b. 1979, Cleveland, Ohio. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010
TBD, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
New Territory, Jerome- Zodo Contemporary, Milan, Italy
2009
Clearing, Thierry Goldberg Projects. New York, NY
2008
Close to Home. Kinkead Contemporary. Los Angeles, CA
NEXT ART FAIR, (Thierry Goldberg Projects) solo booth, Chicago, IL
2007
Rust Belt, Thierry Goldberg Projects. New York, NY
Explosion. Agenzia 04, Bologna Italy
2006
In My Own Backyard. Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010
Parlour no. 14, Diamonds in the Crow’s Nest, Curated by Samuel T. Adams, New York, NY
(ex) communicate, Jerome- Zodo Contemporary, Milan, Italy
2009
Recess, Crossing Art Gallery, Queens, NY
Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, (Collaboration with Okamoto Studio, NYC), Queens NY
The Grand, Amelie A. Wallace Center, SUNY Purchase Old Westbury Campus, Old Westbury, NY
2008
Deadliest Catch, Hamptons, New York, NY
Summer Mix, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
Supernatural. Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
2007
Out Behind the Shed. Lafayette College, Easton, PA
If I Remember Right. Front Room Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Big Bang. Spaces, Cleveland, OH
Atrocity Exhibition. Thierry Goldberg Projects. New York, NY
2006
Hybridity/ Ambivalence. Amos Eno Gallery. New York, NY
Monumenta Art: Benifit 2006, Monumenta, Brooklyn, NY and White Columns, New York, NY
Scope Hamptons, Sixtyseven, East Hampton, NY
2005
Pulse. Sixtyseven. Miami, Fl
Kunst Zurich, Sixtyseven, Zurich, Switzerland
2004
Autumn. Sixtyseven, New York, NY
Fiac, Sixtyseven. Paris, France
The Witching Hour, Bucketrider Gallery. Chicago, IL
The Neon Forest is my Home, Sixtyseven, New York, NY
2003
Art snots, Arcade. Cleveland, OH
Art Cares: AIDS Benefit. Spaces Gallery. Cleveland, OH
2002
ABC: Learning to Paint. J. McCullough Center Gallery. Cleveland, OH
Painting and Drawing Show, ECA. Edinburgh Scotland, UK
2001
Annual Summer Show. Reinberger Gallery. Cleveland, OH
EDUCATION
2006 MFA for Painting, Hunter CUNY. New York, NY.
2003 BFA for Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, OH
2002 Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh, Scotland UK.
AWARDS/ RESIDENCIES
2009 The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
2003 The Helen Greene Perry Scholarship
2002 Joseph McCullough Painting Scholarship Award for Excellence in Painting
2001 Carl Gaertner Memorial Prize
PUBLICATIONS
Guernica/ a magazine of art and politics
guernicamag.com. August 2009
Sixth Finch
, Sixthfinch.com. Fall 2009
Harpers Magazine
, pp. 24 August 2009
Empty Magazine
, June 2009
Sasha M. Lee, “Ben Grasso, Kinkead Contemporary” Beautiful/ Decay, Issue Z
Ed Schad
, “Ben Grasso at Kinkead,” artslant.com, December 2008
Casey Ruble
, “Ben Grasso at Thierry Goldberg,” Art in America, March 2008
Steven Litt, “Shows display grads’ impact over the years,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 2007
Michael Gill, “Bang, Bang,” The Cleveland Free Times, September 2007
Harpers Magazine, pp. 26. October, 2007.
William Hanley, “Fair Report: Scope Hamptons”, artinfo, July 17, 2006.
Steven Kaplan, “Scope on the Half Shell”, Miami Art Exchange, July 21, 2006.
Yaelle Amir, “The Invisible Forces of Ben Grasso,” Code Magazine, Autumn 2006
Walter Robinson, “Maximum Miami,” artnet.com, December 13, 2005.
William Powhida, “The Neon Forest is My Home,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2004.