EDUCATION

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2018 - 2019      Decorative Surfaces Fellowship, awarded and funded by The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers

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2015 - 2018      Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School (First Class)

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2014 - 2015      Foundation Diploma at City & Guilds of London Art School (Merit)

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PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS

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Interview in Art Etcetera Magazine

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Feature in Artists Responding Too… Magazine

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Interview with ArtistCloseUp

https://www.artistcloseup.com/blog/interview-polly-bennett?rq=polly%20bennett

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British Vogue Magazine

Vogue's Gallery

October 2021

 

witness ~ wilderness

https://witnesswilderness.com/features-polly-bennett/

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Bluechip Magazine

Issue 01: The Raw and the Real

 

Patchwork Talks

https://www.courtneyking.co.uk/patchwork-talks/polly-bennett

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The Flux Review Magazine Edition 5

 

The Flux Review

Polly Bennett – Q&A

https://www.thefluxreview.com/polly-bennett-qa/

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Interview with Of Earth and Sky Collective

Ihttps://www.instagram.com/p/CK__O3FFSCv/

 

Wild Pigment Project

Pigment People

https://wildpigmentproject.org/polly-bennet

 

The Pigment Timeline Project

Pigment Stories: Polly Bennett’s Pigment Rainbow

By Ruth Siddall, 23 March 2020

https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pigment-timeline/2020/03/23/pigment-stories-polly-bennetts-pigment-rainbow/

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STRAND The Arts and Culture Magazine

Maria Dragoi 'In Conversation with Polly Bennett', 22 May 2020

https://www.thestrandmagazine.com/single-post/2020/05/22/In-Conversation-with-Polly-Bennett

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RESIDENCIES

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2022; Wilderness Art Collective Isle of Skye Art Retreat

The Wealden Literary Festival Artist in Residence, Kent, UK

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EXHIBITIONS

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2022; ART from HEART, ‘TERRA’, Espacio Gallery, London

‘Art in The City’, Painters’ Hall, London

Field of the Cloth of Gold Celebration, Painters’ Hall, London

The Wealden Literary Festival, Kent

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2021;    'The Coral Reef Principle', Ursa Gallery, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

ART from HEART, ECOFeminism Festival 2020 Exhibition 'Utopia', Mile End, London

Crown Shyness, SKT Spaces, The Halley Space, Hackney, London

TAE Twitter Art Exhibit, Cheltenham

The Wealden Literary Festival, Boldshaves, Kent

ART from HEART Voices of Earth Exhibition (Online)

Pigments Revealed Symposium Online Exhibit 

'Restriction', Clayhill Arts, Somerset

'Identity', The Holy Art (Online)

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2020;     The Painters' Art Sale (Online)

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair (Online)

Morley College Instagram Craft Fair (Online)

Auntie-Freeze 4, Cave, Pimlico, London

'Inside Out', Cave, Pimlico, London

'Metamorphosis', Cylinder Gallery, London (Online)

Wilderness Art Collective's ‘Wilderness for the mind’ (Online)​

'Magic Little Box', Smallhythe Studio, Tenterden, Kent

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2019;     The Vavengers Charity Launch, Vagina Museum, Camden, London

Display at Putney School of Art & Design, Putney, London

Hogs Hole Apple Weekend/Craft Fair, Red House, London

‘Landlines’, Royal Geographical Society, London

MA Degree show, City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London

'Preservation', Take Courage Gallery, Amersham Arms, New Cross, London

'Granitoids, Gneisses, Sedimentary Rock' Solo Show, Cave, Pimlico, London

Clyde & Co Art Award Exhibition, Clyde & Co, St Botolph Building, London

Craft Week, City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London

The Big Clothes Switch // Art Market, 59 Geek Street, Soho, London

Gordon Dadds Legal Services Display, 6 Agar Street, London

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2018;     Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Building 17, Cartridge Place, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London

BA Fine Art Degree Show, City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London

'Natural Selection', Marlborough House School, Hawkhurst, Kent

Erotic Art Exhibition, Copeland Park, Peckham Rye, London

'An Icelandic Tale' Solo Show, The Flying Dutchman, Camberwell, London

'PICNIC', Subsidiary Projects, Vauxhall, London

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2017;     Art On A Postcard’s Photography On A Postcard Lottery, The Print Space, London

Cranbrook Art Show, Cranbrook, Kent

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, Woolwich, London

2nd Year Degree Show, The Crypt Gallery, Kings Cross, London

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2016;     1st Year Degree Show, Diorama Arts Centre, Camden, London

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2015;     Foundation Show, City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London

‘Mixed Starters’, Smallhythe Studio, Tenterden, Kent

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Pre-2015;     Various small exhibitions at Fiona Graham-Mackay’s studio, Bayford Studio, Kent

     

                 

AWARDS

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2021;     ART from HEART February Artist of the Month

Shortlisted for the first edition of Hypercube Project Space's Post Box Exhibition

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2020;      Honorary Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers

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2018;     Shortlisted for The Athenaeum Residency

Clyde & Co Art Award

The Skinners’ Company Stephen Gooden Prize for Engraving

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2017;     The Fishmongers’ Company Beckwith Scholarship for Sculpture

The Skinners’ Company Philip Connard Travel Prize

The Skinners’ Company Stephen Gooden Prize for Engraving

Shortlisted for The Artists Collecting Society Undergraduate Prize