Henry Beech Mole

'Monumentimals' (right) shown next to Sebastian Bergne's 'Tomb of the Past' (left).

Henry Robert Beech Mole (born 6 December 1988) is a British artist and designer. Born in Paris to English parents, Beech Mole was educated at the Royal College of Art^[1] in London.

Beech Mole lives and works in the Montmartre district of Paris.^[2]

Exhibitions

• Romani Techtonic, 2011 - RIBA, London.^[3]
• Twitter Tissues, DataSpace, 2014 - Victoria and Albert Museum, London.^[4][5][6]
• FINSK, The Finnish Institute in London and the Residence of the Ambassador of Finland, London, 2015.^[7][8][9]
• Monumentimals, Sir John Soane Museum, London, 2015.^{[10][11][12][13]} Monumentimals is held in the permanent collection of the museum alongside over 40,000 architectural and archaeological objects.
• Gothic Superegos, Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana, 2016.^[14]

Activism and writing

Beech Mole conceived of an architecture competition in the town of Sidmouth in Devon, to challenge a scheme to develop luxury apartments and a hotel.^{[15][16][17][18]}

Beech Mole wrote a lengthy criticism of former Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, and his school reform policies during the UK coalition government of 2010-2015.^[19]

Personal background

Beech Mole is the grandson of British socialist politician Barry Cecil Beech Mole MBE and a descendant of the de la Beche family.^[20]

References