PAMELA BENHAM  Artist / Painter
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Current and Exhibitions
July 22nd to September 10th, 2016
July 22nd to September 10th, 2016

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Selected Past Exhibitions
2023
Off the Wall Reimagined
For The Santa Barbara Museum of Art 
 - selected by The SBMA Women's Board
Rockwood, Santa Barbara, California
April 28th, 2023

Big Names, Small Art 2023!
The Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, California
May 10th to June 3rd, 2023

Miniature Monumental!
The Bristol Museum of Art
Bristol, Rhode Island
February 4th to March 31st, 2023

6 x 6 2023
Grants Pass Museum of Art
Grants Pass, Oregon
January 20th to February 16th, 2023
​
32nd Annual Exhibition
​Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester, New York
December 2nd to February 11th, 2023

BIG Art in Small Packages
Monmouth Museum
Lincroft, New Jersey
November 18th, 2022 to January 1st, 2023

2022
With Flying Colors                                Review by Josef Woodard
Solo Exhibition
Faulkner East and West Galleries
Santa Barbara, CA
October 3rd to the 29th, 2022

Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Tour
   - Reception 

Community Arts Workshop
Santa Barbara, CA
September 2nd, 2022,  5pm to 8pm

Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Tour
Art House Studio
Santa Barbara, CA  93117
​September 3rd to September 5th, 2022

Watercolor USA 2022
Springfield Museum of Art
Springfield, MO
June 4th to August 28th, 2022

Something Goods Coming
Solo Exhibition
Christ Presbyterian Church
​Santa Barbara, CA
April 18th to June 25th, 2022

Salon des Refuses
Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art
Wausau, WA
April 1st to July 2nd, 2022

​ARTMIX
Bakersfield Museum of Art
Bakersfield, CA
March 31st, 2022

Van Gogh on the Plaza
La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts
Santa Barbara, CA
March 8th to April 2nd, 2022

Penumbra
Gallery 825 - Online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, CA
​January 7th to the 24th, 2022

Faulkner Gallery Exhibition
Faulkner Gallery
Santa Barbara, CA
January 4th to January 30th, 2022

10th Anniversary Exhibition
GraySpace Gallery
Funk Zone, Santa Barbara, CA
January 2nd to January 30th, 2022

31st Annual Exhibition
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
December 3rd, 2021 to January 15th, 2022

Endings and Beginnings
Southern California Womens Caucus for Art - Online
December 1st, 2021 to January 8th, 2022

2021

Miniatures: Big Art in Small Packages
Monmouth Museum
Lincroft, NY
November 21st to January 2nd, 2022

FULL BODIED
Gallery 825 - Online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, CA 
November 13th to November 29th, 2021

Remedy: Art is the Cure
The Channing Peake Gallery
105 E. Anapamu Street
Santa Barbara, CA
September 20th, 2021 to March 25th, 2022

Ceremonial
Gallery 825 - Online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
September 8th to September 24th, 2021
https://www.laaa.org/ceremonial

Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Tour - Reception
Community Arts Workshop
Santa Barbara, CA
September 3rd, 2021

Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Tour
Art House Studio
Goleta, CA 
​September 4th to September 6th, 2021

The September Faulkner Exhibition
Faulkner Gallery
Santa Barbara, California
August 31st to September 30th , 2021

CHESTNUT
Gallery 825 - Online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard                                           
August 21 - September 6, 2021
https://www.laaa.org/chestnut

​Summer's End - online
August 1st to November 30th, 2021
https://www.thegoletavalleyartassociation.org/aug-2021-show.html

Hot Times - Cool Art
Palm Springs Museum of Art - Artist Council  - online
Palm Springs, California 
June 14th to August 1st, 2021
www.artistscouncilimages.com/hot-times-cool-art

A Lovely Day
So. California Women's Caucus for Art  -  online
June 7th to June 30th, 2021
/www.scwcaexhibitions.org/current-exhibition.html 

Sublime
CAL Gallery  – online
Reseda, California 
May 2nd to October 15th, 2021
www.californiaartleague.com/viewcollection/160438

What the Morning Brings
WCA New York City – online
New York, New York
March 27th to now
www.wca-nyc.org/blog

READY GO!
Gallery 825  – online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, California
March 27th to April 16th, 2021
https://www.laaa.org/ready-go

International Women's Day Exhibit
So. California Women's Caucus for Art  -  online
March 7th to March 31st, 2021

