BEN CHASE
RÉSUMÉ
 
    EDUCATION
    1981 MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
    1976 BFA, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA
    SOLO EXHIBITIONS
    2005

HAUS, Pasadena, CA

    1994 Food House, Los Angeles, CA
    1993 Bliss, Pasadena, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2002 "From the Edge", Sperone Westwater Gallery (benefit show), New York, NY
2000 Group show (curated by T. Dimitris Chandler), Basic Plumbing, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Group show (juried by Connie Butler), Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  Window installation (curated by Ed De La Torre), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE), Los Angeles, CA
  "Striking Distance" (organized by Mitchell Syrop), internet site installation (www.strikingdistance.com)
1996 "True Bliss" (curated by Kenneth Riddle), LACE, Los Angeles, CA
  "Chance" (curated by Sarah Gavlak & Pam Strugar), Whiskey Pete's Casino, Primm, NV
1995 Group show (curated by Larry Johnson), Marc Foxx Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  "Paradise Found - Project X", Occidental College Amphitheater, Los Angeles, CA
1994 "Anniversary Show", Food House, Los Angeles, CA
  Courtyard installation, Sue Spaid Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Group show, (curated by Richard Kuhlenschmidt), Loose Slots, Las Vegas, NV
  Courtyard installation, Sue Spaid Fine Arts, Los Angeles, CA
1991 "In Memory of Nature", Marymount College, New York, NY
1990 "Harvest 2001", Aljira Gallery, Newark, NJ
1988 "Made in New York", Rastovski Gallery, New York, NY
1987

"The New Who's Who" (curated by Marvin Heiferman), Hoffman Borman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

"Skeptical Beliefs", Bergman Gallery, Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
1986 Group show, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
  "Fresh Fruit", A & P Gallery, New York, NY
  "4 x 4 - Artists Pick Artist" (selected by Jenny Holzer), Jus de Pomme Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Video showing, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
  "Collaborations", Alternative Museum, New York, NY
  "TV Works", Los Angeles Institute for Contemporary Art (LAICA), Los Angeles, CA
1984 "Sign on a Truck" (curated by Jenny Holzer), multiple viewing locations, New York, NY
 

Lecture and exhibition, Werkstaff fur Fotografie, VHS Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany

  "Tyler Alumnae Invitational - Fiftieth Anniversary", Philadelphia, PA
  "Kunst und Massenmedien", Vienna, Austria
  "West Coasters" (curated by Bruce & Norman Yonemoto), Hara Museum and Image/Form, Tokyo, Japan
  Video showing, The Kitchen, New York, NY
  "Lately in LA" (curated by Kathy Huffman), Washington Project fot the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1983 "Headhunters" (curated by Patti Podesta), Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA
AWARDS
1985 New York Foundation for the Arts
1983 National Endowment for the Arts grant
RESIDENCIES
1989 MacDowell Colony, New Hampshire
1987 Dorland Colony, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Catania, Sara. "Naked Hostility." LA Weekly February 21, 1997.
Knight, Christopher. "A Cultural Self-Portrait, Warts and All." LA Herald Examiner August 7, 1987.
Christy, George. "The Great Life." Hollywood Reporter August 6, 1987.
"Sign on a Truck." Art in America January 1986.
Herman, Cheryl A. "The East Village." Art News June 1986.
Podesta, Patti. "Notes from LA." Lower Depths Magazine April 3, 1984.
"Headhunters" catalog, November 1983.
    Drohojowska, Hunter. "Ben Chase's Obsured Objects of Desire." LA Weekly February 7, 1983.
    Askey, Ruth. "Video at Beyond Baroque, LACE." Images and Issues Magazine September 1982.
    Bishop, Joe. "Pick of the Week." LA Weekly April 9, 1982.