Benjamin Degen

Benjamin Degen
Born June 14, 1976
Brooklyn, New York, United States
Nationality American
Education The Cooper Union, Yale Norfolk Painting Fellowship
Known for Painting
Spouse(s) Hope Gangloff

Benjamin Degen (born June 14, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American painter who is based out of New York City, New York.

Early life and education

Degen received his Bachelors in Fine Arts from The Cooper Union School of Art and Science in 1998. In 1997, Degen participated in the Yale Norfolk Painting Fellowship, a summer program at Yale for rising undergraduate seniors in the fine arts.

Career and work

Benjamin Degen finds inspiration in classical painting, nature and the body. Recurring motif’s that appear in his work are the relationships between groups, individuals, and their urban or natural surroundings and their effects on one another. When depicted in nature, the figures that occupy his paintings often take on a mystical or supernatural quality. Degen renders his subject matter in a distinctly contemporary style. In a review for The Brooklyn Rail, Jonathan Beer said that “Degen’s technique and figurative scenes call to mind the work of Dana Schutz and George Seurat. He paints the fleeting and flickering play of light on an unfixed world.”

Degen has exhibited internationally in solo and group exhibitions in New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Rome, Zurich, and Singapore. He was included in the group exhibitions “Painting as a Radical Form,” Collezione Maramotti Reggio Emilia, Italy and “Greater New York,” MoMA PS 1. Reviews have appeared in The Brooklyn Rail, the New York Times, the New Yorker, the New York Observer, Modern Painters, and Huffington Post among others.

Benjamin Degen is represented by Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC.[1]

Personal

Degen is married to the artist Hope Gangloff. He is the son of the children's book author and illustrator Bruce Degen and artist/gardener Christine Degen. Benjamin's brother is the comic book artist Alex Degen.

Solo exhibitions

  • 2018 "Last Refuge," Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC
  • 2015 "Where We Live" Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC
  • 2013 "Shadow, Ripple, and Reflection", Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC
  • 2010 "Out of the dark, into the air", Museum 52, NYC
  • 2008 "We Can't Stop Living", Guild & Greyshkul, NYC
  • 2007 "Brick Layer", Mario Diacono, Boston, MA
  • 2007 "Medium", St. Barthelemy, French West Indies
  • 2006 "A Tree is Falling", Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2004 "Land Lives and Still Scapes", Guild & Greyshkul, NYC

