BEN REID / Paradise Lost
“Paradise Lost” by Ben Reid. Showing at Chambers@241 from 14th – 23rd September 2011 :
Spread Your Tiny Wings
Right Leaning (Edition 11/12, drypoint intaglio & relief print)
Ben Reid is an emerging artist producing both print and mixed-media works. In his prints, Reid combines specific references to local environmental histories with a wider appreciation for the conservation movement. Providing gentle reminders of the fragile nature of New Zealand’s environment, Reid’s recent prints focus on vulnerable native plants and animals whose existence has been threatened by disease, loss of habitat and the introduction of exotic predators.
For further information on works from Ben’s current exhibition “Paradise Lost”, click here. Or, contact Chambers@241 (click for link).
Ben Reid was born in Akaroa in 1974. He studied at Christchurch Polytechnic School of Art and Visual Design, graduating with a degree in Visual Art in 2005. After graduating Reid worked for three years as an assistant printmaker to Marian Maguire at PaperGraphica in Christchurch. Reid held his first solo show, ‘a bird in the hand’, at COCA gallery in Christchurch (2009), and he has contributed works to many group shows, including ‘Surface Tension’ at the Lane Gallery, Auckland (2009), ‘Preview’ at COCA (2008), and ‘Impact 5’ in Tallinn, Estonia (2007).
Ben currently lives and works in Christchurch.
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Went too see this show, thought it was fantastic, the level of detail is amazing. It’s also nice to have a gentle reminder instead of a hard kick when it comes to art.