Benjamin Bannan
Benjamin Bannan is an Assistant Lecturer at Monash Art, Design and Architecture.
Education:
2023 Master of Fine Art (Research), Monash University, VIC
2020 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours), Monash University, VIC
2018 Visiting Scholar, École Nationale Supérieure d'Art (ENSA), Dijon, France
2017 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Curtin University, WA
Solo Exhibitions:
2025 Social Structures, Animal House Fine Arts, VIC
2023 Palimpsest, guest curated by Isabella Hone-Saunders, Cathedral Cabinet, VIC
Wither Narcissus, SEVENTH Gallery, VIC
Perennial blue, MADA, Monash University, VIC
2021 Demarcations, Cool Change, WA
Untitled (Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata), West Space, VIC
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2026 Babette’s Feast, FUTURES Gallery, VIC
HOUSE, Animal House Fine Arts, VIC
2023 Edging away from the optic, curated by Teagan Ramsay, Intermission Gallery, VIC
Figuring Ground, curated by Abbra Kotlarczyk, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
CC: ALL, Cool Change, WA
2022 The General Public, 99% Gallery, VIC
2021 Landscape in a Convex Mirror, curated by Mihnea Mircan, Art Encounters Biennial 2021, Timișoara, Romania
Bunbury Biennale, curated by Caroline Lunel, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, WA
MADA Now, Monash University, VIC
2020 Here&Now20: Perfectly Queer, curated by Brent Harrison, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, University of Western Australia, WA
ARCUS, curated by Jimmy Twin, Martin Browne Contemporary, NSW
2019 looking now anyone here?, Paper Mountain, WA
Continuity and Change; Future, curated by Greg Sikich and Jess Boyce, Mundaring Arts Centre, WA
2018 Hatched: National Graduate Exhibition, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts, WA
ARCUS, curated by Nathan Eastwood, Flour Factory, WA
2017 Curtin University Art Degree Show, Curtin University, WA
Awards/Prizes:
2026 Finalist, Darebin Art Prize, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
2025 Flourish Arts Grant, Merri-bek City Council
Finalist, Experimental Print Prize, Castlemaine Art Museum
Finalist, Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award
2021 RTP Stipend Scholarship, Monash University
2020 Lowensteins Arts Management Award, MADA Now, Monash University
University Medal for Undergraduate Academic Excellence, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
2018 International Travel Scholarship, Curtin University
Best Work on Paper, South Perth Emerging Artist Award
2017 3rd Year Studio Award, School of Design and Art, Curtin University
Highly Commended, Reserve Art Prize
3/D Sculpture and Textiles award, South Perth Emerging Artist Award