COLOGNE | JANE BENSON – RE – ASSEMBLY – PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY
Opening, September 2, 2022
September 2, 2022 – November 8, 2022
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Jane Benson
Geb. 1972 in Thornbury, England, lebt und arbeitet in London und New York
Die Werke von Jane Benson erkunden die sozialen Auswirkungen geokultureller Spaltungen und Trennungen. Sie handeln von Zerstörung und Verlust, entdecken in der Beschädigung aber auch verborgenes (ästhetisches) Potenzial und Möglichkeiten der Heilung. Dieses Prinzip betrifft physische Materialien ebenso wie ästhetische Identitäten oder – ganz aktuell – das Erleben von Entwurzelung und Exil. Jane Benson arbeitet in verschiedenen Medien wie Installation, Skulptur, Zeichnung, Video, Musik und Literatur, die sie oftmals in sehr eigenwilliger Form miteinander verschränkt.
Ausgangspunkt ihres multimedialen Projekts Play Land (2015) ist die Lebensgeschichte zweier irakischer Brüder, die Anfang der 2000er-Jahre aus Bagdad geflohen sind und heute in Deutschland beziehungsweise Bahrain leben. Teil dieses Projekts ist die Werkgruppe Family Portrait. Benson hat verschiedene Nationalflaggen in feine Streifen zerschnitten und anschließend neu gewebt. Die gewebten Kompositionen verdecken und enthüllen Embleme aus allen Ländern, in denen die unmittelbare Familie der beiden Brüder jetzt lebt: Irak, Bahrain, Deutschland, Norwegen, Vereinigte Arabische Emirate, USA, Türkei und China.
Ausbildung
1994 Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons) Painting.
1997 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Master of Fine Art.
Solo- und Dopplausstellungen
2022 Jane Benson:”Re assembly” PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY, Cologne, Germany
2022 Jane Benson: Reassembly,, Paula Cooper Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2019 The End of the Patriarchal System, LMAK Gallery, New York
2018 Triple Expansion: Elena Bajo – Jane Benson – Sol Le Witt, Priska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2018 Faux Faux (Lobby Life), Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 Jane Benson, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Song for Sebald, LMAK projects, New York, NY
2016 Jane Benson, Finding Baghdad, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2015 Jane Benson, Play Land, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Jane Benson, The Splits, Henry Street Settlement: Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2012 Jane Benson, The Splits: Duet With Me, The Vaults: Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
2009 Jane Benson, The Mews, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York.
2007 Jane Benson, Underbush, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver.
2006 Jane Benson, The Chronicles of Narcissism, Black and White Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2004 Jane Benson, Underbush, Roebling Hall, New York.
2002 Jane Benson, The Materials At Hand, Michael Steinberg First New York at Karen McCready Fine Art, New York.
1999 Jane Benson, Painting and Decorating, The Chicago Project Room, Chicago.
Museumsausstellungen / Performances
2020 SOUND AND SILENCE, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2018 On Another Note: The Intersection of Art and Music, Lyman Allyn Museum, Connecticut.
2017 Your Story: Migration and Flight, Kunsthalle Emden, Emdem, Germany.
2013 Queens International, Queens Museum, Queens, New York.
2012 The Splits: Red/ Blue, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
2008 Road Trip, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose.
Far From Home, North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina.
2002 Paradise Revisited, Bury Museum, England.
2000 Great Representations, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York.
Greater New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1995 John Watson Award, Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Selected Site-Specific Installations
2012 Mirror Globe (Mapping the New World), IS/HS 585, Queens, New York: A Percent For Art/ NYC Department of Cultural Affairs project.
2007-09 Nature Not Nature, Omi, International Arts Center, Columbia County, New York.
2006 Soft Sites, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philidelphia.
2005-06 Beyond Reason, Seibel Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Curated by Kevin Hamilton.
2005 Occupied, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, Queens, New York.
Imitation Day, Jamaica Flux, Jamaica Center for the Arts, Queens, New York.
