BENJAMIN ARTHUR VOLTA, 1979
EMAIL >>>> benjaminvolta@gmail.com
CELL >>>> 267-252-9521
STUDIO ADDRESS >>>> 608 N. 22nd St Philadelphia PA 19130
MAILING ADDRESS >>>> 2117 Howard St. Philadelphia PA 19122
Upcoming
* “Tectonic Quilt” Philadelphia International Airport, Percent for Art, Philadelphia, PA
* “Architects of Play” Pleasant Playground, Percent for Art, Philadelphia, PA
* “Frame by Frame” Walter Rand Transportation Center, New Jersey Transit, Camden, NJ
Current / Recent
* “STEAM” Solo exhibit with Breadboard at the Esther Klein Gallery, The Science Center, Philadelphia, PA. PA Council on the Arts (PCA) / Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP) Long Term Residency (LTR) with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
* “Historical Catalysts” Project with the Cultural Programs at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington DC. PA Council on the Arts (PCA) / Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership (PAEP) Long Term Residency (LTR) with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
* “The Constellation” Public art at the Glen Elm Library, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK Canada
* “Love Invaders” Vinyl graphic installation wrapping the JFK Welcome Center at Love Park, Philadelphia. with The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Delphi After School Art Club
* “Tectonic Quilt: Clouds” Atrium installation at the Delaware Center For Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE. With Bancroft Elementary School, Wilmington, DE.
* 1st year with Arts Link Pilot Program, PAEP and the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. With Morton Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
* 5th year with the Arts Bridges Pilot Program, PAEP and the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. With Solis Cohen Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA
Solo Exhibitions / Public Art
2010
“Home that Was” City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia, PA
“Art at Falls Center” Falls Center, Philadelphia, PA
2009
“Paperpattern Colorculture” Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia PA
“Elletrostatica” Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2007
“Caution Combustible” Gallery 817, at the University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Group Exhibitions
2010
“Everyone is Welcome” New York Center For Art and Media Studies, New York, NY
“On the Rise” The Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
“Vestiges” The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
“Art in the Open Philadelphia” Schuylkill Banks, Philadelphia, PA
“Sweet Spot” The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2009
“Introductions 09” The Galleries at Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, PA
“Art of the State” The State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
“CFEVA Fellows” Middlesex County College, Edison, NJ
“The Exchange” Pittsburgh Center For the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
2008
“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, Philadelphia, PA
2003 - 2006
“Back to the Front” Slought Foundation, 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
Education, Community and Collaborative Based Projects
2010
* PAEP / PCA, Teacher Artist Partnership with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
* Arts Bridges Pilot Program, PAEP and the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. - with Solis Cohen Elementary School, Philadelphia PA
* The School District of Philadelphia, Artist is Residence with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia, PA
* The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Futures Residency with Conwell Egan Catholic High School in Fairless Hills, PA
* The Falls Center, Artist in Residence, Philadelphia, PA
* SHORT FILM: “Art Action At Love Park” - The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Summer Film Program with The Big Picture Alliance, Nueva Esperanza Academy, and Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA
* Art-Reach, Anti-Violence T-Shirt Project with The King Center and The Boys and Girls Club, Philadelphia PA
2009
*The Delaware Center For the Contemporary Arts, Art and Community Residency with the Delaware School for the Deaf, Newark, DE
* PCA / PAEP Residencies with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School (Philadelphia, PA), Ringing Rocks Elementary School (Pottstown, PA), and The School of the Future (Philadelphia, PA)
* Arts Bridges Pilot Program, PAEP and the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. - with Ferrell Elementary School, Philadelphia PA
* The Philadelphia Museum of Art Distance Learning Artist Residency with Wissahickon High School, Ambler, PA
* The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, New Courtland Artist Fellowship with Kearsly Elder Home, Philadelphia, PA
2008
* The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Partners Residency with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School in Philadelphia, PA
* North Eastern Educational Intermediate Unit, Arts Alive at the Scranton Cultural Center at the Masonic Temple, Scranton, PA
* The Center For Emerging Visual Artists, New Courtland Artist Fellowship with Cliveden Elder Home, Philadelphia, PA
* Fleisher Art Memorial, Community Partnership in the Arts Residency with Nebinger Middle School, Philadelphia PA
* Fleisher Art Memorial, Community Partnership in the Arts Residency with Pepon Osorio, Philadelphia, PA
* PCA / PAEP Residencies with Upper Merion High School, King of Prussia, PA
* Arts Bridges Pilot Program, PAEP and the United States Department of Education Office of Innovation and Improvement. - with Ferrell Elementary School, Philadelphia PA
* The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Futures Residency with Kensington CAPA High School in Philadelphia, PA
2007
* The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Partners Residency with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School in Philadelphia, PA
* SHORT FILM: “Restoring La Comunidad” - The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Summer Film Program with The Big Picture Alliance, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, and Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA
* PCA / PAEP Residencies with Finletter Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA), and Arthur Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)
2006
* The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Partners Residency with Penn Treaty Middle School Philadelphia, PA
* The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Art Futures Residency with Conwell Egan Catholic High School in Fairless Hills, PA
* PCA / PAEP Partnership Residencies with Smedley Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA), and Carnell Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)
* Project Home Honickman Learning Center, Summer Teen Program and After School Program, Philadelphia, PA
Select projects with Tim Rollins and KOS
2004 - 2011
* “Tim Rollins and K.O.S.” The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
* “You & Me, Sometimes” Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York, NY
* “Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: 25 years” Gallerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
* “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
Graduate work in Art Theory, Art History, and Curatorial Studies
2002 The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Sculpture Certificate
Experience
2005 – Present Member of Tim Rollins and Kids of Survival (K.O.S.), NYC
2008 – Present Consultant for Teacher Workshops with the Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership
2006 - Present Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Directory Artist
2009 – 2010 Arts in Education Grant Panelist with The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
2007 - 2010 Consultant for Teacher Workshops with The Philadelphia Museum of Art
2009 - 2010 Fellow with the Center For Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Curatorial graduate work / 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
Lecture / Presentations
2011 University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada
2010 Tyler School of Art Foundation Lecture Series, The Studio Now, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Presenter and Panelist at the National Art Education Association (NAEA) National Convention, Baltimore, MD
2009 Presenter and Panelist at the Association of American Museums Annual Meeting and Museum Expo, Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Presenter and Panelist at the Pennsylvania Art Education Association Conference on the Nature of Art Education, Brandywine, PA
2009 The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA (with Tim Rollins and K.O.S.
2008 – 2010 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 - 2010 Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
2004 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2003 Eastern University, St. Davids, PA
Press and Publications
2011 “Students, Artist Create Mural,” Kerry Benjoe, Regina Leader-Post
2011 “ARTist: Ben Volta,” Julie Davis, Phillyist
2011 “Ben Volta’s mural – Home That Was,” Libby Rosof, The Artblog
2010 “Art and Science Merge,” Edward L Kenney, Delaware News Journal
2010 Featured in Issues in Science and Technology, Journal of the National Academies
2010 “Renowned Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto Inspires Art in Love Park,” Nicole Contosta, Weekly Press
2010 “Lovely Love Park Paintings,” Roberta Fallon, The Artblog
2009 “paperpatterncolorculture,” Emily Warner, Brooklyn Rail
2009 “Translating Identity into Art,” Rachel Kipp, Delaware News Journal
2006 “Call Me,” Kristopher Monroe, Beautiful / Decay Magazine (Issue O)
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