Bridget Benson
Medium: Painting Studio Location: LIC Art Center - Studio# 307A 44-02 23rd Street Email: art.of.benson@gmail.com Website:: www.artofbridgetbenson.com Artist Bio: BRIDGET BENSON www.artofbridgetbenson.com EDUCATION Art Students League, Certificate in Fine Arts, New York, N.Y. Empire State College, Bachelor of Science Degree in Visual Arts, New York, N.Y. Parsons School of Design, Associate of Applied Science Degree in Interior Design, New York, N.Y. Parsons School of Design, Certificate in Fashion Image Consulting, New York, N.Y. GROUP EXHIBITIONS Puerto Rican Relief Exhibition, December 9, 2017, Chinatown Gallery, 16 Orchard Street, New York, N.Y. 10002 WBAI Art Auction, November 6, 2017, Chesterfield Gallery, 109 Norfolk Street, New York, N.Y. 10002 SingleFare 4, "Metrocard Paintings", September 16-17, 2017, 441 West 14 Street, New York, N.Y. 10014 Metro Pictures Gallery, "Postcards From The Edge", January 13-15, 2017, 519 West 24 Street, New York, N.Y. 10011 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, "Annual Holiday Show", December 8-22, 2015, 215 West 57 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Arnold & Sheila Aronson Galleries, "Parsons Alumni Exhibition", October 10-17, 2015, 66 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10011 BWAC, Group Exhibition, "Black & White", August 1-23, 2015, 499 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231 A.I.R. Gallery, Group Exhibition, "Wish You Were Here 14", July 1-July 26, 2015, 155 Plymouth Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Group Exhibition, Blue Dot Award, January 31-February 7, 2015, 215 West 57 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 Pleiades Gallery, "The Small Works Show", Group Exhibition, January 20-February 13, 2015, 530 West 25 Street, New York, N.Y. 10001 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, "Annual Holiday Show", December 10-22, 2014, 215 West 57 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 "Sixth Annual Small Works Exhibition", Group Exhibition, December 4-January 30, 2015, Manhattan Borough President's Office,1 Centre Street, 19th Floor, New York, N.Y. 10007 NYU Kimmel Galleries, Group Exhibition, June 18-July 23, 2014, 60 Washington Square South, New York, N.Y. 10012 "Third Annual Spring Art Exhibition", Group Exhibition, April 23, 2014, 120 East 32 Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery, Group Exhibition, January 20-24, 2014, 215 West 57 Street, New York, N.Y. 10019 "Hudson Gallery Presents Artists of 2012", Co-Curator, Group Exhibition, April 26, 2012, SUNY Empire State College, 325 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 "Winter Salon Show", Group Exhibition, December 2, 2011, Greenpoint Gallery, 390 McGuinness Blvd., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11222 "Collective Journeys", Group Exhibition, May 5-November 1, 2011, SUNY Empire State College, Metro Center Gallery, 325 Hudson Street, New York, N.Y. 10013 "Finding Style In Time", Group Exhibition, August 13-14, 2011, 56 Hamilton Terrace, New York, N.Y. 10031 Artist Statement: BRIDGET BENSON Artist Statement Painting to me represents love, purpose and wonder. I gravitate towards intense movement of forms, shapes, layering and an abundance of color depending upon my train of thought at any given moment and most of all it renders me an euphoric feeling of really being in the present. My paintings represent where I have been, where I am and where I will ultimately end up. They make a statement either of childlike playfulness or a deep feeling of consciousness of what really exists in my mind at any given moment. All images and text copyright Bridget Benson