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BEN STONE
b. 1970, Chicago, IL
EDUCATION 1998 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, Master of Fine Arts, Studio Art 1991 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2010 Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL 2007 Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL 2002 Suitable Gallery, Chicago, IL Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY 1999 Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 "Police and Thieves", Curated by Karla Davis and Mario Ybarra Jr, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL 2009 “Sports”, Synchronicity Space, Los Angeles, CA
“Artists Run Chicago”, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago,IL2008 “Associate Degree in Science”, Open Lot Studios, St. Louis, MO; Pampers Banana, Kansas City, MO; Finch Gallery, Chicago, IL
“Three Hundred Six”, Hoffman/Lachance Gallery, St. Louis, MO2006 “Coma 2”, C.O.M.A., Chicago, IL 2005 “Five Solo Shows,” Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
“Interaction,” Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
“Divine Feminine Power/F Degree,” Fahrenheit, Kansas City, MO
“City Selections,” Chicago Tourism Center, Chicago, IL
“Ben Stone/Gyan Shrosbree,” The Bower, San Antonio, TX
“Four Color Pen Show,” Locust Projects, Miami, FL; Van Harrison, Chicago, IL2004 “Ben Stone/Patrick Merrill,” Bad Dog Gallery, De Kalb, IL
“Pac/Edge Performance Festival,” Athenaeum Theater, Chicago, IL
“Drunk vs Stoned,” Gavin Brown, New York, NY2003 “Really Real,” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL 2002 “Realm of The Lair” (Co-Curator), Joymore, Chicago, IL
“Building Anxiety,” Ten in One Gallery, New York, NY
“The ArtCouncil Awards Show,” Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
“Meet Me in St. Louie,” Crowe T. Brooks, St. Louis, MO2001 “Off the Wall,” Gallery 400, Chicago, IL 2000 “Hardware From the Heartland,” 16 Beaver Group, New York, NY
“Hot Sauce,” Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA; TBA Gallery, Chicago, IL; Diverse Works Artspace, Houston, TX
“Kraft,” Midway Artists Gallery, Bloomington, IL1999 “Suitable II,” Suitable Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 “Harry Carey Show,” Diverse Works Artspace, Houston, TX
“New Artists in Chicago,” 1998, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL
“Word Perfect,” Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
“Yeah,” Crown Center Gallery at Loyola University, Chicago, ILHONORS 2002 Chicago Grants to Individual Artist Recipient, The ArtCouncil, San Francisco, CA
Illinois Arts Council Finalist Award Recipient, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL1998 Visual Arts Scholarship Winner, Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, Chicago, IL
Graduate Purchase Prize Award, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ILBIBLIOGRAPHY 2011 Art in America. Snodgrass, Susan. "Ben Stone". (review). February 2011 2010 New City. Velez, Pedro. "The Sport of Violence. We're Living in a Ben Stone Age". (Cover Story). September 9, 2010. Issue 289
Time Out Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. "Ben Stone (review)". Issue 291 : Sep 23–29, 2010
Chicago Art Review. "Opening Weekend Reviews / Impressions, with guests Pedro Vélez and Erik Wenzel (Ben Stone, Joey Fauerso)". September 17th 2010
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. "Welcome Back (Ben Stone, Joey Fauerso)". September 13, 2010
ArtSlant. Ritchie, Abraham. "Who Will Curate a Major Sports Exhibition? (Ben Stone)". September 28, 2010
Time Out Chicago. Weinberg, Lauren. "Open Citywide (Ben Stone)". September 9-15, 2010. Issue 289
Artnet. Velez, Pedro. "Summer of Plop (Ben Stone)". August 20, 20102008 Artforum. Ben Stone (review) by James Yood, January 2008 2005 Time Out Chicago. Ferrara, Annette. "INterACTION" June 9-16, 2005
Hyde Park Herald. Devitt, Caitlin. "An Art Walk around Hyde Park" June 1, 20052004 KWWL-TV. KWWL-7 News at Six, Waterloo, IA, September 20, 2004
WBBM-TV. Channel 2 News at Ten, Chicago, September 22, 2004
WLS-TV. Channel 7 News at 5 o'clock, Chicago, September 22, 2004
WGN-TV. WGN Morning News, Chicago, October 13, 2004
Red Eye. Potash, Larry. "Wedding Robot Gets the Job Done" October 2004
The Midweek. Brockett, Hank. "When Art, Robots, and Wedding Cake Collide" November 20042003 Bridge. Walz, Marie. "Visual Art Portfolio: Realm of the Lair Revisited" Summer/Fall
Bridge online. Speh, Scott. "Realm of The Lair" January 20032002 Artnet.com. Velez, Pedro. "Summer Thrills" July 2002 2000 New City. Bulka, Michael. "Hot Sauce at TBA" June 2000
Ten By Ten. Neuhoff, Tony. "Hot Sauce" Summer 2000
Artnet.com. Erickson, Karl. "Chicago Five" August 2000
WLS-TV. Channel 7 News at 10 o'clock, Chicago, July 17, 20001999 Dialogue. Brunetti, John. "Ben Stone" February 1999, pp. 17-18
Cakewalk. Bryan, Edgar. "Perfect Sleeper" Winter 1999, p. 61
Chicago Reader. Camper, Fred. "Image Problems" January 1999, pp. 30-31
New City. Wiens, Ann. "Ben Stone" February 1999, p. 39
Art in America. Snodgrass, Susan. "Report From Chicago, Staying Alive" April 1999, p. 85 (Image)1998 New Art Examiner. Bulka, Michael. "Chicago's Last Five Minutes of Art History" October 1998, pp. 16-19
New Art Examiner. Grabner, Michelle. "1998 New Artists in Chicago at Terra Museum of American Art"
WLS-TV. Channel 7 News at 4 o'clock, Chicago, January 13, 1998
WGN-TV. WGN Morning News, Chicago, April 24, 1998
WMAQ-TV. Channel 5 10 o'clock News, Chicago, September 28, 1998
WLS-TV. Channel 7 News at 10 o'clock, Chicago, September 28, 1998
WGN-TV. WGN Nine o'clock News. Chicago, September 29, 1998
WFLD-TV. Fox Thing in the Morning. Chicago, September 29, 1998
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