BORN—Providence, RI, 1960
EDUCATION
1975-1979—The Woodstock Country School, South Woodstock, Vermont
(Studied painting with Peter Devine)
1979-1982—RISD, Painting
2004-2005—RISD, BFA Painting
GRANTS/FELLOWSHIPS
2001-2002—The Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Painting Fellowship
2016-2017—The Pollock Krasner Foundation, Painting Fellowship
UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS
2023—October through December: Solo Exhibition at The Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021—Solo exhibition at EVOKE Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM
2020—Grand Gestures, New Work by Christopher W. Benson
Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2018—Through a Glass Darkly
Jessica Hagen Fine Art and Design, Newport, RI
2017—Pictures and Windows, The Paintings of Christopher W. Benson
42-year Retrospective at The Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2014—Inside and Out, Recent Paintings by Christopher Benson
Paul Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014—Withheld Narratives, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2012—Christopher Benson, New Paintings, Gerald Peters, Santa Fe, NM
2006—Christopher Benson, Recent Seascapes
Suydam and Diepenbrock Gallery, Newport, RI
2003—Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000—Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999—Tercera Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
1997—Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
1992—LewAllen Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1986—Arnold Art, Newport, RI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022—Two Person Exhibition with Sue McNally
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
2020—Meltdown, Jessica Hagen Fine Art and Design, Newport, RI
2019—Group show at EVOKE Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2017—Santa Fe Real, group show with Sheila Miles and Kathryn Stedham,
Holt Russell Gallery, Baker University, KS
2015—Quiet Spaces, Works by Christopher Benson, John Beerman
David Hines and Kurt Solmsson, LewAllen Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
2015—Juried Group Show, Washington Art Association, Washington CT
Co-winner of Juror’s prize. William Bailey, Juror
2014—The West Select, The Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
2014—Reimagining the Contemporary Landscape
LewAllen Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2013—Dwellings, Paintings by Peri Schwartz, Christopher Benson
and Tom Birkner, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011—Face to Face, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010—Artist Perspectives, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2010—Christopher Benson and Thayer Carter,
The Fisher Press Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2008—The Printed Picture, MoMA New York, NY
2005—RISD Senior Invitational Exhibition,
Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2003—Christopher Benson and John Beerman
Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
2003—Annual Juried Show, Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
2001—The Bensons of Newport, Virginia Lynch Gallery, Tiverton, RI
1999—Grand Opening exhibition, Tercera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2000—Contemporary American Painting, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993—Christopher Benson and Peter Devine, Arnold Art, Newport, RI
1992—167th Annual Juried Exhibition, National Academy of Design
New York, NY
1989—Featured Artist, LewAllen-Butler Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
COLLECTIONS
MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art), New York, NY
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
North Dakota Museum of Art, Grand Forks, ND
The Newport Art Museum, Newport, RI
Baker University, Holt Russell Gallery, Baldwin City, KS
Stanford University Libraries, Special Collections, Stanford, CA
The Redwood Library and Athenaeum, Newport, RI
The Rhode Island School of Design Special Collections Library, Providence, RI
Duke University School of Law (Portrait of Dean David Levi)
Stanford University School of Law (Portrait of Dean John Ely)
Stanford University School of Aeronautics and Aviation, (Portrait of Dean Nicholas Hoff)
PUBLICATIONS-REVIEWS
2017—The Providence Journal
2014—The Huffington Post
2014—New American Paintings
2014—THE Magazine, Critical Reflections
2013—THE Magazine, Critical Reflections
2012—ArtNews, summer issue, regional reviews
2012—Pasatiempo Magazine of the Santa Fe New Mexican, Santa Fe, NM
2008—The Printed Picture, MoMA, New York, NY
2004—Art New England, regional reviews
1992—The Albuquerque Journal North