BEN BARBETTA THOMPSON [B. 1994, SHEFFIELD, UK] IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST, CURATOR & DESIGNER LIVING AND WORKING IN MANCHESTER, UK.

BARBETTA THOMPSON IS THE DIRECTOR OF ART STUDIO AND INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER DESIRE PRESS

"Barbetta Thompson creates works exploring ceremony, offerings and deep-rooted human rituals, often referencing popular culture and religious iconography. Walking a tightrope between high and low-brow imagery; combining both original photography and archival references from the backwaters of the media landscape, reinvented via heavy printmaking processes and xeroxing works within an inch of their lives, purposefully done to shield fragments of himself in the works under a safety blanket of texture. Familiar enough to resonate, but distorted enough to provoke."

11.2023
OLD HABITS NEW CROSSES — ZINE LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION
PESTE. MANCHESTER, UK

06.2023
HARDCORE IS PUNK PUNK IS HIPPIES HIPPIES IS LOVE LOVE IS ART ART IS HARDCORE — GROUP SHOW W/ BORA AKINCITURK, NOAH RINGROSE, FERN O' CAROLAN, OSCAR REYNOLDS, TIN SAVAGE, MAGGIE DUNLAP, EMMA TOMA, ARCHIE FINCH, COLE DUNNACHIE AND OLLIE WHITTON
CURATED BY SCREW GALLERY. LEEDS, UK

04.2023
THREE BOUTS OF REBIRTH — GROUP SHOW W/ LUCAS CHEMOTTI AND JON CUADROS
AS PART OF BERLIN GALLERY WEEKEND FRINGE PROGRAM
BACKHAUS PROJECTS. BERLIN, DE

02.2023
WINDOW SHOPPING FOR MERCY — PUBLIC GROUP EXHIBITION W/ LEWIS HOLGATE, JAHQIRA HENRY, LUKE PICKERING AND SHAUN PECKHAM
CURATED BY BEN BARBETTA THOMPSON FOR DESIRE PRESS
BENGAL ST. MANCHESTER, UK

09.2022
GILDING THE LILY — SOLO EXHIBITION
VILLAGE. MANCHESTER, UK

10.2021
WREATHS — ZINE LAUNCH AND EXHIBITION
VILLAGE. MANCHESTER, UK