About

Ben Mc Cabe is a graduate of the Dublin School of Architecture DIT, Lund University Sweden, the University of Ulster, the University of Wales and Trinity - St Davids.  He has commenced a PhD in Leeds.

His practice is centred on architecture and art.  He has been shortlisted for the Venice Architecture Biennale 2016, the Rome Prize, Bloom Award, Law into Art at UCD amongst others.

Ben has been a Research Fellow at CSC UH in urban design and food security, a Grad Fellow of the PFBC in urban sustainability and an architectural designer at Foster+Partners London. He has also been the Course Director for the British Academy of Garden Design.

Ben is interested in the empty places of rural Ireland; landscapes, abandoned homes, neglected farms, forgotten myths and lore.  Through drawing, paint or photography, these rural identities are translated into craft, painting, installation or sculpture; evoking a deep sense of place.

Ben's drawings, paintings and designs have been exhibited all over the world.  He believes that an ability to draw by hand is fundamental to all design and art practice.