
- BENJAMIN LONG
EDUCATION:
1984 B.A., Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2002 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1999 Shippensburg University, Philadelphia, PA
1997 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1995 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1994 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1993 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1988 Mostly Drawing, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
1985 Saurus Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2003 Two Person Show, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
2003 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2002 Connecticut College, New London, CT
2002 Small Works, New York University, New York, NY
2001 Challenge Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
2003 20 North Gallery, Toledo, OH
2000 Main Line Art Center; Haverford, PA
2000 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
1998 Works on Paper, Beaver College, Glenside, PA
1998 Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1996 Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
1996 Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, NJ
1996 Toils of Transformation, Studio 600 Gallery, Reading, PA
1995 Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX
1995 Artspace 534, Stroudsburg, PA
1994 Drawing 1994, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1994 Television, Rodger LaPelle Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
1993 National Drawing Invitational, Emporia State University, KS
1992 Citizen’s Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
1992 U.S. Artists at the Armory, Philadelphia, PA
1991 Mayfair, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA
1991 The Bixler Gallery, Stroudsburg, PA
1991 Martin Tower Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
1990 Images from the Common Ground, Art in General, New York, NY
1990 Drawing 1990, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
1989 Two Person Show, Springer Gallery, Allentown, PA
1989 Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Washington, DC
1989 National Drawing 89, Trenton State College, NJ
1989 Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1988 Two Person Show, Expose Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
1988 Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh, PA
1988 Open Space Gallery, Allentown, PA
1987 Mayfair, Muhlenburg College, Allentown, PA
1987 Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1986 Zeus-Trabia Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Small Works, New York University, New York, NY
1985 Karl Stirner Gallery, Easton, PA
1985 Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
1984 Lehigh Art Alliance, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
1984 Payne Gallery, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2001 The LaPelle Collection: 21 Years of Philadelphia Art, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
2000 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1998 Mayfair, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1997 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1994 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1993 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1993 Biennial, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington DE
1993 Four Artists, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1993 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
1992 Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1991 Art of the State, State Museum, Harrisburg, PA
1990 Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1988 ,i> Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1987 Carrol Reece museum, Johnston City, TN
1987 Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA
1986 Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
1986 Reading Museum, Reading, PA
1984 Biennial, Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA
AWARDS AND HONORS
2002 Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts>br> 1998 Prize, Cheltenham Center for the arts
1995 Fellowship, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
1993 Honorable Mention, Delaware Art Museum Biennial
1992 Group Show Award, Allentown Art Museum
1991 Best of Exhibition, Monroe County Arts Council
1990 Second Prize, Drawing 1990, Brigham Young University
1989 Purchase Award, Trenton state College
1989 Prize, Cheltenham Center for the arts
PUBLICATIONS
O’Shaughnessy, Tracy The Republican-American (Waterbury, CT). May 2003
Open Studies Press. New American Paintings, Number 45. May 2003
Mattera, Joanne. “The art of Encaustic Painting”, Watson-Guptill. 2001
Sozanski, Edward. “Still More Botany”, The Philadelphia Inquirer. Feb. 2001
Fallon, Roberta. “More is More”, Philadelphia Weekly. Feb. 2001
Arettam, J. “Spirit Maps”, Boston; Red Wheel, 2001
Open Studies Press. New American Paintings, Number 27. May 2000
Fabbri, Anne. Old City, New Art”, The Philadelphia Daily News, Nov. 1999
Open Studies Press. New American Paintings, Number 15. April 1998
Meirod, George. “Optical Allusions”, Art & Antiques. June 1997
Brown, Gerard. “Threshold Poetry”, Philadelphia Weekly. May 1995
Gehman, Geoff. “A Quadruple Curiosity at Allentown Art Museum” The Morning Call. June 1993
Sozanski, Edward. “32 Paintings and Drawings, Some Viewed as Constructions”, The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 1992
Volk, Carol. “Below the Surface”, Art & Antiques. May 1992
Stevenson, Martha. “Images From the Common Ground”, Catalogue essay 1990
Redd, Adrienne. “Art As Mystery”, Bethlehem Globe-Times. Feb. 1998
COLLECTIONS
Trenton State College
Moravian College
Muslkfest, Inc.
Bridget Foy’s Restaurant, Philadelphia
Janet and Joseph Shein, Esq.
Church of the Manger, Bethlehem
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