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Ben Orkin

South African 1998-

Ben Orkin graduated with a BFA from the Michaelis School of Fine Art in 2020. He has held three solo exhibitions with WHATIFTHEWORLD, including You told me... (2019), Extra Safe (2021), and Backroom, Bookstores, Balconies, Meattracks and Tearooms (2023). His work has featured in notable exhibitions such as Re/presentation of the Figure (Strauss & Co, 2024) and We, the People: 30 Years of Democracy in South Africa at the Norval Foundation (2024–2025). Orkin is the recipient of the Simon Gerson Prize (2021), and his work is held in both local and international collections, including OÖ Landes-Kultur GmbH, Austria and the A4 Arts Foundation, Cape Town.

7 lots offered 85.71% sold ZAR 101 822

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You Can Love Someone without Being Needed by Someone

18 Nov 2025
Sold for ZAR 24 025
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Rainbow Red

8 Nov 2025
Sold for ZAR 35 000

I am with what has been given away

21 Oct 2025
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Devan

20 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 10 553
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Talking About Private Things in Public II

20 Mar 2024
Sold for ZAR 17 588
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Green Vessel

23 Nov 2020
Sold for ZAR 7 035
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Blue Vessel

7 Sep 2020
Sold for ZAR 7 622
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