Born in 1977 in Clearwater Florida, Benjamin has been trained in Florence, Italy and the SF Academy of Art University (BFA). His work was first presented in the De Young Museum of Fine Arts ‘Emerging Artists Exhibition’ of 2001. He has been creating monumental oil paintings since 2002 and has been recognized for his portraiture by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. Benjamin was selected by Converse for a national ad campaign as their All Star artist and his work was the subject of a presentation on London’s Channel 4 TV. He has shown work nationally and internationally including solo and group exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, Venice and LA. He currently works and lives in Santa Barbara, CA.
Born 1977, Clearwater, Florida
Lives and works in Santa Barbara, California
EDUCATIONS
1998-2002 B.F.A. Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
1998 Alaska Indian Arts Center, Haines, Alaska
1997 Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence, Italy
MUSEUM SHOWS & EXHIBTIONS
2011 ‘The Brothers Anderson’ Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2011 ‘Splash’ Ventura County Museum of Art, Ventura, CA
2005 “Portrait of an Artist”, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 Anderson ART Collective, Portraits Carpinteria, CA
2010 ‘Just Add Water’ Blank Space Gallery, New York, NY
2010 ‘Just Add Water’ Anderson ART Collective, Carpinteria, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Whistler Contemporary, Whistler, B.C.
2015 Sullivan Goss, ‘Figurations’ Santa Barbara, CA
2015 Eisenhower Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2015 Creutzberg | Van Dunn, Netherlands
2014 Rarity Gallery, Summer Salon Show, Mykonos, Greece
2014 Gallery Van Den Doel & Van Dunn, Netherlands
2014 Christopher Hill Gallery, Spring Exhibition, Healdsburg, CA
2013 Rarity Gallery, Summer Salon Show, Mykonos, Greece
2013 Santa Barbara Arts Fund, ‘aqua’, Santa Barbara, CA
2013 Christopher Hill Gallery, Spring Exhibition, Healdsburg, CA
2012 ‘100 Grand’, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2012 ‘Benjamin Anderson and Daniel Mourning, New Works’
Simon-Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, CA
2012 WADE, Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, CA
2011 ‘100 Grand’, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2011 Sherman/McNulty Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2010 ‘Rogue Wave II’ Anderson ART Collective, Carpinteria, CA
2010 ‘Summer Exhibition’ Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2009 Anderson ART Collective, ‘M-E-Y-K’, Carpinteria, CA
2009 Anderson ART Collective, ‘Rogue Wave’ Carpinteria, CA
2009 Rumble Art Fair, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 George Billis Gallery ‘I(Heart)Pop Realism’ Los Angeles, CA
2007 IAM Gallery ‘Sensa Peso’ Venice, Italy
2007 CastelARTe 07, Abruzzo, Italy
PUBLICATIONS/FILM
2012 Carpinteria Magazine, Winter 2012 issue
2012 The Coffin Factory, issue 2
2010 Surfer Magazine, May 2010 issue, CA
2009 Computer Arts Magazine, Sept. 09 issue, London, UK
2009 Trip Magazine, Sept. 09 issue, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2008 Target/Converse ‘all-stars’ ad campaign, national television, print
2008 Channel Four London, Los Angeles Artist, Reality series