Benjamin Edmiston named 2018 Island Press Emerging Artist Fellow
2018-06-01 • Island Press
Benjamin Edmiston, Match, oil on canvas, 23 x 19 inches, 2017
Brooklyn-based artist Benjamin Edmiston has been selected as the 2018 Island Press Emerging Artist Fellow. He will work in residence June 25-29, producing a print project facilitated by master printer Tom Reed and the Island Press summer interns. Follow Island Press on Facebook for updates.
Edmiston earned his BFA from Tyler School of Art and his MFA from Brooklyn College. He has shown throughout the United States and abroad, including at David Shelton Gallery (Houston), Cuevas Tilleard Projects (New York), Charlotte Fogh Gallery (Aarhus, Denmark), Left Field Gallery (San Luis Obispo, California), and Vox Populi Gallery (Philadelphia). His work has been published in The Age of Collage: Contemporary Collage in Modern Art, New American Paintings #104, and New American Paintings #93.