Ben Reeves holds a BFA from the University of British Columbia and an MA from Chelsea College, London. He has held positions as Lecturer at UBC; and Assistant Professor at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Guelph. He has taught at Emily Carr University since 2006 in the Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Audain Faculty of Art. He was Head of Painting at the University of Guelph and for a year was Head of Painting and Drawing at ECUAD where he is
currently Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, Curriculum, in the Audain Faculty of Art.
Ben has exhibited widely in Canada as well as in China, the U.S. and England. His work has been featured on the cover of Canadian Art and reviewed in publications across Canada, His work is in collections of the Vancouver Art Gallery; National Gallery of Canada; Musée des Beaux Arts, Montreal; Museum London; Surrey Art Gallery; Canadian Department of Global Affairs; and Canada Council. He has received grants from Canada Council, Ontario Arts Council and BC Arts Council. His work is represented by the Equinox Gallery in Vancouver and the Nicholas Metivier Gallery in Toronto.