BENJAMIN DEGEN STUDIO

Hello Weatherspoon Museum! Went to Greensboro, North Carolina to check out the Art on Paper show. Thank you @emilystamey for the tour (and for curating such a cool show!) …………………………….. 1) Three of my ink paintings on paper hanging next to Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski’s piece. 2) “The one time I dreamed it, it came true” Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski 3) Ivana Milojevic Beck @ivanambeck 4) Eric Hibit’s @erichibit grid of ink paintings next to May Tveit’s @maytveit sculptural cardboard piece. 5) Eleanor Annand @eleanorannand made from paper and pulp 6) Julia Rooney pieces made from repurposed newspapers. 7) Sherrill Roland “Artforus: November 2013-Summer 2014 Issues” 2018. Made from Artforum magazines and correspondence Sherrill received over 10 months while wrongly incarcerated. @sherrillroland 8) I saw these @robyn_oneil pieces at @susaninglettgallery a few years ago and almost broke my eyeballs staring at them, thinking I wouldn’t get another chance to see them again. Hi Robyn Oneil drawings! Good to see you again! 9) Weeping Women by @ellenlesperance reclaiming Picasso’s images (His originals, though virtuosic paintings, I always saw as abusive celebrations of his ability to make his lovers cry) 10) Look at this bench! @wamuncg has some nice furniture. There were a lot of people in the gallery enjoying the art and furniture with me, though I didn’t take pictures of them. ……………………………. I’m grateful to be part of this show and to be hanging with all these great artists. Props to everyone I didn’t get to include pics of. (at Weatherspoon Art Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CShQhPGMyqP/?utm_medium=tumblr

Art on Paper 2021 is open at the Weatherspoon Art Museum. I’m excited to have my papers hanging alongside all the excellent artists in this show. …………………………… Thanks to @wamuncg and @emilystamey who curated the exhibition. The show is up through November 27, 2021. Full info below from the Weatherspoon: The Weatherspoon is pleased to announce the 46th presentation of Art on Paper. A time-honored museum tradition, the exhibition features the work of artists who demonstrate the breadth of ways in which one can deploy the humble media of paper to extraordinary ends. From quiet observations amid quarantine, to surreal reflections on hybrid identities, to probing inquiries into the historical roots of racism, the artworks in this year’s installation offer us not only compelling images but creative entry points into urgent conversations. Art on Paper 2021 features work by the following artists: Eleanor Annand (Asheville, NC); Ivana Milojevic Beck, MFA ‘16 (Raleigh, NC); Terry Berkowitz (New York, NY); Julie Buffalohead (St. Paul, MN); Benjamin Degen (New York, NY); Al Denyer (Salt Lake City, UT); Gonzalo Fuenmayor (Miami, FL); Harrison Haynes (Chapel Hill, NC); Eric Hibit (Ridgewood, NY); Ellen Lesperance (Portland, OR); Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski (New York, NY); Nate Lewis (New York, NY); Chieko Murasugi (Chapel Hill, NC); Carmen Neely, MFA ‘16 (Chicago, IL); Robyn O’Neil (Washington State); Sherrill Roland, MFA ‘17 (Durham, NC); Julia Rooney (New York, NY); Leah Sobsey (Chapel Hill, NC); May Tveit (Lawrence, KS); Louis Watts (Burlington, KS). Organized by Dr. Emily Stamey, Curator of Exhibitions. (at Weatherspoon Art Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CR6urHgFkdU/?utm_medium=tumblr

It was great to see Adriana and Yuri’s talk at Mother Gallery yesterday. .................................. Their show ‘Altered States’ has been extended through July 4th. This is a don’t-miss show! Cool catalog too. .................................. #mothergallery #adrianafarmiga #yurimasnyj #alteredstates @mothergallery @farmiga @yuri_masnyj (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQrdmDIF2w2/?utm_medium=tumblr

‘From the Inside Looking Out: The Artist’s Pandemic Studio’ is now up in Susan Inglett Gallery’s online viewing rooms. ....................................... It features Hope and me working together in our apartment as well as Robyn O’Neil and Ryan Wallace making work in their respective studios. ..................................... Check it out in the viewing rooms at Inglett gallery.com .................................. @susaninglettgallery @hopeloff @robyn_oneil @yearmillion #susaninglettgallery #hopegangloff #benjamindegen #robynoneill #ryanwallace (at SUSAN INGLETT GALLERY) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3rrz7FWlI/?utm_medium=tumblr

