Benjamin Cabral is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Chicago. His work has been shown internationally and throughout the United States. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Steve Turner, LA and a solo exhibition at Allouche Benias in Athens Greece. Benjamin’s work was selected for a public sculpture commission by the City of San Diego’s Arts District.
A painter by training, Benjamin’s work is largely autobiographical in nature, creating an honest, yet inherently unreliable, portrait of the artist. These works examine the intersections between trauma and nostalgia, joy and sorrow, and the digital and the analog. Benjamin also creates sculptural work, intended to be static performers engaging with viewer.
Benjamin completed his MFA at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and is the winner of the 2019 Carrie Ellen Tuttle Fellowship.
Benjamin Cabral is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Chicago. His work has been shown internationally and throughout the United States. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Steve Turner, LA and a solo exhibition at Allouche Benias in Athens Greece. Benjamin’s work was selected for a public sculpture commission by the City of San Diego’s Arts District.
A painter by training, Benjamin’s work is largely autobiographical in nature, creating an honest, yet inherently unreliable, portrait of the artist. These works examine the intersections between trauma and nostalgia, joy and sorrow, and the digital and the analog. Benjamin also creates sculptural work, intended to be static performers engaging with viewer.
Benjamin completed his MFA at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and is the winner of the 2019 Carrie Ellen Tuttle Fellowship.
2022 (Forthcoming) Happy Landscapes, Août Gallery, Beirut, LB
2021, The Boy And The Whale: An Overture For Where We Are Now, Allouche Benias Gallery, Athens, Greece
2021 Well Maybe Next Year, Shelter Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Soliloquy For Past Futures, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Somewhere That’s Green, Curated by Lauren Powell, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2020 Real Amazing!, Curated by Lauren Powell, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Some Faces From Around Here (The Paintings), Martha Pace Swift Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016 Open Up Your Eyes And You’ll See, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015 I Have So Much Love To Give You, Not an Exit Gallery, Bread and Salt Art Complex, San Diego, CA
2015 Look At My Face Don’t You Dare Look Away, Keller Gallery, San Diego CA
2015 Joshua, Crystal, and Heather Lynn, Cabrillo Gallery, San Diego, CA
(Forthcoming) Cute Gloom, Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA
(Forthcoming) Two Person Show With Griffin Goodman, Moosey Art, Norich, UK
(Forthcoming) Cohle Gallery, Paris, FR
2022, Illuminated Body, Spring/Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2021, Opening Group Exhibition, Moosey Art, Norich, UK
2021 Booth A03, Art Taipei, Artnutri Gallery, Taipei, TW
2021 Art Formosa, Curated by Joanne Chiaoan, Artnutri Gallery, Taipei, TW
2021 If You Are Thinking, Why, Art Why Gallery, Shanghai, CH
2021 Cave Canem, Eve Liebe Gallery, London, UK
2021 Nice Guys Live Forever, Moosey Art, London, United Kingdom
2020 E-motionø Support Group, Curated by Lauren Powell, Online Animation Project
2020 Remake/Remodel, Curated by Amelia Biewald, The Royal @RSOAA, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Homesick Remedy, JAW Gallery, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
2019 Pulling At Threads, Two person show with Jon Young, Austin,TX
2019 Facial Recognition, curated by Mindy Solomon, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2019 With a Capital P, curated by José Lerma, Elmhurst Museum of Art, Elmhurst, IL
2019 The Turf, curated by Tony Lewis and Andrew Falkowski, The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL
2019 SAIC MFA Show, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Comp-Art-Mentalize, three person show with Erin Hayden and Ian Thomas Miller, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 I Know when Adults Are About to Cry, Two person show with Riley Fields, Sugar Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 What Was Painting, survey of work made by students in What Was Painting, taught by Laura Owens and Scott and Tyson Reeder (SAIC), Club Nutz, Chicago, IL
2015 HiLite, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015 Thesis Highlights, Love Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014-2015 Cannon Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2014 Survey In Printmaking, Love Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 Estate Sale 390, Love Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 Highlights, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 ArtScream Social, Y.A.H. Gallery, San Diego, CA
2013 Survey In Drawing, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012 The Greedy Organ (25 and under), Museum Of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2011 Experiment, MCA Gallery, San Diego CA
