RESUME
Born in 1978, Idaho
Lives in Brooklyn, NY
EDUCATION
2007 MFA, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow UK
2002 BA, University of Massachusetts Boston, USA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Stranger, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL
All Ways Always, Jeff Bailey Gallery, Hudson, NY
2013
ltd los angeles presents…Benny Merris, ltd los angeles, LA
2011
Kunsthal Rotterdam (site-specific painting commission), Rotterdam, Netherlands
2010
Happy As An Asteroid, Push Galerie, Montreal
Bubble and Squeak, Glasgow International, Arch 1, curated by Jim Lambie
ECSTAT!C !NS!STANCE, Solo Booth at Amsterdam Art Fair with Cokkie Snoei
2009
Maximalism: Phase Three, The Project Room, Glasgow UK
SUPER DEUTSCHLAND BOOGIE WOOGIE 78, MAXHANSDANIEL, Berlin DE
Meaningism, Sweet Geranium Gallery, Glasgow UK
I Think I Don't When I Do But Uhhh, The Brunswick Hotel, Glasgow UK
2007
Maximalism: Phase Two, inter/media gallery, Glasgow UK
2006
Territory, E.S.U. Gallery (Edinburgh Festival) Edinburgh UK
2003
It Doesn’t Matter, Espresso Royale, Boston USA
September, The Moan and Dove, Amherst USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013
Outside The Lines, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, curated by Dean Daderko, Houston, TX
As Tears Go By, Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Element, Rudiments, and Principles, Boston University Art Gallery, curated By Kate McNamara and Dana Frankfort, Boston, MA
Pleinairism, Walter Phillips Gallery, curated by Kitty Scott and Silke Otto Knapp, Banff CAN
Mind The Gap, ff Konzepte zu Aktueller Kunst curated by Veit Rieber, Frankfurt, Germany
Mind The Gap, ff Konzepte zu Aktueller Kunst curated by Veit Rieber, Frankfurt, Germany
The End, Beginnings, Brooklyn, NY
The End, Beginnings, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Bred and Fed, Shoot The Lobster @ BS Gallery, Iowa City, IW
5 Positions, WWTWO Project Space, Montreal, Canada
Artypes Portrait Salon, Public Assembly, Brooklyn NY
Artypes Still Life Salon, Wandering Around Wondering, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Way Out Is The Way Out, Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh curated by Jamie Kenyon
Die Die Die, Member’s show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Non-Invasive Pioneers (with Bas Zoontjens), Cokkie Snoie Gallery, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Neither Bird Nor Fish (with/ Ragnar Jonasson), SWG3, Glasgow, Scotland
2008
You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever, Galerie LHK, curated by Lindsey Hanlon, Paris, France
You Should Be On Holiday, Member’s Show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Future Greats, Salon Gallery, London, England
A Painting, A Guitar, A Wig And A Wheelie Bag, curated by Jim Lambie, Glasgow, Scotland
The State, A. Vermin in association with Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art curated by Alhena Katsof, Glasgow, Scotland
2007
No Way Out, Living Art Museum, Rekjyavik, Iceland
Furthermore, Artnews Projects, Berlin, Germany
MFA Degree show, Tramway, Glasgow, Scotland
Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World, Low Salt, Glasgow, Scotland
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
2006
Solo, Member’s Show, Transmission, Glasgow, Scotland
MFA Interim Show, Macintosh Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
De Kunstvlaii 6, Westergas Fabriek, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mercury Art Prize, The Hospital Gallery, London, England
Royal Scottish Academy Student Exhibition, Edinburgh, Scotland
The Russian Doll Show, Assembly Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
2005
It Shouldn’t Matter, The Moan and Dove, Amherst , MA
2004
The Otherside, The Otherside, Boston, MA
Annual Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Boston, MA
2002
Boston Printmakers Biennale, 808 Gallery. Boston, MA
Annual Show, Jamaica Plain Open Studios, Boston, MA
2001
Guest Show, Kingston Gallery, Boston, MA
AWARDS AND GRANTS
2009
British Arts Council Travel Grant
Scottish Arts Council Amsterdam Residency (shortlisted)
2007
Glasgow Sculpture Studios Graduate Award
2006
Royal Scottish Academy DCA Data Solutions Prize for Painting
RESIDENCIES
2012
The Banff Centre – Summer Thematic Residency w/ Jan Verwoert and Silke Otto-Knapp
2000
University of Massachusetts Boston Summer Residency on Nantucket
COLLECTIONS
AkzoNobel Art Collection
PERFORMANCE
2001-2004
Kaiju Big Battel. Japanese monster combat. Live performances in NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston and Los Angeles. Produced 3 DVD’s with International distribution. Live performance on national television: MTV and “The Jimmy Kimmel Show” ABC broadcasting.