Jason Benjamin
| Jason Benjamin | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Education | Pratt Institute |
| Known for | Painting |
| Awards |
Packing Room Prize 2005 Staring down the past Mosman Art Prize 1993, 1994 and 1996 |
Jason Benjamin (born 1971) is an Australian painter.
Benjamin was born in Melbourne in 1971. In his youth he lived in the United States and Mexico. After brief periods of study at The Stony Brook School on Long Island and the Pratt Institute in New York City, he returned to Australia in the early 1990s. He now lives and works in Sydney.
He has been exhibiting since 1989 and won the 2005 Packing Room Prize at the Archibald Prize with a painting of actor Bill Hunter titled Staring down the past. He won the 1993, 1994 and 1996 Mosman Art Prizes in Sydney. In 1997 he was awarded the Kings School Art Prize for landscape painting. He was a finalist in the Archibald Prize in 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
External links
- Jason Benjamin wins the packing room archibald
- Bill gets a kiss from the packing room
- Royalties for art's sake
- AGNSW Press Release
- The Doug Moran National Portrait Prize 2002
- Jason Benjamin at Buratti Fine Art
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