Ben Moore (born 25 May 1978)Nick Curtis

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'', 25 May 2010. is a British art curator, entrepreneur and artist. He is the founder and curator of Art Below, a contemporary art organisation that places art in public spaces and has had shows in England, Germany, Japan and the United States. He is also the founder and curator of Art Wars, an exhibition of designs based on the

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helmets from ''

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''. In 2021, Moore was part of the Art Wars NFT project which received some publicity.

Early life and education

Moore was born and raised in England, and attended

Emanuel School Emanuel School is an independent, co-educational day school in Battersea, south-west London. The school was founded in 1594 by Anne Sackville, Lady Dacre and Queen Elizabeth I and occupies a 12-acre (4.9 ha) site close to Clapham Junction ra ...

in London. He studied film production at university. His father was an officer in the

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Career

Art Below

Moore founded Art Below in 2006 to present contemporary art on space traditionally used for advertising in

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stations,"The ArtLyst Power 100: 2013 Alternative Art Power List Unveiled,"
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'', 8 October 2013. debuting as an exhibition of 20 artists across 20 stations, staged by Moore and his younger brother, Simon Moore. The collective has since grown into an annual display showcasing established and emerging artists, and has collaborated with charities, universities, government and art organisations, with an aim to display progressive and provocative artwork.Pippa Irvine, fadwebsite.com, 26 April 2010. For a fee, it allows artists to display their artwork on billboard space in the Underground, in line with Moore's belief that people should have the right to display their work in public. Moore has curated and produced exhibits for Art Below in London, Berlin, Tokyo, Los Angeles and

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. fadwebsite.com, 5 April 2012. Art Below exhibits have included works by

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, Alison Jackson,

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Ben Eine Benjamin Flynn (born 23 August 1970 in London), known professionally as Eine, is an English artist based in London. Life and career Eine became known for his alphabet lettering on shop shutters. Some of these letters have been mapped for ease o ...

, Antony Micallef,

Mat Collishaw Matthew "Mat" Collishaw Hon. FRPS (born 6 January 1966) is an English artist based in London. Collishaw's work uses photography and video. His best known work is ''Bullet Hole'' (1988), which is a closeup photo of what appears to be a bull ...

Julie Umerle Julie Umerle is an American-born abstract painter who lives and works in London. __TOC__ Biography Umerle was born in Connecticut USA and relocated to London with her family as a young child. She studied French Literature at the Univers ...

Sarah Maple Sarah Maple is a British visual artist. She was recognised for her work after being awarded the "New Sensations" prize. Early life and education Maple was born in 1985 to a Kenyan Muslim mother and British father. In 2003, she went through a ...

, Johan Andersson, Polly Morgan,

Billy Childish Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...

, and

Julie Verhoeven Julie Verhoeven (born 16 May 1969) is a British illustrator and designer who has collaborated with brands such as Louis Vuitton, Versace and Peter Jensen. While she is recognised primarily for her work in fashion, she has also contributed illus ...

. In 2010, Art Below, in collaboration with Art Barter, presented the Pillar of Art project, where advertising pillars adorned with art were placed in different neighborhoods in Berlin. It included the works of Berlin-based artists

Jonathan Monk Jonathan Monk (born 1969, in Leicester, UK) is an artist living and working in Berlin. Life and career Art practice Monk questions the meaning of art using conceptualism in a way that Ken Johnson in ''The New York Times'' called "sweet, wry ...

, Uwe Henneken,

Saâdane Afif Saâdane Afif (born 1970 in Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher Département, France) is a French conceptual artist. Life and career Saâdane Afif graduated from the School of Fine Arts in Bourges and later received his 1998 postgraduate degree from the ...

, and Haralampi G. Oroschakoff. In 2010, Art Below joined with Peace Strike to create a series of

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art installations promoting peace in

Parliament Square Parliament Square is a square at the northwest end of the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster in central London. Laid out in the 19th century, it features a large open green area in the centre with trees to its west, and it contai ...

by the

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in London. The first installation, in February 2011, was by special effects artist Tristan "Schoony" Schoonraad, who created a 3D installation depicting child soldiers. In addition to curating the installation, Moore also created an oil painting for it. A 2010 Art Below exhibit included an installation of

's work at

London Bridge station London Bridge is a central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in Southwark, south-east London. It occupies a large area on three levels immediately south-east of London Bridge, from which it takes its name. The m ...

which was then visited and "modified" by a graffiti artist, possibly Banksy himself. The work ''

Forgive Us Our Trespassing ''Forgive Us Our Trespassing'' is a piece by graffiti artist Banksy depicting a kneeling boy with a spray-painted halo. The image can be found on a wall in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2010, the image was distributed in the form of posters to promote ...

