Benjamin King
CV

Solo Exhibitions

2018
Freight and Volume, New York, NY
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca

2017
Ober Gallery, Kent, CT
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca

2016
Four AM, New York, NY Benjamin King

2014
Arts & Leisure, New York, NY Simple Mountain
Longhouse Projects, New York, NY Abdolreza Aminlari and Benjamin King
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca Various Deposits

2012
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca You are Leaving

2010
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca White Sparkle

2000
Century 900 Gallery, Chicago, IL Surface and Story

Group Exhibitions

2017
Freight and Volume, New York, NY The Secret Life of Plants
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca Summer in the City

2015
HKJB, New York, NY Temple of Vates
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca Out of Town
Madelyn Jordon Fine Art, Scarsdale, NY I Am What I Am Not Yet

2014
Zürcher Studio, New York, NY Salon Zürcher booth with Laroche/Joncas
C2C Project Space, San Francisco, CA Abstraction Naturally
Drive-by Projects, Watertown, MA Event of the Line
Underdonk, New York, NY Genesis Forward Battery

2013
Laroche/Joncas, New York, NY Summer Show
Jordana Zeldin, New York, NY Earthly Pleasures
Tiffany Calvert, Henry Samelson and Mark Joshua Epstein, New York, NY P.I.L.F.
Collective Show, Mexico City, Mx Collective Show Mx

2012
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca Upside Downturn
The Dirty Dirty, New York, NY, On the Fence
The Atlantic Conference, curated by Matt Jones, New York, NY The Final Frontier
EJ Hauser and Rob Nadeau, New York, NY Wavers
Bruce High Quality Foundation / Vito Schnabel, New York, NY Brucennial 2012

2011
Limerick-Frazier Gallery, Austin TX Trans Medium
ART BLOG ART BLOG, New York, NY Snowclones
Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca Group Show
HKJB, New York, NY Control Alt Delete
Bronx River Art Center, New York, NY The Working Title

2010
Participant Inc., New York, NY The Collective Show
University of Chicago,DOVA Temp, Chicago, IL A Selection from a Decade of Painting at the Department of Visual Arts
Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA It’s My World
Second Home Projects, Berlin, Ge Born to Die
Kumukumu Gallery, curated by Mako Wakasa, New York, NY Landscape and Solitude
Fortress to Solitude, New York, NY Bushwick Schlact
HKJB, New York, NY Portable Caves
Ridgway Exhibitions, San Francisco, CA Paper Awesome

2009
ACME, Los Angeles, CA Seasonal Pictures
Projecx MTL, Montreal, Ca Brut
Dvorak Sec Contemporary, Prague, Cz A Taste of Young New York
Silver Shed, New York, NY ABCyz 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 Ft2

2008
Artists Space, New York, NY Night of a 1000 Drawings
Prince St Gallery, New York, NY Small Works Show

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

Curatorial Projects

2015
HKJB, New York, NY Temple of Vates

2014
HKJB, Underdonk, New York, NY Genesis Forward Battery

2013
HKJB, The Sphinx, New York, NY End Times (upcoming)
Collective Show, Mexico City, Mx Collective Show Mx

2012
HKJB, Galerie Laroche/Joncas, Montreal, Ca Upside Downturn

2011
ARTBLOGARTBLOG, co-curated with Rob Nadaeu, New York, NY Snowclones
HKJB, New York, NY Control Alt Delete
HKJB, New York, NY Pieced Together

2010
Participant Inc., New York, NY Collective Show
HKJB, New York, NY Portable Caves
Collective Show, Silver Shed, New York, NY ABCYZ

2009
HKJB, New York, NY Bad Graphic Design
HKJB, New York, NY Personal Abstraction

Grants and Awards

2017
DNA Residency, Provincetown MA

2013
Edward F. Albee Foundation

Education

2005 MFA – University of Chicago
2000 BFA – School of the Art Institute of Chicago
1999 The International School, Umbria, Italy

Bibliography

Haggarty, Catherine, Review : The Secret Life of Plants, Curator, August 2017

Lawrence, Nick, Coates, Jennifer, The Secret Life of Plants, published by Freight and Volume

Lawrence, Nick, Simple Mountain, published by Arts and Leisure

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Rosati, Lauren and Staniszewski, Mary Anne. Alternative Histories New York Art Spaces 1960-2010 Co published by EXIT Art and The MIT Press, pp. 368 – 369

New York Post Modern, “NYC Painters Take Montreal: HKJB @ LAROCHE/JONCAS” September 6, 2012

Forget, Betina. “You are Leaving – Benjamin King at Laroche/Joncas” The Belgo Report, April 24, 2012

Smith, Matthew, “Progress Report: Q&A with Kris Chatterson and Vince Contarino” New American Paintings, October 20, 2011

Russeth, Andrew. “Control Alt Delete: A One-Night HKJB Show in Bushwick” 16 Miles of String, June 2, 2011

Skene, Cameron. “Benjamin King” Border Crossings, Issue 117, March – May 2011

Crest, Russ. “Benjamin King Is Into The Wild” Beautiful Decay, March 29, 2011

Chatterson, Kris. “Benjamin King / Studio Visit” Progress Report, August 26, 2010

Bamberger, Alan. “Baer Ridgway, Marx & Zavaterro, NOMA, Artzone 461, James Snidle, Misho” ArtBusiness.com, July 24, 2010

Warner, Emily. “Making Space” NYFA Current, June 13, 2009

Warner, Emily. “Art Minus Gallery: ‘Personal Abstraction’ in Sunset Park” Bomblog, May 11, 2009