ben wilson | about the artist

Ben Wilson (B.1963)
Ben Wilson is an artist who has worked throughout his life in many different situations, using many different mediums creating a wide range of works from tiny chewing gum miniatures to vast sculptural buildings. He presently lives in Muswell Hill with his partner, Lily, and their three children.

Art Projects
2004-ongoingChewing Gum PaintingsLondon, Berlin, Bacquville
2003-2004Black and White SeriesMuswell Hill, London
2000-2003Oil Pastel SeriesMuswell Hill, London
1983-ongoingWooden Sculptural ReliefsBarnet and Muswell Hill, London

Ben working
sleeping figure, hadley woods 1986 (no longer exists)
Sculptural Environments
2003Sculptural ChapelContemporary Folk Art Museum, Kaustinen, Finland
1997-2002Sculptural GardenWoodhouse College, North Finchley, London
1994-1997Sculptural GardenChristchurch School, North Finchley, London
1995-1996Wooden Towers & WalkwayAmerican Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
1995Inner City GardenBattlebridge Centre, Kings Cross, London
1994Twin ChairsWoodhouse College, North Finchley, London
1993Dome with Seat & TreeLehnin Institute, Nr. Berlin, Germany
1993Flowering Wooden ArchwayPrivate Collection, London
1991-1992Sculpture with Stairway to Room Wysing Grange Arts Centre, Cambridgeshire
1990Garden Sculptural ReliefPrivate Collection, Sydney, Australia
1989Woman Overlooking ValleyPrivate Collection, Wellington, New Zealand
1989Mississippi ChairPrivate Collection, Illinois, USA
1989Lake SculptureNailsworth Festival, Gloucestershire
1987Sculptural Play AreaRudolf Steiner School, Kings Langley
1987Sculptural Play AreaCoram Fields, London
1987BoatHadley Woods, Barnet
1986Sleeping FigureHadley Woods, Barnet (see image above)
1986Man & HorseOakleigh Theological College, Barnet
1985-86Giant Table and ChairsOakleigh Theological College, Barnet
1984-85Wooden Sculptural EnvironmentMiddlesex Polytechnic, Barnet

Collections
Amercian Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
Museum of Contemporary Folk Art, Kaustinen, Finland
Musgrave-Kinley Outsider Art Collection at the Musuem of Modern Art, Dublin
Wysing Grange Arts Centre, Cambridge

Exhibitions
Tree of Life - Amercian Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, USA 1995
Works from the Musgrave-Kinley Collection - Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester Mar-June 2002
British Outsider Art - Musee La Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France Mar-Aug 2008

Publications
Self-Made Worlds - Visionary Folk Art Environments by Roger Manly and Mark Sloan pg. 96
Raw Creation by John Maizels 1996 pg. 80-83
Raw Vision No 21 1997
Monika's Story by Monika Kinley 2005 pg. 150-51 and 204
Raw Vision No 55 2006
London Street Art 2 by Alex MacNaughton 2007
Outsider Art Source Book Edited by John Maizels 2009 pg. 162

Useful Links
raw vision article
bbc article
british outsider art
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