Benjamin Duke Art
American, b. 1977
Benjamin Swallow Duke was born in Louisville, Kentucky and grew up in Utah. He studied Literature, Philosophy and Art at the University of Utah receiving his BFA in 2002. He received his master of fine arts at the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore Hoffberger School of Painting and has been teaching painting and drawing at Michigan State University since 2006.
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One Such Morning - Complex Interior Scene with Still Life and Multiple Figures
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
One Such Morning
oil on canvas
40h x 48w in
101.60h x 121.92w cm
BSD034
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Secret Life of Birds - Complex Grouping of Figures at a Cafe, Original Oil
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Story Short-story
Once upon a time, five women met up at an outdoor café. They sat around the table sipping their coffee and chatting, one caught everyone's attention, because she was dressed up in a metallic suit, complete with robotic wings, resembling a robot bee. The others were impressed by her outfit and asked her about it. She explained that she was a performance artist and was on her way to a show.
Another woman pulled out a cigarette and started smoking, ignoring the "no smoking" sign. The others frowned at her, but she just shrugged and continued puffing away. The third woman had a dead bird. She explained that she had found it on her way to the café and had brought it along to see if anyone could identify the species.
Just as they were about to order their food, a swarm of bees suddenly descended on the café, buzzing around the tables and chairs. The women panicked, swatting at the bees and ducking for cover wondering why they had worn so many flowers.
But then something surprising happened. The woman dressed as a robot bee stood up and raised her arms, and the bees suddenly started swarming around her, as if she were their queen. She calmly led the bees away from the café, and soon they disappeared into the distance.
The other women were amazed, and the smoker even stubbed out her cigarette in awe. They all thanked the robot bee woman and chatted excitedly about what had just happened.
The time traveler was fascinated by the scene in front of her and watched the women with interest. She noticed the woman with the dead bird and wondered how she had come to possess it. As she continued to observe, she realized that the woman had found the bird on a time-traveling expedition and had accidentally brought it back to the present.
As the time traveler watched...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Hysterical Kats - Scene with Laughing Cats and Well Dressed Women, Original Oil
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
Hysterical Kats
oil on canvas
28h x 27w in
71.12h x 68.58w cm
BSD037
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Zum Schwarzen Ferkel - (The Black Piglet) Vibrant Scene of a Group in a Bar
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
[From Ben Duke] The following is from Wikipedia, but I learned of this spot after getting into August Strindberg novels.
"Zum Schwarzen Ferkel," translated as "The Black Piglet," was a historic tavern located at the corner of Unter den Linden and Neue Wilhelmstraße in Berlin. Notable for its cultural and historical significance, the tavern was a central meeting point for Nordic writers and artists in the 1890s. It was frequented by figures such as August Strindberg, Edvard Munch, and the Polish writer Stanisław Przybyszewski, among others.
The tavern's original name was Gustav Türkes Weinhandlung und Probierstube, owned by Gustav Türke, and it was also known as "The Cloister." The name "Zum Schwarzen Ferkel" was coined by Strindberg, who thought an Armenian wine-sack hanging over the entrance resembled a black piglet. This quirky name was enthusiastically accepted by both the owner and the patrons.
August Strindberg, a Swedish playwright and novelist, played a significant role in the tavern's history. After moving to Berlin in 1892, he became a regular at the tavern and a leading figure among the Nordic and German artistic community that gathered there. The tavern was not only a place for socializing but also a hub of intellectual and artistic exchange, with members engaging in vibrant discussions and forming significant relationships, both personal and professional.
Edvard Munch, the Norwegian painter, also became a regular after his arrival in Berlin in 1892. The tavern saw its share of drama, including romantic entanglements and artistic disputes. One notable figure was Dagny Juel, a Norwegian music student who became involved with several members of the circle and was later tragically murdered in Tbilisi in 1901.
