Ben Hirschkoff

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Seattle, WA *8103

Cell: 206-***-****

Home: 206-***-****

Email: abpugj@r.postjobfree.com

Web site: www.benhirschkoff.com

Born: 1972 San Diego, California

Education

M.F.A 2006 Studio Art University of Washington

BA 1994 Studio Art Humboldt State University, California

1996-2000 Ceramics San Francisco Community College

Areas of Specialization: Ceramics, Sculpture, Installation

Solo Exhibitions

2008 New Work, Soil, Seattle, Washington

The Sky Is Not Falling, Portland Art Center, Portland, Oregon

2007 Atmosphere Attached, 4Culture, Seattle, Washington

Controlled Fire: Variations, Soil, Seattle, Washington

2006 Sky Cave, MFA Thesis Exhibition, CMA Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle,

Washington

2004 Play Decay, Noc Noc, Seattle, Washington

Absurd to Unlikely, 21 Grand, Oakland, California

1998 Evolution vs. Gravity, Phyllis, Palo Alto, California

Group Exhibitions

2007 More Dirt, collaboration with Susie J. Lee, Soil, Seattle, Washington

2006 Soil 2006, Aqua Art Miami, curator: Jess Van Nostrand, Miami Beach, Florida

2006 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington

Marking Territories, in conjunction with National Council on Education for the Ceramic

Arts, Portland Art Center, Portland, Oregon

2005 Ben Hirschkoff, Jayme Kalal and R.K. Shuquem, Reversible Eye Gallery, Chicago,

Illinois

Touching Art, art exhibition for the blind, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of

Washington, Seattle, Washington

2005 Coupling III, collaboration with Thom Heileson, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle,

Washington

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2004 Skull Show, HaNNa Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

2003 Ben Hirschkoff and Scott Williams, Anu, San Francisco California

Homeland Security Show, ABCO, Oakland, California

Reversible Eye Art and Music Show II, 21 Grand, Oakland, California

Infernoval, Balazo / Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California

Ebullient Miasma, 21 Grand, Oakland, California

Ben Hirschkoff and Dara Santhai, Gallery Fight!, Los Angeles, California

Kelly Correl, Michaela Conway and Ben Hirschkoff, Balazo / Mission Badlands Gallery,

San Francisco, California

2002 Reversible Eye Art and Music Show, Talk of the Town, Oakland, California

Gluttony Show, food-based performance with Adrienne Peterson, ABCO, Oakland,

California

Hell Haus, Balazo / Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco, California

ABCO Creepshow, ABCO, Oakland, California

2001 Plewds!Squeams!andSpurls!, Balazo / Mission Badlands Gallery, San Francisco,

California

Problems, 21 Grand, Oakland, California

1999 Civilization Excavation, Gallery Luscombe, San Francisco, California

Reviews, Publications

Adriana Grant, Puffy Headphones Make Sculpture Sound Better, Seattle Weekly, Oct 17, 2007

Jen Graves, Hug, Heavy Clunky Things, White Weasels, The Stranger, Oct 15-21, 2007

Matthew Kangas, Ben Hirschkoff: Controlled Fire Variations at Soil, Art Ltd., March, Pp. 18.

Regina Hackett, In the Galleries, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Jan 4, 2007

Jesse van Nostrand (forward), Robert Yoder (profile), Ben Hirschkoff, SOIL 2006, November,

Pp. 3, 16-17.

Regina Hackett, The Henry dresses up in dandy duds, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 2,

2006

Suzanne Beal (forward) As They See It, 2006 Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, June,

2006, p. 7.

Jack Broom, Exhibition encourages blind, slighted to see with their hands, The Seattle Times,

June 20, 2005

Liz Armstrong, Won t You Be My Neighbor, Chicago Reader, Sept. 30, 2005, p.10.

Andrew Engelson, Coupling Visual Art Picks, Seattle Weekly, May 4, 2005.

Emily Richmond, P.A. store to offer clothing and art, Palo Alto Daily News, Nov. 5th, 1998,

p.10.

Dona van Bronkhorst, Shop Talk, Palo Alto Weekly, Dec. 16th, 1998.

Art Review, Ghost Fish and other ceramics by Hirschkoff, The Eureka Times-Standard, Sept.

23rd, 1995.

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Professional Experience

2007 Visiting Instructor, ceramics/mixed media, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, Washington

Substitute Instructor, time-based media workshop, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

Substitute Instructor, art program for teens, Gage Academy, Seattle, Washington

Substitute Instructor, Ceramics, Lakeside High School, Seattle, Washington

2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant (instructor of record), 3D Foundations,

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Beginning Throwing,

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

2001 - 2003 Ceramics Glaze Tech at California State University Hayward, Hayward,

California

1999 - 2001 Ceramics Lab Tech at City College of San Francisco, California

1997 - 2000 Volunteer Ceramics Mentor at Youth Industry, Artist Mentorship Program,

San Francisco, California

Other Relevant Experience

2006 2008 Current member of Soil Artist Run Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2005 - 2006 Co-Director, The Strange Company (student organization),

University of Washington, Seattle, Washington

Awards

2005 Jury Award: Touching Art, Washington State Department of Services for the Blind,

Seattle, Washington

1995 Derek Lagerwerff Memorial Scholarship Award, Humboldt State University, Arcata,

California

Collections

Washington State Services for the Blind

National and international private collections

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