Ben Stephenson

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Emerging Artist
Mexico-based Ben Stephenson explores notions of colonialism and voyeurism.
Ben describes his paintings and sculptures as an ‘exotic misinterpretation.’
The artist has exhibited across Mexico and the UK.

Born in 1990, Ben Stephenson is a British artist currently living and working in Mexico. The multidisciplinarian works across painting, sculpture, and installations. Ben is perhaps most concerned with notions of colonialism and voyeurism, central themes in his works. The artist investigates ideas around the act of observing the world from a distance, Othering, and the misinterpretations this can entail.

Ben Stephenson’s Artistic Practice

Eager to delve deeper into ideas of the exotic, Ben left London and has been living and working between Colombia and Mexico for some time. Ben combines sourced historical narratives, films and photographs with still life drawings, reassessing pre-existing ideas on indigenous and Latin American cultures. Citing folklore and legends previously mystified and romanticised by the Eurocentric art history canon, the artist paints new, fantastical tales. The resulting works harbour an almost surrealist-realism - mirroring the self-mythologising artists he pays homage to and inviting viewers to empathise with the imagined Other through stories and images.

Exhibitions and Accolades

His most recent exhibitions include FAIN Feria in Monterrey, Mexico, Genesis in the Retort at the Museo de la Ciudad in Queretaro, Mexico, and NADA at Outsiders Gallery in Queretaro, Mexico. The Mexican Embassy awarded Ben First Prize for a collaborative sculpture in the recent Camaradas exhibition at The Koppel Project Exchange, London, July 2021. His work can also be found in private collections at the University of the Arts, London, UK and Sotheby's Institute of Art, London, UK. The artist received a BA from Wimbledon College of Art and, prior to this, a Diploma from Central Saint Martins.

Ben Stephenson Artworks

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    Bluff II  by Ben Stephenson
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    Bluff II  by Ben Stephenson
    Bluff II
    Paintings - 70x44 cm
    Double Bluff I by Ben Stephenson
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    Double Bluff I by Ben Stephenson
    Double Bluff I
    Paintings - 170x120 cm
    Double Bluff II by Ben Stephenson
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    Double Bluff II by Ben Stephenson
    Double Bluff II
    Paintings - 170x120 cm
    Metamorphosis by Ben Stephenson
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    Metamorphosis by Ben Stephenson
    Metamorphosis
    Paintings - 240x174 cm
    Bluff I by Ben Stephenson
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    Bluff I by Ben Stephenson
    Bluff I
    Paintings - 70x44 cm
    Maneater by Ben Stephenson
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    Maneater by Ben Stephenson
    Maneater
    Paintings - 70x44 cm
    A Big Wave by Ben Stephenson
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    A Big Wave by Ben Stephenson
    A Big Wave
    Prints - 50x35 cm
    Come To Bed Baby by Ben Stephenson
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    Come To Bed Baby by Ben Stephenson
    Come To Bed Baby
    Prints - 50x35 cm
    Blue Phoenix by Ben Stephenson
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    Blue Phoenix by Ben Stephenson
    Blue Phoenix
    Prints - 50x35 cm
    Mini Metamorphosis by Ben Stephenson
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    Mini Metamorphosis by Ben Stephenson
    Mini Metamorphosis
    Paintings - 70x44 cm
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    In Plain Sight by Ben Stephenson
    In Plain Sight
    Paintings - 70x44 cm
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    Acolmiztli by Ben Stephenson
    Acolmiztli
    Paintings - 70x44 cm
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    Gatorade by Ben Stephenson
    Gatorade
    Paintings - 90x61 cm
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    Twin Flames by Ben Stephenson
    Twin Flames
    Paintings - 70x44 cm
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    The Lovers by Ben Stephenson
    The Lovers
    Paintings - 240x174 cm
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    The Passage by Ben Stephenson
    The Passage
    Paintings - 160x90 cm

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