,EDUCATION:
- 1998 M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 1995 Beginning and intermediate welding courses, The Sculpture Center, New York, NY
- 1992 A.B. in Studio Art and Religion, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME. Art Department Honors: Cum Laude, Academic Honors: Summa Cum Laude, James Bowdoin Scholar, Dean’s List, all semesters
- 1991 San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
- 2024 ART FWD Northern California Open, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
- 2023 Traywick Contemporary, New.Now., Berkeley, CA
- 2022 Traywick Contemporary, Where We Are Now, Berkeley CA
- 2020 Palo Alto Art Center, Holding it Together, Palo Alto, CA
- 2019 Traywick Contemporary, From the Studio, Berkeley, CA
- 2018 Palo Alto Art Center, Paper Cuts: Large Scale Collage, Palo Alto, CA
- 2017 Traywick Contemporary, The Space Between, Berkeley, CA
- 2016 Traywick Contemporary, Plus One, Berkeley, CA
- 2014 Traywick Contemporary, Isole, Berkeley, CA
- 2013 Marin Community Foundation, Millennial Abstractions, Novato, CA
- 2012 Santa Clara University, solo show, Santa Clara, CA
– Traywick Contemporary, Wall Works 4, Berkeley, CA - 2011 Traywick Contemporary, Eos, Berkeley, CA
- 2010 Walker Contemporary, After, Boston, MA
- 2009 Traywick Contemporary, Streaming Everything, Berkeley, CA
– Oakland Museum of California at City Center, Oakland, CA
– ACF, Terroir: A Sense of Place, Point Reyes, CA - 2008 Walker Contemporary, inaugural exhibition, Boston, MA
– Armory Center for the Arts, Brewery Project: the Finale, Pasadena, CA - 2007 Traywick Contemporary, Recent Work Berkeley, CA
– 101 California, San Francisco, CA
– Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA - 2006 Headlands Center for the Arts, Close Calls, Sausalito, CA
– Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
– L Street Gallery, Surface, Southern California Painters, San Diego, CA
– Richmond Art Center, Microcosm, Richmond, CA - 2005 Traywick Contemporary, Wall Works, Berkeley, CA
– Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 2005 Juried Exhibition
– Limn Gallery, Beyond Plastic, San Francisco, CA
– Mount St. Mary’s College, Line + Color, Los Angeles, CA
– Space Gallery/Downtown YMCA, Los Angeles, CA - 2004 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
– Southern Exposure, United Net-Works, San Francisco, CA
– Analogue Press, Introductions, Los Angeles, CA
– Ruth Bachofner Gallery, 20th anniversary exhibition, Santa Monica, CA
– Leefahsulung/New Chinatown Barbershop, Rebel/Rebel, Los Angeles, CA
– ON Gallery, group exhibition, South Pasadena, CA - 2003 Ruth Bachofner Gallery, 9th Annual Holiday Group Show, Santa Monica, CA
– Headlands Center for the Arts, Close Calls, Sausalito, CA
– The Brewery Project, Approaching Perfection, Los Angeles, CA - 2002 Traywick Gallery, group show, gallery artists, Berkeley, CA
– The DepARTment, Transit: Survival Skills, Park Paradise Complex, Scottsdale, AZ - 2001 LACMA Rental Gallery, Show no. 3, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, LA, CA
– ArtShare LA, Re-Site, Los Angeles, CA
– Benicia Gantner: New Work, Hudson Valley Community College, Troy NY
– Gantner + Heyman: You Are Here, Adobe Books, San Francisco, CA
– New Works on Paper, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
– Different Strokes, Im n Il Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
– Respira, Swallow, Brooklyn, NY
– Frequency, Antioch College Art Gallery, Yellow Springs, OH
– New Work, Gallery Soolip, Los Angeles, CA - 2000 Perogi at Post, traveling exhibition, Post, Los Angeles CA 4,
- Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Eye Candy, University Art Museum, Cal State San Bernadino/
- Grand Central Arts Center, Cal State Fullerton, Group show curated by Sue Joyce, San Bernadino, Santa Ana, CA
- Textile/ Tactile Works on Paper, Mondavi Winery, Oakville, CA
- Trinity, Galapagos Art Performance Space, Group show curated by Jim Brown, Brooklyn, NY
- 1999 Broadcast, Eagle Rock Community Center, Group show curated by Kim Abeles
