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Benjamin Todd Wills
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Student Portfolio
Benjamin Todd Wills
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Student Portfolio
Airplanes, 2014 - Present. 

Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.

Airplanes, 2014 - Present. Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.

Airplanes Detail,  2014- Present. 

Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.

Airplanes Detail, 2014- Present. Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.

Airplanes Detail,  2014- Present. 

Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.

Airplanes Detail, 2014- Present. Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.

Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal.

Artist requested drawings of cells from his incarcerated correspondents' and built them to scale based on the visual and written information provided in the inmate's letters. View fullsize

Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal. Artist requested drawings of cells from his incarcerated correspondents' and built them to scale based on the visual and written information provided in the inmate's letters.

Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal. View fullsize

Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal.

Source Material for Cell Project, 2016- Present.
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Source Material for Cell Project, 2016- Present.

Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal. View fullsize

Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal.

Greetings From,  2016.

Installation of 858 postcards, letter pressed, and then custom stamped and colored. Each one, addressed to a different inmate at the Anamosa State Prison and incorporated into a video animation.

Greetings From, 2016. Installation of 858 postcards, letter pressed, and then custom stamped and colored. Each one, addressed to a different inmate at the Anamosa State Prison and incorporated into a video animation.

Greetings From, 2016. Installation detail.

Greetings From, 2016. Installation detail.

Quilt, 2021.

Multi-media installation made from letters and photographs sent from correspondents, clients of the Innocence Project-Midwest. View fullsize

Quilt, 2021. Multi-media installation made from letters and photographs sent from correspondents, clients of the Innocence Project-Midwest.

Mailbox,  2017.  

Mobile Mailbox. Includes postcards, and pens. View fullsize

Mailbox, 2017. Mobile Mailbox. Includes postcards, and pens.

Mailbox, 2017. View fullsize

Mailbox, 2017.

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2018. 

Craft Launch/Performance, Osage County Lake, Kansas. View fullsize

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2018. Craft Launch/Performance, Osage County Lake, Kansas.

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2018. 

Craft Launch/Performance, Osage County Lake, Kansas. View fullsize

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2018. Craft Launch/Performance, Osage County Lake, Kansas.

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2019. 

Multimedia Performance at the Kanas City Public Library Rooftop. Balloon carried an ink covered bouncy ball into the thermosphere (90,000 ft), creating an image. Video captured on attached GoPro camera. View fullsize

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2019. Multimedia Performance at the Kanas City Public Library Rooftop. Balloon carried an ink covered bouncy ball into the thermosphere (90,000 ft), creating an image. Video captured on attached GoPro camera.

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2019. 

Multimedia Performance at the Kanas City Public Library Rooftop. Balloon carried an ink covered bouncy ball into the thermosphere (90,000 ft), creating an image. Video captured on attached GoPro camera. View fullsize

Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2019. Multimedia Performance at the Kanas City Public Library Rooftop. Balloon carried an ink covered bouncy ball into the thermosphere (90,000 ft), creating an image. Video captured on attached GoPro camera.

Aeronautic Visual Art Program, 2019. 

Flight Documentation.

Aeronautic Visual Art Program, 2019. Flight Documentation.

Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020.
 
Installation view, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University. View fullsize

Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020. Installation view, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.

Aeronautic Visual Art Program, 2020. 

Detail: site sample display. Installation, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University. View fullsize

Aeronautic Visual Art Program, 2020. Detail: site sample display. Installation, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.

Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020. 

Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University. View fullsize

Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020. Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.

Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020.

Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.

Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020. Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.

Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. 

Charlotte Street Artist Residency. Kansas City, Missouri. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints. View fullsize

Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. Charlotte Street Artist Residency. Kansas City, Missouri. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints.

Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. 

Printer Jam, Flash Flood Print, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints.

Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. Printer Jam, Flash Flood Print, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints.

Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. 

Collar Works, Troy, New York. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints. View fullsize

Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. Collar Works, Troy, New York. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints.

Drawing Machine, 2019, deconstructed treadmill, wood, chalk.

Interactive sculpture. Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas. View fullsize

Drawing Machine, 2019, deconstructed treadmill, wood, chalk. Interactive sculpture. Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas.

Drawing Machine, 2019; deconstructed treadmill, wood, chalk. View fullsize

Drawing Machine, 2019; deconstructed treadmill, wood, chalk.

2 x 4 Drum Set,  2017.  

Drums made from 2x4's. Shaped and sanded to fit drum hardware. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. View fullsize

2 x 4 Drum Set, 2017. Drums made from 2x4's. Shaped and sanded to fit drum hardware. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

2 x 4 Drum Set,  2017.  

Drums made from 2x4's. Shaped and sanded to fit drum hardware. View fullsize

2 x 4 Drum Set, 2017. Drums made from 2x4's. Shaped and sanded to fit drum hardware.

Foam Fish, 2016.  

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. View fullsize

Foam Fish, 2016. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Drawing with a Fish, 2017.  

Performance. View fullsize

Drawing with a Fish, 2017. Performance.

