Ben Reid

Ōtautahi Christchurch

Ben Reid is a Christchurch based original printmaker. He brings together a myriad of references that draw attention to the complexity of our relationship with the natural world, which has been both exploitative and beneficial to humanity. He recognises there are no easy solutions, yet his images retain a faith in the redemption of this relationship with nature.

He is a graduate of Christchurch Polytechnic’s Visual Arts degree course and past assistant to master printmaker Marian Maguire at PG Gallery 192. He is a full-time practising artist and has exhibited on a regular basis throughout New Zealand since 2005.