Ben Skiba
benskiba@gmail.com
www.benskiba.com
(715) 417-0761
Education
2016 Emerging Artist Mentorship Program, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
2015 Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Solo Exhibitions / Projects
2020 “Skeletons of Different Animals”, Home, Portland, OR
2018 “tastes of time, all the time, better yet, altogether.” Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
“Adjacent Conversations” Frontier Space, Missoula, MT
“Ben Skiba” PDX Contemporary Art: Window Project, Portland, OR
2017 “Knuckle Cracks and Toe Taps” Rainmaker Residency Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 “Chair, Chair, Chair” Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
“Ben Skiba” Margarine Gallery, online exhibition
“Possibly Everything, Possibly Nothing” Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
2015 “Studio Structures: Works in Process” Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 “If You Can’t Laugh at Yourself…” Gelsey Verna Gallery, Madison, WI
“Static/Flow” Allen Centennial Gardens, Madison, WI
2013 “Holeness of a Fissure” Gelsey Verna Gallery, Madison, WI
Group Exhibitions
2017 “10 Years in the Making” Bison Building, Portland, OR
“Facing Forward, Giving Back” Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 “Faculty and TA’s” Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
“8x8” Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
“Suede Boots on a Wooden Floor” Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
2015 “2015 Emerging Artist Entrance Exhibit” Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
“49th Annual Student Juried Exhibition” Fowler-Kellogg Gallery, Chautauqua, NY
“Manifestations” Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2014 “BFA Review Show” Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
“Gallery Opening” Yellow Rose Gallery, Madison, WI
“Madison Gallery Night” Yellow Rose Gallery, Madison, WI
“Tiny Hands on a Rubber Suit” Commonwealth Gallery, Madison, WI
“Can’t Do” Gallery 7, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Experience
2018 Studio Assistant, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR (since September 2016)
2017 Ceramic Studio Technician, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR (Summer 2017)
Installation Tech, Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
-Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
-PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2016 Artist Assistant, Ted Vogel, Portland, OR
Artist Assistant, Whitney Lowe, Portland, OR
Installation Assistant, Ray Grimm Legacy Project Exhibition, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
Installation Tech, Seattle Art Fair (Mindy Solomon Gallery) Seattle, WA
Workshop Assistant, Gerit Grimm, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Volunteer, National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, Kansas City, MO
2015 Studio Assistant, Brian R. Jones, Portland, OR
Studio Employee, Mudshark Studios LLC, Portland, OR (2015-2017)
Assistant, Suzanne Torres, “Something onto Something Else” Greymatter Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Workshop Assistant, Christa Assad, University Wisconsin – Madison, WI
Assistant, Suzanne Torres, “Liminal Grounds” Public Library 3rd Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
2014 Assistant, Neil Forrest and John Roloff, Concurrent Exhibition for NCECA Pritzlaff Building, Milwaukee, WI
2013 Studio Internship, Midwest Clay Project, Madison, WI (until 2015)
Residencies
2015 Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution, Summer Residency, Chautauqua, NY
Awards
2015 Tom Beardman Scholarship, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
Jackson Kuhn Ceramics Scholarship, Visual Arts at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, NY
2014 Workshop Scholarship, Mark Skudlarek: Throwing Big Pots, Adamah Clay Studio, Dodgeville, WI
Public Lectures
2017 Gallery Talk, Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 TA Artist Talk, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Artist Lecture, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
Publications
2015 365 Artists/365 Days Project, “Ben Skiba – Madison, WI”, blog, April 8
Illumination: University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Undergraduate Journal for the Arts, Madison, WI, Spring 2015
2014 Illumination: University of Wisconsin – Madison’s Undergraduate Journal for the Arts, Madison, WI, Spring 2014
Workshops Attended
2015 “Christa Assad: Object Reproduction and Professionalism” 2015 Brittingham Scholar, University of Wisconsin - Madison
2014 “Mark Skudlarek: Throwing Big Pots” Adamah Clay Studio, Madison, WI