Artwork Information

Jason Benjamin is fast becoming one of Australia's most respected and popular artists. Since 1990, Benjamin has held fifteen solo exhibitions throughout Australia and overseas, and has been included in numerous group shows. His works figure in prestigious collections held by Art Bank, the National Portrait Gallery, and Macquarie Bank. Benjamin's talent for landscape painting has been recognised and awarded numerous times, including the King's School Art Prize and the Archibald 'Packers' Prize' in 2005. The magazine "Australian Art Collector" has short listed Jason Benjamin in its 'Top 50 Most Collectable Australian Artists' alongside the critically acclaimed names of Blackman, Olsen, Whitley, Boyd and Nolan.

 

Benjamin's ambiguous titles such as 'You Were Gone' and 'I Can't Let Go' lend an elusive sense of narrative to the landscape. His depictions of Australian skies capture an expansiveness, reminiscent of English artist John Constable's passionately detailed evocation of clouds. Far from being flat backdrops, Benjamin's skies dramatise finite living moments-the last, lingering minutes of daylight or the restless yawning heat of midday.

 

Benjamins evocative works have often been described as 'modern neoclassical pieces'. Whether his choice of subject is a sweeping landscape, a floral composition or a beautiful nude, Benjamins paintings have a mysterious, haunting edge to them. They possess a unique cinematic quality, with accompanying titles that conjure up an alternative viewpoint. His work shows a sensitive understanding of form and light, possessing subtle tonalities within these strong compositions.

 

Benjamin's beautifully represented landscapes and unique talent combine to make his works at once highly collectable, and of immediate and deep appeal. Benjamin was included in the most recent edition of the fifty most collectable artists for 2009 in Art Collector Magazine.

 

 

2008 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2008 Hirokazu Degawa, Tokyo
2008 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2008 Hirokazu Degawa, Tokyo
2008 Galleria Tondinelli, Rome
2008 BMG Art, Adelaide, Australia
2007 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane
2007 Hirokazu Degawa, Tokyo
2007 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2007 Hirokazu Degawa, Tokyo
2007 Galleria Tondinelli, Rome
2007 BMG Art, Adelaide, Australia
2006 Jan Murphy Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
2006 Hirokazu Degawa, Tokyo
2006 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne
2006 Hirokazu Degawa, Tokyo
2006 Galleria Tondinelli, Rome
2006 BMG Art, Adelaide, Australia
2006 Greenhill Galleries, Perth, Australia

2005 Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2005 Metro 5 Gallery at Sydney Art Fair, Sydney

 

 

2008 'Art by the Beach', Tiffany Jones Fine Art Gallery, Marcoola

2003 'Art Miami', Rebecca Hossack Gallery, Miami

2002 '3 Person Show', Bunkumurra, Tokyo

2002 Art London, London

2001 'Art London', Rebecca Hossack Gallery, London

2001 'Nicola Townsend', Tokyo, Japan

2001 'Landscape Painting', Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne

2000 'Meet 2 x 2', Tim Olsen Gallery, Sydney

2000 'Ten Australian Artists', Australian High Commission, Singapore

2000 'Nicola Townsend', Tokyo, Japan

2000 Tattersalls Landscape Prize, Sydney

 

 

National Portrait Gallery

Canberra National Gallery of Victoria

Melbourne Macquarie Bank

Art Bank, Australia

Ballarat Art Gallery, Ballarat

Shepparton Art Gallery, Shepparton

Mornington Peninsular Art Gallery, Victoria

The Derwent Collection, Tasmania

Gold Coast City Gallery
Significant private collections throughout Australia and overseas