Ana Benaroya
ana.benaroya@gmail.com
Born in New York City.
Lives and works in Jersey City, NJ.
Education
Yale University - MFA - Painting, 2019
Maryland Institute College of Art - BFA - 2008
Solo Shows/Two Person Shows
2024
On Holy Ground - Venus Over Manhattan - Art Basel Hong Kong
2023
In My Room: Ana Benaroya, Tom of Finland, and Karl Wirsum - Venus Over Manhattan - New York, NY
2022
Beneath the Paper Moon - Carl Kostyal - Stockholm, Sweden
Swept Away - Venus Over Manhattan - New York, NY
2021
The Muse’s Gaze: Ana Benaroya & Yinka Shonibare CBE - Morgan Presents, New York, NY
The Passenger - curated by Morgan Aguiar-Lucander - Carl Kostyal Gallery, London, UK
2020
The Softest Place on Earth - Ross + Kramer Gallery, New York, NY
Summer-upon-Summer-Love (with Peter Saul) - Ross + Kramer Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Teach Me Tonight - Richard Heller Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2019
Beach Bodies - Ross + Kramer Gallery, East Hampton, NY
2018
NSFW - Postmasters Gallery, New York, NY
Standing Before Evil - Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2016
My Foolish Heart - Rabbithole Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2015
American Hero - FISK Gallery, Portland, OR
Group Shows
2024
The Way I See It - The Drawing Center - New York, NY
Conversation Galante - Pilar Corrias - London, UK
Bump - Matt Carey-Williams - London, UK
I’m a thousand different people — Every one is real - Leslie Lohman Museum of Art - New York, NY
Full Disclosure: Selections from the Thomas-Suwall Collection - The Plains Art Museum - Fargo, North Dakota
2023
Retinal Hysteria, curated by Robert Storr - Venus Over Manhattan - New York, NY
New Acquisitions: Hardscapes/Dreamscapes - The Mint Museum - Charlotte, North Carolina
Mythos, curated by Ana Benaroya - Adler Beatty - New York, NY
Feeling of Light - Almine Rech - Brussels, Belgium
2022
Other Images of Man - Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg - Germany
No Smoking - Beth DeWoody’s Bunker Collection - Palm Beach, FL
Bodyland, curated by Lauren Taschen - Max Hetzler Gallery - Berlin, Germany
Sea Show - Winter Street Gallery - Martha’s Vineyard, MA
PERSON(a) - Venus Over Manhattan - New York, NY
Janus - Morgan Presents - New York, NY
FireFigureFantasy: Selections from ICA Miami’s Collection - ICA Miami
My Reflection of You - The Perimeter - London, U.K.
Women of Now - Green Family Art Foundation - Dallas, Texas
2021
OUT Collective / Queercircle - Victoria Miro, London, U.K.
The Interior - Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Resting Point of Accomodation - Almine Rech, Brussels, Belgium
Breakfast Under The Tree - curated by Russell Tovey - Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK
Stockholm Sessions - Carl Kostyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2020
Allegory of Painting - WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong
How About Them Apples? - Ross + Kramer Gallery, New York, NY
1988 - Anthony Gallery, Chicago, IL
American Woman - Allouche-Benias Gallery, Athens, Greece
2019
Juxtapoz at 25: In Black & White - Hotel of South Beach, Miami, FL
Ocean Cadence - Ross + Kramer at Soho Beach House, Miami, FL
Two First Names - Over The Influence, Los Angeles, CA
Yale Painting 2019 - New Release Gallery, New York, NY
You Can’t Control The Witness - ltd Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Group Show - Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Nesting Habits - ltd Los Angeles @ Vacation Gallery, New York, NY
Fraternité - Curated by Morgan Aguiar-Lucander, New Haven, CT
A Little Tenderness - Gildar Gallery, Denver, CO
Again Always - Yale MFA Thesis Show, New Haven, CT
2018
Multilayered: New Prints 2018/Summer - International Print Center NY, New York, NY
Daddy's Books - Life Lessons Garage, Far Rockaway, NY
2017
Odds & Ends Art Book Fair - Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT
You Can Get In And Not Do Anything - Yale MFA 2019 First Year Show - New Haven, CT
Reconstruir - 41 Cooper Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Artists in Residence - Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ
2015
Am I Invisible? - Delancey Plaza, New York, NY
2014
Visualizing Queerness - Dixon Place, New York, NY
Faux Pas Part Deaux - 7 Dunham Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Nudes 3 - Middle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Strange Bedfellows - 313 Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
Monsters - Pink Hobo Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2012
The Art of the Poster - Civilian Art Projects, Washington D.C.