2003-04 The Waiting Room, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York.
2002-03 Glory FFlora, NEW VIEWS: World Financial Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and WFC Arts & Events project, New York.
2000 Mobile Library – Chelsea?s 1st Street Vendor ? White Columns and various locations in Chelsea, New York.
Ausgewählte Gruppenausstellungen / Performances
2019 On Equal Terms I, PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany
2019 Place: Jane Benson, Joseph Havel, Leslie Hewitt, Rick Lowe, Clarissa Tossin, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
2015 Mobility and it’s Discontents, 8th Floor Gallery, Rubin Foundation, New York, NY,
curated by Sara Reisman
2015 Jane Benson, Popel Coumou, Jonathan Calm, LMAK Projects, New York, NY
2015 Judy Pfaff, Jane Benson, Kuehne/Klein, Robert Kushner, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Amusing Style, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Holiday Pop-up Shop, Paula Cooper Gallery 197, New York, NY
2013 do it, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
2012 The Meeting, ISCP gallery, New York
2012 FARE.ERAF, Soloway, Brooklyn, New York.
2012 The Splits: LGBTQ, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.: A project in collaboration
with Nick Klein and the Glassbook project.
2012 The Splits: LGBTQ, Institute of Jazz Studies, Dana Room, Rutgers-Newark University.
Splits: T, New Gallery, Boston. In collaboration with Nomi Epstein (upcoming) .
2011 New Smyrna Splits, Atlantic Arts Center, Florida.
2011 Norfolk, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York.
2011 Contain, Sustain, Maintain, Washington Projects for The Arts, Washington
2011 Dust to Settle, Cuchifritos, New York.
2010 Naked, Royal Society of Sculptors, London.
2010 Interiors, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
2010 The Arbitrariness of Signs, Momenta Art, New York.
2010 Dust to Settle, Cuchifritos, New York.
2009 Impossible Exchange, Frieze Projects, London.
2009 Elswhere, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
2009 Back To The Drawing Board, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
2009 Day Trading, Museum 52, New York.
2009 Elswhere, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
2009 Back To The Drawing Board, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
2008 Zero Zone, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York.
2008 Belle de Jour, Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York.
2008 Supernatural, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York.
2008 Catching The Word, Black and White Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2008 Human Resources, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council @ Seaport, New York.
2007 Imaginary Arsenals, Cuchifrutos Gallery, New York.
2007 Delicatessen, Schmidt Center University Gallery, Florida.
2007 Intelligent Design, Momenta Gallery, New York.
2007 Lovely, Dark and Deep, Pelham Arts Center, New York.
2007 The Armory Show, Represented by Socrates Sculpture Park, New York.
2006 Scarecrow, Postmasters Gallery, New York.
2006 Utopia, Kohler Arts Center, Wisconsin. Curated by Lena Vigna.
2006 The Sanctuary and The Scrum, Black and White Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2006 The Object Of Design, Pelham Arts Center, New York.
