Benjy Barnhart

Born Roanoke, Virginia
Resides Munich, Germany 

 

Education

1996-98 New York Studio School for Drawing, Painting and Sculpture, New York
1998 Yale University Summer Art School, Norfolk, Connecticut
1995 Chautauqua Institute School of Art, Chautauqua, New York
1995 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
B.A. with High Distinction: Studio Art, English Literature
1994 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont

 

Exhibitions

[s] solo show

2023 >crosslink< tandem with Fred Krueger, Aspekte Galerie, Munich
2022 >crosslink< group show, Aspekte Galerie, Munich
Bau der Isarphilharmonie, Halle E Atrium, Gasteig HP8, Munich
Alles Immer Jetzt, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
2021 Mercedes Matter Awards Show, Margalit Startup City, New York
Gala Premiere, Gasteig HP8, München
New York Studio School Alumni Show, virtual on artsy
Never Stop Looking, Kulturzentrum Trudering, München   [s]
Sharing, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
2020 ARTMUC Kunstmesse, Praterinsel, Munich
New York Studio School Alumni Show, virtual on artsy
2019 Nur mit uns, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
Connections, Gerald Moore Gallery, London
ARTMUC Kunstmesse, Praterinsel, Munich
touché, guest artist, Haus F Ateliers, Munich
Drei Maler, Bohemian Gallery, Munich
Docents Exhibition, ADBK Kolbermoor
2018 Munich Art House, Alte Akademie, Munich
Danke, es geht uns gut! Galerie der Künstler, Munich
Ander Art Festival, Odeonsplatz Munich  [s]
Bleistift, Papier, fertig! Einstein 28, Munich
Kunst im Karee, Munich
2017 Schlachthof Subkultur, mehrzweckraum Munich  [s]
Zweiradgeschichten, Galerie eigenArt, Munich  [s]
HP8 Künstlerquartier Open House, Munich
Work and Method, Akthof, Munich
JA! Kunstverein Ebersberg Annual Invitational 
MKG Annual Invitational, Egyptian Museum, Munich 
Erst eins, dann zwei…, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
2016 Kollage, Zentrale I-A-M Berlin [s]
Curator, Farben des Sommers, Trafo Neuhausen, Munich
Kunst im Karee, Türkenhof, Munich
2015 RAUMWELT, WELTRAUM art off-space, Munich   [s]
WELTRAUM, Rathausgalerie, Munich 
Kein einwand!  einwand off-space, Munich 
Jahrhundertgaben, WELTRAUM, Munich
Glanz und Gloria, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
2014 Urban Narratives with Dean Pasch, Stadtbibliothek Neuhausen, Munich
Ortstermin Schwabing, Monacensia, Munich 
Kunst im Karee, Akthof, Munich 
Geschiebe, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
2013 Local Color, Vera Silcox, Roanoke, Virginia  [s]
Kunst im Karee, Akthof, Munich
2012 zimmer frei, Artists Project, Hotel Mariandl, Munich  [s]
Kunst in Sendling Open Studios, Munich
Utopia, Mainz Art Prize, MVB Forum, Mainz
2011 Unterwegs, LV 1871, Munich  [s]
Jour Fix 100, 84 GHz, Munich 
Annual Show, Kunstverein Ebersberg
2010 Im Vorbeifahren, 84 GHz Jour Fix, Munich  [s]
Annual Show, Kunstverein Traunstein 
Past Meets Present V, Ruffin Gallery, Charlottesville, Virginia
2009 Roten Saal, Ideenhaus, Hollfeld, Germany  [s]
Freie Fahrt, freiraum 117, Munich, Germany  [s]
2008 BBK Mitglieder Stellen Aus, Galerie der Künstler, Munich 
Rot, 30th International Exhibition, Hollfeld, Germany
2007-11 Kunst in Sendling Open Studios, Munich
2007 Natur-Mensch, Sankt Andreasberg/National Park Harz, Germany 
Seelenlandschaften, 29th International Exhibition, Hollfeld, Germany
2003 Aunspaugh Alumni Exhibition, Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia
1998 Yale Summer Art School Show 
New York Studio School Student Gallery  [s]
1996 Paintings from the Piedmont, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville 
Recent Paintings, Fayerweather Gallery, University of Virginia  [s]
1995 Steak Haus, H&M Building, Charlottesville  [s]
Chautauqua Art School Show

 

Awards

2021 Mercedes Matter Award, New York Studio School Alumni
2012 Second Prize, Mainz Art Prize “Eisenturm”
2010 Studio Grant 2011-2012, Bavarian Ministry of Culture
2008 Recipient Quarterly Exhibition 2009, Hollfelder Kulturfreunde
1995 Merit Award, Paintings from the Piedmont, The Daily Progress
1995 Aunspaugh Study Grant, University of Virginia
Recognition Award for Distinguished Majors Program in Studio Art,
McIntire Department of Art, University of Virginia

 

Collections

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung / Bavarian State Painting Collection
LV 1871 Lebensversicherung, Munich
Sympatec GmbH, Clausthal-Zellerfeld
Raising Stones Events, Monaco