Currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Email : studio@jamesbenjaminfranklin.com
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- Education:
- 1999
- BFA Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
- 1995
- New York Studio School of Painting and Sculpture, New York, NY
- 1994
- Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
- Solo Exhibitions:
- 2010
- Getting There From Here, KRETS, Malmö, Sweden
- 2008
- Sub-Tippy (North Gallery), Clementine, New York, NY
- 2007
- New Paintings, Mogadishni International Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2006
- Ignoring the Signs, Clementine, New York, NY
- New Paintings (East Gallery), Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles, CA
- 2004
- Plants and Animals, Acuna-Hansen, Los Angeles, CA
- General Store, Milwaukee WI
- Group Exhibitions:
- 2012
- Permanent Collection, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY, Curated by Edward del Rosario and Jordin Isip
- FAKES, Tomato House, Brooklyn, NY
- Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Curated by Janet Kurnatowski
- 2011
- Coming and Going: Work from the Collection of Peter Kang, New York Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY, Curated by Donald Johnson-Montenegro
- Permanent Collection, Regina Rex, Brooklyn, NY
- Interior Loot, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI, Curated by Peter Barrickman
- Leisureland, Maloney Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Summer Salt, The Proposition, New York, NY, Curated by Ingrid Dinter
- (Darling) You Send Me..., b9 galerie, Vienna, Austria, Curated by Julie Ryan
- Spaghetti and Beachballs, Studio D'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy (cat.)
- This is Water, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- The Open Daybook, LACE, Los Angeles, CA, Curated by David P. Earle
- 2010
- Casheesh Four, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
- FIAC Art Fair, Paris, France, Galerie Zürcher
- Knock Knock, Needles and Pens, San Francisco, CA
- Strategic Abstraction, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
- Consider The Oyster, James Graham & Sons, New York, NY, Curated by Ingrid Dinter
- Singles, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
- Happily Unhappy, Blanc Compound, Mandaluyong, Philippines, Curated by Jordin Isip and Louie Cordero
- 2009
- Mutant Anxiety, Michael Rosenthal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Wild Feature II, Galerie Zürcher, Paris, France, Curated by Brian Belott
- Casheesh Two, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
- Wild Feature, Studio Zürcher, New York, NY, Curated by Brian Belott
- About Face, Rio Hondo College Art Gallery, Whittier, CA, Curated by Chris Acuna
- 2008
- Presents, Rowley Kennerk Gallery, Chicago, IL
- 2007
- In Full Cry, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, LA, Curated by Matt Leines and Taylor McKimens
- Wu-Tang / Googleplex, Gavin Brown’s Passerby, New York, NY, Curated by Darren Bader
- Phantasmania, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, Curated by Elizabeth Dunbar (cat.)
- Poets on Painters, Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, Curated by Katie Geha (cat.)
- Crystal Crunch, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy, Curated by Taylor McKimens
- 2006
- Go Figure, Mogadishni International Contemporary Art, Aarhus, Denmark
- 2005
- Mystery Meat, Future Prospects Gallery, Quezon City, Philippines, Curated by Jordin Isip
- Let The Players Play, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
- Move #13, Clementine, New York, NY, Curated by Rich Jacobs
- Can't See The Forest, Sixspace, Los Angeles, CA
- 2004
- Under the Influence, Junc Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Taste Like Chicken, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
- Chicago Art Exposition International Invitational, Chicago, IL, Acuna-Hansen
- Stray Show Art Fair, Chicago, IL, General Store
- Drunk vs. Stoned, Gavin Brown's enterprise at Passerby, New York, NY, Curated by General Store
- Fresh Squeezed, Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- 2003
- Scope, Miami ,FL, Acuna-Hansen
- Stray Show Art Fair, Chicago, IL, Milhaus
- Paintingshow, Austrian Art Studio, Chicago, IL
- 2002
- Stray Show Art Fair, Chicago, IL, Daniel Reich
- Milhaus, Deluxe Projects, Chicago, IL
- 1999
- Factory Reject, Ross Farrell Gallery, Pasadena, CA, Curated by Taylor McKimens
- Raw Seeing: Celebrating a Decade of Alumni Exhibitions 1988-1998, New York Studio School, NY
- 1998
- Ways and Means, Miller Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- The Experimenters, Lombard Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY, Curated by Kenny Schachter
- 1987-1997 A Skowhegan Decade, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, NY
- 1996
- Texas Meets New York: Facing the Millennium,” the song remains the same...", Arlington Museum of Art, TX, Curated by Kenny Schachter
- 1994
- 10 X 10, Art Initiatives Gallery, New York, NY
- Bibliography:
- 2011
- Juliet Art Magazine, “Spaghetti and Beachballs”. Paola Vettorazzi, Issue 153, page 98, June-September
- Saatchi Online Magazine, “Reflections On New York’s Art Fair Week”. Doug McClemont, March 8
- Corriere Del Trentino, Cultra & Tempo libero, “Intorno ai 30 anni”. Claudia Gelmi, March 11, page 13, reproduction
- 2010
- City Arts, At the Galleries, “Consider the Oyster”. Maureen Mullarkey, Oct. 13-16, Vol.2, Issue 16, reproduction
- 2009
- San Francisco Chronicle, “Mutant Anxiety: Angst woes in colorful veins”. Patrick Knowles, December 31
- New York Times, Museum and Gallery Listings, “Wild Feature”. Roberta Smith, July 23
- 2008
- The New Yorker, “Galleries-Chelsea”. February 11 & 18, 2008 issue
- 2006
- Beautiful/Decay, “James Franklin at Acuna Hansen”, Mark LeBlanc, Issue: Q, reproduction
- NYArts Magazine, “Suffocating Desire”. Cindy Moore Stockton, September/October Issue, reproduction
- 1997
- New York Times Review, “The Experimenters”. Holland Cotter, January 10
- 1996
- The Dallas Morning News, “New York visits deep in the art of Texas”. Mike Daniel, November 1
- Catalogues: Group Exhibitions:
- 2011
- The Open Daybook: Mark Batty Publisher; Edited by David P. Earle
- Spaghetti and Beachballs: Studio D'Arte Raffaelli, Trento, Italy, Essay by Max Fierst
- 2007
- Phantasmania: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO, Curated by Elizabeth Dunbar
- Poets on Painters: Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS, Curated by Katie Geha
(traveling exhibition)
- 2006
- New American Paintings: Principal Juror -Tumelo Mosaka, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art,
Brooklyn Museum, Pacific Coast Edition, Book #67
- Awards:
- 1994
- Skowhegan Fellowship
