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Benedict Drew (1977) works across video, sculpture, music and their associated technologies.  
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'''Benedict Drew''' (1977, Kyneton, Australia) works across video, sculpture, drawing, painting, and music. He creates large-scale installations, often concerned with ecstatic responses to socio-political anxiety. Solo exhibitions include The Trickle-Down Syndrome, Whitechapel Gallery, London; KAPUT, QUAD, Derby; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; and THE ANTI ECSTATIC MACHINES and Heads May Roll, Matt’s Gallery, London. Drew’s work has been exhibited internationally including at AdelaideFestival, Australia; Lofoten International Arts Festival, Norway; and in Hayward Touring exhibitions British Art Show 8 and Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. He has been commissioned to create videoworks for public spaces including Art on the Underground, London and Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea. The installation KAPUT (2015) was acquired by the Arts Council Collection. Since the 1990s Benedict Drew has performed in improvising ensembles, programmed concerts and club nights, and was a producer at the cultural charity London Musicians Collective. Drew has released several records on labels including Mana Records and Kaleidoscope, and often collaborates with other artists and musicians. He launched his own label, [https://thanettapecentre.bandcamp.com/ Thanet Tape Centre], in 2020 and regularly makes work for radio. Benedict Drew is a Lecturer in Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London. He lives and works in Whitstable and Margate, UK. [https://benedictdrew.com/Info (2025)]
  
Drew completed an MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 2011. He has frequently collaborated with a diverse mix of artists and musicians and has made many works for radio, including the series ''Unter Radio'' for [[Resonance FM]], and most recently ''Concrete Decent Transmission'' for Writtle Calling. He was lead artist for Chisenhale Gallery's Propeller Project (2012) was a LUX Associate Artist (2011/12) and in 2012 was shortlisted for the prestigious Jarman award.
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Recent solo exhibitions include The Onesie Cycle, Rhubarba, Edinburgh; Now Thing, Whitstable Biennale; This Is Feedback, Outpost, Norwich; Gliss, Cell Project Space; and The Persuaders, Circa Site / AV Festival, Newcastle. Group exhibitions include While It Lasts, Eastside Projects, Birmingham; Is That All There Is? Import Projects, Berlin; Long Live The New Flesh, ICA, London; Revolver Part 3, Matt's Gallery London; Young London, V22, London; Paraproduction, Boetzelaer|Nispen, Amsterdam; Containing the Possible, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery; There Is Not And Never Has Been Anything To Understand!, ACS Gallery; Things That Have Interested Me, Waterside Contemporary; and Soundworks, ICA, London.  
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* [https://www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/people/academic/bfdre41/ Slade School of Fine Art], UCL
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Latest revision as of 10:34, 22 November 2025

Benedict Drew (1977, Kyneton, Australia) works across video, sculpture, drawing, painting, and music. He creates large-scale installations, often concerned with ecstatic responses to socio-political anxiety. Solo exhibitions include The Trickle-Down Syndrome, Whitechapel Gallery, London; KAPUT, QUAD, Derby; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; and THE ANTI ECSTATIC MACHINES and Heads May Roll, Matt’s Gallery, London. Drew’s work has been exhibited internationally including at AdelaideFestival, Australia; Lofoten International Arts Festival, Norway; and in Hayward Touring exhibitions British Art Show 8 and Shonky: The Aesthetics of Awkwardness. He has been commissioned to create videoworks for public spaces including Art on the Underground, London and Focal Point Gallery, Southend-on-Sea. The installation KAPUT (2015) was acquired by the Arts Council Collection. Since the 1990s Benedict Drew has performed in improvising ensembles, programmed concerts and club nights, and was a producer at the cultural charity London Musicians Collective. Drew has released several records on labels including Mana Records and Kaleidoscope, and often collaborates with other artists and musicians. He launched his own label, Thanet Tape Centre, in 2020 and regularly makes work for radio. Benedict Drew is a Lecturer in Fine Art at Slade School of Fine Art, University College London and is represented by Matt’s Gallery, London. He lives and works in Whitstable and Margate, UK. (2025)

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