Frank Benson
1976
Born In Virginia, USA
1998
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2003
Master of Fine Arts, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Sadie Coles HQ, London
2005
Frank Benson, Taxter & Spengemann, New York City, NY
2001
Frank Benson: New Work, Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
1999
Luscious Leftovers, (curated by Goran Tomcic), Frances Wolfson Gallery, Miami, FL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2008
Scene/Seen: Recent Acquisitions from the Luckman Fine Arts Complex Permanent Collection, 1979 – 2006, Luckman Fine Arts Complex, Los Angeles, CA
2007
Uncertain States of America, Rudolfinum, Prague
UNCERTAIN STATES OF AMERICA, CSW Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej / Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw / Herning Kunstmuseum, Herninge
Warhol and …, Kantor/ Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Red Eye - Los Angeles Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL
New York, Interrupted, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London
UNCERTAIN STATES OF AMERICA - American Art in the 3rd Millennium, The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, NY
2005
Uncertain States of America - American Art in the 3rd Millennium, Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Viewfinder , Moti Hasson Gallery, New York City, NY
Make It Now - New Sculpture in New York, Sculpture Center, Long Island
2004
Mystery Achievement, Taxter & Spengemann, New York City, NY
Group Show, (curated by Lisa Overduin, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
2003
BUY Contortions, Taxter & Spengemann, New York City, NY
Threedimetrical, The Happy Lion, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show (curated by Clarissa Dalrymple) Grant Selwyn Gallery, Beverly Hills,
CA
2002
Times One Minus One, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
New Work: Frank Benson, Timothy Hutchings, Christopher Garret, (curated by Amy Balkin), Quotidian Gallery, San Francisco
Really, (curated by Barbara Hunt), Artist’s Space, New York, NY
Breathless, Lombard- Fried, New York, NY
2000
Whippersnapper II, Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mount Miami: American Artists in Tel Aviv, (curated by Tami Katz- Freiman), Tel Aviv Artist’s Studios, Tel Aviv, Israel
1998
Violence/ Humor/ Humor/ Violence, (curated by Jeff Rough) H. Lewis Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Residences and Awards
2000
Residency with Charles Ray and Jennifer Pastor, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyma Beach, FL
2004
Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant