Ben Malcolmson

‘here and there’ featured as part of @graft_collective showcase with @belfastdesignwk 2026 great to showcase this series with a DIY “live” collage throughout the day, meeting many designers, friends and family in the iconic art deco Bank of Ireland building - soon to be the site of @belfast_stories . participating artists: @_leewelch_ @jessyphus @maureenselinalaverty Curated by @graft_collective / @clarajeanpotts

Honoured to have these works in such a major exhibition ‘Songs to the Siren’ curated by @hallahanwelch continues until 22nd March, @modelsligo Install shot: Murmuration No. 1 & 2 diptych, 2019, pigment print on vinyl each 128 x 101.6 cm. Songs to the Siren, The Model, IRL Photo: Lee Welch @_leewelch_

Tomorrow is the last day of Tilt the interval, a winter screening programme guest curated by Ellen O’Connor at the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Big thank you to @ellenoconnnor , @screenservice__ , @rachaelgilbourne @immaireland and @talwar_karan @harkat.studios for all the support, and of course to @ben.malcolmson for the beautiful audio response to the film LO-TEK (2025). Last screening tomorrow: 7th January 9.30-18.30pm 📷 Ben Malcolmson

‘here and there’ my first self-published artist book will be on view at this years @dublinartbookfair ! This book had it first inaugural display at @pssquaredbelfast with my solo exhibition ‘here and there’ taken from the title of the book, with a significant public engagement element, fostering a creative dialogue with other designers and artists on expanded image media within book making. DABF runs 04–14 December 2025 at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios! 📚 About DABF: Dublin Art Book Fair (DABF) is Ireland’s leading art book fair and a centre for contemporary artist books annually produced by Temple Bar Gallery + Studios. It features limited edition books made by artists, designers and independent publishers which can be browsed or bought. Over the ten-day run, DABF produces a free programme of artist workshops, art commissions, book launches, tours, and talks in celebration of the artist book, publishing and artist-run culture.  🌟 In 2025, DABF is guest curated by Dr. Selina Guinness, her theme is Flock. Through a selection of talks and nominated books, Guinness examines all things pastoral: humans and beasts; the relational art of shepherding; and the impact of flocks on habitats.

As part of ‘here and there’, I facilitated (with the assistance of Emma Spreadborough), a group of likeminded creative practitioners, writers and designers from Ireland, England, Wales and North America. It was a day packed full of layered questions of regional identities, bodies of works touching on otherness, hunting experiences of landscape and a wider discussion on creative practice within the islands. Each member, brought their own authentic lived experience to the table, and throughout the day we explored image based media from them and mine, as a pool of connected ideas that took over the ps3 space. Thank YOU to all of them, what richness, spaces and conversations like these are so needed! @drew_leventhal @emma.spreadborough @cian_pb @abpoulson @alexanderstubbss @jessraymonofficial @cathal_donnelly0 Coffee provided by @establishedcoffee Northern irish treats @emma.spreadborough Images taken by @cathal_donnelly0 / @emma.spreadborough / @ben.malcolmson @pssquaredbelfast Generously supported by The Eaton Fund.   Front image: @cian_pb self published zine ‘Do Something’, 2023 + script performance with @jessraymonofficial written work

Very excited to announce that my short film ‘Altered States / Stáit Alter’, will be featured in this year’s Belfast Film Festival part of the New Irish Shorts programme! 📍 Black Box, Belfast 📅 2nd November, 4:30pm Tickets in bio 🔝 ‘New Irish Shorts is a curated selection of the new and exciting works from across the island of Ireland, and Irish artists from further afield, which reflects the variety, breadth and richness of talent currently emerging from our Isle.’ My short film, was part of the wider artist commission - ‘Shared Histories - Diverse Views’ with Photo Museum Ireland over the course of last year. Stellar partners include: @donegalcountycouncil , @regionalculturalcentre , @nerve_centre , @nationallibraryofireland funded by @creativeireland Credits: Music featured: ‘Fort Dunree’ by Deathbed Convert Written & Produced by Connor Dougan (@con_defcon ) Taken from the album ‘Inverse Field vol.1 - Inishowen’ on Touch Sensitive Records (@touchsensitiverecords ), 2024. Voice over: Barry Fahy, Shared Histories - Diverse Views participant recorded by Ben Malcolmson at Nerve Centre, Derry~Londonderry, 2024.

