|
|
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 ...
Further Information
| |
|
|
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 ...
Further Information
|
|
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 & ...
Further Information
|
|
Collections:
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
...
Further Information
|
|
Commissions:
Coming Soon!
|
|
|
Exhibitions for Suzanne Benton:
|
|
|
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 education portals from Calcutta to Cambridge. A former Fulbright Scholar (India), and recipient of many grants and artist residencies including a Thanks be to Grandmother Winifred Grantee (East Africa) and many hostings by the cultural arm of the USIA/USIS, she's traveled worldwide since 1976, sharing her work in Bali, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. Beyond exhibiting widely (80 solo shows and representation in museum and private collections worldwide), she’s highly recognized as a metal mask maker and mask performance artist, lecturer, and workshop leader. Author of The Art of Welded Sculpture and numerous articles, she is and has been listed in Who’s Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, Who’s Who in American Art, International Who's Who of Business and Professional Women, and Feminists Who Changed America 1963-1975, Edited by Barbara Love, 2006.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Captivating History¸ Enchanted Garden Conservatory, Ridgefield, CT
Celebrating the Hartmann Archive, Keeler Tavern Museum, Ridgefield, CT
2007 After 2000, The Sue and Eugene Mercy, Jr. Gallery, The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT
2006 Monoprints with Chine Collé & Masks, Elliott Gallery at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL
Round and Round, Kismet, Westport, CT
2005 Face and Figure: Selected Works 1955-2005, Queens College Art Center, CUNY, Queens, NY
Monoprints with Chine Collé, Paintings, Art 21, Munich, Germany
2004 Diverse Worlds, Triangle Gallery, Sinclair Community College, Dayton, OH
Eclectic Interests, Visual Arts Gallery, Adirondack Community College, Queensbury, NY
2003 Spirit of Hope: Selected Works from 1963 to 2003, Silvermine Guild of Art, New Canaan, CT
New Arts Gallery, Bantam, CT
2002 From Painting to Painting, PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
Reconnecting to Source, Gallery 401, Providence, RI; Perkins Gallery, Stoughton, MA
2001 Bosnia and Beyond: An Artist’s Commentary on Crisis, Gutman Library, Harvard University, Cambridge
2000 Metal Masks, Cabot House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Monoprints, Adams House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1999 A Mythical Journey, Brownson Gallery, Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Monoprints: 19th Century Women, Cabot House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Open studios with five Ridgefield artists, sponsored by the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
1998 Women of the Bible Masks, National Jewish Museum, Washington DC
Crossing Culture, sculpture, "Directors Choice," Silvermine Guild of Artists, New Canaan, CT
19th Century Oberlin Women, monoprints, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
Resident Artist studio showings, Weir Farm, Wilton, CT
Armory Center for the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
1996-97 Open studios with four Ridgefield artists, sponsored by the Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Mythic Voyages, KSI Galleries, 465 W 23, NYC
Adams House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Exhibits with lectures and performances, Sarasota and West Palm Beach, FL
1994-95 Mythic Worlds, National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia, PA
Nineteenth Century Women Writers & Feminist Activists, Harvard-Radcliffe Schlesinger Library
An Artist’s Working Journey Through India & East Africa, Gallery of Contemporary Art,
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Nineteenth Century Women, Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, NY
Indigo Gallery, Kathmandu, Nepal
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh (concurrent with artist’s welding sculpture students)
1992-93 Katyun Gallery, Calcutta; India International Center, New Delhi
American Cultural Center, Nairobi, Kenya; Pa Ya Paa Art Center, Nairobi, Kenya
Masks and Monoprints, Nyumba Ya Sanaa Art Center, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
1991 Death and Other Secrets, Saint Peter's, NYC
University of VA, Charlottesville
The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, NYC
Mythic Journeys, Carlson Art Gallery, University of Bridgeport, CT
1989-90 Amerika Haus Koln, Koln, Germany
Exhibit and video, Multi Media Gallery, NY
The Interchurch Center, NYC
On the Wall Gallery, East Village, NYC
University of Maine at Augusta
1988 USIS Hanover, Germany
Exhibition and sculpture purchase, Generations Within, Central Connecticut State University
San Francisco Craft and Folk Art Museum, CA
On the Wall Gallery, East Village, NY; The Open Center, NYC
1986-87 The Great Goddess, sculpture and monoprints, The Asia Society, NYC
Amerika Haus, USIS Stuttgart, Germany
1983-85 Amerika Haus, Koln, Germany; Gallery Fuchs, Dusseldorf, Germany
1981-82 A. B. Condon Gallery, West Broadway, NYC
Korean Cultural Center, NYC
Geilsdorf Gallery, Cologne, West Germany
1979 Qudarenniel United Methodist Women’s Conference, University of Nebraska Conference Center
