Beach Shelter, Rhyl, from Pier Closing Time (1979)
ABOUT
Michael Bennett is a photographer, designer, artist, sculptor, editor and writer.
The Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The Arts Council of Great Britain, The British Museum and The National Library of Wales have examples of Michael Bennett's work. Gallery representation: Linden Hall Studio, Deal.
The Victoria & Albert Museum, The National Portrait Gallery, The Arts Council of Great Britain, The British Museum and The National Library of Wales have examples of Michael Bennett's work. Gallery representation: Linden Hall Studio, Deal.
Image wall from 'Pier Closing Time (left) at Seaside Photographed', Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate. (2019) (A.Bliss)
Acquisitions: A portfolio of portrait photographs taken for "The Independent" newspaper is in the collection of National Portrait Gallery, London.
'The Family', (1976) a project of portraits & photomontages, was acquired for the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Two images were included in the V&A's acquisition of pioneering magazine New Society's 'The Other Britain Revisted' exhibition, (1982), a collection of notable work commissioned by the magazine, donated by its former editor Paul Barker.
Media: In 1977, the BBC's "Arena" arts programme broadcast a film on Michael Bennett's work. (Director: Nigel Williams, Producer: Alan Yentob)
'The Family', (1976) a project of portraits & photomontages, was acquired for the permanent collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
Two images were included in the V&A's acquisition of pioneering magazine New Society's 'The Other Britain Revisted' exhibition, (1982), a collection of notable work commissioned by the magazine, donated by its former editor Paul Barker.
Media: In 1977, the BBC's "Arena" arts programme broadcast a film on Michael Bennett's work. (Director: Nigel Williams, Producer: Alan Yentob)
Rose English 'Pegasus', Edwinstowe Forest, Nottingham, 1975
EXHIBITIONS
The Family: Impressions Gallery of Photography, York, 1976
The Family: Gardner Centre, Falmer, 1977 (now Attenborough Centre For the Creative Arts)
The Family: Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1977
The Other Britain: Photographs from New Society National Theatre, London, 1982
Michael Bennett Photomontage, Primavera Fotografica: Barcelona, 1984
Michael Bennett Photomontage: Visor Gallery, Valencia, 1984
Didactics: Aspects of Photography Photographs from The V&A Collection: Gardner Centre, Falmer, 1990
The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010
Things: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2012
Seaside Photographed: Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate, 2019, John Hansard Gallery (2021), Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange (2021), Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (2021)
Pier Closing Time: Oriel Mostyn, Colwyn Bay, 2021
Winter Group Show: Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2021
Pier Closing Time: Spode Museum, Stoke, 2022
Winter Group Show: Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2022
Being There: Linden Hall Studio, Deal & Coningsby Gallery, London, 2023
The Family: Gardner Centre, Falmer, 1977 (now Attenborough Centre For the Creative Arts)
The Family: Institute of Contemporary Art, London, 1977
The Other Britain: Photographs from New Society National Theatre, London, 1982
Michael Bennett Photomontage, Primavera Fotografica: Barcelona, 1984
Michael Bennett Photomontage: Visor Gallery, Valencia, 1984
Didactics: Aspects of Photography Photographs from The V&A Collection: Gardner Centre, Falmer, 1990
The Other Britain Revisited: Photographs from New Society Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010
Things: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2012
Seaside Photographed: Turner Contemporary Museum, Margate, 2019, John Hansard Gallery (2021), Newlyn Art Gallery & The Exchange (2021), Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool (2021)
Pier Closing Time: Oriel Mostyn, Colwyn Bay, 2021
Winter Group Show: Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2021
Pier Closing Time: Spode Museum, Stoke, 2022
Winter Group Show: Linden Hall Studio, Deal, 2022
Being There: Linden Hall Studio, Deal & Coningsby Gallery, London, 2023
(L to R): World Trade Center (1977), Lower East Side, New York (1977), Portrait of an artist (1974), New York (1977)
COMMISSIONED
Newspapers The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Independent, The Independent on Sunday, The Times Education Supplement, The Times Higher Education Supplement, The Financial Times, The Observer, The Daily Mail
Magazines BBC, Private Eye, New Statesman, New Society, New Scientist, Consumers' Association, The Architects’ Journal, Time Out, City Limits, Radio Times, Campaign, Management Today, Gramophone Magazine, Marketing Week, Good Housekeeping, Readers’ Digest, Creative Review, BBC Worldwide, Cover Magazine, Infomatics, Computing, Accountancy Age, Community Care, Euromoney, Nursing Times, Public Finance Magazine, IT Week, Perspectives On Architecture, Airport Magazine, The Times Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, Money Observer, The Observer Magazine
Television The Day Today (Talkback for BBC)
Books Random House, Penguin Books, Macmillan Books, Chrysalis Books, Oxford University Press
Commercial Getty Images, 3iplc, Unilever, Young & Rubicam, Darcy, Ogilvy New York, ARG Talent Agency, Maison76, Ducroqc
Magazines BBC, Private Eye, New Statesman, New Society, New Scientist, Consumers' Association, The Architects’ Journal, Time Out, City Limits, Radio Times, Campaign, Management Today, Gramophone Magazine, Marketing Week, Good Housekeeping, Readers’ Digest, Creative Review, BBC Worldwide, Cover Magazine, Infomatics, Computing, Accountancy Age, Community Care, Euromoney, Nursing Times, Public Finance Magazine, IT Week, Perspectives On Architecture, Airport Magazine, The Times Magazine, Sunday Times Magazine, Money Observer, The Observer Magazine
Television The Day Today (Talkback for BBC)
Books Random House, Penguin Books, Macmillan Books, Chrysalis Books, Oxford University Press
Commercial Getty Images, 3iplc, Unilever, Young & Rubicam, Darcy, Ogilvy New York, ARG Talent Agency, Maison76, Ducroqc
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Victoria & Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Arts Council, National Library of Wales, Oriel Colwyn, Spode Museum, Southern Arts
Victoria & Albert Museum, National Portrait Gallery, Arts Council, National Library of Wales, Oriel Colwyn, Spode Museum, Southern Arts
Jane & Jonny for Couples project
Megan Wilson, Philip Jones, actors
Guy Garvey, musician, broadcaster
(L to R): Jane & Jonny, Megan Wilson & Philip Jones for 'The First Thing I Noticed', Guy Garvey for 'Best Of Times, Worst Of Times'
TEACHING
Michael has taught photomontage at photography schools in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain, and was a visiting lecturer in fine art (photography) at Kent Institute of Art & Design at Maidstone and Canterbury, Kent