John Bent

838 Whalley Ave., Apt. 4

New Haven, CT 06515

Phone: (203)389-0275

E-mail: Bentillustration@gmail.com

 

 

Education:

                  M.F.A.  2006   Studio Art   Rutgers University

            B.F.A.   2003   Printmaking  University of Connecticut

                                     

 

Grants and Awards:

                  2009 – Visual Arts Fellow, Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism

                  2008- Artist in Residence, Artspace, New Haven, City Wide Open Studios

2006- Artist in Residence, Artspace New Haven, City Wide Open Studios

                  2004-2006  Teaching Assistantship, Rutgers University

                  2003   University of Connecticut Purchase Award

            2003   Jury Commendation, Arches Student Print Exhibition

            2002   Ellen and John Greene Travel Grant

            2002   Fine Arts Talent Scholarship, University of Connecticut

            2001   New England Scholar

 

Solo/Two Person Exhibitions:

2009                 Sensual/Grotesque: John Bent and Tracy Walter Ferry, Albertus Magnus University,

New Haven, CT.

2008                 Suspended Animation 1 & 2, Artspace, New Haven, CT

2004                             New Prints and Paintings, Windham Art Center

                         Willimantic, CT 

 

Group Exhibitions:

2009                 Up  & Coming: New Printmakers Make Their Mark, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ       

Sketchbook Project, Arthouse, Atlanta, GA

                        travels to:

                        Museum of Contemporary Art, Washington D.C.

                        Laconia Gallery, Boston, MA

Antena Gallery, Chicago, IL

Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, MO

3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

MODA, Atlanta, GA

Chicago Art Source Gallery,  Chicago, IL.

 

2008                                           New Faculty Exhibition, Seton Gallery, University of New Haven, New Haven, CT

AIRS, Curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak and Todd Jokl, Artspace, New Haven, CT                 

Naestve Print Exhibition, Groennegades Kaserne Kulturcenter, Denmark.

                       

2007                       

                                      10th Annual City Wide Open Studios, Artspace, New Haven, CT.

                                     Implode,  Hello my name is Galery, New Haven, CT.

                                    Invasive Exotics, presented by Artspace at The New Haven Lawn Club, New Haven, CT.

                        Flatfile:  Recent Additions, Artspace, New Haven, CT. 

                        Real pARTy,  Real Art Ways,  Hartford, CT.

                                    Will 100 Artists Please Draw a 1950 Model Ford From Memory, Art Gallery of Alberta,

                        Edmonson, Canada         

2006                

                        9th Annual City Wide Open Studios, Artspace,

                         New Haven, CT  

                          Print Zero: Portfolio IV,  travelling exhibition shown at:

                          Sev Shoon Gallery, Seattle, WA

                          Old Inlet Printmakers, Homer, AK

                          Basil Howard Gallery, Portland, OR

                          Rainbow Gallery at The University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

                         

                         Fresh Meat, Shorline Institue of Contemporary Art

                          Long Branch, NJ

                          Disconnect the Dots, Dew Art Gallery

                          New London, CT

                          Big Block Portfolio Exchange Exhibition, Philagrafika Gallery

                          Philadelphia, PA

                          M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Rutgers University Gallery

                          New Brunswick, NJ

 

            2005     Works On Paper, Hogar Collection

                         Brooklyn, NY

                         Faculty Exhibition, Rutgers University Gallery

                         New Brunswick, NJ

                         Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper: New Work, Rutgers Gallery

                         New Brunswick, NJ

            2004    First Year Exhibition, Rutgers University Gallery

                         New Brunswick, NJ

                         Community School of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Windham Art Center

                         Willimantic, CT

            2003      B.F.A. Thesis Show, University of Connecticut

                           Storrs, CT

                          Arches Print Exhibition, 808 Gallery

                          Boston, MA

            2002     A Victorian on Lower Main: 6 Emerging Artists, Windham Art Center

                          Willimantic, CT

COMMISIONS:

                  2003     School of Fine Arts DeanŐs Print, Edition of 180 Four Color Silkscreen

                        Prints

COLLECTIONS:

                                       Artspace Flatfile, New Haven, CT 

                          New York Public Library, NY

                          Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, NJ

                          Newark Public Library, NJ

                          University of Connecticut, CT

                          Philagrafika Print Collaborative, PA

                          Print Zero Studios, WA