Jason Benedict

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Jason Merrill Benedict
Born:  Seattle, Washington, USA.  1977



EDUCATION

1999

▪     School of the Art Institute of Chicago — Bachelor of Fine Arts.

1997 – 1998

▪     Universidad Complutense de Madrid — Schools of Fine Arts and Linguistics.

 

EXHIBITIONS

2009

▪     Stattbad Wedding — Berlin, Germany

Save Berlin

Organized by the Ex-Berliner magazine.

▪     Kaliningrad State Gallery
& the German – Russian House
— Kaliningrad, Russia

Made in Berlin©

Curator of the exhibition.

With Marcus Ahlers, Jürgen Grewe, Midori Harata, Jane Hughes,
      David Krepfle, Lutz Nessing, and Reynold Reynolds.

▪     Von Reiche Haus — Berlin, Germany

Individual Exhibition

2008

▪     .HBC — Berlin, Germany

.BHC Kollektiv Project IV

▪     WerkStadt e.V. Berlin, Germany

Social Pathology

Innaugural exhibition.

Installations in collaboration with the composer Xarkos Ataktos.

▪     Takt Kunstprojektraum — Berlin, Germany

Individual Exhibition:  Hypochondria

▪     Revolution Tattoo & Art Gallery — Chicago, Illinois, USA

+3 Art Show

▪     Hausprojekt Scherer8 —   Berlin, Germany

Atelier Kunststück Präsentiert:  Kunst-Party

Organizer of art exhibition and performance event.

2007

▪     Internationales Forum — Berlin, Germany

Schöpfung

With Victor Bonato, Thomas Baumgärtel, H. M. Davringhausen, Markus Lüpertz,

A.R. Penck, and Stefan Szczesny.

▪     Internationales Forum — Berlin, Germany

Kunstauktion 2007

▪     Hausprojekt Scherer8 — Berlin, Germany

The International Coloring Kollectiv

▪     Blütenweiss - Raum für Kunst Berlin, Germany

Anonymous Drawing 4

▪     Atelier Kunststück — Berlin, Germany

2006

▪     Projekt30 — www.projekt30.com

Fear

▪     Galería San Lucas 9 — Madrid, Spain

▪     Atelier Kunststück — Berlin, Germany

Ohne Titel

▪     Galería San Lucas 9 — Madrid, Spain

El Depósito

2005

▪     Espacio Menos 1 — Madrid, Spain

Lo Minúsculo

▪     Torre - Estudio de Pintura  — Madrid, Spain

Individual Exhibition

▪     Gran Feria Artesanal Quijotesca — Miraflores de la Sierra, Madrid, Spain

▪     Escuela de Arte de Toledo — Toledo, Spain

▪     Universidad San Pablo Ceu — Madrid, Spain

VISIONARTE:  III Encuentro Anual de Arte Contempóraneo

2004

▪     The Edison Eye— Edison, Washington, USA

Somnolence

2002

▪     Arte Escabias — Madrid, Spain

Individual Exhibition

▪     Bellevue Art Museum— Bellevue, Washington, USA

2001

▪     Irene Morrah Ingold House— Greenville, South Carolina, USA

▪     Artists’ Gallery of Seattle— Seattle, Washington, USA

2000

▪     University of Northern Iowa— Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA

Millenium:  New Work by Chicago Artists

▪     School of the Art Institute of Chicago— Chicago, Illinois, USA

 

MEMBERSHIPS

2008-Present

▪     WerkStadt Berlin e.V. — Berlin, Germany

Non-profit cultural forum and collective art space.

Founding member.  Artistic Director.

2006-2008

▪     Atelier Kunststück — Berlin, Germany

Artist cooperative space. Founding member.

▪     Apadrina un Artista (Sponser an Artist) — Madrid, Spain

Grant foundation organized by menos1.

2008.  Edición/Madrid: La Feria de las Tentaciones

2005

▪     El Galeón — Madrid, Spain

Arts association and workshop.

2003

▪     VisionarteMadrid, Spain

International association of artists.

 

SCENERY, EXHIBITS, AND THEATRE PRODUCTIONS

2009

▪     Exhibition InstallationBerlin, Germany

Neues Museum, Deutsches Historishes Museum, Bauhaus-Archiv,
      Galerie König, Galerie Morgen, Stiftung Starke.

2008

▪     Theaterdock, Kulturfabrik Moabit — Berlin, Germany

▪     Skyranch — Berlin, Germany

2007

▪     Theater Zerbrochene Fenster — Berlin, Germany

2006

▪     Ayuntamiento Islas Canarias. ITB, Messe Berlin — Berlin, Germany

2005-2006

▪     Altogrado S.L. — Madrid, Spain

2005

▪     Grupo Teatro CECA — Madrid, Spain

2004

▪     A Contemporary Theatre (ACT) — Seattle, Washington, USA

2001

▪     Scenic View Inc. — Chicago, Illinois, USA

2000-2001

▪     Chicago Scenic Studios Inc. — Chicago, Illinois, USA

1999

▪     Steppenwolf Theatre Company — Chicago, Illinois, USA



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