The tavern's influence extended into the literary and artistic works of its patrons. For example, Adolf Paul wrote about his experiences and the people he met at the Ferkel in his book "Strindberg-Erinnerungen und -Briefe," published in 1914. Strindberg's novel "Klostret" ("The Cloister"), published posthumously in 1966, also drew from his experiences at the tavern.
Unfortunately, the original building that housed Zum Schwarzen Ferkel was destroyed during the Second World War. Today, its legacy lives on through the stories and works of the artists and writers who once gathered there. Wikkipedia.
Ben Duke
Zum Schwarzen Ferkel
oil on canvas
36h x 36w in
91.44h x 91.44w cm
BSD039
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Cake - Interior Scene, Single Figure Eating a Bundt Cake, Shades of Orange & Red
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
Cake
oil on canvas
36h x 38w in
91.44h x 96.52w cm
BSD036
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B....
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled - Surreal Chaotic Urban Café Scene, Original Oil Painting
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
Untitled
oil on canvas
55h x 63w in
139.70h x 160.02w cm
BSD033
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Ben Duke & Suk Ja Kang: New Work, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2022 This Is Home, Crooked Tree Arts Council, Petosky, MI
2020 Benjamin Duke: Paintings, Vickers Theater, Three Oaks, MI
2019 Family Reunion, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 Wrap It Up, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Portraits and Place: Select Works from Gallery Victor Armendariz, curated by Corporate Art Advisory,
Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL
Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2017 Distortion, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 The Suburbs Eyes: Picturing the Sprawl, (invitational), Ernestine M Raclin Gallery, Indiana University, South
Bend, IN
2014 21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York City, NY
A River Without Banks, Paul Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Contemporary Figure, Ben Duke and Robert McCann, Moss-Thron Gallery of Art, Fort Hays, KS
2013 Benjamin Swallow Duke and Nathan Barnes, Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT
Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Thresholds, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2012 Sublime Rupture, Target Gallery, Catalog with Essay by Dominique Nahas, Alexandria, VA
2011 Identity In Itself, Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Center, Glens Falls, NY
Benjamin Duke, Tony Shumsky, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
2010 Kuandu Museum Residency Show and Open Studio, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Floating, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
2009 Disrupted Particulars, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Notwishstanding, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2008 We Drew a Circle and Called it and Island, Garden City Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Benjamin Duke and Teresa Dunn, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Imaginary Cities, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Awakening, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Above and Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Darkness: World and Culture, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
Baker Arts Center 10th National Juried Exhibition, Liberal, KS
Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2006 Launch: Graduate Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Second Chance: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Academy 2006, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC.
Opening Exhibition, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Only Human, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
real vs. Real, City Café, Baltimore, MD
Artscape Art Fair, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 Clamor, Rose Wagner Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Boxing, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003 Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Regional Show, Saint George Art Museum, Saint George, UT
Show us Your Stuff, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
2002 Trasa Urban Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Seen and Unseen, Union Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Professional Experience
2006-present Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2006-2005 Instructor, Ruriart Community Art Center, Ellicott City, MD
2004-2003 Instructor, Peterson Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Awards
2015 Alfred and Trafford Klots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
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Canvas, Oil
Lost in Dinard, Surreal Architectural Landscape with Two Figures by Ben Duke
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
This small surreal landscape shows a line of row houses that are exaggerated and seemingly floating off the panel on which they are painted along with what seem to be seeds from the over sized plant. The two figures depicted are central to the composition - one on the phone and one with his back toward the viewer but we wonder what they are doing. Possibly the title, "Lost in Dinard" give us that clue.
Ben Duke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
We Will Build Our Dreams and Then Live in Them #2, Two Figures & a Sailboat
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
The painterly style of Ben Duke is beautifully rendered in this small painting on panel titled "We Will Build Our Dreams and Then Live in Them". The couple is engaged in something out of sight for the viewer but give a casual feel to the entire scene. The sailboat conjures up the thoughts of sailing off into the unknown. The painting is framed in a simple black wooden frame measuring 12h x 15w inches.
