Education
2013 MFA Studio Art University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario
2005 BFA Studio Art Concordia University w/ Great Distinction, Montreal, Quebec
2002 BA English Literature Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec
Solo Exhibitions
2026 Ville magique, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC
2025 Sentinels and Satellites, Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, NY
2024 What's Next Part II, One River School Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey
2023 What's Next, One River School Gallery, Clark, New Jersey
2022 Spots, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, Quebec
2022 The Mouse Who Saved the World, Sunny NY, New York City, New York
2018 Veilleuses/Night Lights, Research Institute of the MUHC Glen site, Montreal, Quebec
2018 Glider Shifter Bender, Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain, Toronto, Ontario
2018 Shifter Bender Striker, Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain , Montreal, Quebec
2015 Art Toronto Fair, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Toronto, Ontario
2014 Generator, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal, Quebec
2014 Generator, Galerie McClure, Montreal, Quebec
2013 Nocturne, Boardinghouse Gallery, Guelph, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Ecosophy, Georgetown Arts & Cultural Center, Georgetown, CT
2025 Multiple Artists, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC
2025 Worlds Collide (Thank You and Goodnight), 185 Varick, New York, NY
2025 No Regrets, McGolrick Park, Brooklyn, NY
2025 Ocean, Ezra Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2024 Multiple Artists, Galerie Simon Blais, Montreal, QC
2023 Library, Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, New York
2023 La Banda II, Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, New York
2022 Kansa, 8 Salon, Hamburg, Germany
2021 La Banda, Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, New York
2021 Spillover Love/Amour Debordant, Stewart Hall Gallery, Pointe Claire, Quebec
2020 Pictura: Lucky Dip, Maison de-la-culture NDG, Montreal, Quebec
2019 GIFC, The Hole, New York, NY
2018 Fish, Family, Montreal, Quebec
2018 Group Show, Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2017 The Domain Beyond the Territory, Galerie Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain, Montreal, Quebec
2016 Art Toronto Fair, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Toronto, Ontario
2016 Exposition de groupe, Galerie Michel Guimont, Quebec City, Quebec
2016 Tenirs les murs, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal, Quebec
2016 Sightings 17: The Time Of The Work, Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
2016 Back to the Future II, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal, Quebec
2015 Joyce Yahouda, POP-UP, Space Womb Gallery, New York City, NY
2013 In The Outfield, Olga Korper Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2013 CORNER-THRU (Part 3), Choi & Lager Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2013 CORNER-THRU (Part 2), Union Gallery, London Art Fair, London, U.K.
2013 CORNER-THRU (Part 1), Union Gallery, London, U.K.
2012 No Horizons, L.A. Predestrians, Los Angeles Art Platform 2011, CO/LAB section, Los Angeles, California
2010 RBC National Painting Competition, Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario; Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Art Gallery of Northumberland, Cobourg, Ontario; Art Gallery of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
2010 Peinture Extreme, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal, Quebec
2006 Pan! Peinture!, Galerie 36, Quebec City, Quebec
2006 Ghosts of Things That Are, Lambton Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario
2005 Peinture Fraiche, Galerie Art Mur, Montreal, Quebec
2005 Beauty is Hard to Define and Power is Elusive, Galerie Lafabriq, Montreal, Quebec
2005 Monsters and Madmen, Bumper Gallery, Montreal, Quebec
Selected Artist Bibliography
Westall, Mark. "The Mouse Who Saved the World", FAD Magazine 29th April, 2022.
Delgado, Jerome. "Paysages bienveillants”, Le Devoir, 29th December, 2018.
Skene, Cameron. “Shifter Bender Striker” review, Border Crossings
El-Sheik, Tammer. “Shifter Bender Striker” review, Akimbo
Martens, Tess. “Gallery Visit: Ben Klein: Shifter Bender Striker”, Culture Fancier, 2018.
Ruiz-Wilson, Marx. “Ben Klein”, Into This Podcast, 2018.
Enright, Robert. “Embracing the Invisible: Benjamin Klein and the Nature of Painting.” Border Crossings Magazine, 2017.
Bentley Mays, John. “On Certain Paintings by Benjamin Klein. Generator Catalog, 2014.
