Anna Freeman Bentley (b. Freeman 1982, London, UK)
Lives and works in London.
education
| 2008-2010 | MA Painting , Royal College of Art, London |
| 2001-2004 | BA (Hons) Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London |
| 2003 | Erasmus Exchange, Kunsthochschule Weissensee, Berlin |
| 2000-2001 | BTEC Diploma Art Foundation , Camberwell College of Arts, London |
solo and two person exhibitions
| 2024 | Complete Reality, Anat Ebgi, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 2024 | make shift, Monica de Cardenas Gallery, Zuoz, CZ |
| 2024 | Video Village, Massimo de Carlo Piece Unique, Paris, FR |
| 2022 | make believe, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
| 2022 | make believe, Armory Show – Presents section, NY, USA |
| 2021 | Armory Show London, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
| 2020 | Collected and composed, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
| 2019 | Second home, DENK Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
| 2018 | Exclusive, Ahmanson Gallery, Irvine, CA, USA |
| 2017 | Chapters, Wolfson College, Oxford, UK |
| 2015 | Descent, North Transept, Chichester Cathedral, Chichester, UK |
| 2015 | Settlement, Husk Project Space, London, UK |
| 2013 | Double Vision with Ale Groen, Fieldstead Gallery, California, USA |
| 2012 | Restoration, Pied à Terre, London, UK |
| 2012 |
Chamber, workshop gallery, Venice, Italy |
| 2010 | Threshold with Adam Bainbridge, Blyth Gallery, London, UK |
| 2007 | re – collected, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
selected group exhibitions
| 2024 |
Transparency, Lyndsey Ingram, London, UK |
| 2023 |
The Painted Room curated by Caroline Walker, GRIMM, Amsterdam, NL |
| 2022 |
Lustrum Frestonian, Frestonian Gallery, London, UK |
| 2018 |
21st Century Women, curated by Jane Neal and Fru Thulstrop, Unit London, UK |
| 2017 |
stiwdio/lle curated by LLE Gallery, Bayart Centre, Cardiff, UK |
| 2017 |
London Now, Space K Gwacheon, Seoul, Korea |
| 2017 |
Group show curated by Barbara Jenner, 68projects, Berlin, DE |
| 2016 |
Landing, curated by Kristian Day, Herrick Gallery, London, UK |
| 2016 |
Sampler, Kristian Day at Arcade Gallery, UK |
| 2015 |
Your Jewish Museum: Journeys, The Jewish Museum, London, UK |
| 2015 |
DADU: Conversations, gallery ELL, Nashville, TN, USA |
| 2015 |
Open West, The Wilson Gallery, Cheltenham, UK |
| 2015 |
East London Painting Prize Shortlist Show, London, UK |
| 2015 |
London 2.0, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany |
| 2014 |
Sluice Exhibition, The Hospital Club, London, UK |
| 2014 |
All Things New, Man&Eve Projects, West Square, London, UK |
| 2014 |
East London Painting Prize Finalists Exhibition, London, UK |
| 2014 | Double Blind curated by Thomas Cuckle, 4Windmill Street, London, UK |
| 2013 | Shadow and Substance, Durham University & Newcastle, UK |
| 2012 | Drift, Lumen United Reformed Church, London, UK |
| 2011 | Some Domestic Incidents curated by Matt Price, Midlands Art Centre, Birmingham, UK |
| 2011 | The Florence Trust Summer Show, The Florence Trust, London, UK |
| 2011 | Sight Insight, Asylum Arts, London, UK |
| 2011 | Prague Biennale 5, “Expanded Painting 4” Some Domestic Incidents, Prague, Czech Rep. |
| 2010 | RCA Show Two Battersea, Royal College of Art, Battersea, London, UK |
| 2009 |
Bloomberg New Contemporaries, Manchester and London, UK |
| 2009 |
There’s Something I’d like to Tell You, IMA Village Gallery, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 |
Wunderbar, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
| 2009 |
Wake the town and tell the people, Hockney Gallery, London, UK |
| 2008 |
Some Other Place, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
awards/residencies
| 2019 | Palazzo Monti Residency, Brescia, Italy |
| 2019 | Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation second Grant, Canada |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant, Canada |
| 2015-2016 | Breathing Space Residency, Space Studios, London, UK |
| 2013-2014 | ERDF New Creative Markets Programme, London, UK |
| 2012 | Artist-in-Restaurant, Pied à Terre, London, UK |
| 2010-2011 | The Florence Trust Artists Residency, London, UK |
| 2009 | Chelsea Arts Club Trust Award, London, UK |
| 2009 | Villiers David Travel Award |
| 2008 | John Moores Painting Prize, longlisted |
| 2006-2008 | Artist in Residence, Galerie Kollaborativ, Berlin, Germany |
| 2007 | Hotel Bloom! Room 212, mural commission, Brussels, Belgium |
publications
| 2025 | Complete Reality, Catalogue. Edited by Matt Price, Essays by Jennifer Higgie, Kathryn Lloyd and Elisabetta Fabrizi. Published by Anomie Publishing London. |
| 2023 | The Painted Room, catalogue, published by GRIMM, Amsterdam, London, New York |
| 2022 | make believe, Catalogue. Edited by Matt Price, Essay by Thomas Marks, Interview with Georgie Paget, Anomie Publishing & Frestonian Gallery, London |
| 2018 | Exclusive, Catalogue. Essays by Roberta Ahmanson, John Silvis and Jane Neal. Anomie Publishing and Pinatubo Press, USA |
| 2017 | Interview with Emily Spicer, Studio International Online Journal, UK |
| 2016 | Interior Realities, text by Matt Price, Fused Magazine, UK |
| 2015 | Art + Christianity Journal, "Baroque Folds" feature essay by Jonathan Koestle-Cate |
| 2015 | |
| 2011 | The Florence Trust Summer Exhibition Catalogue, text by Colin Perry, London |
| 2011 | Some Domestic Incidents, text by Matt Price, Prague Biennale Catalogue |
| 2010 | RCA Show Catalogue published by the Royal College of Art, London |
| 2010 | Modern Painting, Electronic Beats Magazine published by Toni Kappesz, Berlin |
| 2009 | New Contemporaries Catalogue published by New Contemporaries |
collections
Museum X, Beijing
Tia Collection, Santa Fe
Soho House, Barcelona and Los Angeles
Kolon, Seoul
Hotel Crillon, Paris
Pied a Terre, London
Howard and Roberta Ahmanson Collection, California
The Basma Al Sulaiman Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeddah
Chelsea College of Art & Design, London
Private collections worldwide.