Peepshow - The Small Print, Dublin, Ireland
Smile On Your Brother Tour of Canada
2011
Che - Gallery Suty, Paris, France
Slick Paris Drawing Exposition - Paris, France
Public Collections
The High Museum - Atlanta, Georgia
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami - Miami, Florida
Pérez Art Musum Miami - Miami, Florida
Leslie Lohman Museum of Art - New York, New York
The Portland Art Museum - Portland, Maine
The Bass Museum - Miami, Florida
The Mint Museum - Charlotte, North Carolina
Zuzeum Art Center - Riga, Latvia
Private Collections
The Lumpkin-Bocuzzi Family Collection of Contemporary Art
The Beth DeWoody Collection
The Herb & Lenore Schorr Collection
The Hall Art Foundation
The Alex Katz Foundation
Fellowships & Awards
2024
New Jersey State Council on the Arts - Individual Artist Fellowship
Residencies
2020 - Palazzo Monti - Brescia, Italy
2017 - Artist In Residence - Newark Print Shop, Newark, NJ
2015 - Iceland Residency - Light Grey Art Lab
Teaching
2023/2024 - Visiting Critic - New York Academy of Art - New York, NY
2021 - Graduate Advisor - School of Art at Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburg, PA
2018/2019 - Teaching Assistant - Yale School of Art - New Haven, CT
2014 - Adjunct - Parsons, The New School for Design - New York, NY
2014 - Adjunct - City College, City University of New York - New York, NY
Press
Frace, Alicia, Ana Benaroya Explores the Strong Feminine Body, Playboy, October 2024.
Ana Benaroya releases Artspace and Visual AIDS edition, The Nun's Litany, 2024, Artspace, May 2024.
Le, Minh, Ana Benaroya and Katherine Bradford on the endless possibility of female figuration, Document Journal, February 2024.
Ashby, Chloe, Transcending Gender with Muscles and Manicures, Art Basel, January 2024.
Scobie, Ilka, Six New York Gallery Shows, Artlyst, December 2023.
Maciocco, Lucrezia, Lady Luck, Metal Magazine, November 2023.
Smith, Melissa, ‘Retinal Hysteria,’ the Latest Exhibition Curated by Robert Storr, Is Meant to Provoke You, Cultured, November 2023.
Rabb, Maxwell, 4 Artists Select Their Must-Have Editions at IFPDA Print Fair 2023, Artsy, October 2023.
Lucina, Sophia, In My Room at Venus Over Manhattan, Office Magazine, June 2023.
Wally, Maxine, All the Must-See Art Shows of 2023 (So Far), W Magazine, June 2023.
Tauer, Kristen, Tribeca Festival and Chanel Announce 2023 Artists Awards Program, WWD, May 2023.
Gardner, Chris, Chanel and Tribeca Festival Unveil Works Selected for 2023 Artist Awards Program, The Hollywood Reporter, May 2023.
Kothe, Juliet, Interview: Ana Benaroya at Max Hetzler, December 2022.
White, Katie, Peek Into the Packed Studio of Painter Ana Benaroya, Whose Bold Paintings of Women Radiate with Queer Desire, Artnet, April 26, 2022.
Pariso, Dominique & Stanton, Chris, The Approval Matrix, New York Magazine, April 22, 2022.
Schwartz, Alexis, At Venus Over Manhattan, Ana Benaroya’s New Work Invents Figures from Comics and Desire, Cultured, April 6, 2022.
Eckardt, Stephanie, Inside Ana Benaroya’s Studio, Where the Women Have No Shame, W Magazine, April, 1, 2022.
Buck, Louisa, Group Show of Cutting Edge Contemporary Painting Opens at Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate, The Art Newspaper, July 21, 2021.
Saltz, Jerry, Nipple Insanity, Instagram, December 19, 2020.
Benson, Louise, Artists to Watch, Elephant, December 4, 2020.
Sapsford, Beatrice & Lee, Shannon, 10 In-Demand Works on Artsy This Week, Artsy, November 23, 2020.
Freeman, Nate, Wet Paint, Artnet, November 13, 2020.
Gaillot, Ann-Derrick, On Allowing For the Unexpected, The Creative Independent, October 5, 2020.
Excess and Extraness: Talking Subersive Humour and Macho Bodies with Ana Benaroya, ArtMaze Magazine, June 2020
TalkArt with Russell Tovey and Robert Diament, Interview (podcast), July 2020
Ana Benaroya and the New Art History, Radio Juxtapoz, March 16, 2020
Poetic Justice, Cover and Feature in Juxtapoz Magazine, March 2020
Essential Artists You Need to Know Right Now, elephant.art, February 7, 2020
Two First Names: Ana Benaroya & Anna Park, juxtapoz.com, August 9, 2019
Sim, Jiyong, An Interview With Ana Benaroya, simpl-mag.com, June 13, 2019.
Ana Benaroya, Rebecca Ness…Group Show @ Richard Heller, juxtapoz.com, May 10, 2019.
New American Paintings, Northeast #140, February-March 2019
Bradford, Katherine, Rethinking Nipples, Instagram, December 16, 2018.
Cascone, Sarah, Editors’ Picks: 14 Things Not to Miss in New York’s Art World This Week, news.artnet.com, December 3, 2018.
Interviews: Ana Benaroya, artofchoice.club, September 26, 2017.e