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