Bio

Aviv Benn’s (b. 1988, Tel Aviv. Lives and works in London) paintings are a visual universe starring symbolic archetypes that pop up and reappear time and again, and together formulate the dreamlike world they inhabit. These colorful figures take over the entire painterly space, encompassing their surroundings, dissolving and merging, floating in an unknown limbo. Her view on painting is as an act of compulsion and a ritualistic repetition of images, motifs and ornaments. Repeating the same imagery over numerous canvases, informs a narrative that stretches beyond the boundaries of a singular artwork; new relationships are woven together to build a vivid myth throughout her work.

Benn completed her MFA in Painting and Drawing in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2018, and her BFA at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem in 2013. Benn had solo exhibitions at Extase Gallery, Chicago(2020), in RawArt Gallery, Tel Aviv (2019, 2017), Off-White Columns Gallery, New York(2019), Devening Projects Gallery, Chicago (2018), and Art Von Frei Gallery, Berlin(2016). She participated in various group exhibitions in Germany, Chicago, New York and Tel-Aviv. Her work was featured on various publications and platforms such as New American Paintings, ArtMaze Magazine, Artnet, The Art Newspaper, Ha’aretz Daily Newspaper, and more. Benn participated in artist residencies including Affect in Berlin (2014), PILOTENKUECHE international artist residency, Leipzig (2015), and the Vermont Studio Center artist residency (2019). She received the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in 2021, The Rabinovich Foundation Grant in 2015 and 2019, and the Graduate Dean Professional Development Award from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2017 and 2018.

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I Give To You These Verses, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 122x122 cm (48x48 inches)

I Give To You These Verses, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 122x122 cm (48x48 inches)

Sometimes You Are Like the Horizons, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 96x112 cm (38x44 inches)

An Ironic Beacon, 2023, Oil on canvas, 61x66 cm (24x26 inches)

An Ironic Beacon, 2023, Oil on canvas, 61x66 cm (24x26 inches)

Horror Is Charming As Your Other Gems, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 61x66 cm (24x26 inches)

Horror Is Charming As Your Other Gems, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 61x66 cm (24x26 inches)

In Surges Rolled the Images of Skies, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 55x61 cm (21x24 inches)

In Surges Rolled the Images of Skies, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 55x61 cm (21x24 inches)

Some Indifferent Heads, 2023, Oil on canvas, 25x25 cm (10x10 inches)

Some Indifferent Heads, 2023, Oil on canvas, 25x25 cm (10x10 inches)

The Borders of Your Teeth, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 85x90 cm (33x35 inches)

The Borders of Your Teeth, 2023, Oil and spray paint on canvas, 85x90 cm (33x35 inches)

The World Less Dreadful and The Time Less Dead, 2023, Oil and Spray paint on canvas, 61x66 cm (24x26 inches)

The World Less Dreadful and The Time Less Dead, 2023, Oil and Spray paint on canvas, 61x66 cm (24x26 inches)

You In My Mortified Soul, 2023, Oil on canvas, 25x25 cm (10x10 inches)

You In My Mortified Soul, 2023, Oil on canvas, 25x25 cm (10x10 inches)

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