Born in 1982
Lives and works in Midway, KY

EDUCATION
2004 BFA, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011

• “Ben Durham: Text Portraits”, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY; Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2004

• “Old Friends, Half-Forgotten”, Fort Gondo Compound for the Arts, St. Louis, MO

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010

• “Pictures & Statues”, Country Club, Cincinnati, OH
• “About Face”, curated by Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, AADA Art Show, New York, NY

2009

• “20 Years: Anniversary Exhibition”, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY
• “Creating Identity: Portraits Today”, 21c Museum, Louisville, KY
• “Two x Two for AIDS and Art”, Exhibition and Charity Auction, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX

2008

• “Ben Durham and Storm Tharp”, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York, NY

2007

• “Shape of Words”, Transylvania University’s Morlan Gallery, Lexington, KY
• “generatioNEXT”, Lexington Art League’s Loudoun House Gallery, Lexington, KY
• “Some Kind of Portrait”, curated by Simon Watson, Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA

2006

• “Art in Display”, curated by Kristyna Comer, Division Street storefronts, Chicago, IL

2004

• “Bullseye”, Gallerie Soleil, Lexington, KY

SELECTED AWARD/LECTURES
2010

• Artist in residence, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2009

• Al Smith Individual Artist Fellowship in Visual Arts, KY Arts Council
• Summer Residency, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, IL

2008

• Independent Artist Project Grant, KY Arts Council

2004

• Huntsinger Memorial Prize in Painting, Washington University in St. Louis School of Art
• The Jeffrey Frank Wacks Award in Painting, Washington University in St. Louis School of Art