Ben Rivers
The films of Ben Rivers are rich, cinematic portraits that explore wilderness environments and self-contained worlds.
Ben Rivers was born in Somerset in 1972. He studied Fine Art at Falmouth School of Art, 1990 - 1993. He lives and works in London.
He has exhibited at many international film festivals and galleries, and won numerous awards, most recently Tiger Award for Short Film, IFF Rotterdam 2008 and Best Film, EXiS, Seoul 2008. He has been the recipient of a number of commissions, including a London Artist's Film and Video Award.
Recent shows include: A World Rattled of Habit, A Foundation, Liverpool; An Entangled Bank, group show, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh; On Overgrown Paths, Solo Show, Permanent Gallery, Brighton; Nought To Sixty, ICA, London; Syndicate Rokeby, London; Wild Shapes Cell Project Space, London; At The Edge of the World, Solo Show, London Film Festival; If - People and Places in recent film and video, Bloomberg Space, London; We Can Not Exist In This World Alone touring two-person show, New Zealand/Australia.
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Events
Ben Rivers Artists Talk
25 November 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Join us at the Atelier for an informal evening with the artist Ben Rivers who will discuss the ideas behind his two films Origin of the Species and