Halsey McKay Gallery is celebrating 10 years of putting on shows, collaborating with artists and generally working their tails off to make beautiful things happen. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 Viva la Artist run gallery spaces!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ If you’re out East this weekend, check out the celebration. You can peep this painting “Shell on a Sill” and then hit the beach for rill. The show is up through June 21st at @halseymckaygallery and features: Josh Abelow, Polly Apfelbaum, Glen Baldridge, Lisha Bai, Gina Beavers, Bianca Beck, Timothy Bergstrom, Jean-Baptiste Bernadet, Colby Bird, Ben Blatt, Patrick Brennan, Ernesto Burgos, Ryan Travis Christian, Graham Collins, John Copeland, Anne-Lise Coste, Steven Cox, David Kennedy Cutler, Benjamin Degen, Alexander Deschamps, Alex Dodge, Chris Duncan, Sally Egbert, Cory Escoto, Arielle Falk, Elise Ferguson, Rachel Foullon, Saskia Friedrich, Joe Fyfe, Ted Gahl, Hope Gangloff, Henry Glavin, Bryan Graf, Ethan Greenbaum, Joanne Greenbaum, Joseph Hart, Elias Hansen, Hilary Harnischfeger, Virva Hinnemo, An Hoang, Sheree Hovsepian, Raymie Iadevaia, Jodie Vicenta Jacobson, David-Jeremiah, Matt Kenny, Matthew Kirk, Andrew Kuo, Denise Kupferschmidt, Jennie Jieun Lee, Jose Lerma, Hanna Liden, Christian Little, Lauren Luloff, Charlie Ly, Adam Marnie, Eddie Martinez, Sam Moyer, Keegan McHargue, Augusutus Nazzaro, Shaun O’Dell, Scott Olson, Hilary Pecis, Ann Pibal, Eli Ping, Walter Price, Joey Piziali, Nathlie Provosty, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Matt Rich, Mariah Robertson, Brion Nuda Rosch, Adrianne Rubenstein, Andrew Schoultz, Beverley Semmes, Shelter Serra, Kate Shepherd, David B. Smith, Ruby Sky Stiler, Ryan Steadman, Kianja Strobert, Mika Tajima, Richard Tinkler, Betty Tompkins, Johannes VanDerBeek , William Villalongo, Jessica Vaughn, Wilmer Wilson IV, Miranda Fengyuan Zhang, Almond Zigmund https://www.instagram.com/p/CPtP69OFL08/?utm_medium=tumblr

Thank you Gabe Avis for inviting me to speak with your art class at @trinitypawlingschool this morning! Gabe and I met by chance at me and Hope’s show at @mothergallery last month, and he invited me to visit his class. It is great to see art-making happening in the high school classroom. Art’s ability to make us human and it’s capacity to save the world is important, and should be taught in every school!!! Thanks again for inviting me to be part of it. Reposting from @gabriel.avis.art Beyond thrilled to have @benjamindegenstudio visit our advanced art class, virtually, this morning. Ben discussed his previous works, gave us a tour of his new studio (his apartment bedroom!), and spoke at length about the importance of learning and making art in society. I’m sure my students were very thankful to have a break from my voice and mannerisms. I met Ben the closing day of his show at @mothergallery . He was thrilled to hear about TP’s thriving art department and wanted to drop in on our class. Fast forward a few weeks and... here he is! How serendipitous?! Thanks so much, Ben. Good luck with your new show at @collezione_maramotti this fall. Sadly a field trip to Italy is outside our budget! Maybe we’ll swing by your new Beacon studio next fall. (at Trinity-Pawling School) https://www.instagram.com/p/CO0gIDcFKAt/?igshid=1ud2s49ay39eh

Thank you to everyone who came to see me & Hope’s show at Mother Gallery! 🙏 Thank you Mother for being host and meeting place- bringing us together after this quarantined time apart. 🙏 ———————— And thank you to everyone who got Mother Packs on our Merch Table. We are SOLD OUT!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 But stay tuned... we’re going to re-up and put some new things on the Table soon! @mothergallery @hopeloff #mothergallery #hopegangloff #benjamindegen #merchtable (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNp3NvzlOAH/?igshid=sz1pdib6etou

