Born, 1980, Burlington, VT
Lives and works in New York City

EDUCATION

2003      BA, Visual Art, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT


SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2011      Ben Weiner: Paintings and Video (solo), The Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, IL 
2010      Material and Illusion (solo), Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007      GlamTrance (solo), Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2006      Eastern Boys and Western Girls (with David Shapiro), Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
2005      Ben Weiner: Paintings (solo), Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, NY


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011      Pulse Miami Art Fair with, Benrimon Contemporary, and Mark Moore Gallery, Miami, FL
              Red Force Fields, David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
              Ben Weiner: Na + (aq) + C5H8NO - (aq) NaC5H8NO4(s) (New Media Room), Bruno David Gallery, St Louis, MO
              Pulse New York Art Fair with Benrimon Contemporary, New York, NY
2010      25th Anniversary Show, Mark Moore Gallery, Culver City, CA
              Under the Influence of Fashion and Finance, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
              Un-titled (Abstraction), David Richard Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
              Elements of Nature, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
2009      Pulse Miami Art Fair with Mark Moore Gallery, Miami, FL
              Full Circle: Ten Years of Radius, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2008      Pulse Miami Art Fair with Mark Moore Gallery, Miami, FL
              Painting's Edge, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
              Pretty Things: Confronting Senuousness, Artspace, New Haven, CT
2007      Pulse Miami Art Fair with Mark Moore Gallery, Miami, FL
              Art Chicago with Jonathan Novak Contemporary, Chicago, IL
              Pulse New York Art Fair with Mark Moore Gallery, New York, NY
2006      Pulse Miami Art Fair with Mark Moore Gallery, Miami, FL
              Aldrich Undercover, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
              Ultrasonic International, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
              Nova Art Fair with Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
              Pod Art II, Fine Art in Space/31 Grand, New York, NY
              Scope New York Art Fair with 31 Grand, New York, NY
2005      All That Glitters, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, New York, NY
              RADIUS, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum/ RGA Gallery, Ridgefield, CT
              The Industrial Landscape in Contemporary Painting, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery, New York, NY
2004      The Gym Show, 508 W 26th St, New York, NY
2003      Thesis Exhibition, The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2000      Mural Inspired Painting, Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico
1999      Permanent Collection, Art Really Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
1997      Small Works, Pace University Gallery, Pleasantville, NY


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Frederick R. Weisman, CA
Progressive Insurance, OH
Sammlung/Collection Mondstudio, Assembled by Adrian Koerfer, Germany

AWARDS

2010      New York Foundation for the Arts Painting Fellowship

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2011      Sesser, Stan, "The Art Assembly Line," The Wall Street Journal, June 3
2010      Garza, Evan, “In the Studio: Ben Weiner,” New American Paintings Blog, July 6
              Cullen, Lauren, “Material and Illusion: Inspirational Ben Weiner Exhibition at Mark Moore Gallery,” The Examiner, June 26
              Stanton, Chris, "Seen: Ben Weiner at Mark Moore Gallery," Daily DuJour, June 7
2009      Hull, Timothy and Shapiro, David, “Open Apple Shift 3,” Museo, vol. 12, Fall
              Genocchio, Benjamin, “A Show Goes Heavy on a Traditional Medium Yet Feels Fresh,” review, The New York Times, January 4
              Hodara, Susan, “Celebrating a Decade of Nurturing Artists on the Verge,” The New York Times, January 4
              Mergel, Jen (juror), New American Paintings Juried Exhibition-in-Print #80
2008      Kobasa, Stephen Vincent, "Painted Over: Reflections on a Desperate Art," New Haven Advocate, June 5
2007      Markle, Leslie, “Ben Weiner, Ali Smith," review, ArtUS, Issue 20, Winter
              Resneck, Jacob, "Ben Weiner: GlamTrance," Cool Hunting
              Jacobs, Joseph, “Strange Forces: Ben Weiner,” Art and Antiques, June
              Dean, Cecilia,"Finger on the Pulse," V Magazine, February
              Alexander, Darsie (juror), New American Paintings Juried Exhibition-in-Print # 56
2006      Ollman, Leah, "Larger Than Life in Liquid Pigment," Los Angeles Times, July 28
              “International Art with Youthful Edge,” Around the Galleries, Los Angeles Times, July
              Gordon, Margery, "Art Basel Miami: Pulse Beats Sophomore Slump," artinfo.com, December
2005      Baume, Nicholas, New American Paintings Juried Exhibition-in-Print # 68

LECTURES AND SPECIAL PROJECTS

2011      Lecturer and Visiting Critic, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN
              Lecturer and Visiting Critic, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL
              Mentor, New York Foundation for the Arts Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists, New York, NY
2010      Lecturer and Visiting Critic, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
2009      Lecturer, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2008      Lecturer and Visiting Critic, Painting's Edge Idyllwild Arts Program, Idyllwild, CA
              Guest Lecturer, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
2006      Video Design, La Historia de Llorar por El, by Ignacio Apolo. Mexico City
              Art Design, Colas, Colas, y Nicolas, by Alberto Dominguez, Mexico City