Michael Reid Northern Beaches / 2- 31 October 2025
Inner West Art Fair /  17 - 18 October 2025
National Emerging Art Prize /  23 October – 7 November 2025

Information

Ben Liney is an artist based in Naarm/Melbourne, working on the lands of the Bunurong. He works primarily in oil on canvas, using a restrained palette and detailed brushwork to explore the quiet presence of the landscape.

His focus lies in isolated geological forms, observed closely and painted with sensitivity to texture, light, and structure. Stripped of their surrounding context, these forms become vessels of time, memory, and change.

Liney’s process is grounded in stillness and observation. He is drawn to the way enduring elements of the natural world hold subtle traces of transformation. His work invites viewers into a slower, more attentive way of seeing—one that mirrors the landscape’s quiet persistence and opens space for reflection on our connection to place.

Exhibitions



2025    National Emerging Art Prize, Finalist Prize
2025    Echoes of Matter, Michael Reid Northern Beaches Solo
2025    AAF Melbourne, in-land gallery Art Fair
2025    Omnia Art Prize, Finalist Prize
2025    50 Squared, Brunswick Street Gallery  Group
2025    Small Wonders, Red Gallery Group
2025    AAF Hong Kong, Traffic Jam Galleries Art Fair
2025    The Other Art Fair, Melbourne Art Fair
2024    AAF Singapore, Traffic Jam Galleries Art Fair
2024    Spring Group Show, Red Gallery  Group
2024    Still Ground, Traffic Jam Galleries  Solo
2024    No Vacancy Annual Prize, No Vacancy Gallery Prize
2024    Monuments of Nature, Red Gallery Group
2024    AAF Sydney, Traffic Jam Galleries Art Fair
2023    AAF Melbourne, Sketch Co Gallery (live artist in action + solo stand) Art Fair
2023    AAF Sydney, Sketch Co Gallery Art Fair
2023    Lichen, Sketch Co Gallery  Solo
2023    High Tide, Sketch Co Gallery  Group
2023    Gather, Sketch Co Gallery  Group
2023    AAF Sydney, Sketch Co Gallery Art Fair  
2023    AAF Melbourne, Sketch Co Gallery Art Fair  
2023    Sunburnt Country, Sketch Co Gallery Group  
2023    Balmy, Gallery Raye Group
2019    Friends and Family, Daine Singer Gallery Group
Instagram
Email 
Subscribe


Ben Liney acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of the lands we are on and pays respect to their Elders past and present.

© 2025 Ben Liney

Ben—Liney