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Benjamin B. Potter
125 Cedar St.
Belfast, ME 04915
benjamib@yahoo.com
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Education
M.F.A.1998Painting and DrawingCalifornia College of the Arts
B.A.1993Fine ArtWilliams College
B.A.1993BiologyWilliams College
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Experience
2006-Present Professor of Art, Unity College - Unity, ME
2006-Present Director, Leonard Craig Gallery, Unity College - Unity, ME
2007-Present Artist-Teacher, Vermont College of Union Institute and University, MFA Program -
Montpelier, VT
2002-2006Assistant Professor of Art, Ripon College - Ripon, WI
Interim Department Chair, Fall 2003
Chair, Faculty Development Committee, 2005/2006
2002Adjunct Professor, St. Michael's College - Colchester, VT
Watercolor, Spring 2002
Two Dimensional Design, Spring 2002
Adjunct Professor, Community College of Vermont - Burlington, VT
Drawing I, Spring 2002
2001Adjunct Professor, Burlington College - Burlington, VT
Painting Techniques, Spring 2001
Adjunct Professor, Community College of Vermont - Burlington, VT
Drawing I, Spring, Fall 2001
1999-2001 Adjunct Professor, Johnson State College - Johnson, VT
Sculpture I, Fall 1999, Spring 2000, Spring 2001
Design, Fall 2000
Introduction to Photography, Fall 1999-Spring 2001
2001Instructor, Burlington City Arts - Burlington, VT
Fundamentals of Drawing. An introductory class for adults. Spring, Fall 2001
1999-2001Gallery Director, Johnson State College - Johnson, VT
Curator and Director of the Julian Scott Memorial Gallery. Curated, scheduled
and publicized shows. Hired and supervised student workers. Supervised
installation and de-installation of work.
Selected Exhibitions (*solo shows marked by asterisk)
2012CMCA Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
*Home Field, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
2011Drawing the Line, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland ME
Chain Letter, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica CA
Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
Stuck, Aarhaus Gallery, Belfast, ME
Cast and Found Redux, Waterfall Arts, Belfast ME
2010 *Ben Potter, New Work, Leonard Craig Gallery, Unity ME
Patterns of Nature, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast ME
Small Works, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
2009 *Field and Screen, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
Jump In, Lichtenstein Center for the Arts, Pittsfield, MA
Happy Tree Friends, Urban Culture Project, Kansas City, MO
Small Works, Perimeter Gallery, Belfast, ME
Second Lives, Waterfall Arts, Belfast ME
2008*Ben Potter, Navta-Shultz Gallery, Chicago, IL
CMCA 2008 Biennial Exhibition, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Linear Perspectives, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
Betwixt and Between, Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, ME
Drawing Show, Beverly Art Center, Chicago, IL
The Crossing of Time and Environment: Outdoor Micro-installations (Invited participant,
Adriane Herman's curatorial project within the show). Toshei Village, Taiwan.
2007Aqua Art Miami Contemporary Art Fair, Miami, FL
Sourcing: Sustainable Imagination, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME
Ben Potter, Aarhus Gallery, Belfast, ME
Misuse, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
Second Coming, Kolok Gallery, North Adams, MA
2006*Kindling, Navta-Shulz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Refined, Lyons Wier Ortt Gallery, New York, NY
Scope/London, London, England
Dream Cabinet, Slocumb Gallery, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Fresh Paint, Navta-Shulz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2005Works on Paper, Kunstverein Jena, Optisches Museum, Jena, Germany
Eight Counties, John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
2004*Invisible Ink. Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Line: Five positions in Contemporary Drawing, Dina4 Projekte, Munich, Germany
Berliner Liste, Contemporary Art Fair, Berlin, Germany
Inaugural Mudd, Lawrence University Art Gallery, Appleton, WI
Group Show, Water Street Gallery, Princeton, WI
2003BUY Contortions, Taxter and Spengemann, New York, NY
Taxter&Spengemann Miami Invitational, Scope Art Fair, Townhouse Hotel, Miami, FL
Group Show, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Ordinary Uncanny, Scope Art Fair, Dylan Hotel, New York, NY
*Ben Potter, St. Andrews Sewanee Gallery, St. Andrews, TN
(Slide Registry, The Drawing Center, New York, NY)
2002Amenities, Scope Art Fair, Gershwin Hotel, New York, NY
Switchyard, Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
*Phenomena, Caestecker Gallery, Ripon College, Ripon, WI
2001* Heroes and Other Phenomena, University of the South Gallery, Sewanee, TN
Ben Potter, Scott Johnson, Ethan Jackson, Sterling College, Craftsbury, VT
Arts Across the Border, North Country Center for the Arts, Plattsburg, NY
Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council, Cobleskill, NY
2000*Ben Potter: Sculpture and Painting, John Gibson Gallery, New York, NY
*Ben Potter, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
New Art, Flynndog, Burlington, VT
1999New Directions '99, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Process/ Progress, Firehouse Gallery, Burlington, VT
1998Painting and Sculpture, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Bay Area Sculpture Biennial, Pacific Rim Sculptor's Group, San Francisco, CA
Art and Biology Show, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
1997 CCAC Honors Show, Graduate Division, Oakland, CA
Grants/Fellowships
2010,2012Good Idea Grant, Maine Arts Commission
2007, 2009, 2010 Faculty Research Grant, Unity College
2005Faculty Career Enhancement Grant, Associated Colleges of the Midwest
2003-5 Scholarly/Artistic Grant, Ripon College
2001 Opportunity Grant: Vermont Arts Council
1998Honors Award: C.C.A.C. Graduate Division
1993 Hutchinson Fellowship: Williams College
1960 Scholar in Art: Williams College
1992Mellon Grant: Williams College
Reviews and Articles
Britta Konau “Mixed Use” Maine Home and Design, May 2012
“June Fitzpatrick Knows Where to Draw the Line” Portland Press Herald
December 5 20011
“25 Artists that have captured Our Imagination” Artscope, March/April 2011
“60 of Maine’s Most Collectible Artists” Maine Home and Design, April 2010
“Second Lives Prompts Second Look” Bangor Daily News, March 24, 2009
Alan G. Artner. "Art Review" Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2006
Alison Bing. "Fluid Moves," SFGate.com, March 11, 2004
Hanne Weskott. "New in Munich Galleries: Mexican Impressionism From Endy
Hupperich and the Exhibition 'Line' with Five Artists," Article with photograph, Munich
Kultur, January 28, 2004, 40.
"Line", Go, February 4, 2004, 83.
Marc Awodey. "Second Nature," Article with photograph, Seven Days, August 16, 2000,
41.
David Stairs. "Art and Biology," Article with photograph, Leonardo, Vol. 31, No. 4, 1998,
263-269.
Published Work
"Afterlife," Leonardo, Vol. 31, No. 4, 1998, 265.
Lectures /Visiting Artist
2012 Who do You Love? Center For Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2009Maine Art Education Association, Deer Isle, ME
Waterfall Arts, Belfast ME
2008 Maine College of Art, Portland ME
2007Misuse roundtable discussion, Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME
2004Reed College, Portland, OR
2001University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Williams College, Williamstown, MA