Jane D. Benjamin
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121 WEST CONCORD STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02118 617.859.8844 FAX 617.859.9944 ________________ |
| EDUCATION | |
| 1995 | CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART Cleveland, OH, BFA in Metals (5 Year BFA Curriculum) |
| 1988-89 | THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA Iowa City, Iowa, Special student in Jewelry and Metals |
| AWARDS | |
| 2001 | JUROR’S AWARD The Frances N. Roddy Open Competition, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA |
| 2000 | JUROR’S AWARD Reading Between The Lines, Gallery on the Square, Danville, KY |
| 1999 | JUROR’S AWARD ’99 Cups, Galleria Mesa, Mesa, AZ |
| 1998 | SECOND PLACE AWARD Refined:
A North American Metalsmithing Competition Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoloches, TX |
| 1996 |
OHIO ARTS COUNCIL INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP FELISSIMO DESIGN AWARD |
| 1995 | THE SECOND AGNES GUND MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP International Traveling Scholarship (One of three awarded by CIA faculty for BFA Thesis Exhibition) |
| EXHIBITIONS | |
| 2002 | MATERIALS; HARD & SOFT Greater Denton Arts Council, National Contemporary Craft Competition and Exhibition, Denton, TX |
| 24th ANNUAL CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS Juried Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ | |
| 2001 | THE FRANCES N. RODDY OPEN COMPETITION The Concord Art Association, Concord, MA |
| DEAL WITH IT Juried Exhibition, WomanMADE Gallery, Chicago, IL | |
| NEW ART 2001 Juried Competition, MPG Gallery, Boston, MA | |
| 2000 | 2000 C.O.U.C.H. (Contemporary Objects & Utilitarian Crafts For The Home) Juried Exhibition, Artspace, Raleigh, NC |
| READING BETWEEN THE LINES Juried Exhibition, Gallery on the Square, Danville, KY | |
| CONTEMPORARY METALSMITHS 2000 Juried Exhibition, Young & Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, VT | |
| 1999 | ’99 CUPS Juried Exhibition, Galeria Mesa, Mesa, AZ |
| CONTEMPORARY METALSMITHS 1999 Juried Exhibition, Young & Constantin Gallery, Wilmington, VT | |
| HIGH TEA Juried Exhibition, MetalWerx, Woburn, MA | |
| 1998 | IOWA ARTISTS IN TIME & SPACE Octagon Center For The Arts, Ames, IA |
| REFINED: A NORTH AMERICAN METALSMITHING COMPETITION Stephen F. Austin State University, TX | |
| 1997 | DRAWN TOGETHER Juried Alumni Art Competition, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH |
| CHRISTMAS ARCHIVES COLLECTION MUSEUM Felissimo Greeting Card Project, Hakodote City, Japan | |
| 1996 | FELISSIMO DESIGN AWARD WINNERS’ EXHIBITION Felissimo, New York |
THE BEST OF 1996 Ohio Designer Craftsmen, Ohio Craft Museum and Bowling Green State University Fine Arts Center, OH |
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| 1995 | CLASS OF ’95 Goldsmiths’ Hall, London, UK |
| THE VERNE COLLECTION Cleveland, OH | |
| TEACHING | |
| 2001- | BROOKLINE ARTS CENTER, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Brookline, MA |
| Present | DECORDOVA MUSEUM, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, Lincoln, MA |