BENJAMIN BEKER    
     
Education    
     
2006 - 2008   MA Fine Art Photography, Royal College of Art, London, UK
1996 - 2000   BA Photography, Akademija Umetnosti BK, Belgrade, Serbia
     
Selected Exhibitions    
     
2011   At The Edge of Logic, Group Exhibition, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon, Portugal
2011   April is the cruellest month, breeding, Group Exhibition, LIDO Gallery, Hastings, UK
2011   Nova fotografija 2,Group Exhibition, NOVA gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2010   reGeneration 2, Tomorrows Photographers Today:
     
    Musee l'Elysee Lausanne, Switzerland
    Recontres de Arles, Arles, France
    Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
    Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy
    Aperture Foundation, New York, USA
    Preus Museum, Horten, Norway
    Ludwig Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest, Hungary
2010   Blocks, Solo Exhibition, Flowers East Gallery, London, UK
2009   Monuments, Solo Exhibition, ArtSway, New Forest, Hampshire, UK
2009   Obsession, Terminal 00, Group Exhibition, Ada Street Gallery, London, UK
2009   Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 09, Group Exhibition, Photographers Gallery, London, UK
2009   Feel the Force, Group Exhibition (Curated by Clare Goodwin and Liz Murray),
    Café Gallery Projects, London, UK
2009   ARSEP Exhibition – Auction, Christies, Paris, France
2008   Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward 2008, Group Exhibition:
     
    Griffin Photography Museum, Boston, MA, USA
    Galerie Art Mur, Montréal, QC, Canada
    Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York City, NY, USA
    Lennox Contemporary, Toronto, ON, Canada
2008   ArtSway Open 08. Group Show, New Forest, Hampshire, UK
2008   Farmers Market, Group Exhibition (Curated by Fedja Klikovac),
    Handel Street Project Gallery, London, UK
2008   Summer Show, Group Show, Hoopers Gallery, London, UK
2008   Show RCA, Group Exhibition, (Curated by Nigel Rolfe), Royal College of
    Art, London, UK
2008   Interim Show 2008, Royal College of Art, London UK
2007   Failure/Success, Group Exhibition (Curated by Nigel Rolfe), Teatr
    Laznia Nowa, Photomonth Krakow, Krakow, Poland
     
2007   Interim Show 2007, Royal College of Art, London UK
2006   Postcards, Solo Exhibition, Artget Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro
     
Awards    
     
2010   Shortlisted for Lacoste Elysee Prize 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland
2009   Winner of ArtSway Open. 08. New Forest, Hampshire, UK
2008   Winner of The Worshipful Company Painters and Stainers Prize 2008, London, UK
2008   Winner of RCA Society and Thames & Hudson Art Book Prize, London, UK
2008   Shortlisted for Conrad Foundation Award 2008, London, UK
2008   Shortlisted for Hoopers Gallery Award 2008, London, UK
2008   Winner of Magenta Foundation's Emerging Photographers Competition
    Flash Forward 2008, Canada
2007   First prize of National Magazine Award 2007, London, UK.
2007   Leica Prix 2007, Laureate, FH Bielefeld, Germany
     
Publications    
     
2010   reGeneration 2: Tomorrow's Photographers Today, Thames & Hudson, London, UK
2010   Benjamin Beker, Monuments, Exhibition catalogue, published by ArtSway,
    Hampshire, UK
2008   Specialten magazine, Issue 22, 2008, London, UK
2008   'Photography 2008', published by the Royal College of Art, London, UK
2007   Flash Forward, Emerging Photographers 2007, Magenta Publishing for the Arts,
    Toronto,Canada
2007   Incorrect, PRIX LEICA 2007, Bielefeld Leipzig, Kerber Verlag, Germany
     
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