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Ben Grasso Biography
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Born in Cleveland, OH, USA
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Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh, Scotland UK
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BFA for Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, OH
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MFA for Painting, Hunter CUNY. New York, NY
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Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, USA
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2011 Grant of The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York
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2010 Fellowship in painting, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYFA
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2009 The Fountainhead Residency, Miami, FL
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2003 The Helen Greene Perry Scholarship
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2002 Joseph McCullough Painting Scholarship Award for Excellence in Painting
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2001 Carl Gaertner Memorial Prize
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2011
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adaptation, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
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2010
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TBD, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
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2010
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Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milan, Italy (solo)
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2010
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(ex)communicate, Jerome Zodo Contemporary, Milan, Italy
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2009
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Recess, Crossing Art Gallery, Queens, NY
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2009
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Queens International, Queens Museum of Art, (In conjunction with Okamoto Studio, NYC), Queens NY
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2009
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Clearing, Thierry Goldberg Projects. New York, NY (solo)
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2009
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The Grand, Amelie A. Wallace Center, SUNY Purchase Old Westbury Campus, Old Westbury, NY
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2008
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Deadliest Catch, Hamptons, New York, NY
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2008
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Summer Mix, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
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2008
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Supernatural. Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
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2008
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Close to Home. Kinkead Contemporary. Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2008
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NEXT ART FAIR, (Thierry Goldberg Projects) solo booth, Chicago, IL (solo)
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2007
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Rust Belt, Thierry Goldberg Projects. New York, NY (solo)
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2007
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Explosion. Agenzia 04, Bologna Italy (solo)
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2007
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Out Behind the Shed. Lafayette College, Easton, PA
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2007
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If I Rememeber Right. Front Room Gallery, Cleveland, OH
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2007
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Big Bang. Spaces, Cleveland, OH
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2007
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Atrocity Exhibition. Thierry Goldberg Projects. New York, NY
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2006
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Hybridity/ Ambivalence. Amos Eno Gallery. New York, NY
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2006
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Monumenta Art: Benifit 2006, Monumenta, Brooklyn, NY and White Columns, New York, NY
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2006
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In My Own Backyard. Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2006
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Scope Hamptons, Sixtyseven, East Hampton, NY
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2005
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Pulse. Sixtyseven. Miami, Fl
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2005
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Kunst Zurich, Sixtyseven, Zurich, Switzerland
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2004
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Autumn. Sixtyseven, New York, NY
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2004
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Fiac, Sixtyseven. Paris, France
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2004
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The Witching Hour, Bucketrider Galley. Chicago, IL
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2004
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The Neon Forest is my Home, Sixtyseven, New York, NY
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2003
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Art snots, Arcade. Cleveland, OH
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2003
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Art Cares: AIDS Benefit. Spaces Gallery. Cleveland, OH
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2002
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ABC: Learning to Paint. J. McCullough Center Gallery. Cleveland, OH
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2002
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Painting and Drawing Show, ECA. Edinburgh Scotland, UK
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2001
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Annual Summer Show. Reinberger Gallery. Cleveland, OH
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| Literature |
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2009
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Guernica/ a magazine of art and politics, guernicamag.com. August, 2009
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2009
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Sixth Finch, Sixthfinch.com. Fall 2009
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2009
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Harpers Magazine, pp. 24 August, 2009
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2009
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Sasha M. Lee, “Ben Grasso, Kinkead Contemporary” Beautiful/ Decay, Issue Z
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2008
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Ed Schad, “Ben Grasso at Kinkead,” artslant. com, December 2008
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2008
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Casey Ruble, “Ben Grasso at Thierry Goldberg,” Art in America, March 2008
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2007
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Steven Litt, “Shows display grads’ impact over the years,” Cleveland Plain Dealer, September 2007
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2007
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Michael Gill, “Bang, Bang,” The Cleveland Free Times, September 2007
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2007
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Harpers Magazine, pp. 26. October, 2007
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2006
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William Hanley, “Fair Report: Scope Hamptons”, artinfo, July 17, 2006
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2006
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Steven Kaplan, “Scope on the Half Shell”, Miami Art Exchange, July 21, 2006
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2006
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Yaelle Amir, “The Invisible Forces of Ben Grasso,” Code Magazine, Autumn 2006
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2005
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Walter Robinson, “Maximum Miami,” artnet. com, December 13, 2005
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2004
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William Powhida, “The Neon Forest is My Home,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 2004
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