Hammond Museum / March Exhibition
Hammond Museum  - online 
Salem, New York
March 6th, 2021 to March 4, 2022
www.hammondmuseum.org/march-virtual-exhibition

Back to Nature
Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts
March 4th to March 19th, 2021
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs27X5lY6z4

Reflections 20/20

Palm Springs Museum of Art’s Artist Council - online
Palm Springs, California
February 22nd to April 2nd, 2021
www.artistscouncilimages.com/Virtual/Reflections2020_Tour/index.htm?media-index=2&trigger-overlay-name=9&focus-overlay-name=9&skip-loading

Picasso for Peanuts
Goleta Valley Artists' Exhibition - online
Goleta, California
December 1st to March 1st, 2021
www.thegoletavalleyartassociation.org/p4p-show-2020.html
  
2020

The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition
Attleboro Museum
Attleboro, MA
December 12th, 2020 to January 29th, 2021

10 x 10 
SoLA Contemporary - online 
Los Angeles, California
December 12th to December 19th, 2020

30th Annual Exhibition
Rochester Contemporary Art Center                        
Rochester, New York                                                
December 4th, 2020 to February 6th, 2021

100 GRAND                                                               
Sullivan Goss Gallery                                                
Santa Barbara, California                                          
November 30th, 2020 to February 1st, 2021

Teeny Tiny Art 
Oceanside Museum of Art
Oceanside, CA
November 23th to December 3rd, 2020

Make Plain
Gallery 825  - online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, CA
October 1st to October 16th, 2020
https://www.laaa.org/make-plain

Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Exhibition
GraySpace Gallery
219 Gray Avenue
The Funk Zone
Santa Barbara, California
September 4th to September 7th, 2020

Non Sequitur
Gallery 825  - online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, California
August 29th to September 12th, 2020
www.laaa.org/nonsequitur-2020 
 
Pulse of LA in the time of Protest
So. California Women's Caucus for Art 

August 1st to August 31st, 2020
www.scwcaexhibitions.org/pulse-of-la-in-the-time-of-protest.html

Habitual
Gallery 825  - online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, California
July 25th to August 10th, 2020

ArtSEE  
Jewish Community Center  - online
Santa Barbara, California
July 15th to September 15th, 2020

Indistinct Chatter
Gallery 825  - online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, California
July 1st to July 10th, 2020

Gleaming Apollo
Gallery 825  - online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, California
June 2nd to June 11th, 2020

Petit Works
Gallery 825  - online
825 N La Cienega Boulevard 
Los Angeles, California
May 14th to May 22nd, 2020

Peoples’ Choice Award - Artists Council
Palm Springs Art Museum   - online
Palm Springs, California
May 1st to May 31st, 2020

Open to Abstraction 1st Place ​
Faulkner Gallery - online
Santa Barbara, California
April 2nd to May 31st, 2020
www.abstractartcollective.com/open-to-abstraction

Peoples’ Choice Award - Artists Council
Palm Springs Art Museum   - online
Palm Springs, California
Apr 2nd to April 30th, 2020
             
The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition
Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts
December 6th to January 31st, 2020
           
The Flat File Show
Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
Montecito, California
November 21st to January 18th, 2020

Miniatures: Big ART in Small Packages 2020
Monmouth Museum
Lincroft, New Jersey
January 18th to March 15th, 2020
 
29th Annual Exhibition
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester, New York
December 6th to January 12th, 2020

100 GRAND 
Sullivan Goss Gallery 
Santa Barbara, California 
December 2nd to February 3, 2020

2019​

Visual Energy: Turning Up the Volume                 Review by Josef Woodard
Solo Exhibition at the Faulkner East Gallery
Santa Barbara, California
November 2nd to the 30th, 2019
 
Abstract Open IV 
​Channing Peake Gallery
Santa Barbara. California
October 29th, 2018 to February 22nd, 2019
​   Then travels to:
Betteravia Gallery
Santa Maria, 
California​
February 23rd to May 5th, 2019

Nature Abstracted
- curated by Stacey Otte-Demangate and Nathan Huff
​Wildling Museum of Art and Nature
Solvang, California
October 3rd, 2018 to March 18th, 2019

FASCINATIONS
State Street Gallery
Santa Barbara, California
September 29th to November 2nd, 2019
​
Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ Tours
Art House Studio 
Santa Barbara, California
August 31st to September 2nd, 2019

