born: 1974, Hartford, Connecticut

education

Fontbonne University, MFA Painting, 1999
Central Connecticut State University, BA, Illustration, 1996

selected awards/honors

First Award, The Florida International Combined Talents Exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, 2005
Allied Artists of America Gold Medal of Honor for Painting, Allied Artists of America 91st Annual Exhibition, New York, 2004
Faber Birren Color Award, 23rd Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association
Realism Award, Biennial 2002, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia, Juror: Philip Pearlstein

selected publications

American Artist Magazine, November 2006

selected solo or two-person exhibits

Precious Little: Paintings and Drawings by Benjamin J. Shamback, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, LA, March 3-31, 2007
The Silent Object: Paintings and Drawings by Benjamin J. Shamback, Manifest Gallery, Cincinatti, OH, September, 29-October 27, 2006
Benjamin J. Shamback: Paintings, Three Sinks Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, March 12-April 24, 2004
Sections: Benjamin J. Shamback, Eichold Gallery, Springhill College, Mobile, Alabama, October 9-31, 2003

selected group shows

93RD ALLIED ARTSITS OF AMERICA NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club, New York, New York, November 17-December 5, 2006
38TH ANNUAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas, April 23-June 1, 2006
55TH NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART, Academic Artists Association, First Church Gallery, Court Square, Springfield, Massachussets, April 17-May 6, 2005
INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOW, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, January 26-March 19, 2003