Benjamin Terry
Benjamin Terry, Coral Snake, 2011, graphite, enamel on wood
Benjamin Terry received his BFA from the University of North Texas, where he will graduate with an MFA in Drawing and Painting from in 2013. Terry has studied with Matt Bourbon, Annette Lawrence, Robert Jessup, and Vincent Falsetta and is represented locally by Ro2 Art. In 2011, The artist's work was published in New American Paintings, Vol. 96, and in 2012, Benjamin Terry received the prestigious Arch and Anne Giles Kimbrough Award, presented by The Dallas Museum of Art.
Artist Statement
My current work combines representational images and the chaos of ephemeral composition. I play with various thoughts and emotions that pass through my mind at any given moment. Working with memory, fantasy, dreams and time, I use multiple selves to create a narrative sequence that reflect on ideas of internal conflict, self doubt and emotional trauma. My painted figures escape the confines of naturalism and flirt with ideas of abstraction. Like a memory or dream, parts of the narrative become blurred or fragmented--and the original thought is always transformed. Their evolutions, whether through multiplicity, incompleteness or obliteration, imply that my subjects are odd fragments of a half- forgotten memory.
Selected Shows
2012 Not Really There - Solo Exhibition
Ro2 Art Uptown Gallery, Dallas, Texas
Fracture [w/ Giovanni Valderas] | Curated by Ryder Richards
Lago Vista Gallery, Dallas, TX
2011 Fresh Meat | Juried by Cris Worley and Eric Swenson
500x, Dallas, TX
Now | Juried by Vincent Falsetta and Ed Blackburn
Lightwell Gallery, Denton, TX
Art in the Metroplex | Juried by Toby Kamps
Moody Gallery, Ft Worth, TX
110 Degrees | Group Show | Cohn Drennan Contemporary
Dallas, TX
Recent Drawings | with Blayre Stiller | Union Gallery
Denton, TX
35th Annual Student Art Competition | Juried by David Iles
Union Gallery | Best in Show, Denton, TX
2010 College Expo | Juried by Andrea Karnes |
500X, Dallas, TX
2009 Senior Exit Show | Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Recent Paintings | Solo Show | Union Gallerym Denton, TX
Senior Painting Show | Lightwell Gallerym Denton, TX
P.A.N.T.S. Open | Cora Stafford Gallery, Denton, TX
Publications
2011 New American Paintings Vol. 96 | West Issue
Bibliography
2011 Richards, Ryder. More Proves Better. http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2011/10/art-review-more-proves-better-at-500xs-energetic-college-show-fresh-meat/
Camplin, Todd. 110 Degrees. | moderdallas.net/todd_camplin_weekly.html
Simek, Lucia. Two’s a Crowd: Summer Group Shows (ultra-filtered). | glasstire.com/2011/07/11/
Teaching
2011 Teaching Assistant: Drawing 2 | University of
North Texas
Administrative Assistant: Drawing 2 | University of
North Texas
Education
2013 MFA: Drawing and Painting | University of North Texas
Studied with: Matt Bourbon, Annette Lawrence, Robert Jessup, Vincent Falsetta
2010 BFA: Drawing and Painting | University of North Texas