Medley 2019        
Blue Line Arts
​Sacramento, California
August 2nd to September 7th, 2019

Santa Barbara Studio Artists’ Exhibition​
Santa Barbara Fine Art Gallery
Santa Barbara, California
August 1st to September 2nd, 2019

International Small Art Phenomenon
6 x 6 x 2019
 
Rochester Contemporary Art Center
Rochester, New York
May 27th to July 14th, 2019

OFF THE WALL
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara. California
Saturday April 27th, 2019

Pushing Paint
NAWA Gallery
New York, New York
April 3rd to 25th, 2019

Unfettered
Avenue 50 Studio, Inc
Los Angeles, California
March 9th to April 6th, 2019
​
33rd Annual Open Competition
- curated by William Wray
Museum of Ventura County
​Ventura, California
February 9th to March 2nd, 2019

Bridging the Gap: Postcards of the All Nation of Art​
​​A.I.R. Gallery​                                                                         
Brooklyn, New York​                                              ​                 
​February 8th to March 10​th​, 2019​

I Am Me: Artists' Self-Portraits​
Santa Paula Art Museum
Santa Paula, California
February 2nd to May 12th, 2019

Inspired Beginnings​
Oceanside Museum of Art at Ashton Gallery
Oceanside, California                                     
January 8th to February 8th, 2019

Miniatures: Big Art in Small Packages 2019
Monmouth Museum
Lincroft, New Jersey
January 12th to May 19th, 2019

100 GRAND                                                                            
- curated by Susan Bush                                                         
Sullivan Goss Gallery
Santa Barbara. California                   
December 6th, 2018 to February 8th, 2019                                       

The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition
Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts
December 6th, 2018 to February 1st, 2019​
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2018

​Women's Caucus for Arts /  NYC
Boricua College Art Gallery
New York, New York
November 7th to November 23rd, 2018

Art of the Drawing 
Indigo Interiors
Santa Barbara, California
October 4th to December 13th, 2018

Solo Exhibition / 2018 Open Studios
The Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour
Art House Studio
​Santa Barbara, California
September 1st to the 3rd, 2018

Artists' Exhibition
10 WEST GALLERY 
10 West Anapamu Street

Santa Barbara, California
August 31st to September 3rd, 2018

In Black and White: Art Meets Writing
H.D. Smith Gallery, The Hoogland Center for the Arts
Springfield, Illinois
August 3rd to the 30th, 2018

Medley 2018
Blue Line Arts
Roseville, Sacramento, California
July 27th to September 8th, 2018

The Abstract Art Exhibition
and SEE International Fundraiser

The Jewish Federation of Greater Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, California
June 1st to August 9th, 2018

5 x 5 
The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art
Montecito, California
January 11th to January 26th, 2018

The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition
Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts 
December 9th, 2017 to February 1st, 2018

GraySpace Gallery Artists Group Show
- curated by Charlene Broudy
GraySpace Gallery
The Funk Zone
Santa Barbara, California
November 10th, 2017 to January 7th, 2018

Eyes of Another​
- curated by Rosemarie Gebhart
​and Marcello Ricci
The Arts Fund
​The Funk Zone
Santa Barbara, California
Artist Talks: Tuesday December 5th, 5:30pm
November 10th, 2017 to January 7th, 2018​

2017

Phenomena
Neutra Museum at Silver Lake
2379 Glendale Blvd
Silver Lake, Los Angeles, California
October 14th to October 28th, 2017

​Spotlight Exhibition​
Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts
October 12th to November 4th, 2017
​
Art Heals 
To benefit the Ridley-Tree Cancer Center 
- selected by Rick Stich
Gallery 113
Santa Barbara, California
October 3rd to the 28th, 2017

Solo Exhibition / 2017 Open Studios
The Santa Barbara Studio Artists Tour
Art House Studio
​Santa Barbara, California
September 2nd to September 4th, 2017

The Santa Barbara Studio Artists Exhibition
10 WEST GALLERY 
Santa Barbara, California

September 2nd to September  4th, 2017

8 Visions
8 Artists each exhibiting 8 paintings 
- selected by Boriana Kantcheva
and Janyce Nareski Goba 
​Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts
On Wednesday, August 2nd 
- Artist Talks: 6:30 to 8:00pm
August 2nd to the 31st, 2017