Ben Duke
We Will Build Our Dreams and Then Live in Them #2
oil on panel
11h x 14w in
27.94h x 35.56w cm
BSD024
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Selected Exhibitions
2017 Distortion, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 The Suburbs Eyes: Picturing the Sprawl, (invitational), Ernestine M Raclin Gallery, Indiana University, South Bend, IN
2014 21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York City, NY
A River Without Banks, Paul Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Contemporary Figure, Ben Duke and Robert McCann, Moss-Thron Gallery of Art, Fort Hays, KS
2013 Benjamin Swallow Duke and Nathan Barnes, Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT
Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Thresholds, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2012 Sublime Rupture, Target Gallery, Catalog with Essay by Dominique Nahas, Alexandria, VA
2011 Identity In Itself, Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Center, Glens Falls, NY
Benjamin Duke, Tony Shumsky, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
2010 Kuandu Museum Residency Show and Open Studio, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Floating, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
2009 Disrupted Particulars, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Notwishstanding, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2008 We Drew a Circle and Called it and Island, Garden City Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Benjamin Duke and Teresa Dunn, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Imaginary Cities, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Awakening, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Above and Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Darkness: World and Culture, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
Baker Arts Center 10th National Juried Exhibition, Liberal, KS
Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2006 Launch: Graduate Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Second Chance: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Academy 2006, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC.
Opening Exhibition, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Only Human, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
real vs. Real, City Café, Baltimore, MD
Artscape Art Fair, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 Clamor, Rose Wagner Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Boxing, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003 Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Regional Show, Saint George Art Museum, Saint George, UT
Show us Your Stuff, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
2002 Trasa Urban Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Seen and Unseen, Union Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Professional Experience
2006-present Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2006-2005 Instructor, Ruriart Community Art Center, Ellicott City, MD
2004-2003 Instructor, Peterson Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Awards
2015 Alfred and Trafford Klots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
We Will Build Our Dreams and Then Live in Them - Figurative and Landscape
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Two figures are engrossed in something we the viewer cannot see but its what brings us into this intimate painting. The surreal landscape is that of a far off land with its mix of languages and architecture. The painting is framed in a simple black frame measuring 12h x 15h inches.
Ben Duke...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Books and Tea (Being and Time)
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Selected Exhibitions
2017 Distortion, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 The Suburbs Eyes: Picturing the Sprawl, (invitational), Ernestine M Raclin Gallery, Indiana University, South Bend, IN
2014 21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York City, NY
A River Without Banks, Paul Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Contemporary Figure, Ben Duke and Robert McCann, Moss-Thron Gallery of Art, Fort Hays, KS
2013 Benjamin Swallow Duke and Nathan Barnes, Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT
Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Thresholds, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2012 Sublime Rupture, Target Gallery, Catalog with Essay by Dominique Nahas, Alexandria, VA
2011 Identity In Itself, Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Center, Glens Falls, NY
Benjamin Duke, Tony Shumsky, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
2010 Kuandu Museum Residency Show and Open Studio, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Floating, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
2009 Disrupted Particulars, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Notwishstanding, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2008 We Drew a Circle and Called it and Island, Garden City Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Benjamin Duke and Teresa Dunn, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Imaginary Cities, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Awakening, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Above and Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Darkness: World and Culture, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
Baker Arts Center 10th National Juried Exhibition, Liberal, KS
Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2006 Launch: Graduate Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Second Chance: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Academy 2006, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC.