- July Program Faculty Show, Bennington College Art Gallery, Bennington, VT
- Heretofore Unseen, Carmichael Gallery, San Francisco, CA 1998
- Revolver, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Nothing But Time, Southern Exposure, Juror: David Ross,
- Director, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
- Site Drawings, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- New Work by Cranbrook Artists, Cranbrook Art Museum, Juried and curated by Michelle Grabner, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- M.F.A. Thesis Show, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- un-defining…print, Detroit Artist Market, Detroit, MI
- 1997 Get In Here (Twice), Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, CA
- Pink Vinyl, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Let’s Get Small, Forum Gallery Invitational, Cranbrook Art
- Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Do It, Critical Art Ensemble installation for True Crimes,
- Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Print Matters, invitational exhibition, California State University at Long Beach
- Till Death Do We Print, Cranbrook Print Gallery, Bloomfield, MI 1996
- Decked, Forum Gallery, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- 1994 Benicia Gantner: Prints, Solo exhibition, The Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- Bowdoin Bicentennial Exhibition, invitational exhibit, Walker Art
- Museum, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, ME
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
- Alliance Bernstein, New York, NY
- Bellagio Hotel, Las Vegas, NV
- Blue Cross of California, Daly City, CA
- Charles Schwab & Company, San Francisco, CA
- Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Lyndhurst, OH
- Community Hospital Foundation of Monterey, CA
- Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
- Durie/Tangri, LLC, San Francisco, CA
- Embassy of the United States of America, Afghanistan
- Embassy of the United States of America, Georgia
- Endeavor Talent Agency, Beverly Hills, CA
- Ernst & Young, San Jose, CA
- Fidelity Corporate Art Collection, Boston, MA
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, CA
- Genentech, San Francisco, CA
- Hallmark Cards Inc, Kansas City, MO
- Intercontinental Hotel, Hefei, China
- Juniper Networks, San Jose, CA
- Leiff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLC, San Francisco, CA
- Novell Corporation, Provo, UT
- Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Emeryville, CA
- Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLC, San Francisco, CA
- Progressive Corporation, Mayfield Village, OH
- Ritz Carlton, Lake Tahoe, NV
- Rosewood Sandhill Resort, Menlo Park, CA
- San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
- Sprint/Nextel, Overland Park, KS
- Twitter, San Francisco, CA
- Visa, San Francisco, CA
- Zushi Marina Corporation, Kanagawa, Japan
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- 2014 Isole, Exhibition Catalog, Traywick Contemporary
- 2012 East Bay Express, Wall Works 4 at Traywick
- Contemporary: Picks East Bay Monthly, Wall Works 4 at Traywick Contemporary: Critic’s Choice
- 2011 East Bay Express, Eos: Review Eos, Exhibition Catalog, Traywick Contemporary
- 2010 The Boston Globe, The shape of obsession: Painstaking handwork is hallmark
- 2009 California Home and Design; Streaming Everything at Traywick Contemporary
- East Bay Monthly; Streaming Everything at Traywick Contemporary Examiner.com; Streaming Everything at Traywick Contemporary
- Art Ltd; Preview of Streaming Everything at Traywick Contemporary
- 2007 San Francisco Bay Guardian; Benicia Gantner: Recent Work at Traywick Contemporary
- 2006 San Diego City Beat (San Diego, CA) 2005 Art Week (San Jose, CA)
- 2004 Art Week (San Jose, CA) Benicia Gantner and Daniel Brice at Ruth Bachofner Gallery
- New York Times Magazine (New York, NY) 2002 New York Times
- 2001 Digital City, Rachel Davis and Benicia Gantner: Works on Paper
- The Brooklyn Rail, Different Strokes @ Im N Il
