Benjamin Klein was born in Chicago and grew up in Montreal.
He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and Montreal, Quebec.
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
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
Glider Shifter Bender
Pierre-Francois Ouellette art contemporain
Toronto, Ontario
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
Generator
Galerie McClure
Montreal, Quebec
2013
Nocturne
Boardinghouse Gallery
Guelph, Ontario
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021
La Banda
Tappeto Volante
Brooklyn, New York
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
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
Exposition de groupe
Galerie Michel Guimont
Quebec City, Quebec
Tenirs les murs
Galerie Joyce Yahouda
Montreal, Quebec
Sightings 17: The Time Of The Work
Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery
Montreal, Quebec
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
CORNER-THRU (Part 3)
Choi & Lager Gallery
Cologne, Germany
CORNER-THRU (Part 2)
Union Gallery, London Art Fair
London, U.K.
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.
Peinture Extreme
Galerie Joyce Yahouda
Montreal, Quebec
2006
Pan! Peinture!
Galerie 36
Quebec City, Quebec
Ghosts of Things That Are
Lambton Gallery
Sarnia, Ontario
2005
Peinture Fraiche
Galerie Art Mur
Montreal, Quebec
Beauty is Hard to Define and Power is Elusive
Galerie Lafabriq
Montreal, Quebec
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