2006 Cluster, El Particular, Mexico City. Curated by Katie Holten.
2006 Luxury Goods, Kathleen Kullen Fine Arts, New York.
2006 Jaundiced Eye, Scope, New York
2006 Hero, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 National Psyche, The Lab, San Francisco.
2006 Facing Newark, New York City Arts Council, Newark, New Jersey.
2005 Le Dessert de Retz, Massimo Audiello gallery, New York.
2005 From the Root to the Fruit, Alona Kagan, New York
2005 Wasteland, Roebling Hall, New York.
2005 Democracy Was Fun, ArtLA, Los Angeles.
2005 Facing Newark, New York City Arts Council, Newark, New Jersey.
2004 Democracy Was Fun, White Box, New York.
2004 American Visions and Revisions, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna.
2004 Spacemakers, Lothringer Dreizen, Munich, Germany.
2004 Gald Day, Foxy Production, New York.
2004 Bush League, Roebling Hall, New York.
2003 GO! Liquidacion Total, Madrid
2003 The Brewster Project, Brewster, New York.
2003 Recession 2003 $99 Bargain Store Show, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York.
2002 Minor Alterations, Center for Curaturial Studies, Bard College, New York.
2002 Minor Alterations, Center for Curaturial Studies, Bard College, New York.
2002 Art Educates the World, Sotheby‘s, New York.
2002 Exotica, Riva Gallery, New York.
2002 Are “Friends” Electric? On-line Exhibition, Nerve.com
2002 White Columns Silent Auction & Gala, White Columns, New York.
2001 Film Stills, White Columns, New York.
2001 Art Transplant, UKinNY Festival, British Consulate, New York.
2001 Paradise Revisited, Bury Museum, England.
2001 The Poster Show, The Cabinet Gallery, London.
2001 Reactions, Exit Art, New York.
2001 Momenta Annual Auction, Momenta, New York.
2000 Greater New York: PS1 Contemporary Art Center/Museum of Modern Art, New York.
2000 La Folie, Villa Medici, French Cultural Institute, Rome.
2000 The Munchie Munchie, Diverseworks Art Space, Houston, Texas.
2000 Overcoat: A Mobile Show in a Coat, Berlin, Hamburg, New York,
2000 Art Chicago – Chicago, London, Vienna, Basel.
2000 I Love New York, Point Gallery, New York.
1999 Conceptualistictionism, Star 67, Brooklyn, New York.
1999 Disfunctional Home, NIU Museum-Chicago Gallery, Chicago.
1999 Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York.
1999 Apocalyptically Optimistic?Chelsea?s 1st Street Vendor: performance at White Columns and various locations in Chelsea Art district, New York.
1999 Warmer Still, Videoland, New York.
1999 Gala, New Museum, New York.
1998 Ceaseless, Crown Center Gallery, Northen Illinois University, Chicago.
1998 Headstand, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York.
1997 The Harry Carey Show, Diverseworks Art Space, Houston.
1997 The Art Exchange -“The Alternative Alternative Art Fair”, New York.
1997 Coming Attractions, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago.
1997 Beret’s Greatest Hits, Beret International, Chicago.
1997 Pets, The Center for Short Lived Phenomenom, Chicago.
1996 Nomadic N.A.M.E., N.A.M.E. Gallery, Annual Fund Raising Auction, Chicago.
1996 Life-Size, N.A.M.E., Chicago.
1996 The Blister Show, Center For Short Lived Phenomenom, Chicago.
1996 Gallery 2, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
1996 They Might Be Giants, Beret International Gallery, Chicago.
1995 John Watson Award, The Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Auszeichnungen und Residenzen
2011 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, Florida.
2010 The Vaults: Swing Space Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York.
2009 Full Professional Associate Membership, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London.
Bank of America CREATE Art Award, London: Short-list.
2007 Artists Alliance Inc., Studio Residency, New York.
2006 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, College of Applied and Fine Arts: Artist in residence.
2005 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York.
Scope Art Fair, New York: Artist’s Grant
2003 Emerging Artists Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, Queens, New York.
2002-03 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and World Financial Center Arts & Events Residency Program.
2001 North West Arts Board (England), Exhibition Grant.
2000 Buffalo Bayou ArtPark/Houston Sculpture 2000 Honorarium.
1995-8 Fulbright Scholarship.
1996 2nd Year International Student Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
1995-6 P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship.
1995 R.S. Richard Foundation.
The Scottish International Education Trust.
The James and Frieda Lund Trust Grant.
1994 The Watt Medal: Heriot Watt University Premier Award.
The John Watson Award: The Scottish Gallery of Modern Art.
The Hellen A. Rose Bequest Scholarship.