Livia Fomular IV, 2025; screenprint on R-5 Insulating sheeting. View fullsize

Livia Fomular IV, 2025; screenprint on R-5 Insulating sheeting.

Christ Tempted by Spotify Premium, 2019; screen print and foil pressed Print. View fullsize

Christ Tempted by Spotify Premium, 2019; screen print and foil pressed Print.

Christ Rides the Train, 2018; screen print and foil pressed image. View fullsize

Christ Rides the Train, 2018; screen print and foil pressed image.

You Are My Father, 2020; screen print, gold foil, insulating sheeting. View fullsize

You Are My Father, 2020; screen print, gold foil, insulating sheeting.

Harry Truman, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging. View fullsize

Harry Truman, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.

James Buchanan, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging. View fullsize

James Buchanan, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.

Millard Fillmore, House of Postcards. 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging. View fullsize

Millard Fillmore, House of Postcards. 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.

Gerald Ford, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging. View fullsize

Gerald Ford, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.

Installation view: House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.

Marvin Cone Art Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. View fullsize

Installation view: House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging. Marvin Cone Art Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Sweaters, 2025; series of screen prints compiled as a GIF.

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Sweaters, 2025; series of screen prints compiled as a GIF.

Plaster Sculpture, 2014. View fullsize

Plaster Sculpture, 2014.

Apparatus, 2011; nickel.

Soldered face apparatus. View fullsize

Apparatus, 2011; nickel. Soldered face apparatus.

Self Portrait with a Dog, 2017; charcoal. View fullsize

Self Portrait with a Dog, 2017; charcoal.

Airplanes, 2014 - Present. 

Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.
Airplanes Detail,  2014- Present. 

Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.
Airplanes Detail,  2014- Present. 

Multi-media installation of a collection of paper airplanes from incarcerated men and women.
Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal.

Artist requested drawings of cells from his incarcerated correspondents' and built them to scale based on the visual and written information provided in the inmate's letters.
Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal.
Source Material for Cell Project, 2016- Present.
Cell Installation, 2016 - Present; wood, casters, paint, charcoal.
Greetings From,  2016.

Installation of 858 postcards, letter pressed, and then custom stamped and colored. Each one, addressed to a different inmate at the Anamosa State Prison and incorporated into a video animation.
Greetings From, 2016. Installation detail.
Quilt, 2021.

Multi-media installation made from letters and photographs sent from correspondents, clients of the Innocence Project-Midwest.
Mailbox,  2017.  

Mobile Mailbox. Includes postcards, and pens.
Mailbox, 2017.
Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2018. 

Craft Launch/Performance, Osage County Lake, Kansas.
Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2018. 

Craft Launch/Performance, Osage County Lake, Kansas.
Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2019. 

Multimedia Performance at the Kanas City Public Library Rooftop. Balloon carried an ink covered bouncy ball into the thermosphere (90,000 ft), creating an image. Video captured on attached GoPro camera.
Aeronautic Visual Art Program (AVAP), 2019. 

Multimedia Performance at the Kanas City Public Library Rooftop. Balloon carried an ink covered bouncy ball into the thermosphere (90,000 ft), creating an image. Video captured on attached GoPro camera.
Aeronautic Visual Art Program, 2019. 

Flight Documentation.
Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020.
 
Installation view, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.
Aeronautic Visual Art Program, 2020. 

Detail: site sample display. Installation, Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.
Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020. 

Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.
Aeronautic Visual Art Project, 2020.

Mulvane Art Museum, Washburn University.
Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. 

Charlotte Street Artist Residency. Kansas City, Missouri. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints.
Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. 

Printer Jam, Flash Flood Print, Tulsa Artist Fellowship, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints.
Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, 2023. 

Collar Works, Troy, New York. Grilled cheese sandwiches offered to gallery visitors and presented as monoprints.
Drawing Machine, 2019, deconstructed treadmill, wood, chalk.

Interactive sculpture. Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas.
Drawing Machine, 2019; deconstructed treadmill, wood, chalk.
2 x 4 Drum Set,  2017.  

Drums made from 2x4's. Shaped and sanded to fit drum hardware. University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
2 x 4 Drum Set,  2017.  

Drums made from 2x4's. Shaped and sanded to fit drum hardware.
Foam Fish, 2016.  

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
Drawing with a Fish, 2017.  

Performance.
Livia Fomular IV, 2025; screenprint on R-5 Insulating sheeting.
Christ Tempted by Spotify Premium, 2019; screen print and foil pressed Print.
Christ Rides the Train, 2018; screen print and foil pressed image.
You Are My Father, 2020; screen print, gold foil, insulating sheeting.
Harry Truman, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.
James Buchanan, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.
Millard Fillmore, House of Postcards. 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.
Gerald Ford, House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.
Installation view: House of Postcards, 2016; screen print and hot foil imaging.

Marvin Cone Art Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Sweaters, 2025; series of screen prints compiled as a GIF.
Plaster Sculpture, 2014.
Apparatus, 2011; nickel.

Soldered face apparatus.
Self Portrait with a Dog, 2017; charcoal.

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