Arts
Benjamin Murphy is a visual artist, writer and co-director of Delphian Gallery. Based in London, he is known to create artworks using the esoteric medium of electrical tape. Innocence, fragility, obscenity, beauty, despair, chaos, love, vanity, and vice are all frequently occurring themes. . . Recent shows for Benjamin have included: Vile Oblivion – Creat Gallery (Helsinki) 2016 Gilded Chaos – Beers Contemporary (London) 2016 Innocence Is A Thing Of Which We Know Nothing – Great Eastern Bear Gallery (London) 2013 Abandon All Hope – Hoxton Gallery (London) 2012 . . Delphian Gallery is an artist run, nomadic gallery and arts platform that they launched in 2017. Primarily London based, they aim to show the most captivating and challenging work by emerging and early-career contemporary artists. They also often endeavour to give a platform to artists that aren’t regularly shown in London . . Past exhibitions have included shows from Florence Hutchings, Jordy Kerwick and Bertrand Fournier, as well as large-scale group exhibitions. And In 2018 they launched their inaugural annual open call competition which was entirely free-to-enter. This year’s competition attracted over 10,000 entries from all around the world . . As well as the gallery, Delphian also produce the Delphian Podcast, Delphian Magazine, and host free talks and panel discussions for early-career artists. . . You can get in touch with us with opinions and suggestions at: Email - tothestudio@gmail.com Instagram - instagram.com/tothestudio Facebook - facebook.com/tothestudiopodcast . . This podcast features an edited version of the song "RSPN" by Blank & Kytt, available under a Creative Commons Attribution license. http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Blank__Kytt/Heavy_Crazy_Serious/Blank__Kytt_-_Heavy_Crazy_Serious_-_08_RSPN