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Ben CraseBorn in 1981
Lives and works in New York
EDUCATION
2003
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island, Concentration Art History, Theory, and Criticism
2008
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Master of Fine Arts, Painting
2009
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium , ?Gray Area?
2013
ANNAELLE Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden, "Stark Types"
Expo, Chicago, Illinois, solo presentation, Blackston Gallery
Gregory Lind Gallery, SanFrancisco, CA, "Raw Graces"
2012
Blackston, New York, New York, Dark Selects
2009
Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, Other Imperfect Provisions
2008
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, Proper Harvest
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
Musée d?Art Moderne St. Etienne, ?The New York Moment?
2013
Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, New York, "DNA", curated by Paul Sinclaire
Carrousel du Louvre, Paris France, "Drawing Now"
Hôtel de Sauroy, Paris, France, "EMERGENCE"
The Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York, Invitational Exhibition
Zürcher Studios, New York, New York, Encounter, curated by Yevengia Baras
Southfirst Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, "Hello Darling"
Abrons Art Center/Henry Street Settlement, New York, "DECENTER", exhibition commemorating the 1913 Armory Show, curated by Daniel Palmer and Andrianna Campbell
2012
Blackston at Untitled Art Fair, Miami, Florida
Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France, Salon Zürcher
Edward Thorpe Gallery, New York, New York, "Assembly"
BOSI Contemporary, New York, New York, Aggro Crag, curated by Jason Stopa
Blackston at LA Platform, Santa Monica, California
The Fosdick-Nelson Gallery at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, "Boundary Hunters"
The Noyes Museum, Stockton, New Jersey, New Jersey State Council on the Arts Visual Fellowship Awards Exhibition
LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, "Amy Feldman, Amanda Valdez, Rachel de Joode"
Weekend Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art Center, New York, New York, "AIRspace Exhibition"
JFORD Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, "Considering the Provisional"
The Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana, "Ode Oh Owe", two person exhibition with Ilse Murdock
Art Bridge, New York, "MsBehavior"
Open Space, Long Island City, New York, "Tops", curated by Sun You
Airplane, Brooklyn, New York, "Facture", curated by Eileen Jeng
2011
Sue Scott Gallery, New York, New York, "Paper A-Z," curated by Steven Stewart
Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, New York, "The Working Title," curated by Vince Contorino and Kris Chatterson
2010
Participant Inc., New York, New York, "The Collective Show"
Feature Inc., New York, New York, "Power to the People"
Norte Maar, Brooklyn, New York, "Work that Beat", curated by Jason Andrew
Saint Cecilia's Convent, Brooklyn, New York, "I Know What You Did Last Summer"
Second Home Projects, Berlin Germany, "Born to Die"
2009
Kunz, Vis, Gonzalez Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, "Abnormal Formal 1"
Red Flagg/Coleman Burke Gallery, New York, New York, "Chunky Monkey"
2008
Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, California, "Summer Guests"
The Shore Institute of Contemporary Arts, Long Branch, New Jersey, Fresh Meat/Young Blood
2007
ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, New York, "Summer Festival"
2005
Exit Art, New York, New York, RISD Alumni Biennial, curated by Robert Storr
LAXART, Los Angeles, California "SILENTACTIONLAUNCHPARTY", curated by Jeffrey Uslip and Lauri Firstenberg
Claire Oliver Fine Art, New York, New York, "RISD Alumni Biennial" curated by Shamim Momin
AWARDS
2013
Joan Mitchell Foundation Award
2012
Marie Walsh Sharpe Fellowship
2011
Henry Street Settlement/Abrons Art Center Fellowship
The Robert Motherwell Fellowship, The MacDowell Colony
Yaddo Fellowship
New Jersey State Council on the Arts Artist Fellowship
2009
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship
2008
VCU Arts Painting and Printmaking Residency Fellowship at Plant Zero
Giza Daniels Endesha Award
2007
Rutgers University TA/GA Competitive Pool Funds Scholarship
2006
Rutgers University Teaching Assistant Fellowship
1999
Rhode Island School of Design Trustee Scholarship
SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2013
Barry Schwabsky, "Great Gray", catalogue essay for solo exhibition at ANNAELLE, Stockholm, Sweden
Susanna Slöör, ?Amy Feldman: Stark Types?, Omkonst, October 10
Jonathan Curiel, "Amy Feldman: Raw Graces", SF Weekly
Nirmala Nataraj, "Amy Feldman Melds Poise, Rough Edges", The SanFrancisco Chronicle, March 6
2012
Damien Sausset, "La Scéne New-Yorkaise s'installe chez les Zürcher, Le Quotidien de l'Art, Numéro 242, Samedi 20 Octobre
Juliette Soulez, La tête cherchuse de la galerie Zurcher: une mini foire off de galleries new-yorkaises émergentes, BLOUIN ARTINFO, 12 Novembre
Amanda Parmer, "Blackston: Amy Feldman", Art in America, October
Paul Foster Johnson, The Poetry Project Newsletter, October/November 2012, No. 232
Roberta Smith, "Art in Review, Amy Feldman: Dark Selects", The New York Times, Friday July 13
Roberta Smith, "Museum and Gallery Listings for July 20-26, Amy Feldman: Dark Selects", The New York Times, July 19
Stephen Westfall, "Tough Love", catalogue essay for solo exhibition, published by Blackston Gallery, New York, July
Leigh Anne Miller, "The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows you Wont Want to Miss", Art in America Online Magazine, July 26
Howard Halle, "Critic's Pick: The Five Best Events This Week", TimeOut New York, June 14-June20
Doug McClemont, "On the Shows Not to Miss in New York", Saatchi Online Magazine, July 31
Elwyn Palmerton, "Review of Amy Feldman's "Dark Selects" at Blackston, The Floating Eyeball, blogspot, July 31
Jason Stopa, "The Untamed Hand", NYArts Magazine, April
Vincent Uribe and Allison Kilburg, "Artist of the Week: Interview with Amy Feldman", LVL3 gallery blog, Chicago, Illinois, February 14
Artblognyc, "Alan Lupani and Eileen Jeng discuss Amy Feldman's work", February
2011
Howard Hurst, "Artist to Watch: Amy Feldman", The Art Economist, Vol. 1 Issue 8, October
Brett Baker, "Painter's Table: Top 10 Best Posts August 2011", The Huffington Post, September 20
Howard Hurst. "10 Underrated Artists From Brooklyn", Hyperallergic, August 19
Valerie Brennan, "Interview with Amy Feldman", Studio Critical, studiocritical.blogspot.com, August 9
Sharon Butler, "Abstract Painting: The New Casualists", The Brooklyn Rail, June
Lisa Williams, "In Conversation: Lisa Williams interviews Amy Feldman", NYArts Magazine, Summer
Shirley Kaneda and Jon Lutz, Bronx River Art Center, catalog for "The Working Title", published by KCLOG, April
Shirley J. Sasor, "Four Hunterdon Artists Receive State Grants", Hunterdon County Democrat, March
2010
Jay Henderson and Benjamin King, "Collective Show/ABCYZ", HKJB.ORG, September
Catalog for "The Collective Show", Participant Inc.
Vince Contorino, "Amy Feldman/Studio Visit", Progress Report, progress-report.org, September 10
Jenny Avins, "Marie Robinson's New Salon", Dossier, April 6
2009
Jo Lord, "Reynolds Gallery Opens One-Man Show by David Freed", Richmond Times Dispatch, May
PUBLISHED TEXTS
2011
"Eleven Possible Paintings (From My Notebook)", Possible Press, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania