Ben Aronson

http://www.benaronson.net/biography/ 11-4-2014BEN ARONSON American, b. 1958 EDUCATION 1980-82 Master of Fine Arts in Painting, Boston University, Massachusetts 1976-80 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, Boston University, Massachusetts AWARDS 2006 Childe Hassam Purchase Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York 2005 Academician Appointment, National Academy of Design, New York, New York 2004 Benjamin Altman Landscape Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, New York 2004 J. Sanford Saltus Gold Medal, National Academy of Design, New York, New York 1992 Ogden M. Pleissner Painting Award, National Academy of Design, New York, New York 1991 Thomas Fisher Award, American Society of Architectural Perspectivists, New York, New York 1990 William P. & Gertrude Schweitzer Painting Prize, National Academy of Design, New York, New York 1988 The Blanche E. Coleman Award for Painting 1988 Rhode Island State Council for the Arts Grant 1988 The St. Botolph Foundation Grant in Painting 1987 Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lottery Grant for Painting 1986 The Blanche E. Coleman Award for Painting SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 “Cityscapes by Ben Aronson”, Asheville Art Museum, North Carolina 2013 “Cityscapes by Ben Aronson”, Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia 2013 “Ben Aronson”, Ann Norton Sculpture Museum, West Palm Beach, Florida 2011 Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine 2011 Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2010 “Risk and Reward”, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York, exhibition catalogue, essay Donald Kuspit 2009 “The Urban Signature”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2008 “Urban Currents”, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York, exhibition catalogue, essay Donald Kuspit 2008 “The Figure in Context”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California, exhibition catalogue 2007 “Explorations”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2006 “Ben Aronson: Recent Works”, Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts, exhibition catalogue, essay Joanna Fink 2005 “Ben Aronson: Recent Works”, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York, New York, exhibition catalogue 2004 “Painterly Visualizations”, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California, exhibition catalogue, essay Gerald Nordland 2003 “Ben Aronson”, DFN Gallery, New York, New York 2002 Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2000 Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1999 Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, California 1998 Sydne Bernard Fine Arts, Hollywood, California 1997 MB Modern, New York, New York 1996 Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 1996 Jerry Solomon Gallery, Hollywood, California 1994 Louis Newman Galleries, Beverly Hills, California SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 A Sense of Place: Landscapes From Monet to Hockney, Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, Las Vegas, Nevada 2010 Changing Soils: Contemporary Landscape Painting, Nagoya/Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Nagoya, Japan 2010 ART in Embassies Exhibition, United States of America Embassy, Tunis, Tunisia 2009 People, Place, and Things: The Art of ARONSON, BABB, and SOTH, Naples Museum of Art, Naples, Florida 2009 Urban Perspectives, Mark Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey 2009 On Paper, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2009 Summertime…, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2009 Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2008 Contemporary Still Lifes, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California 2008 Text and Textures: An Exhibition from the Permanent Collection, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana 2008 Beyond Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2007 Master Prints, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, Alabama 2007 Landscapes: Rural and Urban, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California 2007 Anniversary Exhibition, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2007 Good Night Sun: Nocturnes, Storms, and Sunsets, George Billis Gallery, New York, New York 2007 Representation, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2007 Summer Selections, Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2007 Interiors, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2006 Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy and National Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, New York 2006 The Figure in American Painting, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, Maine 2006 From Private Walls, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, Florida 2006 Celebrate Summer, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2006 Cities Different, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2006 Winter Haiku, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2005 Re-Presenting Representation, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, New York 2005 Looking Back, Seeing Forward, Campbell Gallery, San Francisco, California 2005 Seventh Annual