Benjamin Adelmann

Marina Del Rey, CA, United States

About Benjamin Adelmann

With a background in Fine Arts and Philosophy (and a prior career in Marketing), Benjamin is deeply interested in the use of art as a practice in testing the breadth and depth of knowledge- also understood as the epistemic. His work has been exhibited in the US and Japan, garnering features and awards. Benjamin's paintings balance between depiction and the non-objective, with realization and reassessment as recurring themes. Benjamin's exploration of inquiry has led him into many avenues including invention of process, geological realism, abstract landscape, and digital-as-manual.

Education:

2013
SSPI Intensive Painting Prog., Directed by Wallace Whitney, Tyler School of Art, PA

2012
1 year Assistantship to Artist Jonathan Zawada (zawada.com.au)

2011
California State University Northridge, Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy

Internship, Prism, 8746 W. Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood CA

Events:

AWARDS/NOMINATIONS
2014
Winner, 6th 2014 Showcase Competition, ArtSlant
Honorable Mention, International Art Festival, NY
Selected Participant, “GEISAI #20,” Art Fair by KaiKaiKiKi Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Nomination, Masur Museum of Art “51st Annual Juried Competition,” Monroe LA 2013
Recipient, SSPI Intensive Painting Program, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia PA

PUBLICATIONS
2018
Jessica McQueen, “One To Watch”, Saatchi Art, June
2017
Victoria Kennedy, “Stranger Techniques”, Saatchi Art Canvas, November
Studio Visit Magazine, Volume 40, The Open Studios Press
2016
Laurence Guenoun, “Numéro 91”, Plateform Magazine, September
2015
Lesley Frenz, “Learning Process: Benjamin Adelmann”, The Artsy Forager, January
2014
Sharon Butler, “The Backstory...”, Two Coats of Paint, October

Exhibitions:

2019
“Inside-out”, Pop-up solo at Upside-Down, Brentwood, CA
2018
"Spectrum Gestalt 5", Gestalt Projects, Santa Monica, CA
“Constructed”, curated by Victoria Kennedy, Saatchi Art, Los Angeles, CA
2014
Abstraction and Its Discontents, curated by Deborah Brown, Storefront Ten Eyck, NY
Masur Museum of Art 51st Annual Juried Show, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA
Komuniko II, Yellow Cube, Tokyo, Japan
GEISAI #20, Art Fair by KaiKaiKiKi Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Benjamin Adelmann: Collisions, Art For Thought Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2013
Mhmm, The Ice Box at Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA