Biography
www.benjamin-king.com
Benjamin Kings paintings merge abstract expression with landscape in ways that both enhance and push against each other. The surfaces range from almost bare canvas to thick encrusted fields of paint. Brushstrokes and textures mimic the feeling of nature more than they literally describe it. There is a compression of images and sensations, which have absorbed the places, feelings and textures found in nature. These paintings are a balancing act between the description of the familiar symbols for nature and an exploration of abstraction and material improvisation.
Benjamin King holds a BFA from the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from the University of Chicago. King has exhibited in many group shows in the United States including NEXT Chicago 2010 with Projex-Mtl, "It's my World" at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions in San Francisco, CA, "Seasonal Pictures" at ACME in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2005 MFA - University of Chicago: Department of Visual Arts
2000 BFA - School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999 International School of Art, Umbria, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
2012 'You Are Leaving' Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montréal
2010 'White Sparkle' Laroche/Joncas, Montréal, Canada
2005 University of Chicago, Midway Studios, Chicago, IL Conflict and Resolution
Group Exhibitions
2012 Bruce High Quality Foundation / Vito Schnabel, New York, NY Brucennial (upcoming)
HKJB @ Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Canada (upcoming)
2011 Limerick-Frazier Gallery, Austin TX Trans Medium
Art Toronto, NEXT, Galerie Laroche/Joncas
'Group Show' Dan Brault, Paul Brunet, Benjamin King, Everest Hall, Mauricio Limon, Laroche/Joncas
NEXT Chicago, Booth Laroche/Joncas
PAPIER 11, Booth Laroche/Joncas
ART BLOG ART BLOG, New York, NY Snowclones
HKJB, New York, NY Contol Alt Delete
Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY The Working Title
2010
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA It's My World
Second Home Projects, Berlin, Germany Born to Die
Fortress to Solitude, New York, NY Bushwick Schlact
Projex MTL @ NEXT Chicago, IL
M Wakasa Presents @ Kumukumu Gallery, New York, NY Landscape and Solitude
Baer Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA Paper Awesome
2009
ACME, Los Angeles, CA Seasonal Pictures
Projex Mtl, Montreal, Canada, Brut
Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Czech Republic, A Taste of Young New York
ABCyz @ Silver Shed, New York, NY Benefit Show
Apartment Show @ Envoy Enterprises, New York, NY Joshua Smith's B-Day Party
The Painting Center, New York, NY 25/35
Fortress to Solitude, New York, NY A Painting Show
HKJB, New York, NY Personal Abstraction
Rogue Space, New York, NY
2008
Artists Space, New York, NY Night of a 1000 Drawings
Prince St Gallery, New York, NY
2004
David and Alfred Smart Museum, Chicago, IL Student Show
University of Chicago, Franke Institute, Chicago, IL Narrative Purgatory
University of Chicago, Department of Visual Arts, Chicago, IL 11 Pack
2000
Century 900 Gallery, Chicago, IL Surface and Story
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL BFA Exhibition
Bibliography
Border Crossings 'Benjamin King' by Cameron Skene Volume 30, Spring 2011
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