1978 BITEF International Theater Festival, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Farmington Vallery Art Center, Avon, CT
International House, New Orleans, Louisiana
1976-77 12-month WORLDWIDE ARTIST JOURNEY to 14 countries –Japan, Korea, China (Hong Kong), Bali, India, Nepal, Israel, Egypt, Greece, Nigeria, Yugoslavia, Italy, England, Denmark with 10 exhibits in Japan (2), Korea (2), Hong Kong, India (2), Israel, Greece (3) and Yugoslavia
International Christian College, Tokyo, Japan
Logos Church, Tokyo, Japan
Ewha University, Seoul, Korea
Hanguk Ilbo, Seoul, Korea
University of Hong Kong
USUS Cultural Center, New Delhi, India
Gallery Chemould, Bombay, India
Deree Pierce College, Aghi Paraskevi, Athens
USIS, Thessaloniki Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece
Awards Exhibition, Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Magnes Museum, Berkeley, CA
1973-75 Avanti Gallery, NYC
Gallery of the Senses, Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, CT
Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
Museum of Art, Science and Industry, Bridgeport, CT
Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT
Sacred Heart University, Bridgeport, CT
1972 Caravan House Gallery, NYC
1971 Women Metamorphosis I (premier women’s art festival in CT), New Haven, CT
Museum of the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, NYC
1964 Suzanne Benton Paintings at The Exit, Yale University, New Haven, CT
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2008 Why Not¸Women’s Caucus for Art-CT, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT (Helen During)
Not Printed on Paper, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, South Norwalk, CT (Tony Kirk)
And Spencertown Academy Arts Center, Spencertown, NY
Sight and Sound, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT (Faith Ringgold)
Hunting and Gathering, 22 Haviland Street, South Norwalk, CT (Dennis Bradbury)
2007 Concept and Process, Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT (Helen During)
3d Annual Open Juried Show, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT (Bill Arning)
Lineal Investigations-A Drawing Show, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT (Robin Zella)
2006 About Face, The Silo, Hunt Hill Farm, New Milford, CT
Bestiary, van der Plas Gallery, NYC
Flower Power, City Lights Gallery & Women’s Caucus for Art CT, Bridgeport, CT
2005 Artistic Fragments, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY, Juror, Bennie Andrews
Eye For the Abstract, Westport Art Association, Westport, CT
2004 Collage, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Winners Circle, Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT
Treasures from the Dragon’s Realm, Wilton Gallery, Wilton, CT
2003 Suzanne Benton, Marjorie Reid, New Arts Gallery, Bantam, CT
Objects & Images: CT Chapter of women’s Caucus for Art, White Silo Farm, Sherman, CT
Archetype/Anonymous:Biblical Women in Contemporary Art, Ann Loeb Bronfman Gallery, DC
2002 Archetype/Anonymous:Biblical Women in Contemporary Art, Hebrew Union College, JIR Museum, NYC
Souvenirs of Memory, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT, Salvatore Scalora, Curator
From Eve to Huldah, Center For Visual Art + Culture, UCONN, Stamford, CT, Laura Kruger, Curator
Madonna & Child, Marie Louise Trichet Gallery, Litchfield, CT, Susan Galassi, Curator (Frick Collection)
Inspired by the Land, Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA
Balance and Dignity, explorations with monoprints, Promenade Gallery, The Bushnell, Hartford, CT
2001 Northern Exposure, Schoolhouse Galleries, Croton Falls, NY; Westchester Ctr. for the Arts, Mt. Kisco, NY
Wanting/Wanted, Heritage Hall Museum, Tallageda, Alabama
Chromophobia, Jessica Hough, curator (The Aldrich Museum) Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
Invoking the Source, Donna Hamil Talman, curator, Worcester Craft Center, Worcester, MA
Positive Power, Women Artists of Connecticut, Ben Ortiz, curator, The Discovery Museum, Bridgeport, CT
2000 The Collage, National Association of Women Artists, Ise Foundation, NYC
Positive Power, Women Artists of Connecticut, Ben Ortiz, curator, The Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, CT
Form and Vision, Deborah Whitman, curator, Silo Gallery, New Milford, CT
1999 Facing East: Asian Masks & Artists Inspired by Them, Suzanne Benton, Guest Curator
1997 to the present, Recurring Exhibitions, ARTHAUS, James Bacchi, San Francisco, CA
1996-2001 Graphic Arts Center, (2000 exhibit, Harry Philbrick, curator, Aldrich Museum) Norwalk, CT
1992 Art of the Northeast, Charlotte Kotik, curator, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
1980 to the present Silvermine Guild Art Center, New Canaan, CT
1979 National Association of Women Artists, Federal Building, NYC
1978 Artists Equity, Union Carbide Building, NYC
1971-75 USIA, Berlin East Germany; Crackow, Warsay, Ludice Poland, Budapest Hungary, Zagreb Yugoslavia, Bucharest International Fair, Czechoslovakia
1974 Expo 1974, Spokane, Washington
University of Kansas, National Sculpture Conference
Washington Art Gallery, Washington, CT
Women’s International Arts Festival
1973 Guild Hall, Southampton, NY
1971 The Hallmark Gallery, NYC
1970 Savage Gallery, London
1969 Museum of Contemporary Crafts, NYC
Ruth White Gallery, NYC
New Haven Festival of Arts
Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
|
|
contact artist
