Suzanne Benton

Suzanne Benton is a native New Yorker who has shared her many-faceted art for over 30 years and in 31 countries. A trans-culturalist and feminist pioneer based in the States, her venues stretch from New York City to villages in remote parts of Africa, India, and Nepal, and to philosophy and education portals from Calcutta to Cambridge. A former Fulbright Scholar (India), and recipient of many grants and artist residencies including a Thanks be to Grandmother Winifred Grantee (East Africa) and many hostings by the cultural arm US Embassies, she's traveled worldwide since 1976, sharing her work in Bali, Bangladesh, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, England, Germany, Greece, Holland, India, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Korea, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Spain, Switzerland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, and Yugoslavia. Beyond exhibiting widely (150 solo shows and representation in museum and private collections worldwide), she's a highly recognized metal mask maker and mask performance artist, lecturer, and workshop leader. Author of The Art of Welded Sculpture and numerous articles, she is and has been listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in American Art, International, and Femini...

2009 Rinsed Prints workshop, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2004 Solar Print workshop, Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
1985-88 Independent printmaking, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
1984 Printmaking with Collage Techniques, Ann Kresge, Brookfield Craft Center, Brookfield, CT
1968, 69 Adult summer art program, Goddard College (Ceramics, Phil Homes; Theater Improvisation; Dance), VT
1967-68 Welded Sculpture, Mike Nevelson, Wooster Community Art Center, Danbury, CT
1965-66 Welded Sculpture, Roger Prince, Silvermine College of Art, New Canaan, CT
1960-61 Advanced Painting Critiques, Charles Alston, Museum of Modern Art School, NYC
1956-57 Art teacher certification courses: NYU, Hunter College, Columbia, Brooklyn College (Jimmy Ernst)
Portrait Painting (Moses Soyer), Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn, NY
1953-56 B.A. Fine Arts Major, Arts Education and Comparative Literature Minors, Queens College, NYC with painters John Ferren and Barse Miller, and art historian Dr. Robert Goldwater
1952 Life Drawing, Ernest Fiene, Art Student’s League, NYC

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Made at Eckerd, Cobb Gallery, Eckerd College, St Petersburg, FL
2019 Secrets, Beechwood, Westport, CT
Captivating History, Keeler Tavern Museum Carriage Barn, Ridgefield, CT
Captivating History, Vinoy Hotel, St Petersburg, FL
2017-2018 Crossing Cultural Borders, Chilton & Chadwick, Old Greenwich, CT
2015 Monoprints, Masks & Monet, Worrell Smith Gallery, Westport, CT
2014 From Paintings in Proust, PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
2013 The Spirit of the Artist, Bruce S. Kershner Gallery, Fairfield, CT
2012 Passage to India, Nylen Gallery, Westport, CT
Passage to India, Chekhov Festival,Theatre at Schlumberger, Ridgefield, CT
2011 A Bridge Between Cultures, American Center, New Delhi, India
World Piece ARTHAUS, San Francisco, CA
2010 Mysterious Forces, Curtis Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2009 Royals and Robots, New Art Lab, Hong Kong, China
Monoprints and Encaustics, Picture This, Westport, CT
One World, Monoprints and Masks, Art Students League, NYC
Metamorphosis, Robin Alexander Ltd., Kent, CT
Threads, Art in the Park, Ward Pound Ridge Reservations, Cross River, NY
2008 Captivating History¸ Enchanted Garden Conservatory, Ri...