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Artist Statement:
ARTIST STATEMENT
SCULPTOR, MASK PERFORMER &
PRINTMAKER
“Believing that the purpose of
art is to explore humanity and
that art comes alive when it
relates to people’s lives, my
art draws on multicultural
themes and engages
participation. Developed as a
bridge between cultures, it
led me into diverse themes
steeped in myth, ritual, and
archetype. I’ve created over
600 metal sculptured masks and
have performed with them
throughout the world (thus far
in 29 countries). By studying
the myths and mask-work of
eastern and western cultures,
I continue to infuse my art
with this timeless material.
As a performance artist, my
repertoire of mask and story
performances also explores
myth, history, literature and
legend. During my world
travels and in the States,
I’ve presented hundreds of
performances and led
comparable workshops and
classes in contemporary
masking.
Beyond mask and metal, I work
in mixed media and
printmaking. For example, my
Secret Future Works are mixed
media sculptures with locked
interiors that open in the
future. The unseen, presented
within the context of art,
encourages us to examine our
personal and global futures.
The first of now 19 such art
works, created in 1989, was
opened by its ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Suzanne Benton has shared her
many-faceted art for over 30
years and in 29 countries. A
trans-culturalist and feminist
pioneer based in the States,
her venues stretch beyond New
York City's art world to
villages in remote parts of
Africa, India, and Nepal, and
to philosophy and ...
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Artist Galleries:
ARTHAUS, San Francisco, CA
http://www.arthaus-sf.com/artis
ts/suzanne_benton/
Center for Contemporary
Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
JSO Art Associates, 6 Nappa
Drive, Westport, CT 06880
New Art Lab, G/G 27 New
Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong,
China
PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
http://www.pmwgalleryplus.com/B
ENTON__SUZANNE.php
Silvermine ...
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Artist Reviews:
ARTICLES AND REVIEWS ABOUT
SUZANNE BENTON
LP Streitfeld, “The Language
of Trees: ‘From Painting to
Painting’,” The Advocate &
Greenwich Time,
Sunday, May
26, 2002, D3-4
LP Streitfeld, “Art of the
Third Wave,” Art New England,
October/November 2001, 22-24
L.P. Streitfeld, “Rising from
the Ashes,” The Advocate & ...
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Collections for Suzanne Benton:
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Adams House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY
Alec Padesma, Bombay, India
American Embassy, Paris, France
American Library, Kathmandu, Nepal
Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, MA
Attorney Faith Seidenberg, Syracuse, NY
Avery Post, United Church of Christ, Hartford, CT
Barbara Dobkin, NYC and Westchester
Barbara Seaman, NYC
Betty Jones, Wilton, CT
Bill Perlik, Retired as Chair of Oberlin College Board of Directors, Oberlin, OH
Birla Academy, Calcutta, India
Barbara Bonney, London, England
Boehringer Ingelheim, Danbury, CT
Charles Benenson, Greenwich, CT
Cooper Roberts Research, Inc., San Francisco, CA
David Mishkin, Paris, France
Deree Pierce Colleges, Aghia Paraskevi, Greece
Dr. Frederick and Joan Van Poznak, London, England
Dr. Dick and Gitte Janney, Munich, Germany
Dr. Nels and Mary Nels Gelfman
Dr. Phyllis Gorfain, Oberlin, OH
Edward Mendell, New Canaan, CT
Ewha University, Seoul, Korea
Field Point Private Banking, Greenwich, CT
Fogg Museum, Cambridge, MA
Fulbright House, Calcutta, India
Fundacion Valparaiso, Mohacar, Spain
Gordon Brown, NYC
Government Arts College, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Guddi Oberoi, New Delhi, India
Hearst Publications, NYC
Helga Campbell Weidling, Hong Kong
Herrick Jackson, New Haven, CT
Housatonic Museum, Bridgeport, CT
Ikbal Nathani, Bombay, India
Ilse Gans-Koppel, Jerusalem, Israel
Jenner Roth, London, England
Jewish Community Center, Bridgeport, CT
Khala Bhavan, Santiniketan, India
Larry and Nikki Untermeyer, Westport CT
Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
Martin Jaffe, NYC
Mattatuck Museum, Waterbury, CT
Nancy Dye, Former President, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Nancy Powell, American Consul, Calcutta
Nollenberger Capital Partners Inc., San Francisco, CA
Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Pa Ya Paa Art Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Paula and Lou Reens, Wilton, CT
Queens College (CUNY), Queens, NY
Reverend Davida Foy Crabtree, Hartford, CT
Reverend Ken Taylor, Hartford, CT
Reverend and Mrs. Richard Waddell, Farmington, ME
Rochochi Mukai, Tokyo
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Ruth Kraus, Westport, CT
Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT
Schlesinger Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Sherry Schwartz, Greenwich, CT
Sheila Lummis, Greenwich, CT
Southwestern Connecticut Community Technical College, Winsted CT
Steve Rosenstein, North Salem, NY
St Petersburg Museum of Art, St Petersburg, FL
Susan B. Anthony House, Rochester, NY
Temple Beth El, Houston, Texas
The American Library, Kathmandu, Nepal
Tokyo School of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Tyrone Guthrie Center, Anamakerig, Monahan County, Ireland
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Victor Christ-Janet, New Canaan, CT
Vivien Leone, NYC
Warren Robbins, Washington D.C.
Weir Farm Trust, Wilton, CT
Westin Hotels and Resorts
Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, NY
Women Center, UCONN, Storrs, CT
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