Kent Edwin Bench 6/3/1964-1/25/2019
"Our language is poison. It robs us of ourselves and our ability to create thought. Does visual art, without words, clarify our real feelings? What are your feelings? "
Kent E Bench.
For information regarding his paintings please contact me, his widow,
Shawna Hedley
Address: 1 Dunand Ave San Rafael, CA 94901
Phone number: (917) 293-5957
Email: shawnahedley@gmail.com
Personal website: kentbench.com, kentebench.com
Education:
1993 Art Students League, New York, NY
1991 BFA in Illustration, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
Residency:
2007 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Exhibitions:
2017 Florence Biennale
2017 Open Studios, Art Span Fall Show, San Francisco, California
2016 Group Gallery Show, Brannan St Art Gallery
2016 Open Studios, Art Span, Fall Show, San Francisco, California
2016 Open Studios, Hunters Pont Shipyard Artists Spring Show, San Francisco, California
2015 Open Studios, Hunters Point Shipyard Artists Spring Show, San Francisco, California
2014 Open Studios, Art Span Fall Show, San Francisco, California
Group Show, Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany curated by Philip Cheung
Open Studios, Hunter’s Point Shipyard Artists Spring Show, San Francisco, California
2013 Group Show, Holiday Show, Minna Gallery, San Francisco, California
Open Studios, Art Span Fall show, San Francisco, California
2012 Open Studio, L.I.C, New York
2010 Open Studio, Clausen Studio, L.I. C., NY
2009 L.I.C Open Studios, Fall Show, New York, NY
2008 L.I.C Open Studios, Fall Show, New York, NY
2007 L.I.C Open Studios, Fall Show, New York, NY
Summer Group Show, SVA , New York, NY
2006 Group Show, Scope NYC Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Solo Show, Super Fine, Brooklyn, NY
2004 Group Show, Nude Portraits, Barthelemy Gallery, New York, NY
2003 Group Show, “Uncrated”, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Group Show, Brooklyn Front Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group Show, Super Fine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001 Group Show, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
1996 Group Show, “Our Town”, Alex Viscio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1995 Group Show, CBGB’s Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Group Show, Mars Bar, New York, NY
1992 Group Show, Cultural Center, New York, NY
1991 Group Show, Academy of Art College, San Francisco, CA
Print Media:
Kureishi, Hanif. “D’Accord, Baby” The Atlantic Monthly, Sept 1996
Thompson, Rupert. “Air and Fire” Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. 1994
Bibliography:
1995 Homoeh, Guye, Galleries Review, The Village Voice, September page 39.
1994 Elias, David, Art in Review, Under the Volcano, Issue #3
Teaching Experience:
1989-90 Academy of Art College, Teacher’s assistant, San Francisco, CA