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Oliver Ventress
b. Norwich, Based in Lincoln, UK
Studio at General Practice Studios, 25 Clasketgate, Lincoln, LN2 1JJ
Education
2019 MA Fine Art (Distinction) University of Lincoln
2017 BA Fine Art (First Class Honours)
Selected Exhibitions
2026:
Dwindling, Group Show, LAX, Leeds
Apolune, Group Show, Mezzanine Studios, London
2025:
Noise, Solo Show, Posterngate Roman Wall / Lincoln Museum, Lincoln
Full Empty, Group Show, 20:21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
Joining Doggerland, Group Show, APT Studios, London
2024:
The Last Horror Show, Group Show, BACKLIT, Nottingham
Landing, Solo Show, General Practice Studios, Lincoln
Full Circle, Duo Show with Zara Sands, General Practice Studios, Lincoln
2023:
Space Time Matter, Solo Show, Lincoln Arts Centre
Soft Egg Don't Wear It, Group Show, UK New Artists
Method Lab 3, Group Show, Trace Gallery, Nottingham
UK New Artists Exhibition, SO Festival, Skegness
UK New Artists Exhibition, North Sea Observatory, Lincolnshire
Reactions, Group Show, Lincoln Cathedral
Two Plus Two Makes Four, Group Show, The Auxiliary, Middlesbrough
2022:
Taking Place, Group Show, Lincoln Arts Centre
Impending, Duo Show with Corrupt Vision, General Practice Studios, Lincoln
2020:
Your Changes Could Not Be Saved, Group Show, BACKLIT, Nottingham
2019:
Para/Site, Group Show, Frequency Festival, Lincoln
LEGS, MA Degree Show, Project Space Plus
Collision, Group Show, The Collection and Usher Gallery Lincoln
The Seance, Collaborative Performance, General Practice Studios, Lincoln
The Ventress Test, Collaborative Performance, Mansions of the Future, Lincoln
2017:
Do Not Microwave, Group Show, Free Range, Brick Lane, London
Selected Employment
CVAN East Midlands - Steering Group Member (2026 - present)
University of Lincoln - Art and Exhibition Technician (2022- present)
Press
Two Plus Two Makes Four for Corridor8 by Uma Breakdown
Panels
CVAN East Midlands: What's Changing in Lincolnshire?
Residencies
2025: Full Empty - 20:21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe
2022-23: UK New Artists - New Artist Collective
2022: The Carousel, No Jobs in the Arts
2019-20: BACKLIT, Nottingham (6m graduate residency)
2018-19: Mansions of the Future, Associate Artist (12m residency)
Contact
email: oliverventress@gmail.com
instagram: @oliverventress
