CV
Benjamin Francis
(b. 1996, SR & NL)

Guard gates
Mirror, metal, aluminium, laundry detergent 30 l

Tower itself is 1.20m x 1.20m x 2.20m ( space around it is 4mx5m)

Artist statement

My work examines how bodily discipline and linguistic correction shape our perceptions of right and wrong. As a dyslexic Dutch-Surinamese artist, my lived experience of constant correction underpins my practice. I investigate how language, hygiene, and bodily control have historically served as tools of conformity, especially within colonial, educational, and

institutional spaces.

Through installations, videos, and performances, I create site-specic environments like bathrooms, classrooms, autopsy rooms where care becomes coercion. Projects like Am I, an object use satire to question authorship and originality within death rituals, while The Smell of Boundaries confronts cleanliness as a ritual of separation.

My work stages environments of discomfort and repetition to uncover the hidden power structures that shape how we learn to distinguish right from wrong. By foregrounding linguistic errors, bodily mess, and systemic rigidity, my practice challenges dominant binaries and asks: Who decides what is correct and what is excluded in the process?

My work examines how bodily discipline and linguistic correction shape our perceptions of right and wrong. As a dyslexic Dutch-Surinamese artist, my lived experience of constant correction underpins my practice. I investigate how language, hygiene, and bodily control have historically served as tools of conformity, especially within colonial, educational, and institutional spaces.

Through installations, videos, and performances, I create site-specic environments like bathrooms, classrooms, autopsy rooms where care becomes coercion. Projects like Am I, an object use satire to question authorship and originality within death rituals, while The Smell of Boundaries confronts cleanliness as a ritual of separation.

My work stages environments of discomfort and repetition to uncover the hidden power structures that shape how we learn to distinguish right from wrong. By foregrounding linguistic errors, bodily mess, and systemic rigidity, my practice challenges dominant binaries and asks: Who decides what is correct and what is excluded in the process?

Residency

2026

Tokyo arts and space (tokas), tokyo, jp

2025

De Singel, Antwerpen, BE

2022

Hotel Maria Kapel Soloshow, Hoorn, NL

2022-2024

Het HEM, Zaandam, NL

Solo Projects

2027

Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, TOKYO, JaPan

2026

SOLO, but never alone, Bucharest, Romania
UNFAIR2026, Amsterdam, NEtherlands

2025

de singel, antwerpen, belgium
Secondroom antwerpen, antwerpen, belgium
June art fair, represented by no man's art gallery, basel, swiTSERLAND
Christine könig galerie at koenig2 by_robbygreif, vienna, austria
No man's art gallery, a foot between the door, amsterdam, NEtherlands

2024

Punt WG - Am i an Object?, Amsterdam, NEtherlands

2023

MÉLANGE, Cologne, GERMANY

2022

Singular Art Gallery, Zero, Nijmegen NEtherlands
Hotel Maria Kapel Soloshow, Hoorn - A body without it’s Flesh, NEtherlands
SECONDroom Antwerpen , Antwerpen, BELGIUM

2021

P/////AKT,Amsterdam,Netherlands - The removal of the eye, NEtherlands
P/////AKT, Amsterdam, Netherlands - A body without it’s flesh, NEtherlands

Group shows

2027

Kunstplatform LINK, Zwolle, NEtherlands

2027

Kunstplatform LINK, Zwolle, NEtherlands

2026

TICK TACK - Cinema - Benjamin Francis Solo Screening, Antwerp, Belgium
Van Abbehuis,   𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳-𝘕𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴: 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 |  Eindhoven , NEtherlands
Art Rotterdam Prospects, NEtherlands
Art Brussels, Duo Booth: Benjamin Francis & RojoNegro, BeLgium
CBK Zuidoost, Amsterdam, NEtherlands
Valkhof Museum, Nijmegen,NEtherlands
Lore Deutz, Cologne, GERMANY
Tokyo arts and space (tokas) open studio, Tokyo, JAPAN

2025

Minor Attractions, represented by No Man’s Art Gallery & Season 4 Episode 6, London, England
Brutus, Wild summer of art, curated by Jeanette Bisschops & Yannik Güldner, Rotterdam NEtherlands
Art Rotterdam, represented by No Man’s Art Gallery, NEtherlands

Minor Attractions, represented by No Man’s Art Gallery
Brutus, curated by Jeanette Bisschops & Yannik Güldner, Rotterdam NL
Art Rotterdam, represented by No Man’s Art Gallery NL

2024

Luther Museum Amsterdam, NEtherlands
Art Antwerp, represented by Harlesden High Street & Season 4 Episode 6 BElgium
Ballroom-project, represented by No Man’s Art Gallery, BElgium

2023

(Video Library), Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, France
If I Can’t Dance, Amsterdam - Open Rehearsal, curated by Mini Maxwell, Netherlands
Joey ramone - limassolartwalks , Cyprus, curated by Kiki Petratoul, Cyprus
Mutter Halloween Biennale, Amsterdam, NEtherlands

2022

Kunsthuis SYB, Beterzwaag -The Sybren Hellinga Art Prize, curated by Titus Nouwens, NEtherlands
Het HEM, Detail - Zaandam - curated by Rieke Leonie, NEtherlands
NDSM Museumnacht - curated bij Jarwo Gibson, Amsterdam, NEtherlands
Nieuw en meer, Amsterdam, Show me what you got, curated by Chantal van Lieshout, NEtherlands
Tinimini Room - Dordrecht, NL

Kunsthuis SYB, Beterzwaag - Art Prize, curated by Titus Nouwens, NL
Het HEM, Detail - Zaandam - curated by Rieke Leonie, NL
NDSM Museumnacht - curated bij Jarwo Gibson
Nieuw en meer, Amsterdam, curated by Chantal van Lieshout, NL
Tinimini Room - Dordrecht, NL

2021

Mutter, Amsterdam, Blood sea, curated by Angels miralda, Amsterdam, NEtherlands
P/////AKT, Amsterdam - Duo show with Tessa Langeveld, NEtherlands
Het HEM, Zaandam, All In curated by Rieke Leonie, NEtherlands
W139, Amsterdam, Love For Sale, NEtherlands
Allél0n, London - Maundy, ENGLAND
This art fair, represented by Singular art gallery, NEtherlands
Tinimini Room - Dordrecht, NEtherlands

2021

Productiehuis Plaatsmaken, Arnhem, curated by Fleur Lamers, NEtherlands
Omstand Arnhem, Arnhem - Curated by Fleur Lamers, NEtherlands

Forever becoming
Aluminium, latex, clay, stainless steel, kit

160m x 0,45m x 0,55m

Maakgemeenschap De hoop
Barndegat 6
1505 HN Zaandam

Amsterdam based Artist

Maakgemeenschap De hoop
Barndegat 6
1505 HN Zaandam

Amsterdam based Artist