Group exhibitions

  • 2018 "Touching Palms," Thierry Goldberg Gallery, Miami, FL
  • 2016 "Life in Cities," Benjamin Degen and Yuri Masynj, Kayrock Screenprinting, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2016 "Postcard from New York – Part I," curated by Serena Trizzino , Rome, Italy
  • 2016 "Intimism," curated by David Norr, James Cohan Gallery, NYC
  • 2016 "Benjamin Degen and Yuri Masnyj." Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2016 "Render: Responding to Glass," curated by Rachel Nackman, Urban Glass, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2016 "Stark Imagery: The Male Nude in Art" The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, CT
  • 2015 "Color Against Color," curated by Eric Hibit, O.Y.G., Brooklyn, NY
  • 2015 "The Guston Effect," Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
  • 2015 "Night Flights," Curated by Norm Paris and Jackie Hoving, TSA New York, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2014 "Brooklyn Art Party," Nelson Macker Fine Art, Port Chester, NY
  • 2014 "Diamonds and Donuts," Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2014 "art + crush: Xinyi Cheng – Benjamin Degen, Louis Fratino – David Humphrey", Platform Gallery, Baltimore, MD
  • 2014 "Disaster!", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2013 "Amor Fati", Pioneer Works, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2013 "Bathers", Morgan Lehman Gallery, NYC
  • 2013 "The Goddess", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2012 "Grand Prix", Gresham's Ghost/Nudashank Gallery, Baltimore MD
  • 2012 "Painting as a Radical Form", Collezione Mamarotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • 2012 "Graphomania", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2012 "Night X", Benjamin Degen and Yuri Mansnyj, American Contemporary, NYC
  • 2012 "Brucennial" Bruce High Quality Foundation, NYC
  • 2011 "From Where You Just Arrived" Curated by Ryan Schneider, Pepin Moore Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2011 "Drawing Crazy Patterns on the Sheets", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2011 "Thisorganized" Curated by Hope Gangloff, Susan Inglett Gallery, NYC
  • 2011 "LANY" Curated by Marc Diacono, Peter Blum Gallery, NYC
  • 2010 "Reclining Nudes", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington MA
  • 2010 "With Walls", Museum 52, NYC
  • 2010 "Natural Renditions", Marlborough Gallery, NYC
  • 2009 "King"s County Biennial", Kidd Yellin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
  • 2009 "Body Language", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington MA
  • 2009 "Cave Painting" Curated by Bob Nickas, Gresham's Ghost Gallery, NYC
  • 2009 "New Work New York", Fortune Cookie Projects, Singapre
  • 2009 "Beyond Bounds – Glow", The Nerman Museum, Overland Park, KS
  • 2009 "Pink Panther" Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Hannah Dumes, and Nicole O’Rourke, Kumukumu Gallery, NYC
  • 2009 "The Ankle Bones are Higher on the Inside", Museum 52 Gallery, NYC
  • 2009 "Garish", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2009 "Variations on a Theme", Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago IL
  • 2009 "Transitions, Painting at the (other) End of Art" Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • 2008 "Bob Nickas Collection, New York Recent Acquisitions, Gifts, and Works from Various Exhibitions 1985-2007", White Columns, NYC
  • 2008 "Three Landscapes (or more) in the Modern Style", Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
  • 2007 "Painting as Fact, Fact as Fiction" Curated by Bob Nickas, DePury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
  • 2006 "Occupation", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2006 "View Eleven: Upstate" Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Mary Boone Gallery, NYC
  • 2006 "Collection 2005/2006" Galerie Rondolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
  • 2005 "Among the Trees", The Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
  • 2005 "The Night Has a Thousand Eyes" with Yuri Masnyj, Guild & Greyshkul, NYC
  • 2005 "Looking at Words", Andrea Rosen Gallery, NYC
  • 2005 "The General's Jamboree", Guild & Greyshkul, NYC
  • 2005 "Bebe is Strange", D’Amello Terras, NYC
  • 2005 "Ultimate Concern", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
  • 2005 "Greater New York 2005", P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
  • 2004 "Colored Pencil", KS Art, NYC
  • 2004 Guild & Greyshkul at Placemaker Gallery, Miami, FL
  • 2004 "My Sources Say Yes", Guild & Greyshkul, NYC
  • 2004 "The New Topography", Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington MA

Bibliography

  • Sassi, Edoardo. "Postcard from New York, Figurative Painting from the Big Apple Group Show at Anna Marra Gallery," Anna Marra Contemporanea, June 14, 2016.
  • Brahimy, Gracie. "Three Summer Shows in New York's Chelsea You Shouldn't Miss," Artlyst, July 25, 2016.
  • Dafoe, Taylor. "Intimisms at James Cohan," Blouin ArtInfo, July 11, 2016.
  • Smith, Roberta. "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week," The New York Times, July 7, 2016.
  • Miranda, Carolina A.. "Datebook: Abandoned buildings, new paintings and a show that tackles race and violence," Los Angeles Times, March 25, 2016.
  • Best, Kenneth. "Exploring Masculinity Through Art," UConn Today, February 11, 2016.
  • Knudsen, Stephen. "Beyond Objecthood: A Conversation with Benjamin Degen," ARTPULSE, No. 24, Vol. 7, 2015.
  • Wolkoff, Julia. "Benjamin Degen," Art in America, October 30, 2015.
  • Martin, Alison. "Benjamin Degen illustrates how ‘Where We Live’ becomes a part of one's identity," The Examiner, October 26, 2015.
  • Steadman, Ryan. "12 Things to Do in New York's Art World Before October 25," The New York Observer, October 22, 2015.
  • Hendricks, Christian. "Night Flight at Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery," Huffington Post, June 11, 2015.
  • Indrisek, Scott, "Benjamin Degen", MODERN PAINTERS, February 2013.
  • Knudsen, Stephen, HUFFINGTON POST, January 2, 2014.[2]
  • "Benjamin Degen," Folioleaf, January 2, 2014.[3]
  • Trizzino, Serena. "Benjamin Degen," Creem Magazine, December 26, 2013.[4]
  • Beer, Jonathan, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, December 18, 2013.[5]
  • Heinrich, Will, THE NEW YORK OBSERVER, November 19, 2013.[6]
  • Schjeldahl, Peter, "Benjamin Degen", THE NEW YORKER, November 14, 2013.
  • Bilsborough, Michael, SVA Continuing Education Blog, November 22, 2013.
  • Kerr, Merrily, NEW YORK ART TOURS, November 19, 2013.[7]
  • Johnson, Paddy, ARTFAGCITY, October 21, 2013.[8]
  • Diacono, Mario, Silvana Editoriale, Italy, 2012.[9]
  • "New American Painting #98" Open Studio Press. Boston, 2012.
  • Capelli, Pia, "Le Forme Radicali della pittura americana alla collecione Maramotti", ARTE, 2012 p. 24-25.
  • Staff, [Maramotti From the Radical Forms of Painting", LASTAMPA.IT"Maramotti From the Radical Forms of Painting"], LASTAMPA.IT, October 23, 2012.
  • Staff, "Photo Galleries", ARTINFO, July 30, 2012.
  • "Vitamin P2" Phaidon Press, 2011.
  • Quinn, Bryony, IT'S NICE THAT, December 5, 2011.[10]
  • Radujko, Gabriella, "Mythopoeic LANY Group Show at Peter Blum Gallery in Chelsea," ARTCARDS, July 19, 2011.
  • "The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawing Collection, Catalog Raisonne" Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2009
  • "Off the books – Drawing in Text Space", curated by Benjamin Degen, Frederieke Taylor Gallery. New York, 2009.
  • Smith, Roberta, "ART IN REVIEW: The Ankle Bones are Higher on the Inside," THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 31, 2009.
  • Smith, Roberta, THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 7, 2009 p. C5.[11]

