Over the last nine years of exhibiting with Medici Gallery, Noel Bensted has continued to build on his reputation by making works which are both beguiling and intriguing with a hint of mystery and romance. His paintings sparkle with verve and vitality. By using carefully selected models, all with arresting qualities and a certain poise in their bearing, he reconstructs timeless moments observed in the bars and cafés of bustling cosmopolitan life. Noel creates these set pieces alongside his nudes, portraits and still life paintings, in which he demonstrates his command of composition, observation from life and expressive handling of his medium.

Selected Exhibitions:

2009

• Oakham Gallery, London- The Figurative Show
• Bohemia Gallery, York- Group Shows

2008

• Modern Artists Gallery, Berkshire
  
• Medici Gallery, London

2007

• Medici Gallery, London

2006

• Medici Gallery, London

2005

• Bohemia Gallery, York
• Medici Gallery, London

2004

• Medici Gallery, London
• Di Rollo Gallery, Edinburgh

2003

• Betty Morton Gallery, London

2001-3

• Medici Gallery - Group Shows London

2000

• Art London, Maclean Fine Art, London
• 'Fresh Paint' Ardean Gallery, London

1994

• 'Corporal Realities' Ward Wasse Gallery, New York

1993

• "The Artist's London" Museum of London