1993 The Hospitalfield Summer Residency
Jane Benson
Born in Thornbury, England, in 1972; lives and works in London and New York
Jane Benson’s works explore the social effects of geo-cultural divisions and divides. While they deal with loss and destruction, they also find hidden (aesthetic) potential in the damage together with possible ways to heal. This principle affects physical materials and aesthetic identities or – on a more topical note – the feeling of uprooting and exile. Jane Benson works in various media such as installation, sculpture, drawing, video, music and literature, often weaved together in a highly idiosyncratic form.
The starting point of her multimedia project Play Land (2015) is the true story of two Iraqi brothers who fled from Baghdad in the early 2000s and now live in Germany and Bahrain respectively. Part of this project is a group of works called Family Portrait. Benson cut various national flags into thin strips and wove them together anew. The woven compositions conceal and reveal emblems from all of the countries in which the two brothers’ direct family now lives: Iraq, Bahrain, Germany, Norway, United Arab Emirates, United States, Turkey and China.
Education
1994 Edinburgh College of Art, BA (Hons) Painting.
1997 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Master of Fine Art.
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2022 ’’Reassembly’’, PRISKA PASQUER GALLERY, Cologne Germany
2022 Jane Benson: Reassembly,, Paula Cooper Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida
2019 The End of the Patriarchal System, LMAK Gallery, New York (upcoming)
2018 Triple Expansion: Elena Bajo – Jane Benson – Sol Le Witt, Priska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2018 Faux Faux (Lobby Life), Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
2017 Jane Benson, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH
2017 Song for Sebald, LMAK projects, New York, NY
2016 Jane Benson, Finding Baghdad, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2015 Jane Benson, Play Land, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Jane Benson, The Splits, Henry Street Settlement: Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
2012 Jane Benson, The Splits: Duet With Me, The Vaults: Swing Space, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
2009 Jane Benson, The Mews, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York.
2007 Jane Benson, Underbush, Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver.
2006 Jane Benson, The Chronicles of Narcissism, Black and White Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2004 Jane Benson, Underbush, Roebling Hall, New York.
2002 Jane Benson, The Materials At Hand, Michael Steinberg First New York at Karen McCready Fine Art, New York.
1999 Jane Benson, Painting and Decorating, The Chicago Project Room, Chicago.
Museum Exhibitions/ Performances
2020 SOUND AND SILENCE, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
2018 On Another Note: The Intersection of Art and Music, Lyman Allyn Museum, Connecticut.
2017 Your Story: Migration and Flight, Kunsthalle Emden, Emdem, Germany.
2013 Queens International, Queens Museum, Queens, New York.
2012 The Splits: Red/ Blue, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut.
2008 Road Trip, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose.
Far From Home, North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina.
2002 Paradise Revisited, Bury Museum, England.
2000 Great Representations, Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York.
Greater New York: P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center/Museum of Modern Art, New York.
1995 John Watson Award, Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Selected Site-Specific Installations
2012 Mirror Globe (Mapping the New World), IS/HS 585, Queens, New York: A Percent For Art/ NYC Department of Cultural Affairs project.
2007-09 Nature Not Nature, Omi, International Arts Center, Columbia County, New York.
2006 Soft Sites, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philidelphia.
2005-06 Beyond Reason, Seibel Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
Curated by Kevin Hamilton.
2005 Occupied, Sculpture Center, Long Island City, Queens, New York.
Imitation Day, Jamaica Flux, Jamaica Center for the Arts, Queens, New York.
2003-04 The Waiting Room, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, New York.
2002-03 Glory FFlora, NEW VIEWS: World Financial Center, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and WFC Arts & Events project, New York.
