Ben Skinner CV
Ben Skinner | CV
EDUCATION
2003 MFA, Art and Technology. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
2000 BFA, Interdisciplinary Fine Arts. Nova Scotia College of Art and Design
1997 Foundation Studies. Ontario College of Art and Design
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018 Show Me A Little Poise Without All The Noise, Winsor Art Projects, Vancouver, BC.
2018 Cymatic Semantics, Herringer-Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2018 I Don't Know How This Will Sound But Here It Goes, Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto, ON.
2018 Selected Works by Ben Skinner Paradigm Talent, Organized by UpRise Art, New York, NY.
2016 I Will Not Be Entranced By Nostalgia, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA.
2016 I Will Not Be Entranced By Nostalgia, Mayberry Fine Art Toronto, ON.
2015 Ben Skinner, Modus Art Gallery, Paris, France.
2014 Colouring Outside and Reading Between, Back Gallery Project, Vancouver, BC
2012 Up For the Challenge Down For the Repercussions, Bad Luck Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 Something Must Be Done, Judith And Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, ON
2011 You Must Have Thought I Was Joking, Cutty Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011 Try A Little Tenderness As Hard As It May Seem, Honfleur Gallery, Washington DC
2010 Uttered Lightly, Ledge gallery during Art City Festival, Calgary, AB
2010 Grandpa Wants the Tambourine, Online exhibition, Beefmaster Magazine, Portland OR
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018 Splash, Arts Umbrella Art Auction, Vancouver, BC.
2018 Sampler 2018, Herringer-Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB.
2018 Summer Group Exhibition, Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto, ON.
2018 Paper Route, Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto, ON.
2017 Facade Festival, Public Art Project, Vancouver Art Gallery, Presented by Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver BC.
2017 Fall Pop-Up, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC.
2017 Spring, Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC.
2017 That Night In Toronto, Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto, ON.
2017 Splash Arts Umbrella Art Auction, Vancouver, BC.
2016 No Future Plans, Special Project, Pulse Miami with Uprise Art, Miami, FL.
2015 10-20, Mayberry Fine Art, Toronto, ON.
2015 Text Me, Hazan Projects, New York, NY.
2015 Hunky Dory, K. Imperial Fine Art, SanFransisco, CA.
2014 Object Object, Helmuth Projects, San Diego, CA.
2014 Jargon, The Front, New Orleans, LO.
2014 Word Up, Dunedin Museum of Fine Art, Dunedin, FLA
2012 Buffet, AKA design studios, Vancouver, BC
2011 The Cheaper Show, Vancouver, BC
2011 Beacons, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI.
2010 The Cheaper Show, Vancouver, BC
2008 Delusions of Grandeur, Unit B Gallery, San Antonio, Texas
2007 My Heart is Bigger then Your Fist, 2 person show, Lowercase Gallery, the Regional Assembly of Text Vancouver, BC
2005 Somethin' Like a Phenomenon, Immaculate Heart Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2005 Stay Warm, Atelier, Frankfurt, Germany
PUBLICATIONS, PUBLICITY, RECOGNITION, RESIDENCIES
2017 Artists' residency and collaboration with Genevieve Dionne at "The Annex" Castine, MA.
2014 Free Agency workspace feature.
2014 Maker Series feature on Vancouver is Awesome blog.
2014 Creative Block by Danielle Krysa The Jealous Curator pp. 164-69.
2013 The Proof, Vancouver Is Awesome.
2012 Featured on BOOOOOOOM Blog
2011 Featured in “enRoute” (Air Canada) magazine. Sep. 2011 p.108.
2011 Featured in “Oops!” Vol. 14 No 17 Sep. 2011 pp. 22,23.
2011 Featured on Beautiful Decay Blog
2011 Featured on All You Ever Need Blog
2010 Featured on BOOOOOOOM Blog
2010 Featured on Beautiful Decay Blog
2010 Featured on The Jealous Curator Blog
2010 Interviewed for the Design Exchange Blog. http://www.dx.org
2009 Bezimbinder’s Illustrated Links. http://weblog.bezembinder.nl/
2007 Ukula Magazine. Vol 3, No 1. pp. 83-87
2005 Paper Placemats. J&L publishing
2004 The Business of Holidays. Edited by Maud Lavin. The Monacelli Press. pp. 278
2003 Visiting Artist Program Fellowship Award, Art Institute of Chicago
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2006-PRESENT Aritzia, Art Director of Visual Display
2004-2006 Urban Outfitters, Display Artist