SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2007
Rust Belt, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY.
Explosion, Agenzia04, Bologna, Italy.

2006
In My Own Backyard, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2007
Out Behind the Shed, Grossman Gallery, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
The Atrocity Exhibition, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY
The Big Bang, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland Ohio.
If I Remember Right, Front Room Gallery, Cleveland Ohio.

2006
Momenta Benifit 2006, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY and White Columns, New York, NY
Hybridity / Ambivalence, Amos Eno Gallery, New York, NY

2004
Autumn. Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY.
FIAC, with Sixtyseven Gallery, Paris, France.
The Witching Hour, Bucketrider Galley. Chicago, IL.
Art Chicago; International Invitational, with Sixtyseven Gallery, Chicago, IL.
The Neon Forest is My Home, Sixtyseven Gallery, New York, NY.

2003
Euclid Avenue, Arcade. Cleveland, OH
Art Cares: AIDS Benefit. Spaces Gallery. Cleveland, OH

2002
ABC: Learning to Paint. J. McCullough Center Gallery. Cleveland, OH
Painting and Drawing Show, ECA. Edinburgh Scotland, UK

2001
Annual Summer Show. Reinberger Gallery. Cleveland, OH

EDUCATION
2006 MFA in painting, Hunter College, CUNY, New York, NY.
2003 BFA in Painting, The Cleveland Institute of Art. Cleveland, OH
2002 Edinburgh College of Art. Edinburgh, Scotland UK.

AWARDS / RESIDENCIES
2003 The Helen Greene Perry Memorial Traveling Scholarship
2002 Joseph McCullough Painting Scholarship Award for Excellence in Painting
2001 Carl Gaertner Memorial Prize
1999-2002 Ohio Choice Grant
1999-2002 Honorary Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS
Casey Ruble, "Ben Grasso at Thierry Goldberg Projects", Art in America, pg 168, March 2008.
Harper’s Magazine, Reproduction “Stars and Stripes”, pg 23, October, 2007.
Steven Litt, "Cleveland Institute of Art Exhibits Celebrates Its Graduates", The Plain Dealer, September 2007.
Michael Gill, "Bang, Bang", Free Times, Volume 15, Issue 19, September 2007.
William Hanley, "Fair Report:Scope Hamptons", artinfo, July 17, 2006.
Steven Kaplan, "Scope on the Half Shell", Miami Art Exchange, July 21, 2006.
Walter Robinson, "Maximum Miami," artnet.com, December 13, 2005.
William Powhida, "The Neon Forest is My Home," The Brooklyn Rail, March 2004.