PAMELA BENHAM  Artist / Painter
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1973-76
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1970-72
1968-71


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Selected Individual Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Education
Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine
BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, NYC 
Art Students’ League, New York City and Woodstock, NY

Awards & Fellowships
Gottlieb Foundation Grant, Emergency Assistance, New York City, NY
Studio Space Grant, New York Public Library, New York City, NY
ARTISTS SPACE Individual Grant, New York City, NY
Full Tuitional Grant for Cooper Union, New York City, NY
Reginald Marsh Merit Scholarship for Art Students’ League, New York City, NY
Ford Foundation Scholarship for Art Students’ League, New York City, NY

Artist-In-Residence Grants and Artist Colony Fellowships
AIR at Pecos Benedictine Monastery, Pecos, NM
AIR at Mount Calvary Monastery, Santa Barbara, CA
The Mary Anderson Art Center, Mount St. Francis, New Albany, IN
AIR at Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Parson’s AIR Program at Altos de Chavon, Dominican Republic
AIR at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine

Museum Exhibitions
Big Names, Small Art 2023!, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Miniature Monumental!, 
The Bristol Museum of Art, Bristol, Rhode Island
BIG Art in Small Packages, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
​6 x 6 2023, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, Oregon
​ARTMIX, Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA
Watercolor USA 2022, Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
​Salon des Refuses, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
​Back to Nature, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
Hammond Museum / March Exhibition, Salem, New York - Online
​Miniatures: Big ART in Small Packages 2020, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
Teeny Tiny Art, Oceanside Museum of Art, Oceanside, California​
​The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, Massachusetts
​The Flat File Show, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
​ I Am Me: Artists' Self-Portraits​, Santa Paula Art Museum, Santa Paula, California
33rd Annual Open Competition, Museum of Ventura County, Ventura, California
Miniatures: Big ART in Small Packages 2019, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
Inspired Beginnings, Oceanside Museum of Art at Ashton Gallery, Oceanside, CA
The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum. Attleboro, MA​
​Off the Wall, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
​​Nature Abstracted, Wildling Museum, Solvang, CA
​5 x 5, The Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, Montecito, CA
The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum. Attleboro, MA​
8 Visions, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Brushstrokes 2017, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA​
Phenomena, Neutra Museum at Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CA
​The Summer Annual Salon, MoFA - Museum of Fine Arts, ​Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Spotlight Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Miniatures: Big ART in Small Packages 2017, Monmouth Museum, NJ
Mini Masterpieces, ​Freeport Art Museum, Freeport, IL
The Ottmar Gallery Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Nor’ Easter, The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Off the Wall, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Women’s Board, SB, CA
​2016 Flower Show, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
Winter Wonders, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, New Jersey
​At the Walker Open Exhibition 2016, The Walker Art Gallery, Garnett, Kansas
Gateway to Imagination, Farmington Museum, Farmington, New Mexico
Pamela Benham / Paintings, Solo Exhibition, Karpeles Museum, SB, CA
AbstraX@Karpeles, Karpeles Museum, SB, CA
Starting Here: A Selection of Distinguished Artists from UCSB
    Art, Design, and Architecture Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
​Off the Wall, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Women’s Board, SB, CA
SB Artist Association Group Exhibition, Karpeles Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Off the Wall, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, The Women’s Board, SB, CA
From Dusk to Drawn, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
FORUMulations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
The Art of Devotion, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, Montecito, CA
Focused on the Forum 2001, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
Focused on the Forum 2000, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
An Ange Passe, Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum, Montecito, CA
Focused on the Forum, Museum of Contemporary Art, Santa Barbara, CA
​Pamela Benham / Paintings, Nicholas Roerich Museum, New York City, NY 
Group Show, Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Overview / Paintings by Pamela Benham, Wood Art Gallery, Montpelier, VT
Group Exhibition, Musée du Luxembourg, Paris
Paris Salon 76, Grand Palais, Paris
Union des Femmes Peintres, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris





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