Ben Merris
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Benjamin Merris
b. 1978 Iowa City (U.S.)
Lives in Glasgow, Scotland
Education
2007 MFA, Glasgow School of Art
2002 BA (Fine Art/African American Studies), University of Massachusetts Boston
Upcoming Exhibitions
2009 ‘Vagrant Idea 3’ (Solo), DanielHansMax, Berlin
‘The Beauty of the Beast’, Art Rotterdam, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
Solo Exhibitions
2009 Non Invasive Pioneers, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam
2007 Maximalism: Phase Two, inter/media gallery, Glasgow
2006 Territory, E.S.U. Gallery (Edinburgh Festival) Edinburgh (With Alhena Katsof)
2003 It Doesn’t Matter, Espresso Royale, Boston
September, The Moan and Dove, Amherst
Select Group Exhibitions
2008 Neither Bird Nor Fish, SWG3, Glasgow, December
You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever, Galerie LHK, Paris
You Should Be On Holiday, Member’s Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow
Future Greats, Salon Gallery, London
A Painting, A Guitar, A Wig, And A Wheelie Bag, Arch 1 curated by Jim Lambie, Glasgow
The State, A. Vermin in association with Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art
2007 No Way Out, Living Art Museum, Rekjyavik
Furthermore, Artnews Projects, Berlin
Furthermore, Tramway, Glasgow (MFA Degree Show)
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World, Low Salt, Glasgow
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006 Solo, Member’s Show, Transmission, Glasgow
MFA Interim Show, Macintosh Gallery, Glasgow
De Kunstvlaii 6, (w/Glasgow School of Art) Westergas Fabriek, Amsterdam
Mercury Art Prize, The Hospital Gallery, London
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Russian Doll Show, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow
2005 It Shouldn’t Matter, The Moan and Dove, Amherst
Annual Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Boston
2004 The Otherside, The Otherside, Boston
Annual Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Boston
2003 Annual Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Boston
2002 Boston Printmakers Biennale, 808 Gallery. Boston, Massachusetts
Annual Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Bosto
2001 Guest Show, Kingston Gallery, Boston
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Performance
2001 – 2004 Kaiju Big Battel. Japanese monster combat.
Live performances in New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Los Angeles. Produced 3 DVD’s with international distribution. Live performance on national television: MTV and “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” ABC broadcasting.
Awards
2008 Nominated for Mont Blanc Young Artists Foundation by c/o Atle Gerhardson Berlin
2007 Glasgow Sculpture Studios Graduate Award
2006 Royal Scottish Academy DCA Data Solutions Prize for Painting
Bibliography
“Benny Launches Surprise Attach on Third Person. Position. Pictures.” John Calcutt, It’s Not Hard: Explorations of Live Art, 2008
“Glasgow International”, Martin Vincent, Frieze, Issue 116 June/July/August 2008
“A.Vermin”, Jenny Richards, The Skinny Online, 23/04/2008
“High thrills and ungodly chills”, Moira Jeffrey, Scotland On Sunday, 20/04/08
“No Mean City For Art”, Susan Mansfield, The Scotsman 18/04/2008
“Outsiders Give The Art Festival Its Edge’, Jack Mottram, The Herald, 18/04/2008