Ben Reid was born in Akaroa in 1974. He studied at Christchurch Polytechnic School of Art and Design, graduating with a degree in Visual Art in 2005.

Ben lives in Christchurch and works as an assistant printer to Marian Maguire, owner of PaperGraphica. PaperGraphica is a workshop specializing in printing high quality limited edition lithographs, woodcuts and etchings for leading New Zealand artists.

Ben’s work is available at the Little River Gallery, Two Rivers Gallery in Cheviot, North Canterbury, The Catchment Gallery, Nelson, the Centre of Contemporary Art (CoCA) in Christchurch, Gallery 33, Wanaka, Solander works on paper, Wellington and The Lane Gallery, Auckland. Ben’s work is also available by contacting him directly.

Ben has exhibited in the following group shows:

'a bird in the hand'
Solo exhibition, CoCA,
Christchurch, September 2009

'Weathered'
Little River Gallery, May 2009

'Surface Tension'
Group printmaking show at The Lane
Gallery, March 2009

'five print'
The Little River Gallery, September 2008
including Lynn Taylor, Pauline Bellamy, Philip Beadle and Kiri Te Waka.

'Preview'
An exhibition of 40 Contempory Emerging South Island Artists.
CoCA, Christchurch, September 2008.

'Print International’
CoCA, Christchurch, September, 2007.

'Impact 5’
an International Print exhibition, Tallinn, Estonia, October, 2007.

'Impressed’
Juried exhibition organized by the Central Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand, Aratoi Gallery, Wairarapa Museum of Art & History, Masterton, November, 2007.

'4 eyes’
Orion Powerhouse Gallery, Akaroa, December 2007, with Olivia Glausiuss.

'D5'
The Little River Gallery 2007 including Brian Minnear, Lisa Patterson,
Pippin Wright-Stow and Donna Hughes.