Ben Mosley

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rdf:langString Ben Mosley (born 9 August 1981) is a British expressive artist whose work is based on architectural and sporting themes and who is an official artist for Team GB and Artist in Residence at Wembley Stadium. From Baldock in Hertfordshire, Mosley was educated at The Knights Templar School in his home town and took a BTEC Diploma Art Foundation at the University of Hertfordshire (1998-1999) and a BA Honours Fine Art Degree at the University of Liverpool (2000-2003). Mosley specialises in expressive and action art particularly working on art with an architectural and sports theme. He has received commissions from many organisations connected with sport including Wembley Stadium, Manchester United, McDonald's (for whom he created his artwork 'Fans of the World' for its chip packaging and which was seen by 60 million people around the world), the London Olympics, and The Emirates and Creek Golf clubs in Dubai. Collectors and supporters of his work include Sir Alex Ferguson, Wayne Rooney, José Mourinho and Jerry Weintraub while examples of his art are in many private collections around the world. Mosley's first exhibition as a professional artist was at the Manchester Art Show in 2003 since then he has had solo exhibitions at various venues from London to Austin, Texas and appeared at the Barcelona International Art Fair in 2016. He was the first artist to paint a mural at Wembley Stadium which was designed to show the transition from the old Wembley Stadium to the new Wembley Stadium depicting the ground's history from 1923 and which covers an area of 20m. As Artist in Residence Mosley has forty paintings displayed in a permanent collection at Club Wembley. Mosley is currently an official artist for Team GB having created a medal moments mural on Canarby street in London celebrating every medal won by Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics. He's also going to be working with Team GB in Paris 2024. Ben does a lot of work for charity and is a formidable live painter, painting in front of live audiences at high profile black tie dinners. His record sale to date is 45k which he achieved working with auctioneer Jonny Gould.