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Millie Benson
b. Cleveland, Ohio
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Master of Fine Arts, Hunter College, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Holding Space, Vorderzimmer Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Soul Retrieval, The Women’s Darkroom +Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Physica: A Solo Exhibition Featuring Millie Benson, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Artsy.com
2000 Millie Benson Recent Paintings, Rome Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Selected Exhibitions
2024 Spooky Action at a Distance, Curated by Ken Weaver, 14BC Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Tryst Alternative Art Fair, Curated by Millie Benson + Lauresha Basha Gallery70, Torrance Art Museum, Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA
2023 Open House New York 2023, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 77, Brooklyn, NY
2023 The Other Art Fair, Curated by Millie Benson + BNY Exhibits & Programs Department, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Open House New York 2022, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 77, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Small Works for Big Change: Online Exhibition and Charity Fundraiser, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Art and Artists for Ukraine: Curated by Alicia Degener, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Small Works for Big Change: Online Exhibition and Charity Fundraiser, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Atmosphere for Invention: Art and Object Walk, Brooklyn Navy Yard
2020 A Moment Materialized: Ongoing Exhibition Organized by Carli Beseau, Brooklyn Navy Yard
2020 Small Works for Big Change: Online Exhibition and Charity Fundraiser, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Deep Blue See: An Exhibition for Child Abuse Prevention Month, Ground Floor Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Artsty.com
2019 Open House New York 2019, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Building 77, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Kindred Constructs: A preview exhibition for Open House New York, Curated by Millie Benson and Amy Lemaire, Yard Work Gallery, BLDG 92, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Lines of Passage, Curated by Jackie Meier, Lafayette 148, Building 77, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Industrial Imprint, Curated by Jackie Meier + Exhibits & Programs Department, Yard Work Gallery, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Future of Fashion, Hip Hop Closet, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Allow me to Reintroduce Myself, Curated by Local Project + Ground Floor Gallery, Cigar Factory, Long Island City, NY
2018 Works on Paper, Curated by Kim Conaty, LBIF, Loveladies, NJ
2018 About Me, Group Show, Loosen Art, Millepiani, Rome, Italy
2018 Cleveland Institute of Art, Ann and Norman Roulet Gallery, Group Show, Cleveland, OH
2017 Goodbye/Hello, Curated by Millie Benson + David McClelland, Group Show, 47 Hall, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Distortion, Group Show Luna Rienne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2013 Open Studio, South of the Navy Yard Artists, Brooklyn, New York
2004 Wall Drawings, Curated by Daniel Carello, Works by: Millie Benson, Grant Huang, Ces, Rome Arts, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Coming Soon! Curated by Daniel Carello and Pedro Gomez, Works by: Michael Zahn, Pedro Gomez, Tamara Gayer, Millie Benson, Rome Arts, Brooklyn, NY
1999 Make 42nd Street Dirty Again, Curated by Amy Shapiro, New York, NY
1999 Decorum, Curated by Daniel Carello and Pedro Gomez, 57 Hope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1995 Artists’ Market and Gallery Walk, Curated by Ruth Fruehauf, Artforum Magazine, New York, NY
Selected Performances
2022 Freddy’s Bar and Backroom, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Rockwood Music Hall, New York, New York
2017 C’mon Everybody, Brooklyn, New York
2017 Sacred Space, Brooklyn, New York
2016 Littlefield, Brooklyn, New York
2006 Triple Layer Cake, Performances by Elyce Semenec, Millie Benson & David McClelland, Katherine Behar, paintings by Xylor Jane, Canada Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Performing/recording/street musician Daniel Carter with Millie Benson & David McClelland, Location One, New York, NY
2004 Bushwick Blast, an eclectic collection of Brooklyn and America's best underground sounds, Asterisk Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2004 PUNKCAST#487 Bat Eats Plastic and Deathpool, Knitting Factory, New York, NY
2004 Flux Art Space Benefit, Tonic, New York, NY
2003 Futility Fest, Nyabinghi, Youngstown, OH
2003 Galapogas Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2003 With Missi St. Pierre and Blake Flemming, Luna Lounge, New York, NY
2003 Bennington College Sunfest, Bennington, VT
2002 Bennington College, Bennington, VT
2002 Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
2002 Bat Eats Plastic, The Brooklyn Free Music Festival , Brooklyn, NY
Selected Discography
2006 Narrator Escapes, Abstract Hits, 2006 (recorded with Bill Korecky, Mars Studio, Youngstown, OH)
2003 On Your Street, Abstract Hits, 2003 (recorded with Blake Flemming, Black Gate Studio, Brooklyn)
1999 Today, Abstract Hits, 1999 (recorded with Joel Hamilton, Studio G, Brooklyn)
Workshops / Talks
2022 Creative Connections, Make Believe Works, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Imagined Planets and Spaces with Artist Millie Benson, Virtual Session, Turnstile Tours, Brooklyn, NY
2018 NYC Crit Club Summer Semester
2018 NYC Crit Club Spring Semester
2014 – 2018
Host of a series of salon-style workshops, inviting a rotating group of creatives to discuss and create work around selected topics
Conferences
2022 Deloitte Private’s 14th Annual Art & Finance Conference – New Art & Financing Trends, Vatican City, Italy
2022 The Deloitte National Family Office Forum, Family Forward: Moving Confidently into the Future, Deloitte University, Westlake, Texas
2020 The Deloitte National Family Office Forum, Driving Success Through Collaboration, Deloitte University, Westlake, Texas
2019 Deloitte’s 12th Annual Art & Finance Conference, New collector trends in Art & Finance, Fairmont Monte Carlo Hotel, Monaco
2019 Deloitte’s Art & Finance Symposium, 2019 Armory Show, New York, NY
2018 The Deloitte National Family Office Forum, Unlocking the Value, Deloitte University, Westlake, Texas
2017 Deloitte’s 10th Annual Art & Finance Conference, Palazzo Mezzanotte, Milano, Italy
2016 The Deloitte National Family Office Forum, Families Impacting the Future Deloitte University, Westlake, Texas
2016 Deloitte’s 9th Annual Art & Finance Conference – Co-organized with the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2015 Deloitte’s 8th Annual Art & Finance Conference, 2015 Armory Show, New York, NY
Publications
2019 “Soul Retrieval” catalogue, Lisa Martin, Women’s Darkroom +Gallery, September 2019
2019 “Luminous Volumes” illustrated book featuring original horror stories and images curated by David McClelland, Skin Graft, Sleeping Giant Glossolalia, and Aqualamb Records, March 2019
2018 “About Me” catalogue, Loosenart, April 2018
2016 “Our America” portfolio, Double or Nothing, February 2016
2015 Contributed photographs and artwork, “Craw 1993 – 1997” by Hank Shteamer (New York, Aqualamb, 2015)
2005 “Spring Bling” feature, Instyle Magazine
2001 “The Bear,” Esquire Japan, November 2001
Selected Press
2004 Village Voice's Best of Pazz and Jop section! Top Singles of 2003
2003 “Bat Eats Plastic: A local Band,” by Michèle De Meglio, Courier Life Publications, Brooklyn, NY
2003 Bat Eats Plastic show review by Chuck Eddy, The Village Voice
2002: Bat Eats Plastic review on Billburg.com
2002 Bat Eats Plastic review on Fear of Music
2001 Bat Eats Plastic review on Swizzle-Stick
2001 Bat Eats Plastic interview on Tape Op