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 International Exchange, 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:
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:
2025 Flourish Arts Grant, Merri-bek City Council.
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,
2016 2nd Year Studio Award, School of Design and Art, Curtin University.
2015 1st Year Studio Award, School of Design and Art, Curtin University.
Texts:
Amy Hickman, Inversions of Saint Sebastian, Social Structures catalogue essay, Animal House Fine Arts, 2025.
Robert Cook, For Benjamin: “(the non-coincidence of their gazes further accentuating the different planes established)”, Demarcations catalogue essay, Cool Change Contemporary, 2021.
Theo Costantino, Mapping Intricacies, Bunbury Biennale catalogue essay, Bunbury Regional Art Gallery, 2021.
Eugenio Viola, Some notes on Benjamin Bannan’s work, HERE&NOW20: Perfectly Queer, UWA Publishing, 2020.
Brent Harrison, HERE&NOW20: Perfectly Queer, gatefold catalogue essay, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,2020.
Drew Pettifer, Beat Boys, looking now anyone here? catalogue essay, Paper Mountain, 2019.
Press:
Chelsea Hopper and Shaune Lakin, “Saint Blue: The Afterlife of Derek Jarman’s Blue,” Memo, no. 1 (Summer 2023): 148–157.
Vanessa Murrell, From Self to Shared - Romania’s 4th Art Encounters Biennial, Soft Punk Magazine (online), 2021.
Cornah Willis, Benjamin Bannan, Artist Interviews (online), 2021.
Stuart Maxted and Paris Lattau, Bachelor of Fine Art (Honours), Memo Review (online), 2021.
Jenny Scott, A 20 year wait for a queer take, Seesawmag (online), 2020.
Ep 16: Salvation Rainbow with Benjamin Bannan and Brent Harrison, LWAG Talks (podcast), 2020.
Miranda Johnson, Cruising the cubicles, Seesawmag (online), 2019.
David Bell, Art off the beaten track. Perth Voice (online), 2019.
Perspectives and Hatched alumni’s art journey, Art Gallery of Western Australia (online), 2019.
Zoe Taylor, Curtin hatches artistic talent, Curtin University news (online), 2018.