Mini Masterpieces
Freeport Art Museum
Freeport, Illinois
July 21st to September 1st, 2017

​The Summer Annual Salon
MoFA - Museum of Fine Arts
​Florida State University 
Tallahassee, Florida
June 23rd to July 28th, 2017

Pamela Benham: Paintings in Three Movements
Solo Exhibition
Faulkner West Gallery
​Santa Barbara, California
April 3rd to  April 29th, 2017 

Brushstrokes 2017
- selected by David Limrite
San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
San Luis Obispo, California
May 19th to July 2nd, 2017

Miniatures: Big ART in Small Packages
Monmouth Museum
Lincroft, New Jersey
January 14th to March 13th, 2017

Subjective
- selected by Alyssa Monks
Riverside Library
127 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street
New York City, New York
February 3rd to February 28th, 2017

Out of the Studio, Coming Live to You
- selected by Letitia Haynes, Gallery Director
The Distinctive Art Gallery
Santa Barbara, California
February 1st to February 26th, 2017

Order  and Chaos
- selected by Robert L. Croker
Giles Gallery
Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, Kentucky
January 23rd to February 22nd, 2017

The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition
- selected by Judith Klein
of Judith Klein Art Gallery, New Bedford, MA
Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts
December 9th, 2016 to February 2nd, 2017

SBSG + AAC
- selected by Nancy Gifford award: First Place
Faulkner Gallery
​Santa Barbara, California
January 3rd to January 31st, 2017

2016

12th Annual Small Works Show
- selected by JoAnne McFarland
440 Gallery Park Slope
Brooklyn, New York
December 1st to December 24th, 2016

Winter Wonders
Monmouth Museum
Lincroft, New Jersey
November 20th to December 31st, 2016​

The Artist as Maker, Thinker, Feeler
- selected by Jack Rasmussen
Cade Art Gallery
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold, Maryland
November 18th to December 19th, 2016

Radical Harmonies
Pamela Benham and Charlene Broudy

GraySpace Gallery
The Funk Zone, Santa Barbara 93101
​July 22nd to September 10th, 2016

The Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Tour
Solo Exhibition in Pamela Benham's Painting Studio
Santa Barbara, California
September 3rd and 4th, 2016

Santa Barbara Studio Artist Exhibition
Corridan Gallery, Director Bill Fedderson
Santa Barbara, California
August 4 - September 4, 2016

Nor’ Easter
- selected by Judith McElhone
of Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT
The New Britain Museum of American Art
New Britain, Connecticut 
January 9th to February 14th, 2016

2016 Flower Show
Nature-Themed Art Exhibition

- selected by Dave Kendrick
The Attleboro Arts Museum
Attleboro, Massachusetts
March 17th to 20th, 2016
http://attleboroartsmuseum.org/index.php/about/history/

Off the Wall
- selected by the SBMA Women's Board
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, California
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Small Works Exhibit
- selected by Hal Bromm: Hal Bromm Gallery, New York City 
Jed Dodds: Executive Director-The Studios of Key West
Elizabeth Young: Executive Director-Florida Keys Council of the Arts  
Lemonade Stand Gallery 
Gallery Directors: Letty Nowak and Caroline Stover-Sickmen
Key West, Florida 33040
March 18th to May 18th, 2016

​At the Walker 2016
- selected by David Gross
The Walker Art Gallery
Garnett, Kansas​
April 4th to May 28th, 2016

Texas National 2016
- 
selected by Abelardo Morell
Stephen F. Austin University
Nacogdoches, Texas
April 9th  to June 11th, 2016

ABSTRACTS
- selected by the Ventura County Arts Council
The Atrium Gallery 
Ventura County Government Center
Ventura, California
Jan 15th to March 1st, 2016

​Group Exhibition
Goleta Valley Cottage Hospital
Goleta, California
August 7, 2015 - April 2, 2016

​2015

​Feast Your Eyes! 2015
The Art Funds Gallery, Brad Nack, Executive Director
The Funk Zone, Santa Barbara, California
September 11 - 25, 2015
press release
mailer

ArtSEE
Fundraiser for Surgical Eye Expeditions
Abstract Art Collective
Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
November 2 - 29, 2015
mailer

The Santa Barbara Studio Artists' Tour
2015 Open Studio
Solo Exhibition in Benham's Painting Studio
Santa Barbara, California
September 5th and 6th, 2015
press release
mailer