Opening Exhibition, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Only Human, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
real vs. Real, City Café, Baltimore, MD
Artscape Art Fair, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 Clamor, Rose Wagner Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Boxing, Fox Gallery...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Submarine
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
The Propaganda of the Heart
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Selected Exhibitions
2017 Distortion, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 The Suburbs Eyes: Picturing the Sprawl, (invitational), Ernestine M Raclin Gallery, Indiana University, South Bend, IN
2014 21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York City, NY
A River Without Banks, Paul Collins...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
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2007 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Above and Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Darkness: World and Culture, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
Baker Arts Center 10th National Juried Exhibition, Liberal, KS
Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2006 Launch: Graduate Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Second Chance: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Academy 2006, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC.
Opening Exhibition, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Only Human, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
real vs. Real, City Café, Baltimore, MD
Artscape Art Fair, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 Clamor, Rose Wagner Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Boxing, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003 Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Regional Show, Saint George Art Museum, Saint George, UT
Show us Your Stuff, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
2002 Trasa Urban Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Seen and Unseen, Union Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Professional Experience
2006-present Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2006-2005 Instructor, Ruriart Community Art Center, Ellicott City, MD
2004-2003 Instructor, Peterson Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Awards
2015 Alfred and Trafford Klots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Vicarious Causation - Brightly Colored Surreal Suburban Scene, Original Oil
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
Vicarious Causation
oil on canvas
48h x 72w in
121.92h x 182.88w cm
BSD030
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Selected Exhibitions
2023 Ben Duke & Suk Ja Kang: New Work, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2022 This Is Home, Crooked Tree Arts Council, Petosky, MI
2020 Benjamin Duke: Paintings, Vickers Theater, Three Oaks, MI
2019 Family Reunion, Roy G Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
2018 Wrap It Up, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Portraits and Place: Select Works from Gallery Victor Armendariz, curated by Corporate Art Advisory,
Metropolitan Capital Bank, Chicago, IL
Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2017 Distortion, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 The Suburbs Eyes: Picturing the Sprawl, (invitational), Ernestine M Raclin Gallery, Indiana University, South
Bend, IN
2014 21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York City, NY
A River Without Banks, Paul Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Contemporary Figure, Ben Duke and Robert McCann, Moss-Thron Gallery of Art, Fort Hays, KS
2013 Benjamin Swallow Duke and Nathan Barnes, Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT
Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Thresholds, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2012 Sublime Rupture, Target Gallery, Catalog with Essay by Dominique Nahas, Alexandria, VA
2011 Identity In Itself, Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Center, Glens Falls, NY
Benjamin Duke, Tony Shumsky, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
2010 Kuandu Museum Residency Show and Open Studio, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Floating, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
2009 Disrupted Particulars, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Notwishstanding, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2008 We Drew a Circle and Called it and Island, Garden City Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Benjamin Duke and Teresa Dunn, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Imaginary Cities, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Awakening, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Above and Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Darkness: World and Culture, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
Baker Arts Center 10th National Juried Exhibition, Liberal, KS
Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2006 Launch: Graduate Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Second Chance: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Academy 2006, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC.