'' by Banksy was reworked and issued without the halo dripping with paint over the boy's head, to promote his film ''

Exit Through the Gift Shop ''Exit Through the Gift Shop'' is a 2010 British documentary film directed by street artist Banksy. It tells the story of Thierry Guetta, a French immigrant in Los Angeles who, over the course of several years, filmed a host of street artists a ...

''. The public transport company Transport for London (TfL) had forbidden the inclusion of the halo on the poster, fearing it would give the impression of graffiti in the underground. A few days after the work was up, the halo was repainted, prompting the TfL to remove the posters. In 2011, Art Below teamed up with the

Saatchi Gallery The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the D ...

to showcase the work of the 20 finalists of the 2011 New Sensations prize, on all the billboard space on an entire platform at the

Regent's Park tube station Regent's Park is a London Underground station south of Regent's Park. It is on a northern cusp of Fitzrovia and Marylebone on the Bakerloo line, between Baker Street and Oxford Circus. Its access is on Marylebone Road, within Park Crescent, i ...

leading up to that year's

Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair is an international contemporary art fair in London, New York, and Los Angeles. Frieze London takes place every October in London's Regent's Park. In the US, the fair ran on New York's Randall's Island from 2012–19 and in 2 ...

. In 2011, Art Below launched Art in Motion, which showcases short films and animations presented on screens in the

. Art Below has commissioned portraits to be featured as posters in the tube in tribute to Londoners including

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and Bernie Katz. Art Below organized projects with the

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, including Art Lift, where the work of students was displayed in the

Kennington Underground station Kennington is a London Underground station on Kennington Park Road in Kennington within the London Borough of Southwark. The station is at the junction of the Charing Cross and Bank branches of the Northern line to the north and the Morden a ...

. In 2016, Moore curated ''Queen Themed'', an exhibition of contemporary portraits of

Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary; 21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022) was Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 until Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II, her death in 2022. She was queen ...

on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Opening at

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in London, some of the works were also displayed at London Underground tube stations. It included work by

Gavin Turk Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist from Guildford in Surrey, and is considered to be one of the Young British Artists.Tate Modern. (2009)'Pop Life: Art in a Material World' Retrieved 14 August 2012. Turk's oeuvre deals with issues of aut ...

Chris Levine Chris Levine (born 1960) is a UK-based artist, working in the field of light art. Chris Levine is a light artist with a multi-disciplinary approach that harnesses a diverse array of technology with the intention of revealing the ways in which l ...

Mr. Brainwash Thierry Guetta, best known by his moniker Mr. Brainwash, is a French-born Los Angeles-based street artist. According to the 2010 Banksy-directed film ''Exit Through the Gift Shop'', Guetta was a proprietor of a used clothing store, and amateur ...

and

Goldie Clifford Joseph Price MBE (born 19 September 1965), better known as Goldie, is a British music producer and DJ. Initially gaining exposure for his work as a graffiti artist, Goldie became well known for his pioneering role as a musician in th ...

. Also in 2016, Art Below celebrated 10 years of exhibitions on the London Underground by showing a selection of their posters, curated by Moore. In 2017, as part of Art Below's subway series,

Anish Kapoor Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai, Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School, before moving to the UK ...

's reworking of

Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...

' 1974 performance art piece '' I Like America and America Likes Me'' was unveiled at

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. Kapoor titled his self-portrait ''I Like America and America Doesn't Like Me'' as a protest against the immigration policies of US President

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's administration. In 2017, Art Below launched their first billboard event, with works by 28 artists in Los Angeles'

. The exhibition included work by Kelly "RISK" Graval, Karen Bystedt,

D*Face Dean Stockton, better known by his alias D*Face, is an English multimedia street artist who uses spray paint, stickers, posters, and stencils. D*Face grew up in London and had a childhood interest in graffiti in drawing. He credits this to Hen ...

