ARTIST BIO
Benjamin is a multidisciplinary artist and writer whose practice includes studio work and ongoing research projects. He has presented his work at art exhibitions, medieval academic conferences, and in collaboration with scholars and musicians. Benjamin was born in Bangladesh and lived there until age ten, when his family moved to Maine. He completed his MFA in Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts and currently resides between Maine and California.
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Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera, by Sarah Kay Forthcoming in 2022
Artistic collaborator on companion website
Cornell University Press
Sita Ram's Hybrid Paintings of Nineteenth-Century India December 2021
Essay co-authored with Abu Kalam Shamsuddin
Journal of the Asiatic Society, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The Listeners, by Ernesto Pujol June 2019
Performer
River to River Performance Festival, New York, NY
Crossings May 2016 to June 2018
Docent of curated highlights tour
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Remede de Fortune May 2018
Collaborating video artist with
early music ensemble, Concordian Dawn
The Graduate Center, New York, NY
Please Disturb February 2017
Participant in group show curated by David Ross
Midtown Hilton, New York, NY
Material Transformation in Medieval Manuscripts March 2016
Presenter at Early Modern Colloquium
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
The Ape as a Metaphor for Art: Stowe MS 17 March 2016
Presenter at 8th Annual Medievalists@Penn Conference
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Sign of the Ape September 2014
Graduate Thesis
Morgan Library Reference Collection, New York, NY
The Monkey Codex August 2014
Solo Exhibition
Grace Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY
Community Board August 2014
Participant in group show curated by Jovana Stokic
Glasshouse Project Space, Brooklyn, NY
Time After Us, by Ernesto Pujol October 2013
Performer
St Paul’s Chapel, New York, NY
Ecstasy/Apocalypse August 2013
Participant in group show curated by Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
SVA Gallery, New York, NY
Current Practice July 2013
Participant in group show curated by Hesse McGraw
Invisible Dog Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Remnant June 2010
Solo exhibition curated by Elizabeth Laribee
Yellow Wall Gallery, Harrisburg, PA