Louis Bennett, born in 1995, graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 2017 and Slade School of Fine Art in London with an MFA in 2020. His painting practice draws together fragments and figures from across history to reflect upon the degree to which Britain has progressed over the last three or four-hundred years. Having grown up in Lancaster, Bennett also seeks to redress the lack of rich representation of the north in a London-centric art world, and situates his work as part of a contemporary revival of the northern Gothic. In 2019, he was awarded the Bloomsbury Festival art prize. Solo exhibitions include Tears Like Northern Rain, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020), Bloomsbury Festival Art Prize, Senate House Library, London (2019)and Louis Bennett: Three Paintings, The Storey Gallery, Lancaster (2017). Group exhibitions include Graduate Showcase, Saatchi Gallery, London (2020), RCA/Slade Graduation Show, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London (2020), Offshoot Winter Salon, Offshoot Gallery, London (2019-20), Engendering Men’s Health (With Grayson Perry), UCL, London (2019), Cartoons and Cereal,Offshoot Gallery, London (2019), Pulling Teeth, ASC Gallery, London (2019), Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2018, Liverpool Biennial/South London Gallery (2018), Steady State? (two person show), King St Studios, Lancaster (2018), RSA New Contemporaries 2018,Royal Scottish Academy, (2018), Best of Degree Show, Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow (2017), Best of Scottish Degree Shows,Resonate Arts House, Alloa (2017), Art<100,King St Studios, Lancaster (2017), Serving Suggestion, The Glue Factory, Glasgow (2016), 2 Years Licked, The Grace and Clarke Fyfe Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, (2015).