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Ben Schonberger is a visual artists and educator working in Pittsburgh, PA. He has exhibited his projects nationally and internationally and his work is part of public and private collections including The Detroit Institute of Arts Department of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and The Toledo Museum of Art. Ben’s self-published photobooks can be found in the MoMA Library, The Cleveland Museum of Art Library and The Arts Library at Yale University. 

Associated Artists of Pittsburgh
FOAM Talent
Hyperallergic
The Anamorphosis Prize
The Aperture Foundation and Paris Photo 2013


Solo Exhibitions

Perfect Safety: ROY G BIV Gallery, Columbus, OH, 2020

Beautiful Pig: Filter Space, Chicago, IL, 2018 

Beautiful Pig: Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, 2017

Beautiful Pig: River House Arts, Toledo, OH 2016

Hammer: The Muted Horn, Cleveland, OH, 2016


Select Group Exhibitions

Send Me Anything: curated by Leo Hsu, Houston Center for Photography, Houston, TX, 2024

The Grandeur of Power: curated by Eric Shiner, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2023

Zodiac; Garden Party: Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh, PA, 2022

Extending a Hand: curated by Imin Yeh, Associated Artists of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, 2021

Beyond Our Means: curated by Brian Carpenter, The Muted Horn, Cleveland, OH, 2019

Raw Hide: curated by Ian Breidenbach, The Neon Heater, Findlay, OH, 2018

Foam Talent: Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany, 2018

Foam Talent: Beaconsfield Gallery, London, England, 2018

Silver Eve Auction Preview Exhibition: Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018

Foam Talent: Red Hook Labs, Brooklyn, NY, 2018

Where Light Goes II: curated by Brian Carpenter, CVA Gallery, The University of Toledo, Toledo, OH, 2018

Collecting Now / Recent Acquisitions: Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, 2017

In Accuracy: UnSmoke Systems Artspace, Braddock, PA, 2017

Foam Talent: Foam Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017

On Freedom: curated by For Freedoms, Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, 2017

Athens Photo Festival Photobook Exhibition: The Benaki Museum, Athens, Greece, 2017

On The Shelf: juried by Kelli Connell, Filter Space, Chicago, IL, 2016

TOGETHER / ALONE: Embassy, Los Angeles, CA, 2016

GuatePhoto International Photography Festival: Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2015

Paris Photo- Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards Exhibition: IMA Gallery + IMA Concept Store, Tokyo, Japan, 2015

(e)merge Art Fair, Artist Platform: Capital Skyline Hotel, Washington, DC, 2014

INFOCUS Juried Exhibition of Self-Published Photobooks: Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, 2014

In Translation: three person show, curated by Stuart Horodner, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA, 2014

Paris Photo- Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards Exhibition: Aperture Gallery, New York, NY, 2013

Paris Photo- Aperture Foundation Photobook Awards: Grand Palais, Paris, France, 2013

VOX XI Juried Exhibition: curated by Hilary Harkness, VOX POPULI, Philadelphia, PA, 2013

Hot New Pics: Center Gallery, Midwest Center for Photography, Wichita, KS, 2012

A Life, Still: North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC, 2012


Honors + Awards

Selected: Critical Mass Top 200 Finalist, photolucida, 2020

Selected: The Incline Who’s Next 2019 Education, Pittsburgh, PA, 2019

Recipient: Greater Pittsburgh Artists Council Artist Opportunity Grant, Pittsburgh, PA, 2018

FOAM Talent: Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2017

Shortlisted: jury special mention by Anouk Kruithof, The Anamorphosis Prize, Old Greenwich, CT, 2015

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