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ben browton: biography

2007: IDENTITY PARADE, Electric Palace Cinema, Hastings
2004: CAMERANTICS, Indo Bar, Whitechapel, London (as part of Alternative Arts East End Photo Month)
1993: Installation of PARATYPES at Hales Gallery, Deptford, London
1992: FUNDAMENT/FIRMAMENT, Soho, London (for Alternative Arts)
1991: RetroSpecTive, Carpenters Road Open Studios, Stratford, London

2001: PASSION, Gasworks Gallery, London
1995: TRAVELLING LIGHT, Ausstellungsraum Klingental, Basel, Switzerland (supported by British Council)
1990: Contemporary Arts Society Market, London
1989: ANGELS ON THE FLYPAPER, Diorama Gallery, London
1988: FRAGMENTS OF FALSE HOUSES, Pomery Purdy Gallery, London
: HOMAGE TO THE SQUARE, Flaxman Gallery, London
: Riverside Open Exhibition, Hammersmith, London
1987: THE SHELF SHOW, Kettles’ Yard, Cambridge
: Kuntlerhaus Klenzestrasse, Munich, Germany (supported by British Council)
: ‘X’ SHOW, Barbican Arts Centre, London.

2007: Co-ran +PLUSH+ cultural showroom in Norman Road, St. Leonards.
: Art Director/Prop Maker on THE AIR CATCHERS (including the purpose-built FRESH AIR DETECTOR), a short film by Plush Productions. Currently working as same on WITCH:CANDY short film for Plush Productions.
2001-1998: Performances as Ben the Wendy at various venues including Gay Pride, 12 Bar, London and for Apples & Snakes and Don’t Feed The Poets.
1998-2000: Sister Bendy in Eurotrash for Rapido TV. Slots with Antoine De Caunes and various nutty European artists.
1996-1997: diVaDELiCa performance duo with Luis Hatred Dayton at various London venues and for Battenburg and Nux Vomica.
1983-1984: Guitar/clarinet/improviser for The Kreutzer Quintet music group at Goldsmiths and also public performances with Stephen Taylor-Woodrow/the Tryptich Man at Coracle Press, Air Gallery etc
1977-1980: Singer/songwriter with The Shapes punk band. Gigs around UK and supporting The Cure, The Fall, The Saints and The Killjoys. Also recorded session for John Peel/Radio One.

: The Shapes
: PART OF THE FURNITURE e.p. on SOFA RECORDS (1979)
: AIRLINE DISASTER/BLAST OFF! 7" on Good Vibrations Records (1980)
: SONGS FOR SENSIBLE PEOPLE cd album on Overground Records (1998)
: BATMAN IN THE LAUNDERETTE included on MESSTHETICS #103 compilation on Hyped2Death Records, USA (2007).
: Included in ROUGH GUIDE TO ROCK (published by Rough Guides 2003)

: Included in THE CUSTOMISED BODY by Housk Randall and Ted Polhemus (Serpents Tail 1997)
: TRAVELLING LIGHT catalogue (to coincide with 1995 exhibition)
: Issue No. 5 of i-D magazine featuring the AQUAVISION.