Ben Walmsley

Ben Walmsley is a Canadian painter born in 1960 and based in Toronto, Ontario. During the 1980s, he was an active figure within the Toronto artist-run scene, participating as a member of the artist collective Republic and co-curating collaborative projects at Mercer Union. His work from this period engaged with figuration, urban environments, and contemporary adaptations of historical painting traditions.

Over subsequent decades, Walmsley focused on representational painting, exploring Canadian landscape imagery, architectural subjects, and colour theory. In 1992, his work was the subject of the solo museum exhibition Gospelling the Sound of Colour at Oakville Galleries in Oakville, Ontario. His work has been recognized with project and arts grants from both the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, and his paintings are held in public institutions, including the permanent collection of Oakville Galleries. He continues to live and maintain an active studio practice in Toronto.