Santa Barbara Studio Artist Exhibition
Corridan Gallery, Director Bill Fedderson
Santa Barbara, California
August 11 - September 6, 2015
corridan-gallery.com
mailer

Visual Monologues
- selected by Judy Larson, Director of Westmont Museum of Art, Montecito, CA
Jewish Federation, Santa Barbara, California
June 15 - August 25, 2015
mailer

Pamela Benham / Paintings
Solo Exhibition
Karpeles Museum, Santa Barbara, California
September 1, 2014 - Jan 3, 2015
press release
mailer

AbstraX@Karpeles
- selected by Jack Mohr, Director of Artamo Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA 
Karpeles Museum, Santa Barbara, California​
December 4, 2014 - April 29, 2015
mailer

2014

Feast Your Eyes! 2014
The Art Funds Gallery, Brad Nack, Executive Director
The Funk Zone, Santa Barbara, California
November 8 - 29, 2014
mailer

Expressive Abstractions
 - selected by Tom Burgher, Director of Seaside Gallery
Seaside Gallery, Pismo Beach, California
November 1 - 30, 2014
Santa Maria Times Review by Gayle Rappaport-Weiland
press release
mailer

Small Images 2014
 - selected by Tif Sigfrids, Director of Tif Sigfrids Gallery, Hollywood, CA
Atkinson Gallery, SB City College, Santa Barbara, California
October 3 - 31, 2014
press release
mailer

Group Exhibition
- selected by Bruce Robertson, Director of the Art, Design, & Architecture Museum
Goleta Library, Goleta, California
August 1 - 27, 2014

Starting Here: A Selection of Distinguished Artists from UCSB
- selected by Elyse Gonzales, Curator of Exhibitions, AD&A Museum
Art, Design, and Architecture Museum
University of California at Santa Barbara
May 16 - August 10, 2014
press release

Off the Wall
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art
   selected by the SBMA Women's Board
Santa Barbara, California
April 23 - 26, 2014
mailer

Pamela Benham / The Smaller Picture
Solo Exhibition

Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, California
April 2 - 25, 2014
press release
mailer 1
mailer 2

Sisters
- selected by Kerry Methner, Editor of CASA Magazine
CASA Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
March 6 - 28, 2014

Between Seer and Seen | Art + Love
- selected by Susan Tibbles, Gallery Director and Curator of Exhibitions
Santa Barbara Tennis Club, Santa Barbara, California
February 14 - March 7, 2014
press release
mailer

Art in the Mayor's Office
- selected by Nathaniel Vonk, President of SB Arts Collaborative
City Hall, Santa Barbara, California
February 1 - March 28, 2014
press release

Colors
West Wall Exhibitions
Goleta Public Library, Goleta, California
October 5 - 25, 2013

AAC Benefit Exhibit for Waldorf School
- selected by Brad Nack, Executive Director of Arts Fund Gallery
The Bacara Resort, Santa Barbara, California
August 31 - September 1, 2013
mailer

Pathways
 - selected by Peggy Ferris
Jewish Federation, Santa Barbara, California
May 19 - August 14, 2013
mailer

Independent Studies
 - selected by Francis Scorzelli
The Faculty Club, University of California at Santa Barbara
January 3 - February 28, 2013
mailer

Painting the Unseen / Abstract Works on Paper
Solo Exhibition
Faulkner East Gallery, Santa Barbara, California
March 2 - 31, 2013
press release
mailer

Beyond the Boundaries / Paintings by Pamela Benham
Solo Exhibition

Gallery 113, Santa Barbara, California
October 30 - November 30, 2012
press release
mailer

Off the Wall
The Santa Barbara Museum of Art
 - selectd by The SBMA Women's Board
Santa Barbara, California
April 16 - 20, 2012

Peripheral Visions
Cabrillo Pavilion Arts Center, Santa Barbara, California
February 28 - March 25, 2012
Santa Barbara News-Press Review by Josef Woodard
mailer


Paintings / Pamela Benham
Solo Exhibition

The Faculty Club, University of California at Santa Barbara
September 2 - October 27, 2011
CASA Magazine Review

mailer

COLOR x 6 Abstract Painters
 - Curated by Pamela Benham

The Faculty Club, University of California at Santa Barbara
November 1 - December 15, 2011​
Santa Barbara News-Press Review by Josef Woodard
mailer
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