Today is the LAST DAY to catch 𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 at Mother Gallery in Beacon, NY. ———————— Hope and I had a strange and beautiful year alone together in quarantine, making the pieces in this show. We supported each other and helped each other in the studio, which in this case was our shared apartment. I never would have had the courage to glue a five by six foot piece of mulberry paper to a wood panel in one shot if I didn’t have Hope’s hands helping me. ————————— I also never would have gotten this late-night video where she caught me playing ice cream truck music to the paintings in my bedroom studio. @mothergallery @hopeloff #mothergallery #hopegangloff #benjamindegen (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNiDz8bliss/?igshid=r8d9nlhk5jv1

Last weekend to see 𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 at Mother Gallery in Beacon, NY. ————————— For the past year Hope and I have been a painting quaranteam. Our apartment became a wall to wall studio. When it got too tight in here we moved the studio outside. ————————— Hope painted ‘A whole day at the orchard’ from a day we spent at Stone Ridge Orchard where we were celebrating an abundant apple season. @mothergallery @hopeloff @stoneridgeorchard #mothergallery #hopegangloff #benjamindegen #stoneridgeorchards (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNfczKllSv-/?igshid=1hfn49ts959fr

There are eight million pieces of collaged paper in the Moon City... but who’s counting? This painting took over the apartment multiple times as I reworked the layers of mulberry paper that make up the base of the painting. ————————— ‘Moon City’ is on view in 𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧, me and Hope’s show at Mother Gallery. FINAL WEEK! The show is up through this weekend. ————————— @mothergallery @hopeloff #mothergallery #hopegangloff #benjamindegen (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNXfgKElTfr/?igshid=1w6fls25xhx5s

Last week to catch 𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 at Mother Gallery, Beacon, NY. The paintings that Hope and me made while in quarantine together this past year, is up through April 11th. ————————— ☝️ some process pics of ‘Moon Shadows’ coming together in the bedroom turned studio. (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNSy2f4ldXC/?igshid=1rhir6h7isosq

Reposting from @paola_oxoa who took this great picture at Mother Gallery. Sunset shadows on Ben Degen’s “Moon Shadows” I love this painting! ppl—just a few weeks left to see “Alone Together” w @hopeloff & @benjamindegenstudio @mothergallery 🌚❣️ (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CNAet2_Fhp6/?igshid=1tcc4ro97xlde

🚨Merch Table Alert🚨 .................................. MOTHER PACKS are here! These mothers are packed with 8 vivid postcards featuring paintings from me and Hope’s show ‘Alone Together.’ All packed in a cool wrapper. ................................... The packs are available at our online Merch Table. (LINK IN BIO) .................................. The show is up through April 11 at Mother Gallery, Beacon NY. You can get packs at the gallery too. 😎👍 @hopeloff @mothergallery #hopegangloff #benjamindegen #postcards #mothergallery #merchtable (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM54txXlRum/?igshid=iclb2u60e2ie

Thank you @artforum for mentioning “Alone Together.” The show of Hope and my paintings is up at Mother Gallery through April 11. ———————————— This is one of Hope’s: ‘September Plant Report’ 36x48in. Acrylic on canvas 2021. ———————————— We made postcard sets of the pieces in the show, available at the gallery and our online merch Table. Coming soon... @hopeloff @mothergallery (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CM2bLINFrVJ/?igshid=x05oby1dzc2a

Me and Hope’s show 𝘼𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙜𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 is up at Mother Gallery. ———————— The gallery is open Thursday and Friday from 10 am to 3 pm and Saturday from 12 to 5 pm. ————————Come see these paintings irl with the beautiful spring light coming in off the river! @mothergallery @hopeloff (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMlKn0TFUZH/?igshid=3fv0i8zxuz46

Guide. 38x48in. Ink on mulberry paper. 2021. .................................... This one is up in Hope and my show: ‘Alone Together’ at Mother Gallery through April 11. ....................................... It’s hanging in a secret place. You may need to ask @mothergallery to show it to you. 🤫 (at Mother Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMe8FifltFm/?igshid=ivw1d9mvpivh