BEN DILLER

1007 3rd St#1

Davis, CA  95616

Tel:  530.297.1545

tenpennystudios@hotmail.com

 

Born

         1969  Cleveland, Ohio

 

 

Education

2000-2002  Currently enrolled in the MFA Program(Art Studio), University of

                     California, Davis

1987-1992   B.F.A. Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, Ohio-Painting Major,

                     Sculpture Minor

1990             Independent Study, AICA New York Studio Program, New York, NY

 

One Person Exhibitions

1997  O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY

1996  ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL

1994  Maxwell’s Café, Hoboken, NJ

 

 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2002  Bay Area Student Sculpture Biennial, San Francisco, CA

2002  Ink & Clay 28, Kellogg University Art Gallery, Pomona, CA

2002  Artists Valentines, Richard L. Nelson Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA

2001  Art Bowl, b. Sakata Garo Gallery, Sacramento,  CA

2001  Holiday Arts Festival, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

2001  Mine, Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA

2001  Introductions, Basement Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA

2001  Prepwork, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA

2000  Mind’s Eye, Memorial Union Art Gallery, UC Davis, Davis, CA

2001  Works on Paper, Zone One Contemporary Art Gallery, Asheville, NC

1998  Staff Art Show, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

1998  Best of BWAC, Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1996  Trial By Water, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1996  Recycled Material, Repeated Form, Rockefeller Center Gallery, New York, NY

1996  Actual Art (In a Virtual World), Seton Hall Law School, Newark, NJ

1995  The Next Generation, Gen Art Exhibit, Café Aubette, New York, NY

1995  New Members Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

1995  Three Rivers Art Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

1995  Pier III Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY

 

 

Selected Collections

Chase Manhattan Bank, New York, NY

Kellogg Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA

Patti Paolella, Rocky River, Ohio

 

Publications

Web catalogue: http://art.ucdavis.edu/Mfa2002/index.htm

 

Devorah L. Knaff, A fine mingling of ceramics and ink, The Press-Enterprise,

2002, Jan 31, E.1

 

Web catalogue: http://www.csupomona.edu/~kellogg_gallery/inkclay28/inkclay28.html

 

Claire St. John, Innovative seminar concept produces insightful art from Graduate students, California Aggie, 2000, Nov 20, p. 1

 

Elizabeth Neuman, Ben Diller show at OK Harris Gallery, Review, 1997, Dec 15,

pp.22-23

 

J. Bowyer Bell, Ben Diller, Robyn Wohl, Greg Constantine, William Nichols, Mon

Levinson, Review, 1997, Dec 15, pp. 36-38

 

Fred Camper, Deliberate Imperfections, Chicago Reader, 1996, Sept 13, p.37

 

Eileen Watkins, City Without Walls Exhibit, New Jersey Star Ledger, 1995, Oct

15, p. 23

 

 

Awards, Grants and Scholarships

2002  Artist in Residence, Sculpture Space Inc, Utica, NY

2001  Mary Foote Fellowship, Artist in Residence, Mary Anderson Center,

          Mount St. Francis, Indiana

2001  Block Grant, UC Davis, Davis, CA

2000  Block Grant, UC Davis, Davis, CA

1998  Artist in Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

1997  Artist in Residence, Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos, New Mexico

1994  Individual Artist Fellowship, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio

1992  First Agnes Gund Memorial  Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art,

          Cleveland, Ohio