Education
January 2014 – March 2014 Mary Ward Centre
Experimental Sound Art
September 2007 - September 2009 Middlesex University
MA Fine Art
September 2002 – June 2004 University of Central England
BA HONS Visual Communication
September 2000 – June 2002 North Warwickshire and Hinckley College
HND Visual Communication
September 1998 – June 2000 Sandwell College
BTEC Visual Communication
Talks and Lectures
2023
Serpentine Cinema: A Gathering, Ed Webb-Ingall, Beverley Bennett, Arwa Aburawa and Turab Shah
‘Simon Says/Dadda’ in conversation with Rehana Zaman, LUX, Liverpool
‘Simon Says/Dadda’ in conversation with Jenny Porter, Metal and FACT, Liverpool
‘Simon Says/Dadda’ in conversation with Jo Capper, Sima Gonsai, Chantal Pitts, Mabowunje Harrison, Grand Union, Birmingham
In conversation with Claudette Johnson, Marlene Smith, Keith Piper, Trevor Mathison and Ian Sargent, BFI, London
2022
Visiting Artist: Artist Talk, Royal College of Art, London
Visiting Artist: Artist Talk, Reading University
‘Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing’, Panel Discussion, Wolverhampton University
‘Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing’, B2022 Art Festival, Victoria Square, Birmingham
2021
‘Cut & Mix: Black Masculinities in the 21st Century’, Panel Discussion, New Art Exchange, Nottingham
Visiting Artist: Artist Talk, Chelsea College of Art, London
Artists in conversation: Jasleen Kaur & Beverley Bennett, Manchester Art Gallery
Visiting Artist: Artist Talk, Edinburgh University School of Art
Visiting Artist: Artist Talk, Chelsea School of Art, London
2020
‘Empathy and Care as a form of resistance’ with Jennifer Martin, Contemporary Art Practice, London
2019
‘Collective Intimacy’ Theaster Gates, Prada, The Vinyl Factory, The Store X and The Showroom, London
‘Masterclass’ Goldsmiths University, London
‘From The Artists Mouth’ Eastside Projects, Birmingham
‘The Radical Gesture: Articulating Invisible Histories Through Mark Making’ Iniva and London Art Fair
2018
Philomela’s Chorus, Q&A with Gaylene Gould, BFI Head of Cinema and Event, London
2017
Philomela’s Chorus, Encounters ShortFilm Festival, Watershed, Bristol
Beverley Bennett - Network 11, Spike Island, Bristol
2016
Nottingham Trent University
Tate Britain, London
New Art Exchange, Nottingham
Cubitt Gallery, London
2012
London College of Communication
2011
Curator talk, National Portrait Gallery, London,
2010
The Crypt Gallery, London
The Bluecoat, Liverpool
Kuumba Imani Centre, Liverpool
Solo Shows
2023
Simon Says/Dadda, Grand Union, Birmingham, Metal, Liverpool, LUX, London, The Newbridge Project, Newcastle
2022
Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing, Birmingham Commonwealth Art Festival
2016
Dissonance, New Art Exchange, Nottingham
Untitled Reverb, St. George's Hospital, London
2011
Residue, Unit Gallery, Hong Kong
2010
Process, Arena Gallery, Liverpool
Group Shows
2021
Cut & Mix: Black Masculinities in the 21st Century, New Art Exchange, Nottingham
2019
The Range, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
Art Projects, Iniva, London Art Fair, London
2018
Studio. Vs An Experiment: Live Session, London
Alive like You and Me, Devonshire Collective, Eastbourne
See Here, Old Neale's Auction House, Nottingham
2016
Triptychs 2, Cafe Ollo, Huddersfield
Digital, National Gallery of Jamaica, Kingston
2014
In Between Times, Queen’s Park, London
2013
Behind the Scenes, National Portrait Gallery, London
2011
Drawing Connections, Siena Art Institute, Italy
Slice, National College of the Arts, Lahore (with TBC Artists' Collective)
Slice, Rich Mix, London (with TBC Artists' Collective)
Radical's and Non-Conformist, National Portrait Gallery, London
2010
Trace Elements, The Show, London
