Ben Sang
bensangstudio[at]gmail.com
Education
2020 - 2021 Weber State University, Ogden, Bachelor of Science (Archaeology)
2015 - 2018 Snow College, Ephraim, Associate of Fine Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023 Gut Set, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (forthcoming)
2022 Bitter Cup, Spas Setun, Moscow, Russia (forthcoming)
2021 Pilgrim, Dungeon, Detroit, MI
2018 Clear Diffusion, The Annex, Ephraim, UT
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 TBD, Spazio ORR, Brescia, Italy (forthcoming)
Quarry, Dovetail, London, United Kingdom
Liminal Bridges, Trauma Bar und Kino, Berlin, Germany
2021 Infinite Scroll, Trauma Bar und Kino, Berlin, Germany
behind my eyes beneath us, Hyperspace Lexicon, Los Angeles, CA
Falconer, Bonneville Speedway, Wendover, UT
2020 The Days Are Just Packed, The Pool, Heybeliada, Istanbul, Turkey
2019 fundament, darkZone, NJ
Velvet Ropes, Sargent's Daughters, New York City, NY
Screenings
2021 2021 Tokyo Olympics - Opening Ceremony, Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, Lausanne, Switzerland
Residencies
2022 Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT
2018 Robert J. & Joyce S. Graham Science Foundation, Ephraim, UT
Lectures
2022 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
2021 AdBK Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Curatorial Projects
Final Hot Desert (2018-present)
Curatorial Exhibitions
2022 Monofilament, Bryce Kroll, Final Hot Desert, Swing Arm City, UT
Re-working Victory Over the Sun, Erik Thörnqvist, Final Hot Desert, Bonneville Salt Flats, UT
Adam Bateman, Final Hot Desert, Vernal, UT
Empedocles, Lara Joy Evans, Final Hot Desert, Lund, NV
Portal, Yein Lee, Final Hot Desert, Great Salt Lake, UT
2021 Fragments, John Knight, BSMNT, Leipzig, Germany
2021 Tokyo Olympics - Opening Ceremony, 011668, S280F, VVXXII, Final Hot Desert, Fantasy Canyon, UT
Focus Beings, L, Final Hot Desert, Sanpete Valley, UT
Gambel's Ark, Lucas Hadjam & Andrew Rutherdale, Final Hot Desert, Lake Powell, UT
Frail Scribe, Trevor Bourke, Elysian Hydraulics, Ogden, UT
Barren Oracle, Breath of Cinders, Urbain Checcaroni & Hanna Umin, Final Hot Desert, Silver Island, UT
The Secret Like Crazy, Rachael Bos, Elysian Hydraulics, Ogden, UT
2020 The Containers of Always, September Diencephalon, Final Hot Desert, Bonneville Salt Flats, UT
Shedding the Third Skin, Justin Ortiz, Ivan Perard, Daniel Stroh, Final Hot Desert, Minersville, UT
In This Light I Can Count Your Lives, Philip Hinge, Final Hot Desert, Goblin Valley, UT
Shoulder Blade, Rebecca R Peel, Final Hot Desert, Ephraim, UT
TTOA: Native Arrangement II, Kai (Kari) Altmann, Final Hot Desert, Rozel Point, UT
Laminar Body^ies, Natalia Janula, Final Hot Desert, Great Salt Lake, UT
2019 fundament, Rolf Nowotny, Ben Sang, Rocki Swiderski, darkZone, NJ
Medieval Futures, Lou Shafer, Final Hot Desert, Salt Lake City, UT
The elements conspire against nature, John Knight, Final Hot Desert, Salt Lake City, UT
You will never understand what your caresses leave on me..., Riccardo D'Avola-Corte, Final Hot Desert, Bonneville Salt Flats, UT
Straight Line Labyrinth, Ian Bruner, Jordan Dawson, James Hadley, Karl Momen, Final Hot Desert, Tree of Utah, UT
2018 New Monuments, Seth Beckstrand, RC Smith, Robert Smithson, Final Hot Desert, Spiral Jetty, UT
Overlay, Studio Elevn, Salt Lake City, UT