Benjamin Hope NEAC PS RSMA ROI RP

Benjamin took an unconventional route to a career in fine art. As the son of artist Jane Hope, he was introduced to painting at an early age, but he decided against Art School and instead pursued his interest in Mathematics and Physics, culminating in a PhD from Cambridge University. His long-term plan throughout, though, was to become a painter and his artistic training happened concurrently through experimentation, practice and reading. He has been a full time artist since 2011.

Benjamin Hope is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters, the New English Art Club, the Paster Society, the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, the Royal Society of Marine Artists, the Oxford Art Society and the Blackheath Art Society.

Image: Benjamin Hope NEAC PS RSMA ROI RP, Self-Portrait

A selection of Awards

RP Artist Benjamin Hope has been chosen for a number of awards throughout his career, but in particular, he was given three separate awards in 2022. 

Hope was chosen as the winner for The Menena Joy Schwabe Memorial Award by The Royal Institute of Oil Painters Exhibition in 2022.

He was also awarded The Sea Pictures Gallery Award by The Royal Society of Marine Artists Exhibition.

Finally, in that same year, he was awarded The Peter Kelly Commemorative Prize by The Royal Society of British Artists Exhibition.