Opening Exhibition, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Only Human, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
real vs. Real, City Café, Baltimore, MD
Artscape Art Fair, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 Clamor, Rose Wagner Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Boxing, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003 Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Regional Show, Saint George Art Museum, Saint George, UT
Show us Your Stuff, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
2002 Trasa Urban Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Seen and Unseen, Union Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Professional Experience
2006-present Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2006-2005 Instructor, Ruriart Community Art Center, Ellicott City, MD
2004-2003 Instructor, Peterson Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Awards
2015 Alfred and Trafford Klots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Contact
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Mrs. Troffea's Patisserie
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Books and Coffee
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Oil, Panel
Looking After People - Surreal Landscape with People and Cartoons
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
Looking After People
oil on panel
11h x 14w in
27.94h x 35.56w cm
BSD021
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Education
2006 M.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
2002 B.F.A., University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Summer School of Music and Art, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Selected Exhibitions
2017 Distortion, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
Coming Attractions: Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL
2015 The Suburbs Eyes: Picturing the Sprawl, (invitational), Ernestine M Raclin Gallery, Indiana University, South Bend, IN
2014 21 and Counting, The Painting Center, New York City, NY
A River Without Banks, Paul Collins Art Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
The Contemporary Figure, Ben Duke and Robert McCann, Moss-Thron Gallery of Art, Fort Hays, KS
2013 Benjamin Swallow Duke and Nathan Barnes, Emerson Center for the Arts and Culture, Bozeman, MT
Benjamin Swallow Duke and Esther Randall, Rosewood Gallery, Kettering, OH
Thresholds, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
2012 Sublime Rupture, Target Gallery, Catalog with Essay by Dominique Nahas, Alexandria, VA
2011 Identity In Itself, Lapham Gallery, Lower Adirondack Regional Arts Center, Glens Falls, NY
Benjamin Duke, Tony Shumsky, Roy G. Biv Gallery, Columbus, OH
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] University Art Gallery, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI
2010 Kuandu Museum Residency Show and Open Studio, Kuandu Museum of Fine Art, Taipei, Taiwan
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Upheaval, [traveling solo exhibition] Cloyde Snook Gallery, Adams State College, Alamosa, CO
Floating, Fitton Art Center, Hamilton, OH
2009 Disrupted Particulars, Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Township, MI
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Notwishstanding, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Biennial 25, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
2008 We Drew a Circle and Called it and Island, Garden City Art Space, Taipei, Taiwan
Benjamin Duke and Teresa Dunn, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Imaginary Cities, Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
Awakening, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007 SOFA (Sculpture, Objects, Functional Art), 7th Regiment Armory, Ann Nathan Gallery, New York, NY
Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Palm Beach 3, Palm Beach County Convention Center, Ann Nathan Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
Above and Beyond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
Darkness: World and Culture, Caladan Gallery, Beverly, MA
Baker Arts Center 10th National Juried Exhibition, Liberal, KS
Nude International, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2006 Launch: Graduate Thesis Show, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Second Chance: Brewer’s Art, Baltimore, MD (solo)
Biennial Faculty Exhibition, Kresge Art Museum, East Lansing, MI
Academy 2006, Conner Contemporary, Washington, DC.
Opening Exhibition, Touchet Gallery, Baltimore, MD
Only Human, School 33, Baltimore, MD
Go Figure, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
2005 Emerging Artists, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
real vs. Real, City Café, Baltimore, MD
Artscape Art Fair, Baltimore, MD
Group Show, Hoffberger Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2004 Clamor, Rose Wagner Center for the Arts, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Boxing, Fox Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2003 Paintings, Finch Lane Gallery. Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Regional Show, Saint George Art Museum, Saint George, UT
Show us Your Stuff, Left Bank Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
Spring Salon, Springville Art Museum, Springville, UT
2002 Trasa Urban Arts, Salt Lake City, UT
2001 Seen and Unseen, Union Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (solo)
Professional Experience
2006-present Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2006-2005 Instructor, Ruriart Community Art Center, Ellicott City, MD
2004-2003 Instructor, Peterson Art Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Selected Awards
2015 Alfred and Trafford Klots...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Panel, Oil
Outside Dinan, France, Pastoral Landscape, Oil on Paper on Panel, Framed
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
This intimate landscape by Ben Duke is very painterly with the use of quick brushstrokes that vividly convey the summer light and pastoral field. The panel i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Oil, Panel, Archival Paper
Home Again, Home Again, Urban Setting with Female, Umbrella & Taxi Cab, Original
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
This colorful scene depicts a woman with an umbrella in the midst of a chaotic urban setting. The foreground is abstracted to include colorful objects blurring the scene. This mixe...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Life With Second Hand Eyes
By Benjamin Duke
Located in Chicago, IL
Ben Duke
b. 1977 Louisville, KY
Selected Exhibitions
2010 Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009 Art Chicago, Merchandise Mart, Ann Nathan Gallery, C...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Benjamin Duke Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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