Ben Sanderson
Over the past eight years, my work has extended into schools, universities, gardens, care homes, galleries, museums, shops, and domestic spaces - anywhere that allows ideas to progress. I am interested in how art can act as a tool or navigator for experiencing life, and how shared engagement with practice can create spaces for growth and understanding. Alongside my studio work, I run workshops and teach part-time as an Associate Lecturer at Falmouth University valuing the reciprocal exchange of learning and dialogue.
In 2021 I made Green at an Angle, an exhibition at Kestle Barton, which developed through a three-year relationship with Trebah Gardens. Through garden walks with specialists from different disciplines, I explored the space between people and plants, questioning what happens at the garden’s edge. This thinking later led to Ouroboros, an exhibition at MIRROR gallery in Plymouth, where I made a series of wall-like works from reactivated paintings; cropped, quilted, dyed, and pulped to form temporary rooms within the gallery. More recently, during a period of personal loss, I made small, intimate paintings which were exhibited alongside collaborative wall murals painted by young people in Lilies and Illusions at Harbour House, Kingsbridge.
My practice is lived-in and intuitive which is what prompts me towards anew.
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