czech Rep. |
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2010 |
RCA Show Two Battersea, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK |
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Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Manchester and London, UK |
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There’s Something I’d like to Tell You, IMA Village Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
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Wunderbar, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
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Wake the town and tell the people, Hockney Gallery, London, UK |
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2008 |
Some Other Place, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
- Awards/residencies
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2019 |
Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy |
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Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation second Grant, Canada |
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2017 |
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada |
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2015-16 |
Breathing Space Residency, Space Studios, London, UK |
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2013-14 |
ERDF New Creative Markets Programme, London, UK |
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2012 |
Artist-in-Restaurant, Pied à Terre, London, UK |
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2010-11 |
The Florence Trust Artists Residency, London, UK |
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2009 |
Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award, London, UK |
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Villiers David Travel Award |
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2008 |
John Moores Painting Prize, longlisted |
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2006-08 |
Artist in Residence, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
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2007 |
Hotel Bloom! Room 212, mural commission, Brussels, Belgium |
- Publications
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2022 |
make believe catalogue. Edited by Matt Price, Essay by Thomas Marks, Interview with Georgie Paget, Anomie Publishing & Frestonian Gallery, London |
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2018 |
Exclusive catalogue. Essays by Roberta Ahmanson, John Silvis and Jane Neal. Anomie Publishing and Pinatubo Press, USA |
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2017 |
Interview with Emily Spicer, Studio International Online Journal, UK |
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2016 |
Interior Realities, text by Matt Price, Fused Magazine, UK |
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2015 |
Art + Christianity Journal, "Baroque Folds" feature essay by Jonathan Koestle-Cate |
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2015 |
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2011 |
The Florence Trust Summer Exhibition Catalogue, text by Colin Perry, London |
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2011 |
Some Domestic Incidents, text by Matt Price, Prague Biennale Catalogue |
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2010 |
RCA Show Catalogue published by the Royal College of Art, London |
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2010 |
Modern Painting, Electronic Beats Magazine published by Toni Kappesz, Berlin |
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2009 |
New Contemporaries Catalogue published by New Contemporaries |
- Visiting lecturer
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2015 |
King's College London, School of Theology, UK |
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2014 |
University of Teesside, Fine Art Department, UK |
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2013 |
University of Durham, Department of Theology, UK |
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2012 |
University of Coventry, Fine Art Department, UK |
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2012 |
BIOLA University, Art Department, California, USA |
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2010 |
Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK |
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2010 |
University of the Arts, Farnham, UK |
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2010 |
University of Reading, Fine Art Department, UK |
- Collections
Soho House
Kolon, Seoul
The Basma Al Sulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art (Jeddah)
Hotel Crillon, Paris
Saatchi, London
Pied a Terre, London
Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Collection, California
Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
Private collections worldwide.