Ben Beres www.BenBeres.com www.suttonberesculler.com [email protected]

EDUCATION Bachelor of Fine Art Cum Laude 2000 Cornish College of the Arts, , WA Tauernhof, Schladming, Austria 1995 Capernwray Hall, Carnforth, Lancashire, UK 1994

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Seattle University 2012 Intro to Printmaking

Cornish College of the Arts 2016-current Printmaking: Intro to Printmaking, Advanced Printmaking, Senior Advising 2010-2012 Sculpture II: Intro to Sculpture—Welding, Rigid and Flexible Mold Making, Wood Shop 2012 Intro to Printmaking—Monoprint, Silkscreen, Stencils, Intaglio

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Easy Magic, Pilchuck Gallery, Seattle, WA *solo print work Cornish Faculty Exhibition, Seattle, WA *solo print work Shooting to Kill, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA *solo print work Old, New, Borrowed, Blue, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA 2016 Department of Bearing & Orientation, Street Musicians Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia 2015 Horror Vacui, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA *solo print work Big Top Grand Stand, Mass MoCA, North Adams, MA Chasing That Neon Rainbow, Gusford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2014 You Knew It Was Wrong But You Did It Anyway, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA Ring of Fire, Spokane Falls Community College, Spokane, WA 2013 Solid Gold, Planthouse, New York, NY Three-Way, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012 Vortext, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA *solo print work Small Moons, Land of Tomorrow in collaboration with Art Without Walls, Louisville, KY 2011 Puzzle, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA To Be Determined, On The Boards, Seattle, WA Work in Progress, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA 2010 SuttonBeresCuller, Lawrimore Project, Seattle, WA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019 Contemporary Northwest Print Invitational, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA 2018 Familiar Faces & New Voices: Surveying Northwest Art, , Tacoma, WA 2017 International Miniature Print Exhibition, The Hall AWA, Tokushima, JAPAN *solo print work 2016 Pressing Matters, Emerald Art Center, Springfield, OR *solo print work Northwest Art Now, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA Giant Steps, King Street Station, Seattle, WA Puzzle Parts & Sears Portraits, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA Exquisite Corpse, Planthouse Gallery, New York City, NY Curator’s Choices, The Greg Kucera and Larry Yocum Collection, Museum of Art, WSU, Pullman, WA 2015 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture, Dacheng Factory, Shenzhen, China Genius/21 Century/ Seattle, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA The Public Arena: Public Art and It’s Role in the Community, N. Seattle College Art Gallery, Seattle, Wave and Particle, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York, NY 2014 Nuit Blanche, The Night Circus, Toronto, ON Canada Unconscious Bent: A Survey of Regional Surrealism, Yellowstone Art Museum, Billings, MT (text)ualization: words & art, North Seattle Community College, Seattle, WA* Kunstalle Galapagos First Annual Invitational, New York, NY 2012 Mutables, Eli Ridgway Gallery, San Francisco, CA Art Faculty Show, Cornish College of the Arts Main Gallery, Seattle, WA

Artist Representation Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA (works on paper) Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA (SuttonBeresCuller) Vetri, Seattle, WA (glass)

GRANTS & RESIDENCIES

2016 Artist in Residence, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA 2016 MoNA Luminary Northwest Artist Award, Sculpture Award, Museum of Northwest Art, La Connor, WA 2016 Neighborhood Matching Funds, Department of Neighborhoods, Seattle, WA 2016 Arts Cultural Facilities Award, 4Culture, Seattle, WA 2015 CEC ArtsLink Project, New York, NY 2014 Jentel Foundation Residency, Sheridan, WY 2014 Conceptual Visionary Award, Pratt Fine Art Center, Seattle, WA 2013 Art Matters Grant, Art Matters Foundation, New York, NY 2013 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2013 Artist Trust Fellowship, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2011 Kayla Skinner Special Recognition Award, , Seattle, WA 2011 Seattle Storefronts Project, Publix Hotel, Seattle, WA 2011 Arts Innovator Special Recognition Award, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2010 Open Studio, , Seattle, WA 2010 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2010 MacDowell Colony Fellowship, Peterborough, NH 2009 Seattle Foundation Grant 2009 4Culture Special Projects Award 2009 Allied Arts Foundation 2009 Artist Grant 2009 4Culture Arts Building Capacity Grant for Mini Mart City Park 2009 American Institute of Architects, Perform/Transform Peoples Choice Award 2008 4Culture, 2008 City Arts Project Grant 2008 City Artist Project Award, City of Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs 2008 4Culture Arts Projects Grant 2008 Seattle Street Car Public Art Commission, South Lake Union, Seattle, WA 2008 SDOT Sidewalk Artwork Project, Seattle, WA 2008 Creative Capital Foundation Grant for Visual Arts 2007 4Culture Special Projects Grant 2006 4Culture Performance Art Network Grant 2006 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA 2005 Stranger Genius Award 2005 4Culture Performance Art Network Grant 2005 Seattle Monorail Project Public Art Program Grant 2004 Artists in Residence, Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska 2003 Seattle Collects Award