BENJAMIN SAUCIER
(b. 1989 Sarasota, FL USA)
Exhibitions:
Faculty & Staff Exhibition [Group] - Ringling College of Art and Design, Englewood Art Center, 2022.
Ancient Ones [Solo] – Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, Washington, 2021.
m!trigger [Group] - Virtual Exhibition, www.exhibbit.com, 2021.
Primordial [Solo] – Virtual Exhibition, www.exhibbit.com, 2021.
Political Discord [Group] - Las Laguna Gallery, Laguna Beach, California, 2020.
WE ARE ALL CONTAGIOUS [Group]- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 2020.
On Memories Lost [Solo] - 222 Market, Olympia, Washington, 2018.
Bad Trip [Solo] – Chuckanut Brewery, Bellingham, Washington, 2017.
GRAND OPENING[Group] - Gallery Pegasus, Bellingham, Washington, 2017.
6”x 6” [Group] - Dakota Gallery, Bellingham, Washington, 2017.
Free 4 All [Group] - Space Gallery, Portland, Maine, 2016.
The Conjunction [Solo]- Maine College of Art, Portland Maine 2015.
COLLECT: Summer Art Sale [Group] - Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine 2015.
At the Heart of It [Group]- Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, 2015.
Saucier vs. Holleran [Two Person] - Central Studios, Sarasota, Florida, 2014.
Coming Home [Group] - Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, 2014.
Dog Days of Summer [Group] - Art UpTown Gallery, Sarasota, Florida, 2014.
American Drought [Solo]- Dr. Field Goods, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2013
Balance: American Abstracts [Solo] - Santa Fe Public Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2012
Youth Fine Art Exhibition [Group]-Florida State Fair Grounds, Tallahassee, Florida, 2007.
Illustrations in Print:
“CRYSTALS” Cover Illustration, YOGURT Culture Zine, Vol 22, September 2022.
“Take off Your Masks” Darxkin Poetry Exchange, Vol 1, March 2021.
“My Queens” Darxkin Poetry Exchange, Vol 1, March 2021.
“Blind Spear” Darxkin Poetry Exchange, Vol 1, March 2021.
“Oh the Places We’ll Go” Darxkin Poetry Exchange, Vol 1, March 2021.
“Now You See Me” YOGURT Culture Zine, Vol 14, January 2021.
“Bleach Drinker/Off to See the Whitmer” Quarantine Zine, May 2020.
“The New Alternative Right and How to Get Rid of Them Quickly" Current Affairs Magazine, Issue 4, November 2016.
“Suicide and the American Dream” Current Affairs Magazine, Issue 3, October 2016.
“The Pathologies of Privilege” Current Affairs Magazine, Issue 3, August 2016.
“This Month in Travesties" Current Affairs Magazine, Issue 1, May 2016.
Publications as Author:
“The Great American Drought” Santa Fe Reporter, 2014.
“God Help Us All”, Self-Published, 2011.
Awards and Grants:
Merit Scholarship, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine 2015.
First Place Non-Fiction, Annual Writing Contest, Santa Fe Reporter, Santa Fe, New Mexico 2012.
Earl Ubell Award for Journalism, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts 2011.
Howard Johnson Merit Scholarship, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts 2010.
William G. and Marie Selby Foundation Scholarship. Sarasota, Florida 2009.
Ned F. Sinder Scholarship Fund, Sarasota- Manatee Jewish Federation, Sarasota, Florida 2007.
Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction. Sarasota High School, Sarasota, Florida 2007.
Affiliations:
Sarasota Art Museum, Visitor Services, 2022.
The Alternative Art School, Alumni Resident, Global/Virtual, 2021.
Olympia Lamplighters, Studio Artist and Instructor, Olympia, Washington, 2020-2022.
Gallery Boom! Olympia, Washington, 2020-2022.
Bay Street Studios, Treasurer/Acting President, Bellingham, Washington 2017.
Allied Arts of Whatcom County, Member Bellingham, Washington, 2017-2018.
Dooryard Artist Collective, Treasurer, Portland, Maine, 2016.
Art Center of Sarasota, Sarasota, Florida, 2014-2015.
Art Center of Manatee, Bradenton, Florida, 2014-2015.
Teaching Experience:
Figure Drawing, The Olympia Lamplighters, Olympia, Washington, 2021-Current
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drawing 101, Maine College of Art, Portland, Maine, 2015.
Education:
Hampshire College, Bachelor of Arts in Literary Journalism, Amherst, Massachusetts, 2011.
Maine College of Art, MFA in Studio Arts (Did not complete), Portland, Maine 2015-2016.
Continuing Education:
The Alternative Art School: It’s Up to Us with Mel Chin, Defining Drawing with Mario Ybarra Jr., Seeing Machines with Trevor Paglen, 2020.
Enterprise for Equity, Small Business Planning Program, Olympia, Washington, 2020.
Ringling School of Art and Design, Continuing Education Digital Media and Marketing, Sarasota, Florida, 2015.
Recent Press:
Thurston Talk : https://www.thurstontalk.com/2020/11/10/the-artists-of-gallery-boom-bring-a-unique-twist-to-nature-wildlife-and-everyday-life/
Oly Arts : https://olyarts.org/2020/06/05/virtual-coronavirus-exhibitions/