Ben Needham

■Ben Needham

ベトナム生まれのアメリカ育ち。
ベイエリアアーティストとしての活動を経て、現在ニューヨークを拠点に活動。
彼の写真のような風景の中に存在するアニメのようなキャラクターが現実と夢の世界を曖昧にし、現代のおとぎ話の中にいるような気持ちにさせられる。
http://www.benneedham.com

Born in Tan My, Vietnam

EDUCATION
M.F.A., Painting, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
B.S., Fine Arts, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
Parsons School of Design, Paris, France
Lives and works in New York, NY

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2009
Gold Rush, The Lab, San Francisco, CA
2008
To Choo Gesser, Ichys Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Gold Rush, City Museum of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Gold Rush, Gallery OP-Nord, Stuttgart, Germany
2007
Diaspora, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
APAture 2007, Space 180, San Francisco, CA
The Drawing Show, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2006
Invented Memory, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Subject to Revision, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2005
Homeward, KTSF, Brisbane, CA
2004
2.6.04, 2604 3rd Street, San Francisco, CA
2003
Shift, Togonon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Review Preview, Washington Square Gallery, San Francisco, CA
San Francisco International Art Expo, San Francisco, CA
2002
Inventive Landscapes, Bucheon Gallery, San Francisco, CA
POSTPOSTCARD 6, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2001
FUSE, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
SFAI Masters of Fine Arts Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
SFAI@Microsoft Exhibition, One Market Street, San Francisco, CA
2000
MFA Exhibit, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA

CURATORIAL ART PROJECTS
1996
Images of Self: The Search For Identity Through Art, Schick Gallery, Saratoga Springs, NY

AWARDS
1996
Honors, Skidmore College Senior Show, Saratoga Springs, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2001
Crump, Anne. Artspeak: Voyage of Self-Discovery, SF Examiner, Aug. 24
2007
Feinstein, Lea. Ben Needham, ArtNews, January edition

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Skidmore College Permanent Collection