2000 Mobile Library – Chelsea?s 1st Street Vendor ? White Columns and various locations in Chelsea, New York.
Selected Group Exhibitions/ Performances
2021 Winds of Change, Priska Pasquer Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Sound Visions, Lehman College/ City University of New York, NY
2019 On Equal Terms I, PRISKA PASQUER, Cologne, Germany
2019 Place: Jane Benson, Joseph Havel, Leslie Hewitt, Rick Lowe, Clarissa Tossin, Hiram Butler Gallery, Houston, Texas
2015 Mobility and it’s Discontents, 8th Floor Gallery, Rubin Foundation, New York, NY,
curated by Sara Reisman
2015 Jane Benson, Popel Coumou, Jonathan Calm, LMAK Projects, New York, NY
2015 Judy Pfaff, Jane Benson, Kuehne/Klein, Robert Kushner, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Amusing Style, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Holiday Pop-up Shop, Paula Cooper Gallery 197, New York, NY
2013 do it, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, NY. Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist
2012 The Meeting, ISCP gallery, New York
2012 FARE.ERAF, Soloway, Brooklyn, New York.
2012 The Splits: LGBTQ, Lisner Auditorium, Washington, D.C.: A project in collaboration
with Nick Klein and the Glassbook project.
2012 The Splits: LGBTQ, Institute of Jazz Studies, Dana Room, Rutgers-Newark University.
Splits: T, New Gallery, Boston. In collaboration with Nomi Epstein (upcoming) .
2011 New Smyrna Splits, Atlantic Arts Center, Florida.
2011 Norfolk, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York.
2011 Contain, Sustain, Maintain, Washington Projects for The Arts, Washington
2011 Dust to Settle, Cuchifritos, New York.
2010 Naked, Royal Society of Sculptors, London.
2010 Interiors, The Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York
2010 The Arbitrariness of Signs, Momenta Art, New York.
2010 Dust to Settle, Cuchifritos, New York.
2009 Impossible Exchange, Frieze Projects, London.
2009 Elswhere, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
2009 Back To The Drawing Board, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
2009 Day Trading, Museum 52, New York.
2009 Elswhere, Saltworks Gallery, Atlanta.
2009 Back To The Drawing Board, Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York
2008 Zero Zone, Tracy Williams Ltd, New York.
2008 Belle de Jour, Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York.
2008 Supernatural, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, New York.
2008 Catching The Word, Black and White Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2008 Human Resources, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council @ Seaport, New York.