Realism Invitational, Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, California 2004 179th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, New York 2004 Dualities, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2004 Still Life and Streets, Hidell-Brooks Gallery, Charlotte, North Carolina 2004 Summer Selections, Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 2003 The Burbs, DFN Gallery, New York, New York 2002 Form & Conscience: Figurative Art from Mid-Century to Present, Scott White Contemporary, La Jolla, California 2002 Regional, Merrill Lynch Building Gallery, New York , New York 2000 Contemporary Portraits, Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1999 The Aronson’s, Alter & Gil Gallery, Beverly Hills, California 1999 Altered Streets: Boston Painters Paint Boston, Alpha Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1998 Meridian International Traveling Exhibition, sponsored by Exxon-Mobil, traveled to US, China, Pakistan, Iran, Israel, Senegal, Singapore, South Africa (through 2000) 1998 Town & Country, MB Modern, New York, New York 1998 Perspectives, MB Modern, New York, New York 1998 Urban Suburban, Sydne Bernard Fine Arts, Hollywood, California 1998 Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1997 Contemporary Figures, MB Modern, New York, New York 1997 The Distinct Still Life, Pepper Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1996 About American Realism: Part I, Horwitch Newman Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona 1995 Only in America, Koplin Gallery, Santa Monica, California 1994 Contemporary Perspectives II, Louis Newman Gallery, Beverly Hills, California 1994 Interiors, Louis Newman Gallery, Beverly Hills, California 1992 167th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, New York 1992 National Convention Exhibition, American Institute of Architects, Boston, Massachusetts 1992 American Society of Architectural Perspectivists Traveling Exhibition, Gwenda Jay Gallery, Chicago, Illinois 1992 American Society of Architectural Perspectivists Traveling Exhibition, Security Pacific Gallery, Seattle, Washington 1992 American Society of Architectural Perspectivists Traveling Exhibition, Mickelson Gallery, Washington DC 1991 American Society of Architectural Perspectivists Traveling Exhibition, American Society of Civil Engineers, Washington DC 1991 American Society of Architectural Perspectivists Traveling Exhibition, Urban Center of the Municipal Art Society, New York, New York 1991 Copley Society, Boston, Massachusetts 1990 165th Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy of Design Museum, New York, New York 1988 DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts 1982 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts 1980 Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MassachusettsSELECTED PUBLIC & INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONSBoca Raton Museum of Art, FloridaBoston Public Library, Prints & Drawings Collection, Boston, MassachusettsBoston University, Boston, MassachusettsButler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OhioCedar Rapids Museum of Art, IowaContemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MissouriCurrier Museum of Art, Manchester, New HampshireDanforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MassachusettsDayton Art Institute, OhioDeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, Lincoln, MassachusettsDelaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DelawareDenver Museum of Contemporary Art, ColoradoDetroit Institute of Arts, MichiganDe Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CaliforniaEli and Edythe Broad Museum of Art, East Lansing, MichiganFlint Institute of Arts, Flint, MichiganFort Wayne Museum of Art, IndianaGeorgia Museum of Art, Athens, GeorgiaLyman Allen Museum, New London, ConnecticutMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MassachusettsMobile Museum of Art, AlabamaMuseum of Art, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New HampshireMuseum of Arts and Sciences, Daytona Beach, FloridaMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, MassachusettsMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasNaples Museum of Art, FloridaNational Academy Museum, New York, New YorkNational Museum of Fine Arts, MaltaNew Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, New MexicoNew Orleans Museum of Art, LouisianaNorth Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North CarolinaOgunquit Museum of American Art, MaineOrlando Museum of Art, FloridaPalm Springs Art Museum, CaliforniaRahr West Museum, Manitowoc, WisconsinReading Public Fine Art Museum, Reading, PennsylvaniaRose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MassachusettsSan Diego Museum of Art, CaliforniaSanta Barbara Museum of Art, CaliforniaState of Rhode Island, State House, Providence, Rhode IslandSuzhou Museum, Jiangsu Province, ChinaTampa Museum of Art, FloridaTaylor Museum, Colorado Springs, ColoradoUnited State of America, Federal Courthouse, Providence, Rhode IslandUtah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UtahVero Beach Museum of Art, FloridaVieques Museum of Art, Puerto RicoVirginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VirginiaWoods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts