EDUCATION

2003      Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. BA, High honors, Department of Art.
2000      Universidad de las Americas, Puebla, Mexico. Independent Study in Painting with Muralist Jose Lascarro.


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010      Solo Exhibition, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
2007      GlamTrance, 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, Fine Art in Space, Long Island City, NY.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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, Manhattan, 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 Art, 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, 508w 26th st, New York, NY.
2003      Thesis Exhibition, The Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery. Middletown, CT.
2000      Mural Inspired Painting, The 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 Mondostudio, Assembled by Adrian Koerfer, Germany.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

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 Exhibitions in Print, 80th edition, Winter.
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.
              New American Paintings, Exhibition-in-print # 56, juried by Darsie Alexander, Curator of Contemporary Art, The Baltimore Museum of Art.
2006      Ollman, Leah, "Larger Than Life in Liquid Pigment," Los Angeles Times, July 28.
              “International Art with Youthful Edge,” Around the Galleries, The Los Angeles Times, July.
              Gordon, Margery, "Art Basel Miami: Pulse Beats Sophomore Slump," ArtInfo.com, Dec.
2005      New American Paintings, Exhibition-in-print # 68, juried by Nicholas Baume, Chief Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2008      Lecturer at Painting's Edge Idyllwild Arts Program.
              Guest Lecturer, “Art in New York” Class, 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.