Polly Bennett
OCCUPATION (outside of being an artist)
Gallery Manager at Gallery 35, Kent
School Governor at Rolvenden Primary School, Kent
South East Open Studio Social Media Manager
Founder of POLBEN's Pigment
Wilderness Art Collective Social Media Manager
EDUCATION
2018 - 2019 Decorative Surfaces Fellowship, awarded and funded by The Worshipful Company of Painter-Stainers
2015 - 2018 Bachelor of Arts Degree in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School (First Class)
2014 - 2015 Foundation Diploma at City & Guilds of London Art School (Merit)
PUBLICATIONS / INTERVIEWS
ingénu/e magazine : issue 43
Art Trails and Open Studios
Kent Life Magazine
'Local Legend'
Interview in Art Etcetera Magazine
Feature in Artists Responding Too… Magazine
Interview with ArtistCloseUp
https://www.artistcloseup.com/blog/interview-polly-bennett?rq=polly%20bennett
British Vogue Magazine
Vogue's Gallery
October 2021
witness ~ wilderness
https://witnesswilderness.com/features-polly-bennett/
Bluechip Magazine
Issue 01: The Raw and the Real
Patchwork Talks
https://www.courtneyking.co.uk/patchwork-talks/polly-bennett
The Flux Review Magazine Edition 5
The Flux Review
Polly Bennett – Q&A
https://www.thefluxreview.com/polly-bennett-qa/
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/
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
RESIDENCIES
2024; Awakenings at Wick, Wick Farm, Somerset, UK
ArtHouse Jersey, Jersey, UK
2023; Awakenings at Wick, Wick Farm, Somerset, UK
ArtHouse Jersey, Jersey, UK
2022; Wilderness Art Collective Isle of Skye Art Retreat, Scotland, UK
The Wealden Literary Festival Artist in Residence, Kent, UK
EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming; Pop-Up Exhibition with South East Open Studios Artists, The Hub, Wye, 18th May
'The Gilded City' for London Craft Week, Painters' Hall, London, 13th - 15th May
Wealden Midsummer Fair, Hole Park, Rolvenden, Kent, 6th - 9th June
South East Open Studios, Rolvenden, 10th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 29th, 30th June
Art in a Topiary Garden, Benenden, Kent 24th - 26th August
'Waterlines' with Wilderness Art Collective, 18th - 28th September
2024; ART from HEART, ECOFeminism Festival 2020 Exhibition 'Branches', Mile End, London
2023; ‘O Rose, Cut In Rock’ with sacks and bird, London
Tenterden Artist Exhibition, Kent
'Changing Landscapes', Arc Studio, London
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
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)
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
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
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
'An Icelandic Tale' Solo Show, The Flying Dutchman, Camberwell, London
'PICNIC', Subsidiary Projects, Vauxhall, London
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
2016; 1st Year Degree Show, Diorama Arts Centre, Camden, London
2015; Foundation Show, City & Guilds of London Art School, Kennington, London
‘Mixed Starters’, Smallhythe Studio, Tenterden, Kent
AWARDS
2021; ART from HEART February Artist of the Month
Shortlisted for the first edition of Hypercube Project Space's Post Box Exhibition
2020; Honorary Freeman of The Worshipful Company of Painter Stainers
2018; Shortlisted for The Athenaeum Residency
Clyde & Co Art Award
The Skinners’ Company Stephen Gooden Prize for Engraving
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