, Alison Jackson, and

Hayden Kays Hayden Kays (born 1985 in London) is a British artist. He is influenced by the pop art from the '50s, but has most ties with street art. He often uses a typewriter (font) in his artworks. He has sold art to celebrities such as Chris Martin, Harr ...

. In June 2018 Art Below featured their Summer Show as part of Mayfair Art Weekend and exhibited artist work on billboards at the

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, along with a group show at Herrick Gallery. In January 2019, Art Below returned to Hyde Park Corner and the Herrick Gallery. In 2020, Art Below put on the exhibition ''Every Day is a Miracle'' at the Ad Lib Gallery in London. The exhibit was composed of works that had appeared in Art Below exhibits over the past 15 years, since its inception in 2006.

Art Wars

In 2013, Moore teamed up with the charity Missing People to produce Art Wars, an exhibition featuring designs based on the

helmets and body armour from the ''

'' films. Fourteen artists created replicas and re-imaginings of the helmets, including

Damien Hirst Damien Steven Hirst (; né Brennan; born 7 June 1965) is an English artist, entrepreneur, and art collector. He is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) who dominated the art scene in the UK during the 1990s. He is reportedly the United Kingd ...

, David Bailey,

Jake and Dinos Chapman Iakovos "Jake" Chapman (born 1966) and Konstantinos "Dinos" Chapman (born 1962) are British visual artists, often known as the Chapman Brothers. Their subject matter tries to be deliberately shocking, including, in 2008, a series of works that ...

, and

Yinka Shonibare Yinka Shonibare (born 9 August 1962), is a British-Nigerian artist living in the United Kingdom. His work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. A hallmark of his art is t ...

. Moore contributed to the exhibit with a melted down and crushed acrylic-capped Stormtrooper helmet. Andrew Ainsworth, who worked on the original Stormtrooper suit, donated a helmet cast from the original 1976 molds for the artists to use. The exhibit premiered at the

in London on 9 October 2013, and posters of the helmets were then displayed by Art Below on billboards at the

Regent's Park Regent's Park (officially The Regent's Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. It occupies of high ground in north-west Inner London, administratively split between the City of Westminster and the Borough of Camden (and historically betwee ...

tube station. A mobile app allowed users to view the designs in 3D.Leigh Silver
"Artists Join the Dark Side and Create Stormtrooper Helmets for ‘Art Wars’,"
''

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'', 2 October 2013. Since 2013, Art Wars has gone on tour to Sweden, Dubai, Miami and Los Angeles, exhibiting work from artists including

Retna RETNA (born Marquis Lewis 1979) is a contemporary artist, primarily recognized for graffiti art. He was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and started his career in the early 1990s. He developed a distinctive constructed script which is ...

, and

Philip Colbert Philip Colbert is a British Contemporary artist based in London, UK. He has created a global following for his cartoon lobster persona and his masterful hyper pop history paintings, and has been championed by art world figures such as Charles Sa ...

. In December 2016, Moore curated ''Art Wars Rogue One Exhibition'' in London, featuring helmets by Anish Kapoor, D*Face and six other artists. In 2017, Art Wars traveled to Miami as part of Miami Art Week, and to Los Angeles at Sur Le Mur Gallery, with work from artists including

Blek le Rat Blek le Rat (; born Xavier Prou, 1952) is a French graffiti artist. He was one of the first graffiti artists in Paris, and has been described as the "Father of stencil graffiti". Early life Xavier Prou was born on 15 November 1951 in Boulogne ...

Daniel Lismore Daniel Lismore (born 24 December 1984 in Bournemouth, moved to Fillongley on the border of Coventry at 9 days old, United Kingdom) is a British fabric sculptor, designer, and campaigner.Vogue. England’s Most Eccentric Dresser Shows His 3,000-P ...

and Chemical X. A collaboration between Ben Moore and Mark Hix, Art Wars East at the Hix Art Gallery in 2018 exhibited a selection of new Art Wars works by artists including

Joana Vasconcelos Joana Vasconcelos (born 1971) is a Portuguese artist known for her large-scale installations. Biography Vasconcelos was born in 1971 in Paris, France. Her family returned home to Portugal after their exile to France and following the Carnation ...

, Philip Colbert,

Joe Rush Joe Rush (born 1960) is a British artist. He is the founder of Mutoid Waste Company, a performance arts collective that has performed at Glastonbury Festival. Early life Rush was born in 1960 in London, England. Career In 1980, Rush exhibit ...