Johnson, Ashley. “ladybug, Ladybug, Fly Away Home.” Generator Catalog, 2014.
Diehl, Travis. “Corner-Thru”, Corner-Thru Catalog, 2012.
Bentley Mays, John. “In Excess”, International Architecture & Design Magazine, 2011.
Naubert-Riser, Constance. “Attention, peinture!” Vie Des Arts Magazine, Montreal, QC. pp. 80. N. 220, Fall 2010.
Anthony, Robyn. “Beauty At The Bank”. National Post, Toronto, Ont. October 27th, 2010 (AL 4-5).
RBC Painting Competition Catalog, 2010.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. "Sortir du cadre". Le Voir, Montreal, QC. August 12th, 2010.
Mavrikakis, Nicolas. "Peinture Extreme". Catalog Essay, Galerie Joyce Yahouda, Montreal, QC. 2010.
Mays, John Bentley. "Extreme Painting". Canadian Art Magazine, Toronto, Ont. pp. 74-78. Summer, 2010.
Levesque, Sarah. "Le Reveil D'Une Ville (L'art contemporain celebre l'audace d'une ville et de ses artistes avec Peinture Extreme)". Nightlife Magazine, Montreal, QC. #117, pg. 70, 2010.
Cote, Natalie. "Atelier Ouvert". Le Soleil, Quebec City, QC. August 5th, 2006 (A15).
Robinet, Karen. "Work of Montreal Artists to be Featured". Sarnia and Lambton Observer, Sarnia, Ont. February 17th, 2006 (B4).
Plotek, Leopold. "Ghosts of Things That Are". Catalog Essay, Lambton Gallery, 2006.
Lehmann, Henry. "It's All On The Surface". Montreal Gazette, Montreal, QC. August 20th, 2005 (W3).
Krstich, Vesna. "Thoughts on the work of Hage and Klein". Catalog Essay for "Beauty is Hard to Define, and Power is Elusive". Galerie Lafabriq, Montreal, QC. 2005.
Hanspal, Vrajesh. Catalog Essay, Galerie Lafabriq, 2005.
Watts, Joseph. "Art Matters". McGill Daily, Montreal, QC. March 21st, 2005 (20).
Selected Curatorial Bibliography
El-Sheikh, Tammer. "Star Rider at Deux Poissons", Akimbo, 2018.
Kozinska, Dorota. “Come As You Are”, at Antoine Ertaskiran, Vie Des Arts, 2017.
The Gaze. “Come As You Are”, at Antoine Ertaskiran, Ion Magazine, 2017.
Robichaud, Genevieve. In Conversation with Benjamin Klein : Fabrications a Pop-Up Show. Lemon Hound. Montreal, Quebec, November 22nd, 2013.
Neumann, Helene Brunet. "Bonnie Baxter Le Voyage Mémoriel". Vie des Arts Magazine. Montréal, Québec, April 2010. No. 218, p. 64-65
Charron, Marie-Éve. "Stratégies diverses". Journal Le Devoir, Montréal, Québec. April 25th, 2010. P.15
Rahman, Ali. "Sense of Enlightenment". The Hour, Montreal, QC. January 14th, 2010.
Callaghan, Lori. "Montreal Galleries Driven to Abstraction". Montreal Gazette, Montreal, QC. July 2nd, 2010.
Jackson, Sacha. "Spirited Solo". Montreal Mirror, Montreal, QC. March 5th, 2009.
Campbell, James D. "Christian Knudsen". Canadian Art Magazine, Toronto, Ont. Summer 2009, pp. 98-99.
Tousignant, Issa. "Divide and Conquer". The Hour, Montreal, QC. july 17th, 2008.
Roberts, Lorne. "Go Team!" Montreal Mirror, Montreal, QC. May 29th 2008. Vol.23 No.49.
Awards and Scholarships
SSHRC, Joseph-Armand Bombardie Canada Graduate Scholarship
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
FQRSC Graduate Scholarship
RBC National Painting Competition Finalist
Concordia University Guido Molinari Prize in Studio Arts
Collections
Senvest
Majudia/Arsenal
MUHC/CUSM Glen
Private Collections