BEN FOCH
(b. 1977, Chicago) lives and works in Chicago
EDUCATION
2000 Bachelor of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 PROOF OF WERQ, M. LeBlanc, Chicago
2021 Hood Ornament, M. LeBlanc, Chicago
2019 Haiku, Selenas Mountain, Brooklyn
2018 Full Grown, Effrain Lopez Gallery, Chicago 2016 Becoming - Ben Foch and Laurie Kang, LVL3, Chicago
2016 Of Human Bondage, Roots and Culture, Chicago
2015 Ben Foch,Chelsea Culp, Robert Blumenthal, East Hampton, NY
2013 Madam, Thou Art Bonkers, The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago
2011 Let Me Think About This For A Moment, Barrington Area Library, Barrington, IL
2010 Maybe She’s Born With I.t., Seerveld Gallery at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL
2010 Retrospective, DIG, Chicago
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Nice Work, curated by Jake Fagundo, SULK Chicago,
Tricky Passage, curated by Ben Gill, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
2016 Ugly Feelings, curated by Karolina Gnatowski, Side Car, Hammond, IN
2015 Making an Entrance, curated by LVL3, Robert Blumenthal Gallery, New York
2015 Group Show, Patrick Gomez 4 Sheriff, Los Angeles
2014 Roving Room, curated by Kelly Kaczynski and Cori Williams, Habersham Mills, Atlanta
2014 May 1st, Johalla Projects/Loop Alliance, Chicago
2014 Material Art Fair, Queer Thoughts, Mexico City
2013 An Experiment to Test the Destiny of the World, IthubaArts Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2013 Nature’s Bounty, Chicago Center for Green Technology, Chicago
2013 Powerful Creator and Truthful Speaker, Proxy Gallery, Los Angeles
2013 It’s Not Me, It’s You, Heaven Gallery, Chicago
2012 The Installation Experiment, POD, Chicago
2012 R&D, Manifold, Chicago (curated by Brittan Bertran)
2011 Beach Party IV, Forbidden Pair of Dice, The Hills Esthetic Center, Chicago
2011 Hang In There, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago
2010 Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Seerveld Gallery at Trinity Christian College, Palos Heights, IL (Curated by Brandon Alvendia)
2009 LESSEN, Ben Russell, Chicago
2009 Substance and Shadow, Vega Estates, Chicago
2008 Not Just Another Pretty Face, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2006 Takeover, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
2006 To London, From Chicago, with Love, artLedge/i-cabin, London
2006 High School Boy Strong Heart Style, VONZWECK, Chicago, IL. January 30, Curated by Yutaka Sone, travels to the Whitney Museum of American Art for the Peace Tower collaboration between Mark di Suvero and Rikrit Tiravanija
2005 Transcendgressdension, Gallery 40,000, Chicago
PRESS
2019 Cassidy Dawn Graves, Art This Week: Tasty Treats, American Artist, Painted Haiku,
2012 Karen McBride, Artist Ben Foch at the Barrington Area Library, Gallery in the Library, Triblocal, November
2009 Jason Foumberg, Review: Chelsea Culp and Ben Foch/Vega Estates, NewCity, June
2008 Conrad Freiburg, Ben Foch, Proximity Magazine, December 9
AWARDS
2016 Cross-Sections, Graham Foundation, Chicago
2012 Chicago Artist Month Featured Artist, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2011 Illinois Arts Council Hand in Glove Conference Scholarship Grant
2011 Propeller Fund Award, Chicago