Ben Venom graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2007 with a Master of Fine Arts degree. His work has been shown both nationally and internationally including the Levi Strauss Museum (Germany), National Folk Museum of Korea, HPGRP Gallery (Tokyo), Fort Wayne Museum, Charlotte Fogh Gallery (Denmark), Taubman Museum of Art, Gregg Museum of Art and Design, and the Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles. He has been interviewed by NPR: All Things Considered, Playboy, Juxtapoz Magazine, KQED, Maxim, and CBS Sunday Morning. Venom has lectured at the California College of Arts, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Midlands Art Centre, Humboldt State University, Oregon College of Art and Craft, and Adidas. Recently, he was the artist in residence at MASS MoCA and the de Young Museum. Ben Venom is currently Visiting Faculty at the San Francisco Art Institute.
COLLECTIONS
Venom has works in prominant collections including: International Quilt Museum, Google, OBEY, Levis-Japan, Ken Fulk Inc., Gregg Museum, Fort Wayne Museum of Art
EDUCATION
2007 Master of Fine Arts / San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco, CA
2005 Post Baccalaureate / San Francisco Art Institute / San Francisco, CA
2001 Bachelor of Fine Art / Georgia State University / Atlanta, GA
AWARDS
Artist in Residence / MASS MoCA / North Adams, MA
Artist in Residence / de Young Museum / San Francisco, CA
Best of the Bay: Stitch Wizard / San Francisco Bay Guardian
Best of Nashville / Quilting Extras at the Frist / Nashville Scene
SF Weekly Masterminds Grant
Jurors Choice Award / Beyond Printmaking: Landmark Arts Gallery
Anderson Ranch Printmaking Scholarship / Snowmass Village, CO
Vera Jernigan Green Memorial Art Award
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2019
2018
2017
LECTURES
2021 Spotlight Talk / Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
2020 Panel Discussion / de Young Museum
2019 ans / New York City, NY
2018 Midlands Art Centre / Birmingham, Unigted Kingdom
2018 Google / San Francisco, CA
2017 Humboldt State University / Arcata, CA
2017 Adidas HQ / Portland, OR
2017 Gregg Museum / Raleigh, NC
2017 Tarble Art Center / Charleston, IL