2007 – Orange County
Airport Authority, Stark Impressions, Santa Ana, CA
2007 – Laguna Playhouse,
Laguna Beach, CA
2007 – Zinc Cafe
Corona del Mar, CA
2006 – Zinc Cafe
Corona del Mar, CA
2005 – Transference
Concordia University
Irvine, CA
2005 – Laguna Beach
Playhouse
Laguna Beach, CA
2004 – Zinc Cafe
Laguna Beach, CA
2003 –Zinc Cafe
Corona del Mar, CA
2004 – Serious Cuts:
The Gentle Art of
Woodblock Prints,
Old Town Gallery
Tustin, CA
Invitationals
Ink'd, dba256 Gallery,
Pomona, CA
Blooms, Bridge Gallery, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA, organized by the LA CulturalAffairs Council
Naked – Figuratively Speaking, Space on Spurgeon Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
2007 – Impressions and Expressions
Festival of Arts and Community Arts Project, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 – Works on Paper
MJ Higgins Gallery
Downtown Los Angeles, CA
2006 – Pressed
Riverside Art Museum
Riverside, CA
2006 – OC Seen:
Ten Printmakers
Look at Orange County
Old Town Gallery
Tustin, CA
2005 –
10th Anniversary Show
Old Town Gallery
Tustin, CA
2004 – Red Line
Santa Ana College Gallery
Santa Ana, CA
2007 – Purchase Prize Award,
Los Angeles Printmaking Society's 19th National Biennial Exhibition, Riverside, CA
2007 – Juror's Discretionary Award,
Los Angeles Printmaking Society's 19th National Biennial Exhibition, Riverside, CA
2007 – Third Place Award
for prints,
Hand-pulled prints XIII, Stonemetal Press,
San Antonio , TX
2007 – Juror's Choice Award,
Blossoms, Susan K. Black Foundation,
Houston Natural History Museum, Houston, TX
2003 – First Prize Award,
Second City Council,
Long Beach, CA
2003 – The Sally Phillips
Q-Tech Corporation
Cash Award,
Los Angeles Printmaking Society 17th
National Biennial
2003 – Cash Prize
Award, Yosemite National
Park Museum, CA
2002 – Best of Show,
8th All-California
Community College
Biennial Exhibition
2000 – Scholarship
Grant Award
Los Angeles
Printmaking Society
Ben Wegener
Los Angeles
Printmaking Society
1977 – MFA, Graduate of
Folkwang School of Arts,
University of Essen,
Germany
2008 – Contemporary Ruin, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
2008 – 2008 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, University of Richmond Museums, VA
2008 – Ink & Clay 34, California State Polytech University Pomona, CA
2008 – Janet Turner 7th National Print Competeition, California State University, Chico, CA,
2007 – Robert Roman Gallery , Scottsdale, AZ 85251
2007 — Los Angeles Printmaking Society’s 19th Biennial National Exhibition, juried by Archana Horsting, founder and director of the KALA Institute, Berkeley, CA; Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
2007 — Paper Politics Milwaukee, continuing travelling exhibition, Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
2007 — Blossoms, continuing travelling exhibition, Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI
2007 – 2007 California Open Exhibition, juried by Peter Frank, Tag Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2007 — Paper Politics Montreal, continuing travelling exhibition, Esplanade Project, Montreal, QB, Canada
2007 – Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2007 Exhibition, juried by Greg Jecmen, associate curator of Old Prints at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2007 – Palos Verdes Art Center 2007 All-Media Exhibition, Palos Verdes Art Center,
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
2007 – News:A Visual Exploration of Topics that are in the News or should be,
2nd City Council, Long Beach, CA
2007 – Room With a View, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA
2007 – Hand-Pulled Prints International XIII, juried by Lyle Williams,
print curator of the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX, StoneMetal Press, San Antonio, TX
2007 – Contemporary Letterpress, Gallery 51, North Adams, MA
2007 – Blossoms, Travelling exhibition, Susan K. Black Foundation,
Houston Museum of Natural Sciences, Houston, TX
2007 – 39th Annual Spring Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, TX
2007 – Ink & Clay 33, California State University Polytech, Pomona,
Kellogg Gallery, Pomona, CA
2007 – Los Angeles Art Association Open Show, juried by Ann Philbin,
Director UCLA Hammer Museum, Gallery 825, Los Angeles, CA
2007 – Boston Printmakers 2007 Biennial Exhibition, Boston University, Boston, MA
2006 - 2007 – Works on Paper, Brand 35 Annual Juried Exhibition, Brand Libraries, Glendale, CA
2006 – Tarfest 2006, Los Angeles Miracle Mile, Art, Fim and Music,
Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
2006 – Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Arkansas State Univerity, AR
2006 – 5th Minnesota National Print Biennial Exhibition, University of Minnesota,
juried by John Buck, Ken Bloom and Barbara Yoshida, Minneapolis, MN
2006 – The Transferred Image, 33 Collective Gallery, Chicago, IL
2006 – National Exhibit of Works on Paper, AXIS Gallery, Sacramento, CA
2006 – City of Laguna Beach. City Hall, Laguna Beach, CA
2006 – Paper Politics Portland, Food For Thought Student Gallery
at Portland State University, Portland, OR
2006 – 8th Annual Juried Small Works Exhibition, juried by Katherine French and
Nancy Whipple, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2006 – 2006 Harnett Biennial of American Prints, University of Richmond Museums,
Richmond, VA. Juried by Kathy Caraccio.
