Jesus Benavente

Bio: Jesus Benavente is an amazing and attractive visual artist. Jesus earned an MFA from the Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University and attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Recent exhibitions and performances include Whitney Museum, New York, NY; Queens Museum, Queens, NY; LTD Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; Performa 13, NY; Acre Projects, Chicago, IL; Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX; Neuberger Museum of Art, NY; Shin Museum of Art, South Korea; Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY and Austin Museum of Art, TX. Born in San Antonio, TX, Jesus Benavente lives/works in Brooklyn, NY. San Anto es donde está mi corazón.

Artist Statement: Forthcoming

Education:

2013: Mason Gross School of Art at Rutgers University MFA 2012: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 2010: University of Texas at Austin BFA & BA Studio Art 2010

Selected One or Two Person Exhibitions:

2024: PAINT AND POUR AND PAIN AND POOR, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY

2023: LA PULGA FRESA, UTSA SOUTHWEST, San Antonio, TX THERE IS BEAUTY, PERO NO LA VEMOS, Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY

2022: Que No Quede Huella, Home Gallery, New York, NY

2021: Almost Home, Ebb Curatorial, Ridgewood, NY

2020: I’m Not Dancing, I’m Struggling to Survive: Shelter in Place, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York, NY

2015: The Fool, Icebox Project Space, Philadelphia, PA

2013: Art-In-Buildings West 10th Window, New York, NY

2009: Easter Huevos, CoLab Space, Austin, TX

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2023: Hard Return, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY Tarde ‘Pal Party, Hidrante, San Juan, PR

2022: (be)longing, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Brooklyn, NY

2021: P.A.D. Retrospect, Walter Elwood Museum, Amsterdam, NY Live/Dead, Hillsdale, NY Bellweather Festival, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, WA We Become Present, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

2019: The Socrates Annual 2019, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY Pad Gallery, New York, NY Score’s For a Black Hole: Everybody Comes to a Sad Pool Party, Art In General, Brooklyn, NY

2018: Se Vende: Gran Columbia, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ Forward Union 2018, Red Bull Arts NY, New York, NY Light Year, Sine Gallery, Brooklyn, NY The Air, Beverly’s, New York, NY Ground Shift, Upstate, NY Vector no 8, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY Acre Projects, Chicago, IL Aqui, Tiene Un Tallboy, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY I’m Not Dancing, I’m Struggling to Survive, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

2017: TCC Presents: Time/Gaze, The Culture Club, Brooklyn, NY New Latin Wave, Brooklyn Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY Forward Union 2017, New York, NY Spring 2017 Residency Exhibition, NARS Foundation, Brooklyn, NY

2016: Forward Union Fair, 714 Broadway, New York, NY Queens International 2016, Queens Museum, Queens, NY A Body Has No Center, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA Bodies, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME Waves, 68 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY

2015: SPRING BREAK ART SHOW, New York, NY RESPOND!, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY

2014: Light Into Night, Art OMI, Ghent, NY Well Played, LTD Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA I Try and I Try and I Try, Find and Form Space, Boston, MA

2013: Performa: After Hours, Home Sweet Home/ Fig 13, New York, NY Ora Serrata, Chashama, New York, NY Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Brooklyn, NY Between The Clouds, Shin Museum of Art, South Korea VOX IX, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA Kingston Sculpture Biennial, Kingston, NY Do It (Outside), Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY \_(ツ)_/ ̄, White Box, New York, NY OUR SHOW, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ Interstice, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2012: SkowheganPERFORMS, Socrates Sculpture Park, Queens, NY Welcome Back Show, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ Rear View Mirror, Space B, New York, NY

2011: 99% Wizards of Change, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ Soapbox: Performance Art Series, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC New Art in Austin: 15 to Watch, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX MIXMASTERS: This is who we are, One9zero6, San Antonio, TX Fusebox Festival 2011, Austin, TX

2010: YLA15, Mexic-Arte Museum, Austin, TX Stations, Pump Project Art Complex, Austin, TX Texas Crude, Co-Lab, Austin, TX Camp Shame, Moose Lodge, Austin, TX Ideas Of Mountains, Creative Research Lab, Austin TX

Residencies and Awards:

2023: Wingate Artist in Residence

2022: The Chinati Foundation Artist in Residence

2021: SmackMellon

2020: Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Art Omi Alumni Residency

2019: Socrates Sculpture Park Emerging Artist Fellowship

2017: NARS Foundation

2016: Foundation for Contemporary Arts grant

2014: Art Omi

2012: Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture

Social: @testotesto3