2007 Imaginary Arsenals, Cuchifrutos Gallery, New York.
2007 Delicatessen, Schmidt Center University Gallery, Florida.
2007 Intelligent Design, Momenta Gallery, New York.
2007 Lovely, Dark and Deep, Pelham Arts Center, New York.
2007 The Armory Show, Represented by Socrates Sculpture Park, New York.
2006 Scarecrow, Postmasters Gallery, New York.
2006 Utopia, Kohler Arts Center, Wisconsin. Curated by Lena Vigna.
2006 The Sanctuary and The Scrum, Black and White Gallery, Chelsea, New York.
2006 The Object Of Design, Pelham Arts Center, New York.
2006 Cluster, El Particular, Mexico City. Curated by Katie Holten.
2006 Luxury Goods, Kathleen Kullen Fine Arts, New York.
2006 Jaundiced Eye, Scope, New York
2006 Hero, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2006 National Psyche, The Lab, San Francisco.
2006 Facing Newark, New York City Arts Council, Newark, New Jersey.
2005 Le Dessert de Retz, Massimo Audiello gallery, New York.
2005 From the Root to the Fruit, Alona Kagan, New York
2005 Wasteland, Roebling Hall, New York.
2005 Democracy Was Fun, ArtLA, Los Angeles.
2005 Facing Newark, New York City Arts Council, Newark, New Jersey.
2004 Democracy Was Fun, White Box, New York.
2004 American Visions and Revisions, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna.
2004 Spacemakers, Lothringer Dreizen, Munich, Germany.
2004 Gald Day, Foxy Production, New York.
2004 Bush League, Roebling Hall, New York.
2003 GO! Liquidacion Total, Madrid
2003 The Brewster Project, Brewster, New York.
2003 Recession 2003 $99 Bargain Store Show, Cynthia Broan Gallery, New York.
2002 Minor Alterations, Center for Curaturial Studies, Bard College, New York.
2002 Minor Alterations, Center for Curaturial Studies, Bard College, New York.
2002 Art Educates the World, Sotheby‘s, New York.
2002 Exotica, Riva Gallery, New York.
2002 Are “Friends” Electric? On-line Exhibition, Nerve.com
2002 White Columns Silent Auction & Gala, White Columns, New York.
2001 Film Stills, White Columns, New York.
2001 Art Transplant, UKinNY Festival, British Consulate, New York.
2001 Paradise Revisited, Bury Museum, England.
2001 The Poster Show, The Cabinet Gallery, London.
2001 Reactions, Exit Art, New York.
2001 Momenta Annual Auction, Momenta, New York.
2000 Greater New York: PS1 Contemporary Art Center/Museum of Modern Art, New York.
2000 La Folie, Villa Medici, French Cultural Institute, Rome.
2000 The Munchie Munchie, Diverseworks Art Space, Houston, Texas.
2000 Overcoat: A Mobile Show in a Coat, Berlin, Hamburg, New York,
2000 Art Chicago – Chicago, London, Vienna, Basel.
2000 I Love New York, Point Gallery, New York.
1999 Conceptualistictionism, Star 67, Brooklyn, New York.
1999 Disfunctional Home, NIU Museum-Chicago Gallery, Chicago.
1999 Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York.
1999 Apocalyptically Optimistic?Chelsea?s 1st Street Vendor: performance at White Columns and various locations in Chelsea Art district, New York.
1999 Warmer Still, Videoland, New York.
1999 Gala, New Museum, New York.
1998 Ceaseless, Crown Center Gallery, Northen Illinois University, Chicago.
1998 Headstand, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York.
1997 The Harry Carey Show, Diverseworks Art Space, Houston.
1997 The Art Exchange -“The Alternative Alternative Art Fair”, New York.
1997 Coming Attractions, Zolla/Lieberman Gallery, Chicago.
1997 Beret’s Greatest Hits, Beret International, Chicago.
1997 Pets, The Center for Short Lived Phenomenom, Chicago.
1996 Nomadic N.A.M.E., N.A.M.E. Gallery, Annual Fund Raising Auction, Chicago.
1996 Life-Size, N.A.M.E., Chicago.
1996 The Blister Show, Center For Short Lived Phenomenom, Chicago.
1996 Gallery 2, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago.
1996 They Might Be Giants, Beret International Gallery, Chicago.
1995 John Watson Award, The Scottish Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Awards and Residencies
2011 Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, Florida.
2010 The Vaults: Swing Space Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York.
2009 Full Professional Associate Membership, Royal British Society of Sculptors, London.
Bank of America CREATE Art Award, London: Short-list.
2007 Artists Alliance Inc., Studio Residency, New York.
2006 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, College of Applied and Fine Arts: Artist in residence.
2005 Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant, New York.
Scope Art Fair, New York: Artist’s Grant
2003 Emerging Artists Fellowship, Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, Queens, New York.
2002-03 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and World Financial Center Arts & Events Residency Program.
2001 North West Arts Board (England), Exhibition Grant.
2000 Buffalo Bayou ArtPark/Houston Sculpture 2000 Honorarium.
1995-8 Fulbright Scholarship.
1996 2nd Year International Student Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
1995-6 P.E.O. International Peace Scholarship.
1995 R.S. Richard Foundation.
The Scottish International Education Trust.
The James and Frieda Lund Trust Grant.
1994 The Watt Medal: Heriot Watt University Premier Award.
The John Watson Award: The Scottish Gallery of Modern Art.
The Hellen A. Rose Bequest Scholarship.
1993 The Hospitalfield Summer Residency
RESET II AND FUTURISM
Sep 3, 2016 – Jan 21, 2017
TRIPLE EXPANSION, Elena Bajo – Jane Benson – Sol LeWitt
Sep 7 – Nov 24, 2018
ON EQUAL TERMS I
Nov 29, 2019 – Jan 31, 2020