Publications

  • "New American Paintings #134," Open Studios Press, Boston, MA, 2018.
  • Diacono, Mario, "Archetypes and Historicity: Painting and Other Radical Forms 1995-2007," Silvana Editoriale, Italy, 2012.
  • "New American Paintings #92," Open Studio Press, Boston, 2011.
  • "Vitamin P2" Phaidon Press, 2011.
  • "The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawing Collection, Catalog Raisonne," Museum of Modern Art. New York, 2009.
  • "Beyond Bounds-Glow," Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, 2009.
  • "Off the books – Drawing in Text Space," curated by Benjamin Degen, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, 2009.
  • "Oppenheimer Collection," Nerman Museum oF Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas, 2008.
  • "Post-war and contemporary art 17 may 2008" Rago Art and Auction Center. Lambertville, New Jersey, 2008.
  • "Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction," de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland, 2007.
  • "Greater New York," P.S.1. Contemporary Art Center / Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2005.

Collections

  • Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
  • The Hort Foundation, New York
  • The Museum of Modern Art, NYC
  • The Nerman MoCA, Kansas
  • The Judith Rothschild Foundation, New York
  • Contemporary Drawings Collection, New York
  • The Tang Museum at Skidmore College, New York
  • UBS Art Collection, New York

Teachings

  • 2012–present Visiting Artist Rhode Island School of Design
  • 2016 Drawing as a Process for Visual Thinking, Pioneer Works, NYC
  • 2006–2014 The Cooper Union, NYC
  • 2014 Drawing as a Process for Visual Thinking, Pioneer Works, NYC
  • 2014 Visiting Artist Brandeis University
  • 2013 Visiting Artist Yale University School of Art Norfolk Program
  • 2013 Visiting Artist Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art
  • 2012 Visiting Artist Maryland Institute of Contemporary Art
  • 2011 Visiting Artist Yale University School of Art Norfolk Program
  • 2009 Visiting Artist Brooklyn College

Residencies

  • 2007 Me.di.um, St. Barthelemy, French West Indies

References

  1. ↑ "Benjamin Degen". Susan Inglett Gallery. Archived from the original on July 16, 2018. Retrieved July 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Top Ten Contemporary Art Exhibits in 2013". HuffPost. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Benjamin Degen". FOLIOLEAF. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Benjamin Degen". CREEM MAGAZINE. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Benjamin Degen". The Brooklyn Rail. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  6. ↑ "'Benjamin Degen: Shadow, Ripple and Reflection' at Susan Inglett Gallery". THE NEW YORK OBSERVER. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Benjamin Degen at Susan Inglett Gallery". NEW YORK ART TOURS. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Purple: Benjamin Degen at Susan Inglett Gallery". ARTFAGCITY. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Archetypes and Historicity: Painting and Other Radical Forms 1995–2007". SILVANA EDITORIALE. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Benjamin Degen". IT'S NICE THAT. Archived from the original on February 15, 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ "A Gallery Goes Out in a Burst of Energy". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 30, 2015. Retrieved May 8, 2015.
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