Solo Exhibitions
           

2009            (TBA), Helen Smith Gallery, Green River Community College, Auburn, WA

2008            The Sky Is Not Falling, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA Cloud/Clad, Mithun Architecture, Seattle, WA

2007            Atmosphere Attached, 4Culture Gallery, Seattle, WA Controlled Fire: Variations, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006            Sky Cave, MFA Thesis Exhibition, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

2004            Absurd to Unlikely, 21 Grand Gallery, Oakland, CA

1998            Evolution vs. Gravity, Phyllis, Palo Alto, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009           The Windows Art Project, Mad Art 2009, Seattle, WANorthwest Emerging Artists Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part 1,
cccccccccc Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle, WA
npyyyyyyyyyyEXPO, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
cccccccccDimensional Invention, curator: Cable Griffith, Kirkland Art Center, Kirkland, WA
cccccccccNevermind the Gap, (site specific installation), Soil, Seattle, WA

2008            Soil 2008, Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL
            ccccSculpted Green, Bellevue Sculpture Exhibition 2008, Bellevue, WA

2007            More Dirt, collaboration with Susie J. Lee, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006            Soil 2006, Aqua Art Miami, curator: Jess Van Nostrand, Miami, FL
            cccc 2006 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
            cccc Marking Territories, NCECA conference exhibition, Portland Art Center, Portland, OR

2005            Ben Hirschkoff, Jayme Kalal and R.K. Shuquem, Reversible Eye Gallery, Chicago, IL
cccccccccCoupling III, collaboration witThom Heileson, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2004            Skull Show, HaNNa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2003            Ben Hirschkoff and Scott Williams, Anu, San Francisco, CA, 21 Grand Gallery, Oakland, CA
             ccccBen Hirschkoff and Dara Santhai, Gallery Fight!, Los Angeles, CA

2002            ABCO Creepshow, ABCO Gallery, ABCO Warehouse, Oakland, CA

2001            Problems, two-person show with Adrienne Peterson, 21 Grand Gallery, Oakland, CA
cccccccccPlewds!Squeams!andSpurls!, Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Professional Expierience

2009            Edge Program Participant, Artist Trust, Port Townsend, WA
cccccccccccSlide Lecturer for Dimensional Invention, Henry Art Museum, Seattle, WA

2008            Visiting Instructor, Kinetic Art Workshop, Pratt, Seattle, WA
cccccccccccPanel Speaker in conjunction with CAA Conference, Artist Run and Alternative
cccccccccccSpaces, Moderator: Noah Simblist, 500X Gallery, Dallas, TX

2007    ccccVisiting Instructor, ceramics/mixed media, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
            cccccSubstitute Instructor, Ceramics, Lakeside Upper School, Seattle, WA

2006             Joined Soil, Artist Run Gallery, Seattle, WA

2005    ccccGraduate Teaching Asst., University of Washington, Seattle, WA
cccccccccccCo-Director, Strange Co. (student organization), UW, Seattle, WA

1997    ccccVolunteer Ceramics Mentor at Youth Industry, San Francisco, CA

Awards

2009            Seattle City Light Purchase Award, Seattle, WA

2008            Invited into the Washington State Arts Commission’s Public Artist Roster

2005            Jury Award: Touching Art, Wash. State Dept of Services for the Blind, Seattle, WA

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Masters of Fine Art, University of
Washington, Seattle, Washington
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art,
Humboldt State University, Arcata,
California

Ben Hirschkoff

Born 1972 San Diego, California
Resides Seattle, Washington

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1994

 

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