Benjamin Todd Wills

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Education:

University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History. MFA. 2017.
University of Iowa, School of Art and Art History, MA. 2016.
University of Georgia, Lamar Dodd School of Art. BFA. 2012.
University of Georgia, Cortona Italy, Study Abroad. 2011

Faculty Positions:

Washburn University, Catron Visiting Professor of Art. 2017-2020.
University of Iowa, Instructor of Recrod. 2014-2017.

Selected Solo Exhibitions and Performances:
2020
Aeronautic Visual Art Program, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas.

2019
Cell Drawings, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas.
Pissarro IV, Theis Park, Kansas City, Missouri.
Pissarro IIl, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Kansas.
Olde Timey Grilled Cheesery, Charlotte Street Studio Residence. Kansas City, Kansas.
Airplanes, Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Airplanes, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri.

2018
Narrow Witness, (Produced with Johanna Winters) The Drugstore, Kansas City, Missouri.

2017
A Lifer's World, ASGEFA Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa.

2016
House of Postcards, Sinclair Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

2015
Fire Breathing Pegacorn, Porch Gallery, Iowa City Iowa.

Group Exhibitions:
2020 Between You and Me, Kohler Art Center. Sheboygan, Wisconsin.
2019 Run, Run, Riot, Plug Projects, Kansas City, Missouri. Faculty Art Exhibition, Mulvane Museum of Art, Topeka, Kansas.
2018 A Fine Art, NOTO Arts Center, Topeka, Kansas. Can’t Take You Anywhere,Resident Arts, Columbia, Missouri. Salina Biennial, Midwest Region, Salina Art Center, Salina, Kansas. 8 Studio Practices, Mulvane Art Museum, Topeka, Kansas.
2017 MFA, Class of '17, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa,
2016 Rendered Visible, Arcade Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis Missouri.
2015 And Art Show, Traveling Exhibition, -Gallery 1010, University of Tennessee, Knoxville -UW Gesley Verna Gallery, University Wisconsin- Madison. -Eve Drewelowe Gallery, UIowa. Write a Letter to a Prisoner, Iowa City, Iowa. BYOBeamer- Projection Show, PS1, Iowa City, Iowa.
2014 Metal-O-Rama, The Ark Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa. 11 Tiny Performances, Trumpet Blossom Cafe, Iowa City, Iowa. Pick A Vegetable, Make It Big, The Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa. Hambidge Art Auction, The Goat Farm, Atlanta, Georgia.
2013 Leap Year, Mint Gallery. Atlanta, Georgia.
2011 Not Pipes: Art X BFA Exit Show, Lamar Dodd School of Art, Gallery 101, Athens, Georgia. FANX, Cine Athens, Athens, Georgia. Mostra, Cortona, Italy.

Artist Lectures, Workshops and Panels:
2019 Visiting Artist, College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York. Social Stitchery, Lawrence Art Center, Lawrence, Kansas. Write a Letter to a Prisoner, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas Cirty, Missouri. Social Stitchery, Guest Lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas. Making Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri.
2018 Narrative, Installation and Performance, KACA Conference, Topeka KS, Panelist Artist Democratic Materials, Salina Art Center, Salina Kansas. Write a Letter to a Prisoner Workshop, Black Mountain College, ReViewing 10, Asheville North Carolina. Write a Letter to a Prisoner,Salina Art Center, Salina Kansas. Eight Studio Practices, Mulvane Art Museum, Panelist.
2017 Speaking Volumes: Transforming Hate, Mulvane Art Museum, Panelist. Tape Molds, GuestLecturer, Sculpture Lecturer- West Branch High School.
2016 Write a Letter to a Prisoner, University of Iowa Libraries. Foil Imaging,Guest Lecturer,University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

Residencies:

2019
Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Resident, Kansas City, Missouri.
Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency, Troy, New York.
2018
Charlotte Street Foundation Studio Resident, Kansas City, Missouri.
2016
The Bubbler, Artist in Residence, Madison, Wisconsin.
2015
Hambidge Center for the Arts - Rabun Gap, Georgia. Awards & Honors:

2019 Rocket Grant, Spencer Museum of Art, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Center for Teaching Excellent and Learning, Curriculum Development Grant, Washburn University.
Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning, Small Grant, Washburn University.
Faculty Development Grant, Washburn University.
2018
HICEP Scholar, Washburn University.
Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning, Classroom Development Grant, Washburn University.
Mulvane Art Museum, Artfair, Juror.
2014
Iowa Arts Scholarship.
2013
Idea Capital Grant, Atlanta, Georgia.

Related Works and Service:
Lawrence Art Center, Instructor, - Social Stitching, Political Printmaking. Salina Art Center Faculty in Residence-Inflatable Sculpture. Summer Session, 2018. Washburn University Art Department’s High School Art Day Event Organizer- Organized a daylong event hosting high school students in art workshops. Managing 30 volunteers and Over 150 High School Students from Kansas. Secured scholarships, sponsorships, writing curriculum, and creating art exhibition. Mulvane Art Museum Topeka Teens Organizer- Created semester long program for Topeka High School students interested in contemporary art practices. Gallery Coordinator, University of Iowa, 2016-2017. Studio Assistant, Corrina Mensoff, Blacksmithing. Atlanta, Georgia, 2013.

Publications
2019

Rocket Grants Award 60K to 11 Artists Projects

2018

Salina Art Center welcomes Benjamin Wills

2017

Humanity on the Inside, Little Village

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Christ Prints