Amba Sayal-Bennett (1991)
Lives and Works in London
Education
2014 – 2018 PhD Art Practice & Learning, Goldsmiths
2018 – 2020 MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art
2012 – 2013 MA History of Art, The Courtauld Institute of Art
2009 – 2012 BFA Fine Art, Oxford University
Forthcoming
2018, FAKERS, Thames-Side Studios Gallery
Organised by Erin Hughes, Holly Graham & Amba Sayal-Bennett
Artists: Victoria Adam, Cecilia Charlton, Lauren Godfrey, Holly Graham, Erin Hughes, Lauren Keeley, Milly Peck, Scarlett Platel, Amba Sayal-Bennett, Rhea Storr, Reina Sugihara
Exhibition Dates: 1-16 December 2018
Preview: Friday 30 November 2018, 6.30-8.30pm
Solo Exhibitions
2017, Plane Maker, Carbon 12, Dubai, AE
2016, Diffraction Metis, Yve Yang Gallery, Boston, US
2016, Deft Nodes, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, ES
2014, Parallax, Centre for Arts and Learning, Goldsmiths, London, GB
2014, Users and Borrowers and Keepers, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, ES
Select Group Exhibitions
2018, RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London, UK
2018, Some Places Exist Only Once, Schimmel Projects Art Centre, Dresden, DE
2018, Opening Remarks, Athr Gallery, Jeddah, SA
2018, As You Become, Exhibit 320, Delhi, IN
2018, When You Travel in Time, Leave Nothing Behind, Lewisham Art House, London, GB
2018, To Our Fellow Artists and Poets Who Are Confused About Which Way to Go, Lundgren Gallery, Palma de Mallorca, ES
2018, ROYGBIV, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, US
2017, Pictures of Nothing, PG Art Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2017, Meaningful Vision, Pembroke College, Oxford, GB
2017, Drifting Here and Now, Here I Am Art Space, Dalian, CN
2016, As You Can See, Exhibit 320, Delhi, IN
2016, Backdrop, Wilsnacker Strasse, Berlin, DE
2016, Mind Out, A.P.T. Gallery, London, GB
2015, UK/raine: Emerging Artists From the UK and Ukraine, Saatchi Gallery, London, GB
2015, Xenotpoia, Gibberd Gallery, Harlow, GB
2015, Avant-Craft, Pal Zileri, London, GB
2015, Twentieth, A.P.T. Gallery, London, GB
2014, Mineshaft, Bunker, London, GB
2014, Old Rope , Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, GB
2014, Artworks Open, Barbican Arts Group Trust, London, GB
2014, Morphol Scowl, Piccadilly Place, Manchester, GB
2014, Switch, Pulchri Studio, Den Haag, NL
2012, Saatchi New Sensations, Victoria House, London, GB
2012, The Ruskin Degree Show, The Old Power Station, Oxford, GB
Projects
2017, The Box, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, GB
2017, Crazy Talk, a collaboration with Ralph Hunter-Menzies, Cypher BILLBOARD, London, UK
Conference Papers and Talks
2017, Artist Talk, Cypher Collective, Pembroke College, University of Oxford, GB
2017, Artist Talk, Honorarium by ASC Arts & Humanities Large Grant, Ohio State University, US
2016, Artist Talk, Vinay Sharma Studio, Jaipur, IN
2016, Artist Talk, Yve Yang Gallery, Boston, US
2015, Conference Paper, Discourse, Power, Resistance 15: Creative Spaces For Collective Voices, Goldsmiths, University of London, GB
Publications
Awards & Residencies
2014 – 2016, Graduate Studio Award, A.P.T
2014, Griffin Art Prize, Griffin Gallery, Short-listed
2014, WW SOLO Award, WW Gallery
2012, Red Mansion Art Prize, Short-listed
2012, The Ives Prize, The Queen’s College, Oxford
2012, The Vivien Leigh Prize, The Ashmolean Museum
2011, The Slingsby Prize, The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, Short-listed
2010, The Michel Scholarship, The Queen’s College, Oxford
2010, The Geoffrey Rhodes Prize, The Ruskin School of Art, Oxford
Collections
Saatchi Collection
Western Art Print Room Collection, Ashmolean Museum
Art Jameel
Press