2006 – Paper Politics Brooklyn, exhibition at the 5+5 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 – 3rd Biennial Orange County Juried Exhibition, juried by Mat Gleason,
Muckenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA
2006 – Ink & Clay 32, juried by Marylin Zeitlan, chief curator at the University of
Arizona, Tuscon, Pomona Polytech, Pomona, CA
2006 – Los Angeles Printmaking Society Annual Membership Exhibit, juried by
Henry Klein, Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2005 – All Media Juried Exhibit, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
2005 - January 2006 – Prints USA 2005, juried by Marilyn Symmes,
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
2005 – Los Angeles Printmaking Society 18th National Satellite Exhibition
Another Look: Selected Works from Contemporary Printmakers, juried exhibition,
Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
2005 – Los Angeles Printmaking Society 18th Biennial National Exhibition,
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, juried by Ruth Weisberg
2005 – City of Los Angeles Biennial Municipal Juried Art Exhibition,
Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA
2005 – Paper Politics, juried show, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, WA
2005 – Ink & Clay 31, Pomona Polytech, Pomona, CA, juried exhibition
2004 – Whittier College, Whittier, CA, SCCUR juried exhibition
2004 – The New York Society of Etchers, Contemporary Prints by
The Los Angeles Printmaking Society, juried exhibition, New York City, NY
2004 – Pareidolia, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA, juried by Eleanor Astin
2004 – Los Angeles Printmaking Society juried exhibit Graphics,
Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA
2004 – Ink Under Pressure, Orange County Center of Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA, juried by Patrick Merrill.
2003 – America, 2nd City Council, Long Beach, CA. Juried by Wesley Jessup,
Executive Director of the Pasadena Museum of California Art.
2003 – LAPS Membership Show, Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA.
Juried by Donna Westerman
2003 – Los Angeles Printmaking Society 17th National Biennial Juried Print Show,
Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA. Juried by Dr. Kevin Salatino,
head curator of prints and drawings at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
2003 – Yosemite Renaissance XVIII; juried show at the
Yosemite National Park Museum, CA.
2003 – Consumerism; The 2nd City Council at Long Beach, CA, Juried by Rip Cronk
2003 – Ink & Clay 29; W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery,
Pomona Polytech, Pomona, CA. Juror: Toby Kamp,
Head Curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2002 – Bars, Barriers & Borders; The 2nd City Council at Long Beach, CA.
Juried by Jennifer Jasskowiak, curator USC’s Fisher Gallery
2002 – Echoes & Visions V, Laguna Niguel Community Center juried exhibition,
Laguna Niguel, CA
2002 – Earth Matters, Los Angeles Printmaking Society,
Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA
2002 – Past & Present, Seaside Gallery, Dana Point, CA
2002 – 8th All-California Community College Biennial Exhibition,
Riverside, CA.
2002 – Debut, Los Angeles Printmaking Society new members’ exhibit,
Old Town Gallery, Tustin, CA
2002 – Ink & Clay 28, W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery,
Pomona, CA
2001 – Out of the Box, Target Gallery at the the Torpedo Art Center,
Alexandria, VA. Jurors: Peter King and Xinia Marin, University of Costa Rica
2001 – The Art of the Print, Poway Center for the Performing Arts, Poway, CA
2000 – Impressions 2000, Los Angeles Printmaking Society,
Lankershim Arts Center Gallery, North Hollywood, CA