Benjamin Edwards (artist)


Benjamin Edwards is an American visual artist and writer.

Early life and education

Benjamin Edwards was born in Iowa City, Iowa. He earned a Bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles, studied toward a master's in painting at the San Francisco Art Institute, and a Master of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design.

Works

His work deals mainly with "found imagery" collected from media and then manipulated using 2d and 3d graphic software. This imagery is then massed into a "virtual space" on canvas, creating immense depth and vibrant colors. Benjamin Edwards is represented by Greenberg Van Doren in New York City.
His first solo exhibition was at the Artemis Greenberg Van Doren Gallery in New York, in 2001. The exhibition consisted of two works, Convergence, 2000-2001 and Decoherence, 2001 facing one another from opposite ends of the gallery. His artistic method was described by The Village Voice as "exhaustive", with Convergence taking 2500 hours to complete.
He had a solo show at the Tomio Koyama Gallery in Tokyo in 2008.

Personal life

Edwards is married to Neera Tanden, a lawyer and Democratic political advisor who serves as the President of the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank.