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    Dovetail, Set Lewisham, London, United Kingdom (forthcoming)
            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    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