Delineation, Dialogues with Contemporary Drawing, The Crypt Gallery, London
100 The Highway, Impulsive Random Platform and Nomad Galleries, London
Global Studio, the Bluecoat, Liverpool
Action, the Bluecoat, Liverpool
2009
Metamorphose, Islington Arts Factory, London
MA MAFA, Middlesex University, London
Present in Spirit, A12 Gallery, London
Hidden Talents 2.0, National Portrait Gallery, London
Whole, The Rag Factory, London
du.ra.tion. House Gallery, London
Sculpture Not Sculpture, The Corridor, London
Seven Sins, The Foundry, London
2005
Hidden Talents, National Portrait Gallery, London
2004
2wentyeight, AOP Gallery, London
Screenings
2023
‘Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing’, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
‘Simon Says/Dadda’ FACT, Liverpool
‘Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing’ BFI London
2022
‘Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing’ Commonwealth Art Festival, Leamington Spa, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Birmingham
‘Amine’ We Are Parable, Edinburgh
2020
‘Amine’, Sheffield Docs, Sheffield
‘Amine’ Selected 10, London
2018
'Amine', CinemAfrica Film Festival, Stockholm
‘Amine’, Philomela's Chorus, European Film Festival, Nairobi
‘Amine’, Philomela's Chorus, BFI, London
‘Amine’, Metal Liverpool and Scalarama Festival
‘Amine’, Philomela's Chorus, HOME, Manchester
2017
‘Amine’, Philomela’s Chorus, Encounters ShortFilm Festival, Watershed, Bristol
Performances
2019
‘Hello Miss Bev’, hmn edition 18, All Hallows Church, London
Beverley Bennett and Dubmorphology, Raven Row, London
Beverley Bennett Performance Night with Jerome Bucknor, Trevor Minto, Courtney Copeland, and Layton Plummer, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
2018
An Introduction of The Tones - by Benjamin A Owen, Alex Baker, Beverley Bennett, Rachael Finney, Kit Poulson, Mark Simms, Tom Ward, Islington Central Library, London
2017
Beverley Bennett - Network 11, Spike Island, Bristol
2016
Art Assassins and Network 11, Frieze Art Fair, London
Art Assassins and Network 11, South London Gallery, London
Residencies
2022
African Diaspora Consortium (ADC) Michael Nettles Emerging Artist Network Exchange, Teachers College, Columbia University
2019
‘Yuh Figet Yuhself’ Create Civic Change, Tilting the Mirror, Peckham Platform, London
Artist in Residence, Tate Modern, London
2018
Time and Space Residency Metal, Liverpool
2017
Up Projects 'Constellations', London
'The Studio of Collaboration' Camden Art Centre and Ark Franklin Academy, London
Quarry Lab, Nottinghamshire
Wysing Art Centre, Cambridgeshire
2016
Quarry Lab, North Nottinghamshire
Publications
2023
How We Hold, Rehearsals Fore Art And Social Change, Serpentine Education and Civic
2022
Art Engagement, Art Monthly no 459
2021
Burps, branches and bold exploration – Laced/Cut & Mix review, The Guardian
2020
In Other Words, Metal Culture UK
2018
See Here, Quarry Lab, Nottinghamshire
2016
Digital, National Gallery of Jamaica
Commissions
2023
Simon Says/Dadda Grand Union, Birmingham, Metal, Liverpool, LUX, London, The Newbridge Project, Newcastle
2022
Nation’s Finest, Putting Down Roots and Birthing, Birmingham Commonwealth Art Festival
Creativity and Wellbeing, South London Gallery, London
2021
Remote Connections, Cubitt Art Gallery, London
Chapters, Towner, Eastbourne
2019
Create Civic Change - Tilting the Mirror, Peckham Platform, London
Simon Says/Dadda, The Range, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
2018
'SS/D WIP', BHM Live, Leicester
2017
'Amine', Philomela's Chorus, London
2016
'Dissonance', New Art Exchange, Nottingham
2011
Slice, TBC Artists' Collective
Private Collection
Valerie De La Rochette
Reece Ewing
Lisa Anderson
LR Vandy
Neruma Ankti