Ben Barrell

EARLY LIFE:
In my childhood I became fascinated with shapes. I joined a Saturday morning art club where I was able to create plaster and concrete casts. Creating a scale model of the farm I lived on in North Cornwall was my first project. Playtime was always great fun, I loved being outside, I was either on the farm or down by the coast. This triggered my intrigue with the Ocean and the stunning, rugged Cornish landscape. As time went on I became immersed in sailing and surfing. I loved to watch the shapes on the water as the waves rolled up and yachts sailed elegantly across its horizon. My visual memories and sketches of these dynamic shapes translated into the physical forms I created back then and continue to make now.

EDUCATION:
Bristol Polytechnic

MEDIUMS USED IN WORK:
Bronze, recycled Cornish Granite

SUBJECTS OF WORK:
Ocean, Outdoors, Movement

EXHIBITIONS:
Marshall Murray, Riverhill House, Riverhill, Sevenoaks, Kent, (Logan Bench, Pebble Seat) · Moncrieff-Bray Gallery, Woodruffs Farm, Egdean, Pulborough, West Sussex (Crescent Bench) · Yew Tree Gallery, Pendeen, Cornwall, (Crescent Bench) · Barn Galleries, Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire (Crescent Bench) Previous · Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex (Crescent Benches; black and white) · The Garden Gallery, Broughton, Wiltshire (Crescent Bench) · Hannah Peschar Sulpture Garden, Ockley, Surrey, (Swirl Sculpture and Finback Seat) · Sausmarez Manor Sculpture Park, Guernsey (Crescent Bench, Pebble Seats & Logan Bench) · Sculpture at Coughton Hall and Gardens, Warwickshire. (Finback Seat and Crescent Bench) · RHS Flower Show Tatton Park, Cheshire. (Pebble Seats and Crescent Bench) · Fresh Air 2013, Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. · Chelsea Flower Show 2013, Marshall Murray Garden. (May 21st - 25th) · Chelsea Flower Show 2013, Brewin Dolphin show garden in collaberation with Robert Myers · Chelsea Flower Show 2012, Marshall Murray Garden. · Avebury Manor, National Trust, Avebury, Wiltshire. (Pebble Seats, Fin Back Seat and Crescent Bench) · Cornwall Design Fair, Trereife House Cornwall. · Fresh Air 2011, Quenington Old Rectory, Cirencester, Gloucestershire. · Woburn ArtBEAT 2011, Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. · The Contemporary Craft Fair, Bovey Tracey, Devon. · RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London. (2010, 2009, 2006) · Cass Sculpture Foundation, Goodwood, West Sussex (2011 - 2006) · Rowsley Sculpture Show, Derwent-Wye Fine Art, Derbyshire (2010) · Artspace, Barn Galleries, Henley on Thames (2010) · Delamore Arts, Delamore House, Plymouth (2010, 2009, 2007) · Hidden Art at Trereife House, Penzance, Cornwall (2010) · The Garden Gallery, Broughton, Wiltshire (2010 - 2003) · Sausmarez Manor Sculpture Park, Guernsey. (2011– 2003) · Hidden Art at Godolphin house, Helston, Cornwall (2009 - 2006) · Gallery Pelar & Sculpture Garden, Lelant, St Ives (2009, 2008) · Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske, Truro (2008-2006) · The Sculpture Show, Trull House, Taunton (2007) · Barbed Gallery, Barnes, London (2008-2007) · Harvey Wells, Helford, Cornwall. (2007) · Cornish Mining Heritage, Royal William Yard, Plymouth. (2007) · Falmouth Festival of Literature & Arts, Cornwall. (2006) · Summer Exhibition at Druidstone House, Dorset (2005) · Modern Artists Gallery, Pangbourne, Berks. (2005-2001) · Affordable Art Fair, London. (2005-2001) · Peters Barn Gallery, West Sussex (2004) · Hannah Pechar Sculpture Garden (2002) · Art of Living, Hever Castle, Kent. (2000) · Parkside Business Centre, Wye Valley, Permanent Exhibition. (1998) · One Man Show, by special invitation, RHS Rosemoor Gardens, Devon. (1998) · Art of Living, Eastnor Castle, Hereford. (1997) · Concrete Societies AGM / Open day, Redwood Lodge, Bristol. (1997) · Horizons, One Man Show, Eggesford Barton Arts Centre, Devon. (1996) · Combinations, The King Street Gallery, Bristol. (1996) · Degree show, Bristol University (1995)

Ben Barrell sculpture for sale from The Sculpture Park is detailed below: