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Ben Schonberger is a visual artists and educator working in Pittsburgh, PA. He has exhibited his projects nationally and internationally and his work is part of public and private collections including The Detroit Institute of Arts Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and The Toledo Museum of Art. Ben’s self-published photobooks can be found in the MoMA Library, The Cleveland Museum of Art Library and The Arts Library at Yale University.
Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
FOAM Talent
Hyperallergic
The Anamorphosis Prize
The Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo 2013
Solo Exhibitions
Perfect Safety: ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2020
Beautiful Pig: Filter Space, Chicago, IL, 2018
Beautiful Pig: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, 2017
Beautiful Pig: River House Arts, Toledo, OH 2016
Hammer: The Muted Horn, Cleveland, OH, 2016
Select Group Exhibitions
The Grandeur of Power: curated by Eric Shiner, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2023
Zodiac; Garden Party: Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2022
Extending a Hand: curated by Imin Yeh, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2021
Beyond Our Means: curated by Brian Carpenter, The Muted Horn, Cleveland, OH, 2019
Raw Hide: curated by Ian Breidenbach, The Neon Heater, Findlay, OH, 2018
Foam Talent: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany, 2018
Foam Talent: Beaconsfield Gallery, London, England, 2018
Silver Eve Auction Preview Exhibition: Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018
Foam Talent: Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
Where Light Goes II: curated by Brian Carpenter, CVA Gallery, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2018
Collecting Now / Recent Acquisitions: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, 2017
In Accuracy: UnSmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA, 2017
Foam Talent: Foam Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017
On Freedom: curated by For Freedoms, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, 2017
Athens Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition: The Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2017
On The Shelf: juried by Kelli Connell, Filter Space, Chicago, IL, 2016
TOGETHER / ALONE: Embassy, Los Angeles, CA, 2016
GuatePhoto International Photography Festival: Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2015
Paris Photo- Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards Exhibition: IMA Gallery + IMA Concept Store, Tokyo, Japan, 2015
(e)merge Art Fair, Artist Platform: Capital Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC, 2014
INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 2014
In Translation: three person show, curated by Stuart Horodner, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 2014
Paris Photo- Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards Exhibition: Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, 2013
Paris Photo- Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards: Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2013
VOX XI Juried Exhibition: curated by Hilary Harkness, VOX POPULI, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
Hot New Pics: Center Gallery, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS, 2012
A Life, Still: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, 2012
Honors + Awards
Selected: Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist, photolucida, 2020
Selected: The Incline Who’s Next 2019 Education, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019
Recipient: Greater Pittsburgh Artists Council Artist Opportunity Grant, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018
FOAM Talent: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017
Shortlisted: jury special mention by Anouk Kruithof, The Anamorphosis Prize, Old Greenwich, CT, 2015
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