Benjamin Edwards (artist)

Benjamin Edwards (born 1970) is an American visual artist and writer.

Benjamin Edwards
Born1970 (age 49–50)
Iowa City, Iowa, U.S.
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)
Rhode Island School of Design (MFA)
Spouse(s)Neera Tanden

Early life and education

Benjamin Edwards was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He earned a Bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles, studied toward a master's in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design.[1]

Works

His work deals mainly with "found imagery" collected from media (magazines, the internet, newspapers, video games, photographs, blueprints, logos and graphics) and then manipulated using 2d and 3d graphic software. This imagery is then massed into a "virtual space" on canvas, creating immense depth and vibrant colors. Benjamin Edwards is represented by Greenberg Van Doren in New York City.

His first solo exhibition was at the Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery in New York, in 2001. The exhibition consisted of two works, Convergence, 2000-2001 and Decoherence, 2001 facing one another from opposite ends of the gallery.[2] His artistic method was described by The Village Voice as "exhaustive", with Convergence taking 2500 hours to complete.[3]

He had a solo show at the Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo in 2008.[4]

Personal life

Edwards is married to Neera Tanden, a lawyer and Democratic political advisor who serves as the President of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.

References
  1. "Benjamin Edwards". International Print Center New York. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-02-19. Retrieved 2016-10-31.
  2. Caniglia, Julie (November 2001). "Benjamin Edwards: Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery". ArtForum. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  3. "All At Once". The Village Voice. 9 October 2001. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
  4. Niles Dehoff, Jessica (2 July 2008). "Digital Cities: Benjamin Edwards' Utopian Dreams". Tokyo Art Beat. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
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