Biography

Through an autobiographical practice rooted in his queer identity, Benjamin Renoux questions his unsettled relationship to images in a world where digital omnipresence layers multiple realities. Combining photography with other media (painting, sculpture, video), he unfolds an anxious poetry, poised between pictorial monumentality and documentary fragility, attuned to the fractures of a crisis-ridden present.

 

His work has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe and the United States, and is included in several private and public collections, including that of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie (Paris). In 2018, his sculptural work was published in 100 Sculptors of Tomorrow (Thames & Hudson). Benjamin Renoux graduated in 2014 with a Master of Fine Arts from Central Saint Martins – University of the Arts London.

Selected Artworks
  • Benjamin Renoux, Portrait of Haja Flooded, 2023-25
    Benjamin Renoux
    Portrait of Haja Flooded, 2023-25
    Digital print and oil on canvas
  • Benjamin Renoux, Portrait of Kenny: Sunday to Monday, 2024
    Benjamin Renoux
    Portrait of Kenny: Sunday to Monday, 2024
    Digital print and oil on canvas
  • Benjamin Renoux, Portrait of Youcef, 2024
    Benjamin Renoux
    Portrait of Youcef, 2024
    Digital print and oil on canvas
  • Benjamin Renoux, Analysis, 2018
    Benjamin Renoux
    Analysis, 2018
    Plaster, wood and metal
  • Benjamin Renoux, Repeat (white bust) # 1
    Benjamin Renoux
    Repeat (white bust) # 1
    Plaster
  • Benjamin Renoux, FALLING CARYATID #1, 2017
    Benjamin Renoux
    FALLING CARYATID #1, 2017
    Concrete, resin and pigments
  • Benjamin Renoux, Dance with Nothing #1, 2018
    Benjamin Renoux
    Dance with Nothing #1, 2018
    Photograph and oil on canvas
  • Benjamin Renoux, Dance with Nothing #5, 2018
    Benjamin Renoux
    Dance with Nothing #5, 2018
    Photograph and oil on canvas
  • Benjamin Renoux, SELF-PORTRAIT (Valentin) #2, 2016
    Benjamin Renoux
    SELF-PORTRAIT (Valentin) #2, 2016
    Photograph and black oil on canvas
  • Benjamin Renoux, SELF-PORTRAIT (Valentin) #7, 2016
    Benjamin Renoux
    SELF-PORTRAIT (Valentin) #7, 2016
    Photograph and black oil on canvas
  • Benjamin Renoux, THE GAZE OF MEDUSA (Afternoon), 2016
    Benjamin Renoux
    THE GAZE OF MEDUSA (Afternoon), 2016
    Digital video, screen, passe-partout, glass and painted frame
  • Benjamin Renoux, THE GAZE OF MEDUSA (Self-Portrait), 2016
    Benjamin Renoux
    THE GAZE OF MEDUSA (Self-Portrait), 2016
    Digital video, screen, passe-partout, glass and painted frame
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