ERIK BENSON

 

DATE OF BIRTH             Born 1973  Detroit, MI

Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

 

AUSBILDUNG/EDUCATION

2001                             Rhode Island School of Design     MFA

                                    Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

1996                              Minneapolis College of Art and Design  BFA

 

 

EINZELAUSSTELLUNGEN (Auswahl)/SOLO SHOWS (Selection)

2006                             Roebling Hall   New York, NY  (forthcoming)

2005                             Galerie Schuster-Schuerman,  Berlin, Germany

2004                             DWELL,  RARE, New York, NY

                                    Galerie Schuster,  Frankfurt, Germany

2003                             Perfect Memory, Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, Texas       

New Paintings  RARE, New York, NY

 

 

GRUPPENAUSSTELLUNGEN/PROJEKTE (Auswahl) /GROUP SHOWS/PROJECTS (Selection)

2005                             Built Against Site,  Paragraph, Kansas City, MO

                             Wasteland:21st Century Landscape,  Roebling Hall,  Brooklyn, NY

                             Everland,  Annina Nosei Gallery,  New York, NY

2004                             Suburbicarian,  Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                 Void,  curated by David Gibson

City Maps, Curated by Kate Green,  Art Pace,  San Antonio, TX                  

Symbolic Space,  HVCCA,  Peekskill, NY

Works on Paper,  Rare, New York, NY                 

2003                             Street Level    CCS Gallery @Bard College, Annendale on the Hudson, NY

2002                             AIM Annual Exhibition, Bronx Museum, Bronx, NY

2001                             Thesis Exhibition, RISD Museum, Providence, RI

 

 

 

 

STIPENDIEN/GRANTS and AWARDS

2005                             participating Artist in the Artist Pension Trust

2002                             Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of Art Bronx, NY

2000                             Match Scholarship,  Skowhegan School of Art Skowhegan, ME

                 Award of Excellence,  Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI