Benedict Drew

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Benedict Drew (1977) works across video, sculpture, music and their associated technologies.

Drew completed an MFA at the Slade School of Fine Art, London, in 2011. He has frequently collaborated with a diverse mix of artists and musicians and has made many works for radio, including the series Unter Radio for Resonance FM, and most recently Concrete Decent Transmission for Writtle Calling. He was lead artist for Chisenhale Gallery's Propeller Project (2012) was a LUX Associate Artist (2011/12) and in 2012 was shortlisted for the prestigious Jarman award.

Recent solo exhibitions include The Onesie Cycle, Rhubarba, Edinburgh; Now Thing, Whitstable Biennale; This Is Feedback, Outpost, Norwich; Gliss, Cell Project Space; and The Persuaders, Circa Site / AV Festival, Newcastle. Group exhibitions include While It Lasts, Eastside Projects, Birmingham; Is That All There Is? Import Projects, Berlin; Long Live The New Flesh, ICA, London; Revolver Part 3, Matt's Gallery London; Young London, V22, London; Paraproduction, Boetzelaer|Nispen, Amsterdam; Containing the Possible, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery; There Is Not And Never Has Been Anything To Understand!, ACS Gallery; Things That Have Interested Me, Waterside Contemporary; and Soundworks, ICA, London.