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BENJAMIN ARTHUR VOLTABORN IN ABINGTON, PA 1979Ben lives with his wife Eilish in Philadelphia, PA
C.V. 2009 SOLO EXHIBITIONS “Paperpattern Colorculture,” Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA “Elettrostatica,” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Introductions 09,” The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA “Art in State,” The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA “Art is Ageless,” New Courtland Artist Fellowship exhibition at The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA “CFEVA exchange,” The Pittsburgh Center For the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA “Lincoln 200,” The Bicentennial Festival on Independence Mall, Philadelphia PA
EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATIVE BASED PROJECTS + Teacher Artist Partnership (TAP) Residency with the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts + Art and Community, Residency with The Delaware Center For the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE + Pennsylvania Council on the Arts / Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership Residencies with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School (Philadelphia, PA), Ringing Rocks Elementary School (Pottstown, PA), and The School of the Future (Philadelphia, PA) + The Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership / The United States Department of Education / The Philadelphia Museum of Art: ART BRIDGES PILOT with Solis Cohen Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA + Philadelphia Museum of Art Distance Learning Artist Residency with Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA “Tim Rollins and K.O.S.,” The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
2008 GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Transplants,” Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA “A Strange Place,” Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL “Project Vegas”, with Sony VAIO, Las Vegas, NV “Emerge,” Artwalk, The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Washington DC “Homemade,” Fleisher Art Memorial, Community Partnership in the Arts, initiated by Pepon Osorio. Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATIVE BASED PROJECTS + The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Partners Residency with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia, PA + Arts Alive, The Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple, Scranton, PA + Fleisher Art Memorial, Community Partnership in the Arts, Residency with Nebinger Middle School, Philadelphia, PA + Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Residency with Upper Merion Area High School, King of Prussia, PA + The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Futures Residency with Kensington CAPA High School, Philadelphia, PA “You & Me, Sometimes,” In collaboration with Tim Rollins and K.O.S, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
2007 SOLO EXHIBITION “Caution Combustible,” Gallery 817, at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATIVE BASED PROJECTS +The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Partners Residency with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia, PA + Summer Film Program with The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Big Picture Alliance, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, and Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA +The Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, Arts Bridges Residency with the Ferrell Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA +Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership Residencies with Finletter and Arthur Elementary Schools, Philadelphia, PA + The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Futures Residency with North East High School, Philadelphia, PA. “Art Basel,” In collaboration with Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Basel, Switzerland “Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: 25 years,” Gallerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
2003 - 2006 GROUP EXHIBITIONS “Back to the Front,” Slought Foundation, In collaboration with Billy Blaise Dufala, Philadelphia, PA “Wild Bunch II,” White Box: Annex, NYC, NY “Participate?,” Basekamp, Philadelphia, PA “Furniture 2003: In the Seat of the Imagination,” Abington Arts Center, Abington, PA “The Green Beret,” Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA. Video Station “Ignite,” Artworks, Trenton, NJ “Stop the Wall,” In collaboration with Lisa Volta, Chikyu-Do Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
EDUCATION, COMMUNITY AND COLLABORATIVE BASED PROJECTS + The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Partners Residency with Penn Treaty Middle School, Philadelphia, PA + Project Home Honickman Learning Center, The Summer Teen Program and The After School Teen Program, Philadelphia, PA + The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Futures Residency with Conwell Egan Catholic High School, Fairless Hills, PA + Tim Rollins and K.O.S., Drexel University, Martha Washington Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA “We see the Promised Land: Tim Rollins and K.O.S in Collaboration with Atlanta Youth,” The Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, GA
EDUCATION 2005 The University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA. BFA -Magna Cum Laude 2002 The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Sculpture Certificate
EXPERIENCE 2009 - 2009 Fellow with the Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Arts in Education Grant Panelist with The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts 2005 - 2009 Member of Tim Rollins and Kids of Survival (K.O.S.), NYC 2007 - 2009 Consultant for Teacher Workshops with The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2006 - 2009 PCA Directory Artist and consultant for Teacher Workshops with PAEP 2005 Student Curatorial / exhibition, “Whimsical Works: The Playful Designs of Charles and Ray Eames,” Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA. Reviewed by The New York Times, Dwell Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Philadelphia City Paper 2002 - 2003 Casa Aleluya Orphanage, (June 21-July 5 2003 and December 27 - January 7 2002) Co - led artists to paint murals and work with children, San Bartelene Mipas Atlas, Guatemala
TALK 2009 The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (with Tim Rollins and K.O.S.) 2009 Presenter at the PAEA Fall Conference on The Nature of Art Education, Brandywine, PA 2009 Presenter and Panelist at the Association of American Museums Annual Meeting and Museum Expo, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA 2009 Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA 2008 Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA 2008 Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA 2007 The Museum of Modern Art, NYC, NY. (with Tim Rollins and K.O.S.) 2007 University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 2007 Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA 2004 American Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA 2003 Eastern University, St. Davids, PA
2009 “paperpatterncolorculture,” Emily Warner, Brooklyn Rail (Nov) 2009 “Translating Identity into Art,” Rachel Kipp, Delaware News Journal (Nov 1) 2008 “Fleisher Blurs the Borders Around High Art,” Rachel Dukeman, The Bulletin (July 08) 2006 “Call Me,” Kristopher Monroe, Beautiful / Decay Magazine (Issue O) 2004 “Slought Provoking” Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly (Oct 6 – 12) 2003 “Bathhouse Contemporary Art,” K. Malcolm Richards, InLiquid Reviews
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