Ben Skea

Glasgow, Scotland
mail@benskea.com
www.benskea.com

 

Education

BA (Hons) Fine Art, First Class — Glasgow School of Art
PGDip Electronic Imaging — Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design

 

Solo Exhibitions

Bounds. Ends. Limits., The Telfer Gallery, Glasgow (2016)
Re-adjuster, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (2015)
In the Spacing, Iona Gallery, Kingussie (2015)
Ebb/Flow, Practice Gallery, Glasgow (1996)
Submerge, Intermedia 2, New Visions, Glasgow (1994)
Virtual Rotation, CCA, Glasgow (1994)

 

Selected Exhibitions & Screenings

8DAY – Exit CODE – 8 Mediations, BWA Contemporary Art Gallery, Poland (2023)
Scottish Animation: Abstraction & Experimentation, CCA / Filmhouse / Eden Court (2019)

PostSynthetic Interactions Through Digital Aesthetics, Taipei Expo Park, Taiwan (2019)

Second Nature, Glasgow International (2018)
25th Chicago Underground Film Festival, USA (2018)
VIDEOMEDEJA, Novi Sad, Serbia (2018)
Outpost Open Film selected by Ed Atkins, London & Norwich (2016)
Technonatural, Gossamer Fog, London (2016)
Encounters Short Film & Animation Festival, Bristol (2016)
CURRENTS, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, USA (2014)
Alchemy Film & Moving Image Festival, Hawick (2014)

(Extended list available on request)

 

Selected Projects

The Portrait Peels (Off), hand-drawn animation (in production)
The Listening Flower, hd single screen video (2026)
Shadow Grew a Body, audio-visual concept albums & videos (2020–21)
Simulacra Contemplating The Mirror Neuron System, 4K (2018)
Future Exit Strategy, video & interactive installation (2017)
Black Glass Embrace, moving image installation (2015)
Re-adjuster, moving image installation (2014)

(Extended list available on request)

 

Awards & Support

Creative Scotland — Open Project Funding (2016)
Creative Scotland — Quality Production & Presentation Award (2014)
Hope Scott Trust Grant (2015)
T N Lawrence Award, Neo:PrintPrize (2012)
Glasgow Visual Artist Award (2010)
Best Video Award, JVC Tokyo Video Festival, Japan (2002)

 

Selected Professional Experience

VFX compositing & animation for artists including Rachel Maclean (Venice Biennale) and Rhona Mühlebach