Stephen Benwell b. 1953

  • Artist (Ceramist),
  • Artist (Painter)
Contemporary Australian ceramicist working in, and counter to, craft traditions.
Tags: Ceramics, Decorative, Niagara Galleries
exhibited at
Clay Dynasty
Date
11 October 2021 - 29 January 2022
Place
Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences, Powerhouse Museum, Sydney, NSW
Description

An exhibition of three generations of studio ceramics in Australia, from the 1960s when potters were influenced by Bernard Leach’s understanding of Japanese aesthetics, to a more liberated creative approach.
It was drawn in its entirety from the collection of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences.

Tags
ceramcis, studio potters
Website
https://www.maas.museum/event/clay-dynasty/
exhibited at
Beauty Anarchy Desire: A Retrospective
Date
8 August 2013 - 10 November 2013
Place
Heide Museum of Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC
Description

A 40-year survey that assembles works from the early 1970s to 2013.

Tags
Ceramics
exhibited at
From Eltham to Memphis: The State Craft Collection
Date
7 September 2000 - 14 October 2000
Place
Craft Victoria Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Type
Exhibition
Website
http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/21410/20011205-0000/www.craftvic.asn.au/exhibit/2000/elmem.htm
exhibited at
Colin and Cecily Rigg Craft Award 1994
Date
1994
Place
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic.
Description

The Colin & Cecily Rigg Craft Award 1994
National Gallery of Victoria.
Winner – Neville Assad-Salha $30,000

“... It is dedicated to ceramics and the works of 25 Victorian potters who show up to five pieces. As many are of monumental proportions, the exhibition is big and crowded. [...] this major, though not exhaustive, statement (exhibition) provides viewers with a vibrant overview of the current vigour and originality of contemporary ceramics.”

Review. The Age 16/08 1994 p.18

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Ceramic sculpture
Website
https://go-gale-com.ezproxy.slv.vic.gov.au/ps/i.do?ty=as&v=2.1&u=slv&it=DIourl&s=RELEVANCE&p=AONE&qt=TI~%22Craft%20finds%20its%20postmodern%22~~SP~18~~SN~0312-6307&lm=DA~1199408160000&sw=w
exhibited at
Stephen Benwell: recent ceramics
Date
1986
Place
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS
Description

An exhibition on hand-formed decorative ceramics by Melbourne ceramicist Stephen Benwell.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery annual report 1985-86

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Ceramics
exhibited at
Six projections in ceramics, 1980, Distelfink Gallery
Date
1980 - 29 March 1980
Place
Distelfink Gallery, Melbourne, VIC
Description

'Six projections in ceramic 1980’ Noel Flood, Stephen Benwell, Ray Hearn, Peter Hook, Mark Stoner, Greg Wain.

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Distelfink Gallery, Australian Ceramics, Sculptural Ceramics, Melbourne State College
exhibited at
Aase Pryor and Stephen Benwell
Date
1975
Place
The Craft Centre, South Yarra, VIC
Description
Type
Exhibition
Note
Craft Centre 1975