2016: Some People From Around Here. Commissioned By NTC Arts District Liberty Station, San Diego, CA
2020 ArtNet news, Sarah Cascone
2020 Hyperallergic Photo Essay by Matt Stromberg
2020 ChioxArt, Interview published in Mandarin
2020 New American Paintings, Midwest Issue
2019 Maake Magazine, Issue 9, curated by Hein Koh
2019 Maake Magazine, interview with Andeana Donahue, http://www.maakemagazine.com/benjamin-cabral
2019 New American Paintings, MFA issue
2017 Featured on Hyperallergic’s Instagram account
2016 San Diego Union Tribune
2016 sdnews.com
2016 Loma Beat newspaper
2016 Arete
2011 Experiment, MCA Gallery Catalog
2019 Carrie Ellen Tuttle Fellowship, SAIC (Highest award given to a graduating student perusing an MFA in painting)
2016 Honors Research Achievement, PLNU
2015 PLNU Chair Award. Highest honors for a visual arts thesis show
2014 Visual Arts Scholarship, PLNU
2012 3rd Place MCASD 25 and under art competition
2022 (Forthcoming) Happy Landscapes, Août Gallery, Beirut, LB
2021, The Boy And The Whale: An Overture For Where We Are Now, Allouche Benias Gallery, Athens, Greece
2021 Well Maybe Next Year, Shelter Gallery, New York, NY
2021 Soliloquy For Past Futures, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Somewhere That’s Green, Curated by Lauren Powell, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
2020 Real Amazing!, Curated by Lauren Powell, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2016 Some Faces From Around Here (The Paintings), Martha Pace Swift Gallery, San Diego, CA
2016 Open Up Your Eyes And You’ll See, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015 I Have So Much Love To Give You, Not an Exit Gallery, Bread and Salt Art Complex, San Diego, CA
2015 Look At My Face Don’t You Dare Look Away, Keller Gallery, San Diego CA
2015 Joshua, Crystal, and Heather Lynn, Cabrillo Gallery, San Diego, CA
(Forthcoming) Cute Gloom, Lauren Powell Projects, Los Angeles, CA
(Forthcoming) Two Person Show With Griffin Goodman, Moosey Art, Norich, UK
(Forthcoming) Cohle Gallery, Paris, FR
2022, Illuminated Body, Spring/Break Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2021, Opening Group Exhibition, Moosey Art, Norich, UK
2021 Booth A03, Art Taipei, Artnutri Gallery, Taipei, TW
2021 Art Formosa, Curated by Joanne Chiaoan, Artnutri Gallery, Taipei, TW
2021 If You Are Thinking, Why, Art Why Gallery, Shanghai, CH
2021 Cave Canem, Eve Liebe Gallery, London, UK
2021 Nice Guys Live Forever, Moosey Art, London, United Kingdom
2020 E-motionø Support Group, Curated by Lauren Powell, Online Animation Project
2020 Remake/Remodel, Curated by Amelia Biewald, The Royal @RSOAA, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Homesick Remedy, JAW Gallery, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
2019 Pulling At Threads, Two person show with Jon Young, Austin,TX
2019 Facial Recognition, curated by Mindy Solomon, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
2019 With a Capital P, curated by José Lerma, Elmhurst Museum of Art, Elmhurst, IL
2019 The Turf, curated by Tony Lewis and Andrew Falkowski, The Research House for Asian Art, Chicago, IL
2019 SAIC MFA Show, Sullivan Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Comp-Art-Mentalize, three person show with Erin Hayden and Ian Thomas Miller, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2018 I Know when Adults Are About to Cry, Two person show with Riley Fields, Sugar Space Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2018 What Was Painting, survey of work made by students in What Was Painting, taught by Laura Owens and Scott and Tyson Reeder (SAIC), Club Nutz, Chicago, IL
2015 HiLite, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2015 Thesis Highlights, Love Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014-2015 Cannon Juried Biennial, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
2014 Survey In Printmaking, Love Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 Estate Sale 390, Love Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 Highlights, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2014 ArtScream Social, Y.A.H. Gallery, San Diego, CA
2013 Survey In Drawing, Keller Gallery, San Diego, CA
2012 The Greedy Organ (25 and under), Museum Of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2011 Experiment, MCA Gallery, San Diego CA
2016: Some People From Around Here. Commissioned By NTC Arts District Liberty Station, San Diego, CA
2020 ArtNet news, Sarah Cascone
2020 Hyperallergic Photo Essay by Matt Stromberg
2020 ChioxArt, Interview published in Mandarin
2020 New American Paintings, Midwest Issue
2019 Maake Magazine, Issue 9, curated by Hein Koh
2019 Maake Magazine, interview with Andeana Donahue, http://www.maakemagazine.com/benjamin-cabral
2019 New American Paintings, MFA issue
2017 Featured on Hyperallergic’s Instagram account
2016 San Diego Union Tribune
2016 sdnews.com
2016 Loma Beat newspaper
2016 Arete
2011 Experiment, MCA Gallery Catalog
2019 Carrie Ellen Tuttle Fellowship, SAIC (Highest award given to a graduating student perusing an MFA in painting)
2016 Honors Research Achievement, PLNU
2015 PLNU Chair Award. Highest honors for a visual arts thesis show
2014 Visual Arts Scholarship, PLNU
2012 3rd Place MCASD 25 and under art competition
