LOUISE BENTON

 Current Exhibitions

Lovesick, Solo Show

Soho Revue, 14 Greek Street, London, W1D 4DP

22nd April - 31st October 2026


Contemporary Relics, Group Show

La Bibi Gallery, Carrer del Molí del Comte, 47A, Nord, 07010 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain

2nd October - 1st December 2026

House of Glass, Group Show

akku Kunstplattform, Gerliswilstrasse 23, CH-6020 Emmenbrücke, Switzerland

3rd October - 8th November 2026

 
 

Lovesick, Installation view, Soho Revue

Lovesick, Soho Revue, April - October 2026

Soho Revue, 14 Greek Street, London - A solo show, creating an immersive stage in which stained glass, etchings and text lead the viewer through contemplative vignettes to triumph over lovesickness.

The Pursuit of Love, Installation view, La Bibi Gallery

Contemporary Relics, La Bibi Gallery, October - November 2026

Curated by Jean-Claude Gerard, at La Bibi Gallery in Mallorca, four cherubs struggle to find intimacy in The Pursuit of Love, a new installation in stained glass.

Ascension Day, Installation view, Britannia Row

The Florence Trust, End of Residency Show, July 2026

The culmination of a year long residency with The Florence Trust, six large panels on the theme of Ascension, responding directly to the church in which they were made.

European Artistic Program, Barcelona and Paris, 2024

A residency between Casa RARO in Barcelona and OpenBach, Paris, culminating in a group show at Yellow Cube x La Superette du Quotidien in Paris, May 2024

Royal College of Art, MA Graduate Show, 2023

A showcase of work made during her MA in Painting at the RCA, Benton exhibited her two largest stained glass panels to date, alongside monotypes and a glass sculptural reliquary in an investigation of the intersection of sexuality and catholicism.

Queer Frontiers: Queer Myths, Queer Futures, 2023

A group exhibition organised by ARTIQ, raising funds for Rainbow Railroad, a charity helping at-risk LGBTQI+ people get to safety around the road. .

 

27th - 29th January, Greatorex Street

HOPELESSLY DEVOTED, 2023

The second collaboration of artists Kathy Bailey and Louise Benton sees a meeting of the earthy and heavenly realms in which people find the comfort and faith of devotion.

Sloth (The Seven Deadly Sins), 2023, Monotype on paper

THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS, 2023

Series of monotypes exhibited at Hopelessly Devoted, Greatorex Street, January 2023

30th March - 3rd April 2022, Studio 1.1

MILADY’S BOUDOIR, 2022

A show investigating female private space and sexuality at Studio 1.1, Redchurch Street

The Twelve Labours, 2022, Acrylic on fired ceramic

I FELT THAT, 2022

Curated by Josephine-May Bailey, a group show exploring the gender pain gap, shown at The Tub, Hackney.

 
 
 

Studio Portrait, 2022, Whitechapel

IN CONVERSATION WITH JOSEPHINE-MAY BAILEY

An interview, published in Ache Magazine, between Louise Benton and curator, Josephine-May Bailey, to accompany the group show, I Felt That, June 2022.

Big Banana, 2020, Ink and Gouache on Paper (Send Nudes Series)

Big Banana, 2020, Ink and Gouache on Paper (Send Nudes Series)

SEND NUDES, 2020

A commission of nine pieces. The male physique is censored by the fig leaf of the 21st century: the emoji.

Body Hair, 2019, Ink on Paper (Trials and Tribulations Series)

Body Hair, 2019, Ink on Paper (Trials and Tribulations Series)

TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS, 2019

A series of drawings exposing the trials and tribulations of dating in London. Each drawing is captioned with a direct quote, provided by women in accounts to the artist.

August 2019 - Art Hub, Deptford

August 2019 - Art Hub, Deptford

SPEED DATING, 2019

A joint exhibition with artist, Katherine Bailey at Art Hub Deptford. ‘Speed Dating’ was a collaborative project that explores expectation versus reality, the female experience and how horrendous dating in London can be.

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