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/