Benjamin Anderson’s precise, yet gestural paintings focus on specific moments of interactions with nature. The artist imbues his geometric, meditative seascapes with intimate painterly detail and an occasional sense of raw energy: Thick paint balances nuanced spray paint, nature vibrates with mathematical geometric precision and the question of how natural energy is contained within us is at the fore of Anderson’s work. The American born, California based artist studied at the Academy of Arts University in San Francisco (BFA), Haines Alaska, Florence, Italy and has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Holland, Mykonos, Greece, Venice, Italy and more. His work has been in multiple Museum shows, is in the collection of the Carnegie Art Museum and has been featured by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. A “painter’s painter”, Anderson finds inspiration in his daily ritual visits to the ocean and in art historical practices; his details feel contemporary, while his compositions are timeless. Anderson currently lives in Santa Barbara, California. EDUCATION1998-2002 B.F.A. Academy of Art University, San Francisco, Ca 1998 Alaska Indian Arts Center, Haines, Alaska1997 Scuola Leonardo Da Vinci, Florence, Italy MUSEUM SHOWS AND EXHIBITIONS2019 ‘The Imaginary’ Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, Ca2011 ‘The Brothers Anderson’ Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, Ca2011 ‘Splash’ Ventura County Museum of Art, Ventura, Ca 2005 “Portrait of an Artist”, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery SOLO EXHIBITIONS2025 ‘New Works’ Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, Co2023 ‘Dips’ Smith Klein Gallery, Boulder, Co2019 ‘Summer Fix’ Person Ryan Gallery, Summerland, Ca2019 ‘Portraits’ Ron Robinson, Los Angeles, Ca2011 ‘Portraits’ Anderson ART Collective, Carpinteria, Ca 2010 ‘Just Add Water’ Blank Space Gallery, New York, NY2010 ‘Just Add Water’ Anderson ART Collective, Carpinteria, Ca ART Fairs2023 Art Miami, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts GROUP EXHIBITIONS2024 ‘Winter Salon’ Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca2024 Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Dallas, Tx2023 ‘Recent Acquisitions’ Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca 2023 Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca2023 Whistler Contemporary, Whistler, B.C.2022 Red Bank Gallery, Red Bank, NJ2022 Curated Gallery, Santa Cruz, Ca2019 Simon Breitbard Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca2019 Ron Robinson, Los Angeles, Ca2018 Whistler Contemporary, Whistler, B.C. 2015 Sullivan Goss, ‘Figurations’ Santa Barbara, Ca2015 Eisenhower Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, Ma2015 Creutzberg | Van Dunn, Netherlands (Spring 2015)2014 Rarity Gallery, Summer Salon Show, Mykonos, Greece2014 Gallery Van Den Doel & Van Dunn, Netherlands2014 Christopher Hill Gallery, Spring Exhibition, Healdsburg, Ca2013 Rarity Gallery, Summer Salon Show, Mykonos, Greece2013 Santa Barbara Arts Fund, ‘aqua’ , Santa Barbara, Ca2013 Christopher Hill Gallery, Spring Exhibition, Healdsburg, Ca2012 ‘100 Grand’, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca 2012 ‘Benjamin Anderson and Daniel Mourning, New Works’ 2012 Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts, Mill Valley, Ca2012 WADE, Susan Street Fine Art, Solana Beach, Ca2011 ‘100 Grand’, Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, Ca 2011 Sherman/McNulty Gallery, Los Angeles Ca2010 ‘Rogue Wave II’ Anderson ART Collective, Carpinteria, Ca2010 ‘Summer Exhibition’ Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, Ca2009 Anderson ART Collective, ‘M-E-Y-K’ , Carpinteria, Ca2009 Anderson ART Collective, ‘Rogue Wave’ Carpinteria, Ca2009 Rumble Art Fair, Santa Barbara, Ca2007 George Billis Gallery ‘I(Heart)Pop Realism’ Los Angeles, Ca2007 IAM Gallery ‘Sensa Peso’ Venice, Italy2007 CastelARTe07, Abruzzo, Italy PUBLICATIONS / FILM2023 Elle Décor, Summer issue 20232023 Book Cover, Kristine Bilkau’s ‘Wasser-Zeiten’2023 Carpinteria Magazine, Summer 2021 Imagery Winery Artist Label – 2019 Merlot2012 Carpinteria Magazine, Winter 2012 issue 2012 The Coffin Factory, issue 22010 Surfer Magazine, May 2010 issue, Ca2009 Computer Arts Magazine, Sept. 09 issue, London, UK2009 Trip Magazine, Sept. 09 issue, Sao Paolo, Brazil2008 Target/Converse ‘all-stars’ ad campaign, national television, print2008 Channel Four London, Los Angeles Artist, Reality series