Benjamin Eric | oneCanoe Studio Artworks' photostream

EDUCATION
MFA 2009 California State University, Northridge
BFA 1999 Ringling School of Art & Design

AWARDS
2009 Hans Burkhardt Memorial Award, California State University, Northridge
1998 Trustee Scholarship Award, Ringling School of Art & Design
1999 Edward Cheek Scholarship, Ringling School of Art & Design

SELECTED GROUP/JURIED EXHIBITIONS 2001 - PRESENT
CAA Los Angeles MFA Exhibition, Helen Lindhurst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fireworks, West Gallery, Northridge, CA
Snap To Grid: The UN-Juried Show, LACDA
CSUN Annual Art Show, Main Gallery, Northridge, CA
Bound_less, Stenersenmuseet, Oslo, Norway
Winter Collection, Lost & Found Gallery, Hollywood, CA
The Maiden Voyage, Behind The Blue Door Gallery, Sarasota, FL

COLLECTIONS
California State University, Northridge
Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, FL
Jon & Tina Cassar Private Collection, Woodland Hills, CA
Kiefer Sutherland Private Collection, New York, NY
John Allen Nelson Private Collection, Sherman Oaks, CA
Metrocities Mortgage Permanent Collection, Santa Monica, CA
Turner Gallery Permanent Collection, Bayfield, Ontario

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Marcia Corbino, “In The Galleries”, The Longboat Observer, Feb. 11, 1999
Kevin Costello, “Mapping A Future”, Pelican Press, Vol. 27, No. 4, Nov. 1997

EMPLOYMENT
GRIMMY, INC., 10/95-Present, Art Director
Exercise many phases of the graphic design process for cartoonist Mike Peters, including conceptualization; research; production; art direction for brochures, posters, greeting cards, mass market books and t-shirts; web-design; multimedia; logo/identity development; etc.

ZITS PARTNERSHIP, 08/00-Present, Color Assistant
Color daily cartoons and various artwork for “Zits” comic strip by Jerry Scott/Jim Borgman and syndicated by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

JOHN & MABLE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART, 01/99-02/99, Preparator Aid
Reconstruction of artist Celeste Roberge’s ‘Stack #2’ for the Sarasota Biennial, helped with the reconsctruction of Chris Burden’s ‘The Reason for the Neutron Bomb’ for the Blurring the Boundaries Show and other various preparator jobs.

FULTON BURT GALLERY, 04.98-09.98, Gallery Assistant
Gallery management including inventory, cataloguing artwork, catalogue design, promotion, hanging shows and studio prep with artist Gale Fulton Ross.