Benjamin Shine is a multidisciplinary artist most known for his pioneering work in tulle, which centres on ideas of energy, impermanence and the relationship between the spiritual and the superficial. Works have been exhibited by arts institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Arts and Design New York, The Crafts Council UK and The London Design Museum. Clients and collaborations include The MET, Givenchy, Maison Margiela, Bergdorf Goodman, Beyonce, Barclays Wealth, Vogue and Google. Benjamin has also won a number of awards including the Red Dot Design Award, The Enterprising Young Brit Award and the Arts Export Award in Australia. Videos of his work have amassed over 250 million views via publications including New York Magazine and The Huffington Post.
Exhibitions
2019
- Group Exhibition, Boccara Gallery, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, USA
- Group Exhibition, Barclays, MONACO
2018
- Group Exhibition, Boccara Gallery, Art Miami, Miami, USA
- Group Exhibition, 29 Rooms, Chicago, USA
- Group Exhibition, 29 Rooms, San Francisco, USA
- Group Exhibition, Boccara Gallery, New York Art Fair, New York, USA
2017
- Paris Fashion Week, Masion Margiela, Paris, FRANCE
- Group Exhibition, 29 Rooms, Los Angeles, USA
- Group Exhibition, 29 Rooms, New York, USA
- Solo Exhibition, Seeing Through The Material, Bergdorf Goodman, New York, USA
2016
- Group Exhibition, Art Monaco, MONACO
- Solo Exhibition, 45 Park Lane, Evanescence, Solo Exhibition, London, UK
2015
- Solo Exhibition, Solitude, Tulle Works Exhibition, The Lloyd’s Building, London, UK
- Solo Exhibition, The Dance, Canberra Centre, AUSTRALIA
2014
- Group Exhibition, Faberge Big Egg Hunt, New York, USA
- Group Exhibition, Opera Gallery, MONACO
- Solo Exhibition, Slow Motion Grace Belgravia, Tulle exhibition, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, Arternative Light 3, Oceanographic Museum, MONACO
- Solo Exhibition, Slow Motion, Monaco Modern Art Gallery, MONACO
- Group Exhibition, London Design Week, SCIN Gallery, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, Arternative Light 2, MONACO
- Group Exhibition, Faberge Big Egg Hunt, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, BT Artbox Exhibition, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, MTV Re:Define, Goss-Michael Gallery, Texas, USA
- Group Exhibition, Arternative Light 1, MONACO
- Solo Exhibition, Tulle Portraits, Monaco, MONACO
- Group Exhibition, Elephant Parade, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, Sustainable Design Exhibition, London Design Museum, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, Museum of Arts and Design, Obama portrait unveiled, New York, USA
- Group Exhibition, Future Gallery, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, Deutsche Bank Exhibition, London, UK
- Solo Exhibition, New Zealand High Commission, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, Crafts Council Exhibition, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, ELSBC Art Exhibition Truman Brewery, London, UK
- Group Exhibition, Woburn Abbey, Woburn, UK
- Solo Exhibition, Harmonic Dynamics, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London, UK
2016: Art Monaco, Peoples Choice Award
2015: Braun Extraordinary Design, Braun Awards 2015, Germany
2012: Australian ACT Export Award 2012, (Highly Commended)
2011: Australian ACT Export Award 2011
2010: Georg Jensen Design Award (Shortlisted)
2009: Red Dot Design Award
2008: Make Your Mark Design & Concept Award
2007: Top Creative Toy (‘Cordz’ Drawing product)
2007: Courvoisier Future 500 Award for Art & Design
2004: Enterprising Young Brit Award (Art & Design)
Selected Projects
2019: Mindbodygreen, Arizona, USA
2018: Cinnamon Magazine, Cover, UK
2018: Vogue Russia Portrait of Renata Litvinova, RUSSIA
2017: Bergdorf Goodman, Seeing Through The Material Installation, New York, USA
2017: Britney Spears, Slumber Party, Sculpture in music video, USA
2017: Refinery 29, Harmony Sculpture in collaboration with Chloe X Halle, New York, USA
2017: Fashion Magazine, Cover, CANADA
2017: Maison Margiela, Couture Piece, Paris, FRANCE
2015: Canberra Centre, The Dance Installation, AUSTRALIA
2015: Jason Heerah, Album Cover, AUSTRALIA
2013: New Zealand America’s Cup Portrait Series, NEW ZEALAND
2013: HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco, Portrait, Barclays Wealth, MONACO
2013: Givenchy, Haute Couture Series, Paris, FRANCE
2012: Sir Peter Blake Portrait, NEW ZEALAND
2009: HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco, Official Portrait Presentation, MONACO
2009: Portrait of Obama, ‘Changing States’, Museum of Arts & Design, New York, USA
2006: Baroness Thatcher, Official Portrait Presentation, London, UK
2005: Sir Edmund Hillary, Official Portrait Presentation, NEW ZEALAND
2003: Duke of Bedford, presented to The Dowager Duchess at Woburn Abbey, UK
