The Ben Oakley Gallery has proudly held a hundred & one exhibitions over the last ten years. Initially opening as a platform for emerging artists in an old crumbly bakery at the beginning of austerity 2011 we made the leap of faith and proudly went on to offer numerous fresh-faced artists their 1st solo shows. Many …
Please allow us to proudly introduce to you the very brilliant John Pedder with this his 1st London Solo Show. BIG IMPRESSIONS of SMALL MERCIES Lets all get together and give him a BIG B.O.G welcome on June 4th from 7pm Exhibition runs until 20th June 2021. On offer will be a crisp new selection …
Preview Drinks Reception 9th July @ 7pm Exhibition runs until 24th July 2021. As we ease one genius along, a space becomes available for another. From graphic bold Prints by John Pedder to Abstract Oil Portraiture from our list of Gallery Favourites Robert Sample takes over Ben Oakley Gallery on Friday 7th July from 7pm …
Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 20th August from 7pm “Painted during the recent UK lockdown, during various stages of government restrictions, these landscapes are a mix of 'en-plein-air' studies and imagined views.It became apparent while I was painting them that they were capturing moments in time, the sun being the most consistent motif throughout. Taking myself …
Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 15th October from 7pm This dynamic exhibition brings together two very experienced street artists, both who have the natural world and it’s fragile existence in mind. Independently they create beautiful oversized mural exterior pieces across the World, combining classical painting techniques with a poignant message. The Ben Oakley Gallery has …
Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 12th November @ 7pm "I've always collected vintage images. Old comics, magazines, posters and books, not in a 'stick 'em in a big bag in the loft' kind of way, but stored in large white boxes and placed in large white cupboards. Stanley Kubrick did the same thing (though his …
Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 3rd December @ 7pm ‘The Return Of London’s No1’ Ray Richardson ( British born1964) During lockdown 2020 Richardson with his Return of the Southpaw training regime, maintained keeping his eye and hand coordination painting away in his apartment dubbed ‘The Indoor League Studio’ just to try to keep a level …
Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 4th March @ 7pm SHOULD HAVE GONE TO COLLAGE Our First show of 2022 is carefully layered up of 30 Artists who generously contributed to our annual Phing-Thing Silent auction for St Christophers’ Hospice last year raising an amazing £4,395.00 We would like to thank everyone involved. Each artist has …
Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 1st April @ 7pm Exhibition runs till 24th April 2022 We will never forget that fated evening on Friday 13th 2020 when Ben Addison’s ‘And Action’ first Solo show in London opened and then closed the very same day & the world changed for ever. We love Ben Addison’s work …
3riptych Ben Oakley Gallery presents ‘3riptych’, an exhibition by John Pedder and Patrick Colhoun. This exciting exhibition pairs two artists who use traditional method and craft in the most contemporary and innovative way. The connections between what appear to be two highly disparate practices are remarkably strong. The use of contemporary imagery and material is …
‘URBAN HYMNS’ Mark Melvin Towers of raw concrete, Brutalism and Modernist urban buildings, visionaries which have divided opinion, influential architectural style, fascinating beautiful and inspiring, a utopian fantasy of art, definition of hard angles & a culture of London’s City Scape. Melvin walks the streets of London until there are holes in his shoes, sketchbook …
'LIFE IS YOUR PROFESSION' What an absolute riot of colour and graceful composition, each painting just waiting to melt your heart in SWELERS’ freshest series of classic, endearing characters each delicately positioned in their new transcendental surroundings. The Ben Oakley Gallery have been on an incredible journey from SWELERS’ first venture with our ‘Massive Miniatures’ …
'SKIN IN THE GAME'KIM TONG Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 11th November from 7pm Ben Oakley Gallery are proud to present Kim Tong ‘Skin in The Game’ Kim has been painting for many a year and then some. She initially exhibited amidst the emerging field of identity politics in the 80s and 90s. This work …
'CLOSE SHAVE' Join us for our first group show @No2 Nelson arcade SE10 9JB Friday 24th February 7-9.30 pm show runs til 26th March 2023. ‘Close Shave’ a Razor Sharp Gr oup Show with over 40 creme of the crop, with some regular and new faces, all held over two floors in our new location …
The Ebbing Curve of Forgetfulness Duncan McAfee Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 21st April @ 7PM Ben Oakley Gallery is proud to present ‘The Ebbing Curve of Forgetfulness’. The first solo exhibition to take place in our new building will include more than 30 recent paintings and drawings by South London based artist Duncan McAfee. …
‘APPUNTI INUTILI’By Matteo Giuntini Opens 9th June Friday 7pm -9.30pm Exhibition runs until 2nd July 2023 Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 9th June @ 7PM Quick words, rapid phrases, & spontaneous ideas put down on paper that are reworked onto canvas at a later stage. ‘APPUNTI INUTILI translation ‘SILLY NOTES’ is a series of mixed techniques …
‘ALPHABET SOUP’ Opens 7th July - Exhibition runs until 31st August Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 7th July @ 7PM Here we go again, big thanks to Matteo Giuntini for his excellent solo exhibition which has now finished and hot pursuit is our next Group Show 'Alphabet Soup' Opening drinks reception This Friday 7th July …
‘Everything’ Opens 8th September - Exhibition runs until 1st October Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 8th September @ 7PM 'Everything' shows a selection of drawings from the past two years, from a continuing series or diary-cataloguing museum visits. I say museum, but is also Galleries, libraries, bookshops, and record shops - museum gives me the …
'I HADN'T IMAGINED IT THIS WAY' Opens 13th October - Runs till 5th November Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 13th October 7pm ‘I HADN’T IMAGINED IT THIS WAY’ 13/10/23 A Solo Exhibition Ben Oakley FRSA (British, born London 1966) Over the last twenty-five years Oakley has immersed himself in the Contemporary & Urban Art World …
'Whatever' Opens 1st December - Runs until 24th December Opening Night Drinks Reception Friday 1st December 7PM Can you believe it we’ve been here @mork_barbershop One Year already & very grateful we are too. So to top off 2023 we are holding a group show called ‘WHATEVER’ It Opens Friday 1st December 7pm with an …