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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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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
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Commissions:
Coming Soon!
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Suzanne Benton Biography:
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lover of all the arts, avid reader of fiction and non fiction |
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| Favorite Artistic Medium |
Mixed Media
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Suzanne Benton is a native New Yorker who 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 from New York City 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 (150 solo shows and representation in museum and private collections worldwide), she’s a highly recognized 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. |
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Royals and Robots, New Art Lab, Hong Kong, China
Monoprints and Encaustics, Picture This, Westport, CT
One World, Monoprints and Masks, Art Students League, NYC
Metamorphosis, Robin Alexander Ltd., Kent, CT
Threads, Art in the Park, Ward Pound Ridge Reservations, Cross River, NY
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
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