Anna Freeman BentleyVanity of vanities, 2024oil on canvas220 × 320 cm
Biography
Born in London, 1982 Lives and works in LondonEducation2008-2010MA Painting , Royal College of Art, London2001-2004BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London2003Erasmus Exchange, Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin2000-2001BTEC Diploma Art Foundation , Camberwell College of Arts, LondonSolo Exhibitions2024 (upcoming)Monica de Cardenas Gallery, Zuoz2022make believe (part 2), Frestonian Gallery, Londonmake believe (part 1), Armory Show – Presents section, New York2021Armory Show London, Frestonian Gallery, London2020Collected and composed, Frestonian Gallery, London2019Second home, DENK Gallery, Los Angeles2018Exclusive, Ahmanson Gallery, Irvine2017Chapters, Wolfson College, Oxford2015Descent, North Transept, Chichester Cathedral, ChichesterSettlement, Husk Project Space, London2013Double Vision with Ale Groen, Fieldstead Gallery, Los Angeles2012Restoration, Pied à Terre, LondonChamber, workshop gallery, Venice2010Threshold with Adam Bainbridge, Blyth Gallery, London2007re – collected, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin
Group Exhibitions (selected)2024Transparency, Lyndsey Ingram, London, UK2023The Painted Room curated by Caroline Walker, GRIMM, Amsterdam, NL2022Lustrum Frestonian, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK201821st Century Women, curated by Jane Neal and Fru Thulstrop, Unit London, UK2017stiwdio/lle curated by LLE Gallery, Bayart Centre, Cardiff, UKLondon Now, Space K Gwacheon, Seoul, KoreaGroup show curated by Barbara Jenner, 68projects, Berlin, DE2016Landing, curated by Kristian Day, Herrick Gallery, London, UKSampler, Kristian Day at Arcade Gallery, UK2015Your Jewish Museum: Journeys, The Jewish Museum, London, UKDADU: Conversations, gallery ELL, Nashville, TN, USAOpen West, The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham, UKEast London Painting Prize Shortlist Show, London, UKLondon 2.0, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany2014Sluice Exhibition, The Hospital Club, London, UKAll Things New, Man&Eve Projects, West Square, London, UKEast London Painting Prize Finalists Exhibition, London, UKDouble Blind curated by Thomas Cuckle, 4Windmill Street, London, UK2013Shadow and Substance, Durham University & Newcastle, UK2012Drift, Lumen United Reformed Church, London, UK2011Some Domestic Incidents curated by Matt Price, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UKThe Florence Trust Summer Show, The Florence Trust, London, UKSight Insight, Asylum Arts, London, UKPrague Biennale 5, “Expanded Painting 4” Some Domestic Incidents, Prague, Czech Rep.2010RCA Show Two Battersea, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK2009Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Manchester and London, UKThere’s Something I’d like to Tell You, IMA Village Gallery, Berlin, GermanyWunderbar, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, GermanyWake the town and tell the people, Hockney Gallery, London, UK2008Some Other Place, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, GermanyAwards/Residencies2019Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, ItalyElizabeth Greenshields Foundation second Grant, Canada2017Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada2015-2016Breathing Space Residency, Space Studios, London, UK2013-2014ERDF New Creative Markets Programme, London, UK2012Artist-in-Restaurant, Pied à Terre, London, UK2010-2011The Florence Trust Artists Residency, London, UK2009Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award, London, UKVilliers David Travel Award2008John Moores Painting Prize, longlisted2006-2008Artist in Residence, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany2007Hotel Bloom! Room 212, mural commission, Brussels, Belgium Public CollectionsMuseum X, Beijing Tia Collection, Santa Fe Soho House, Barcelona and Los Angeles Kolon, Seoul Hotel Crillon, Paris Pied a Terre, London Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Collection, California The Basma Al Sulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeddah Chelsea College of Art & Design, London