Husk Bennett

Husk Bennett is a visual artist based in Belfast. In 2020 Husk graduated from Manchester School of Art with a degree in Fine Art & Art History. Husk is a current Co-Director of Catalyst Arts (2022-24) and a founding member of The Glue Factory, a cross-border collective of 7 artists from Ireland. Husk has worked collaboratively with Array Collective, GUDSKUL and In October 2023 was commissioned to create a video provocation for a-n Assembly Belfast: Who Cares? In 2024 Husk undertook a residency with COVEN, a queer feminist art collective based in Berlin in collaboration with the University of Atypical and Flax Arts Studios.
His practice explores complexities of contemporary human experience engaging at an intersection of media saturation, ultra-modernity, and evolving definitions of labour within the contemporary late-stage capitalist landscape. Husk’s practice thrives on a tension between the accidental and the intentional; embracing elements of chance and serendipity as sources of inspiration. His approach reflects a critical awareness of the role of agency in artistic creation, acknowledging the interplay between the futility of labour, artistic intention and the ludic nature of the creative process.