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January 2019
INVITATIONAL EXHIBITION
Zac Benson 

Artist Statement
My work serves a purpose.
My studio is where I navigate current happenings, personal beliefs, and anthropological perspectives, while allowing myself to concentrate on the ones that grip my attention. I toil over aspects of life and society that are concerning, meaningful, or just overwhelming. I want the viewer to have the opportunity to grapple with these ideas as well. My work is the conduit through which I raise awareness and evoke empathy towards people and happenings. As an artist, I want to be the one that speaks, and ultimately, I want my art to declare that I stand for something, that I stood up for someone, and that I allowed their voices to be heard.

To Stand for Nothing and Stand Up For No One (2015) 7’ x 6’ x 25’ Microfiche, ink, gold thread
Their Cause is My Cause (2017) varying dimensions Red Oak, Pine, gold beads, patina
Torn Between One Way and Another (2016) 8’ x 25’ Engraved cork board
Wages of War (2015) 6’ x 15’ Digital prints
I’m With You to the End (2018) 28” x 16” x 4” (ea.) Church pew fabric and foam
Looking at Life Through Rose-Colored Glasses (2015) 12” x 63” x 3” Used Communion cups, acrylic glass
Unavailing Regulation (2016) 22” x 120” x 3” Glass vials, acrylic glass, ink, clay, water
The One I Could Accept (2018) 32” x 18’ x 3” Fabric and bleach
Unavailing Regulation (2016) 22” x 120” x 3” Glass vials, acrylic glass, ink, clay, water
Wrestling with My Roots (2015) 5’ x 1’ x 1’ Metal fencing, acrylic paint

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Zac Benson is an international artist who has shown in Taiwan, Bulgaria, and throughout the United States. He has also had public commissions in Australia, California, New York, and Washington, D.C.. His gallery work deals with the relationship between his personal faith and beliefs and his engagement with society while his public sculptures deal with the traditional relationship of scale and form. He graduated with his B.F.A. in sculpture from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville in 2011 and an M.F.A. in Studio Art from The University of Maryland in 2017. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Cedarville University where he teaches sculpture and ceramics.​

​For inquiries contact the artists directly:
731.616.1206
zacbenson1@gmail.com
1865 State Route 343
Yellow Springs, OH 45387

https://zacbenson.com/
https://www.instagram.com/zac.benson/?hl=en
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