Born in Philadelphia, PA 1981.
Lives and works in Portland, Maine.
BFA Illustration Rhode Island School of Design 2004
MFA Painting University of California Los Angeles 2013
Email: leon_benn@yahoo.com
http://www.davidbsmithgallery.com/
https://www.grantwahlquist.com/
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026 Byzantium, North Optical, Portland ME
The Violet Hour, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland ME
2023 Dead Leaves, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
Feria Material Mexico, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME
2022 Waves, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME
Nurse Logs, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 Gardening Techniques, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME
2019 Lion in the Kitchen, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2017 Fields of Vision, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
2015 Spare Time, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
Clumsy Haikus, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2013 Pitching Rotations, Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Let the World In, CMCA, Rockland, ME
2023 Euphoria, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
2022 The More the Merrier, Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME
A Fresh Greeting is Heard, Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, ME
2019 #4 (Part of the Summer Never Dies), Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME
2017 Nostalgisms, Abel Baker Gallery, Portland, ME
Transporter, Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2016 The Genuine Article, Space Gallery, Portland, ME
Channel Swimmers Drink Brandy, L’Appartement, Paris, FR
IMAGINE, Brand New Gallery, Milan, IT
2015 Art of the Matter!, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, IL
And There Is An End 2, James Harris Gallery, Seattle, WA
I Dropped the Lemon Tart, Lisa Cooley, New York, NY
Flat Sun On A Disc Of Water, Narwhal Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2014 And There Is An End, Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles, CA
2013 ABCOM, four81, New York, NY
2012 MFA 2013 Thesis Show #3, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA