Ben Sanderson (Coventry, UK, 1986) lives and works in Cornwall. He holds a BFA from University College Falmouth, and in 2017 took part in Syllabus III, a roaming study program partnered with Wysing Arts Centre, Studio Voltaire, Eastside Projects, Iniva, New Contemporaries, S1 Artspace, and Spike Island.

Selected exhibitions include: Chicken Nuggets, Pool School Gallery, Cornwall; Smile Orange, Cubitt Gallery, London; Where it is, there it is, Auction House, Cornwall; Can we Still Be Friends?, Guest Projects, London; These Fingers Read Sideways, Monomatic, Edinburgh; What Is This Place?, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall; Testing Tropes, Kestle Barton, Cornwall.

Ben has had a studio at CAST since 2012 and has been closely involved with the development of the organisation from the start, as well as contributing to CAST’s ongoing programme of public screenings and events. He worked as a producer on Groundwork, the programme of international contemporary art that took place in Cornwall in 2018, and has since been involved with Pool School Gallery, CAST-Off and many other independent projects, including work with dementia patients and with young people.

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