💢opening tomorrow at @pssquaredbelfast , my solo exhibition ‘here and there’, 18:00 - 20:00, please come by for some vinyl tunes by @tom.town 💢 Rest of the week standard PS2 opening hours, running until Friday 31st October Slide one:   here and there, self-published artist book, 2025   Downhill Beach, 2020 (created 2025), 5.5m x 4m, unique photographic pigment print Slide two: Untitled Collage #1, pigment prints, tape, framed, unique, 2025 Untitled Collage #2, pigment prints, tape, framed, unique, 2025 📸: Ben Malcolmson

📕 🗣️ New Show, New Book, New Look! Join me from 6pm @pssquaredbelfast for the launch of ‘here and there’ on Friday 24th October, ft: guest dj @tom.town - bringing ya vinyl bliss! 24 - 31 October (regular PS2 opening hours) Ben Malcolmson’s debut artist book, self-published ‘here and there’, presents a five-year photographic look (2019-2024) into the topography of Ireland and Western Europe. Drawing from an archive of five years of smartphone photos, the images are playfully assembled to weave thematic connections of place, personal ephemera and photographic making. Through a non-chronological sequence of works, Malcolmson explores the space between—the feeling of being neither fully here nor there. This publication will be launched as part of a significant photographic culmination held as a solo installation at PS³ - Belfast. Additional post soon, featuring very special guests from 🇨🇦, 🇺🇸, 🇮🇪, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿!! Generously supported by The Eaton Fund

Last few days to catch TALENTS ‘25 at @photomuseumirl - ending Sunday 5th October My short film ‘Altered States / Stait Alter’ 2025, is part of my wider year-long artist commission ‘Shared Histories - Diverse Views’ with @photomuseumirl + @regionalculturalcentre , @nerve_centre & @nationallibraryofireland Major gratitude to @trishlambe , @_darrencampion , and all the team and assistants at @photomuseumirl (including @matthewcoll.art for install help) for this opportunity to give further momentum to the project. The exhibition features new work from eight visual artists - Ben Malcolmson, Conn McCarrick, Evanna Devine, Ishmael Claxton, Niamh Barry, Róisín Lambert, Sabrina Faria and Tolu Ogunware. 🚨Incoming news: ’Altered States / Stait Alter’ will be featured as part of the @belfastfilmfestival in November - details to come! Credits: Music featured: ‘Fort Dunree’ by Deathbed Convert Written & Produced by Connor Dougan (@con_defcon ) Taken from the album ‘Inverse Field vol.1 - Inishowen’ on Touch Sensitive Records (@touchsensitiverecords ), 2024. Voice over: Barry Fahy, Shared Histories - Diverse Views participant recorded by Ben Malcolmson at Nerve Centre, Derry~Londonderry, 2024.

📽️‘I feel how my eye turns’ screening at the @abbeyartscentreballyshannon !! I screened my short film ‘Altered States / Stáit Alter‘ 2025, this short film is part of my wider year-long artist commission ‘Shared Histories - Diverse Views’ with @photomuseumirl + @regionalculturalcentre , @nerve_centre & @nationallibraryofireland The night featured films screened by @ben.malcolmson @erik_nuding @lauramcmorrow @pennymcgovern and @franceshennigan Plus @celina_muldoon leading a great Q&A session! 🌟 The event was curated and produced by @screenservice__ in partnership with The Abbey Arts Centre, Ballyshannon, Donegal. Thanks to both @ellenoconnnor & @_bgallagher_ for selecting me, and championing the film and brining it back to the border! Plus the fantastic @cian_pb for his graphic design on the poster and printed brochure! Supported by Creative Ireland and Donegal County Council 2025. @creativeireland @donegalcountycouncil 📸 Hanna, @a.pollya

seasonal portrait '25 all captured by @rebecca.cairns 💛

Thank you all who came to support myself and @lucytevlin during the launch / run of HORIZON, over the duration we had over 300 people visit the show - familiar faces and new! Thanks to our close friends who helped us along the way and @flaxartstudios for selecting us for the opportunity. Additional gratitude to @visualartistsireland , @latenightart_belfast for their online support! Additional material of the show and clips of the film can be found via both of our websites ^linked above! 🎥 HORIZON Duo Exhibition Lucy Tevlin / Ben Malcolmson 7th - 15th August 2025 Flax Project Space Level 3 7 North Street BT1 1NA @lucytevlin , LO-TEK, 16mm film digitised, 10 minutes, silent, 2024 @ben.malcolmson , Untitled Soundscape #1, stereo audio, 10 minutes, 2025 Horizon, chromatic vinyl film, 2025 (outside/inside) Install pictures: Ben Malcolmson