, Miranda Donovan, Lauren Baker, Will Teather, Carne Griffiths, and Orlanda Broom.

Art Wars NFT

In 2021, Moore was involved in the Art Wars

NFT A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify authenticity and ownership. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the ...

project. The project was launched November, 2021 year by Ben Moore and US-based developer, DeFi Network, but soon attracted headlines when some of high-profile artists responsible for the tokens in the collection that had a physical counterpart (including Jake & Dinos Chapman, RoyalUrbanArt, Anish Kapoor and Damien Hirst) argued that their permission had not been sought for the NFTs. Ownership rights were also questioned.

Stations of the Cross

Art Below's 2014 exhibition Stations of the Cross featured depictions of the

Passion of Christ In Christianity, the Passion (from the Latin verb ''patior, passus sum''; "to suffer, bear, endure", from which also "patience, patient", etc.) is the short final period in the life of Jesus Christ. Depending on one's views, the "Passion" m ...

by 14 artists, including

, Antony Micallef, Polly Morgan, Wolfe Lienkewicz, Nancy Fouts, and

Sebastian Horsley Sebastian Horsley (born Marcus A. Horsley; 8 August 1962 – 17 June 2010) was an English artist and writer. Horsley's writing often revolved around his dysfunctional family, his flamboyant and eccentric behavior, his drug addictions, sex, and ...

. The exhibition opened at London's

St Marylebone Parish Church St Marylebone Parish Church is an Anglican church on the Marylebone Road in London. It was built to the designs of Thomas Hardwick in 1813–17. The present site is the third used by the parish for its church. The first was further south, near Ox ...

on 6 March 2014, and ran for 40 days, coinciding with

Lent Lent ( la, Quadragesima, 'Fortieth') is a solemn religious observance in the liturgical calendar commemorating the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert and enduring temptation by Satan, according to the Gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke ...

. To coincide with the exhibition, Art Below showcased selected works on billboard space throughout the London Underground at stations that have a symbolic link with the theme. The exhibition returned in 2015 with works by 20 artists, including a life-sized sculpture of a crucified

Pete Doherty Peter Doherty (born 12 March 1979) is an English musician, songwriter, actor, poet, writer, and artist. He is best known for being co-frontman of The Libertines, which he formed with Carl Barât in 1997. His other musical projects are indie b ...

, called ''For Pete's Sake''. A collaboration between Doherty,

Nick Reynolds Nicholas Wells Reynolds (July 27, 1933 – October 1, 2008) was an American folk musician and recording artist. Reynolds was one of the founding members of The Kingston Trio, whose folk and folk-style material captured international attention du ...

and Schoony, it was created in 2008 and publicly displayed for the first time at Stations of the Cross at St Marylebone Parish Church in 2015, curated by Moore. In March 2018, Moore curated Stations of the Cross at St Stephen Walbrook church, with the exhibit including depictions of the crucifixion by

Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both ...

, Paul Benney and Ricardo Cinalli. One of the artworks on display was a life-size sculpture by street artist RYCA (Ryan Callanan) of a stormtrooper being crucified, resulting in some controversy and the sculpture being moved to a less prominent position in the exhibition.

Other work

In 2010, Moore was commissioned by the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

to create a

stop motion Stop motion is an animated filmmaking technique in which objects are physically manipulated in small increments between individually photographed frames so that they will appear to exhibit independent motion or change when the series of frames i ...

film of the "Three Classicists" exhibition, a large architectural drawing by Ben Peantreath, Francis Terry and George Saumarez Smith. That same year, Moore was commissioned to make the documentary ''A Day in the Life of Dan'' for the

Royal British Legion The Royal British Legion (RBL), formerly the British Legion, is a British charity providing financial, social and emotional support to members and veterans of the British Armed Forces, their families and dependants, as well as all others in ne ...

. The 28-minute film premiered at the

East End Film Festival The East End Film Festival was one of the UK's largest film festivals. It ceased all operations on 4 March 2020. The owner, Alison Poltock, explained that "the push to provide a more mainstream commercial offering is not for us." Founded in 200 ...

Remembrance Day Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day owing to the tradition of wearing a remembrance poppy) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states since the end of the First World War to honour armed forces members who have died in t ...

