Ben Jeans Houghton was born in Newcastle in 1984. He maintains a diverse practice in various fields, including, Sculpture, Installation, Video, Drawing, photography, Writing and Horticulture.

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Qualifications

Sculpture Fellowship, Northumbria university 2007-2008
BA Hons Fine Art: Received 1st, Northumbria University 2004-2007
Foundation Course: Received Distinction, Newcastle college 2003-2004

Publications

Waygood Wood May 2008
Exhibition catalogue and response to text by Joel Fisher.

A Metre Before Impact Febuary 2008
A collaborative publication combining drawings and written narrative.
published by Waygood gallery.

JET SEASON November - March, 2007 - 2008
Exhibition catalogue accompanying 3 month season in waygoods little jewel cinema. Both showing and curating a programme of film and performance. including comissioned essay discussing the films of ben jeans houghton.

Trauma Queen September 2007
Exhibition catalogue and essays accompanying international group show.

Bursaries

NFM, Tyneside Cinema, Research Bursary.
selected to receive funding for a week long research trip to London to complete a paper and study of the relationship between Fine Art Film/Video and Cinema. As the basis for a new eductaional programme.

ISIS ARTS Web design Training
Selected to receive intensive training over 2 days toward the creation of Web specific skills.

ISIS ARTS Workshop and Bursary
Selected to participate in Radio Craft Lab; a series of workshops lead by international artists specialising in Sound Art, running in conjunction with the AV Festival.

Enchanted moment Exhibition and Bursary
Invited to participate in a exhibition programme spanning the city, creating a piece in response to a text by Joel Fisher.

Residencies

Artist in Residence at West Jesmond Primary School: 2007
Creating and delivering three workshops and a body of work.

MEMORY MAP: 2007 Gallery Glue Residency
Producing a map of Newcastle from memory cullminating in an interactive installation.

Exhibitions

MY KINGDOM October 13th - December 6th 2009
Group Show, Space Inbetween Gallery, London
Memory One 2009
Ocular Sculpture

CrASH October 13th - December 6th 2009
Group Show, 110 Warner Road, London
THE ARKA DREAM FOUNDATION 2009
Documentation of 1 Month Performance

A DUCK FOR MR DARWIN October 10th - December 12th 2009
MEAD GALLERY, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
On The Ark And I; Durational Installation.

A DUCK FOR MR DARWIN April 10th - September 20th, 2009
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
On The Ark And I; Durational Installation.
Dear...; Postal Archive.

Wood For The Trees May 2008
WAYGOOD Gallery
Forrest 2008
Interactive installation and sound piece in Newcastle city centre.

More Today Than Yesterday May 2008
Recent graduate Group Show, GLOBE GALLERY
Taxonomy of Transient objects 2008, Durational Instalation.

Graduate Fellows 2008
GALLERY NORTH
Wood 2008
Sculpture

JET SEASON: 24th November - 7th March 2007 - 2008
LITTLE JEWEL CINEMA
Showcasing the Films of Ben Jeans Houghton. Also curating a programme of film and performance.
Waygood Galleries and Studios.

TRAUMA QUEEN: September - October 2007
Athens, Greece, Mediterranean Hotel
Ark A, Series of 8 Untitled Scupltures created from found objects collected in Athens.
International Group show, alongside the Athens Bienalle.

MARTIN ZET 24 Hour Performance Workshop: 2007
Harker Herald, wagood Galleries
Participant in this experimental and innovative performance workshop.
StudioSherpa (with Cai Nyahoe) performance to camera.

Its Dead; We Killed It. Northumbria University Degree Show 2007
Untitled animation, accompanied by a series of sculptures, created from found objects collected over a three year period.

Eyes Wide Open
Star and Shadow cinema, Newcastle.
Various short films screened 2005 - 2007

Young British artists 2006 - 2007

SAKIDE, Kanagawa Japan
Ark A pen and ink freehand drawing 2007
Seed, pen and ink freehand drawing 2006

Events and discussion

Portable Radio, WORKPLACE GALLERY 2008
A touring local radio project hosting dialogues with artists, writers, curators and others with an interest in UK visual cultures from May 2008 to May 2009.