NICK BENFEY
Born 1993, Amherst, MA
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2021 MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY
2015 BA, Fine Art and Art History, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2010 Pre-College, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
EXHIBITIONS (* Solo)
2023 CMCA Biennial, curated by Misa Jeffereis and Sarah Montross, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME
2022 *
Constellations, Moss Gallery, Portland, ME
2022 The Container Garden, curated by Sarah Moore, Sears-Peyton Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Painters Guild, curated by Tessa Krieg, Jesse Morsberger, and Brandon Elijah Johnson, 11 Newel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Heaven (MFA Thesis Show), Hunter College, New York, NY
2021
Frozen Time, Annarumma Gallery, Naples, Italy
2018
The Light Shines Down Toward You,
, with Greta Grant, New System Exhibitions, Portland, ME
2018 Loveseat, with Brendan Shea, Border Patrol, Portland, ME
2017
Nostalgisms, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
2017 Midtoast, curated by John Bisbee, Moss Gallery, Falmouth, ME
2017 Group Show, Portland Mural Initiative, South Portland, ME
2015 Photographs, Blue Box, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
RESIDENCIES
2017 Painting Marathon with Graham Nickson, New York Studio School, New York, NY
CURATORIAL
2017 Nostalgisms, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME
VISITING ARTIST/LECTURE
2017 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
2016 Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
PRESS
Jorge Arango, "Paintings, Photography Cross Dimensions in Portland Solo Shows," Portland Press Herald, December 12, 2022