Biography:

Ben's art has evolved from his studies of Abstract Expressionism with Stamos to his reputation  as a rich, subtle, painterly colorist who paints directly from his emotions as he reacts with Life's experiences, his memories and his thorough knowledge of the history of art but always with integrity and great feeling for life.  A professional artist with an independent spirit, he has a 3,000 sq.ft. studio in West Orange, NJ & a winter studio in Lake Worth, Florida.

Born Jersey City, NJ 1941
B.A Rutgers University 1965; M.A. Kean University 1977
New York University, Art History, 1967
Columbia University 1969, painting with Theodore Stamos
Art Students' League of New York, 1970-75, painting with Theodore Stamos.

Galleries:

The White Gallery, Lakeville CT, Solo show May 30th- June 28th, 2009
Andre Zarre Gallery, New York NY solo show February 2-27, 2010
Art Cabinet, Nantucket, MA 1999 to the present (artcabinet.com)
Robert Steele Gallery, New York NY (summer 2005)
American Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Lake Worth, FL

Group Shows:

“Nexus: Art & Science” Scripps Institute, Jupiter FL February 2009- 2010
USArtists Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, October 2007, (Schillay Fine Art)
NYDesign, NYC, March 2007 (ArtCabinet)
Boca Raton Museum of Art Show, Florida
Beaux Arts Festival, Miami FL
Gasparilla Art Festival, Tampa FL
Middlesex County Museum, NJ
Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
Nabisco Corporation, East Hanover, NJ
N.J. Council of Jewish Women, Livingston, NJ
Art Atlanta, GA

Corporate & Private Collections: (Partial List):

Jack Welch, retired Chairman & C.E.O. General Electric
Abigail Johnson, Fidelity Funds
John Mutz, former Lt. Governor of Indiana
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Green, Epstein, Becker & Green, NYC
Henry Dunay, Henry Dunay Designs, NYC
Joseph Reiter, Lytal, Reiter, Clark, Fountain & Williams, Palm Beach, FL    
Castrol International, Wayne, NJ
Ricoh Corporation, West Caldwell, NJ
Pfizer Corporation, NYC
Schering-Plough Corporation
Nathan Ancell, Founder & C.E.O. Ethan-Allen Inc, Danbury, CT
Kean University, Union, NJ
St. Mary's Hospital, West Palm Beach, FL
Mechanical Contractors Association, Springfield, NJ
Life Systems Inc, Cleveland, OH
Joseph Courter & Son, builder of WTC, NYC
Omega World Travel Inc, Washington, DC
Racemark International, Ballston Spa, NY

Innumerable private patrons over the past 20 years