Benjamin Degen
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Born 1976 Brooklyn, New York. Lives and works in New York City.
1998
Cooper Union School of Art and Science B.F.A.
1997
Yale Norfolk Painting Fellowship
Solo Exhibitions
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2009
Museum 52, London, UK (forthcoming)
2008
We Can’t Stop Living Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
2007
Bricklayer Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
Me.di.um, St. Barthélemy, French West Indies
2006
A Tree is Falling Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004
LandLives and Still Scapes Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Group Exhibitions
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2008
Recent Acquisitions, Gifts and Works from Various Exhibitions 1985-2007 curated by Bob Nickas, White Columns, New York, NY
Three Landscapes (or more) in the Modern Style Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Where Are We Pearl Arts Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY
2007
Painting as Fact, Fact as Fiction Curated by Bob Nickas, dePury & Luxembourg, Zürich, CH
2006
Occupation Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, NY View Eleven: Upstate Curated by Amy Smith-Stewart, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY Collection 2005/2006 Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
2005
Among the Trees The Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ
The Night Has a Thousand Eyes with Yuri Masnyj, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Looking at Words Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
The General’s Jamboree Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
Bebe le Strange D’Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Greater New York PS1 MOMA, Long Island City, NY
Landings Susan Inglett Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Colored Pencil KS Art New York, NY
2004
Guild & Greyshkul at Placemaker Gallery, Miami, FL
2003
My Sources Say Yes Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY
2003
The New Topography Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA.
Bibliography
Benjamin Degen, Galleries-Downtown The New Yorker, 24 March 2008.
Scott, Andrea. Local Heroes Time Out, April 2005.
Shum, Irene. Benjamin Degen Greater New York Book. (New York: PS1/MoMA, 2005.)
Collections
Collezione Maramotti, Bologna, Italy
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
The Nerman MOCA, Kansas
The Judith Rothschild Foundation
Contemporary Drawings Collection