. In 2013, Moore curated ''Thatcheristic'', an exhibit featuring 10 artists' depictions of former UK Prime Minister

Margaret Thatcher Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (; 13 October 19258 April 2013) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. S ...

in alternatives to how she has typically been portrayed (including as

Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until Death and state funeral of Queen Victoria, her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 21 ...

and as the

Virgin Mary Mary; arc, ܡܪܝܡ, translit=Mariam; ar, مريم, translit=Maryam; grc, Μαρία, translit=María; la, Maria; cop, Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ, translit=Maria was a first-century Jewish woman of Nazareth, the wife of Joseph and the mother o ...

). The exhibit opened at Gallery Different in London on 17 April 2013, the day of Thatcher's funeral. Participating artists included Moore,

Harry Pye Harry William Pye (born 31 August 1973) is a British artist, writer, and event organizer. Early life Pye was born in London. He completed a foundation course at Camberwell School of Art in 1991. He then studied printmaking at Winchester Sch ...

Peter Kennard Peter Kennard (born 17 February 1949) is a London-born and based photomontage artist and Professor of Political Art at the Royal College of Art. Seeking to reflect his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement, he turned from painting to photo ...

and

Nasser Azam Nasser Azam (born 1963, in Jhelum, Pakistan) is a British contemporary artist, living and working in London. Biography Nasser Azam was born in Jhelum, Pakistan in 1963, and moved to London with his parents when he was 7 years old (1970). He be ...

. Moore founded the Missing Tom Fund, an organization raising money in search of his older brother Tom, who suffers from mental health issues and went missing in 2003. Many of the art exhibits he curates partially benefit the Missing Tom Fund. Moore was curator-in-residence for the arts program at Re:Centre in London from July 2018 to February 2019. ''Unmissable'' is an exhibition of portraits of missing people curated by Moore, as commissioned by the Missing People charity to mark their 25th anniversary. The series of 25 portraits by 25 artists was unveiled at The Other Art Fair in London, hosted by Saatchi Art in March 2019. Exhibiting artists included Charming Baker, Samira Addo, Ian Bruce, Carne Griffiths, Nina Fowler, and Will Teather. In 2019, Moore curated ''One Small Step'', an exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the

Apollo 11 Apollo 11 (July 16–24, 1969) was the American spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon. Commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin landed the Apollo Lunar Module ''Eagle'' on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC, an ...

moon landing that took place in July 1969. The exhibition at The Other Art Fair in London featured 12 artists -

, Alison Jackson,

, Bran Symondson, UnSKilled Worker,

, Dan Baldwin, and

- representing the 12 men who have walked on the moon since 1969, with each artist transforming an astronaut helmet into an art piece. All proceeds went to

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. In 2021, Moore curated ''Art in the Age of Now'', a multidisciplinary group show at

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in London designed to celebrate resilience. It featured artists including Liam Hayhow, Sam Haggerty, MC Llamas, Joe Rush,

Charlotte Colbert Charlotte Colbert is a Franco-British film director and a moving image and multi-media artist. Early life Born on the 30th of May 1987, she is one of the eight children of James Goldsmith the businessman who died in 1997. Her mother is the F ...

, and Mr. Doodle. In 2021, Moore curated ''Me, My Brain and I'', an exhibition at The Other Art Fair, with the artworks auctioned to benefit the charity

Parkinson's UK Parkinson's UK is a Parkinson's research and support charity in the United Kingdom. In April 2010, the Parkinson's Disease Society changed its name to become Parkinson's UK. Its aims are to improve the quality of life for people affected by Park ...

. It included brain sculptures designed by a variety of artists, including Schoony, Alex Echo,

Tracey Emin Tracey Karima Emin, Order of the British Empire, CBE, Associate of the Royal Academy, RA (; born 3 July 1963) is a British artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media including drawi ...

, David Bailey,

, and

Conrad Shawcross Conrad Hartley Pelham Shawcross (born 26 April 1977) is a British artist specializing in mechanical sculptures based on philosophical and scientific ideas. Shawcross is the youngest living member of the Royal Academy of Arts. Early life Born i ...

Honors

* Listed on ArtLyst's Art PowerLyst 100, 2013, 2015, 2017

Early life and education

Career

Art Below

Art Wars

Art Wars NFT

Stations of the Cross

Other work

Honors

References

External links