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Pablo Benzo
Pablo Benzo

Pablo Benzo

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Artist Statement / Career

Painter, Pablo Benzo was born in Santiago de Chile (82) and is based in Berlin since 2013.

Loosely approaching perspective and dimension, Benzo is able to create the most impossible arrangements of unreal plants and odd vases and interior objects. Primarily focusing on composition and the ways to render their velvety surface, the artist is playing with gradients often reaching for oversaturated hues of a certain color. Contrasted against dim and neutral backgrounds, these compositions gain prom- inence while creating an atmosphere of freedom or confusion. In his newest body of work, the artist is attributing almost human characteristics and elements to his objects, as well as adding a more expressive painterly approach through brush stroke-rich patterns.

Sasha Bogojev.

Exhibitions

Solo Shows

2023
Some things last a long time / Los Angeles, USA (Steve Turner).

2022
Brief encounters at Art021 / Shanghai, China (Dio Horia).

2021
Inner Landscapes / Basel, Switzerland (BC Gallery).
Some velvet morning /Mykonos, Greece (Dio Horia).

2020
El ruido vano en la entrada del silencio / Santiago, Chile (Galería Animal).

2019
The great silence of these distances / Tampa Florida, USA (Cass Contemporary).
Benzo Solo II / Berlin, Germany (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

2018
Favoritismo / Santiago, Chile (Galería Animal).
The allure of devotion / Berlin Germany (BC Gallery).
Dissolution of all enchantments / Bern, Switzerland (Soon Gallery).

2016
Willow Waltz / Berlin, Germany (BC Gallery).

2015
Strange enthusiasm in troubled times / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

2014
Benzo Solo / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

Group Shows

2024
Dreamscape / LA, USA (Steve Turner Gallery). 

2022
After Hope / Athens, Greece (Dio Horia).
Tutti Frutti / Milano, Italy (Plan X Gallery).
The Breakfast Club/ Seoul, South Korea (Eligere Gallery).
Manscaping Paris edition / Paris, France (The Hole).

2021
Domesticity / Dubai, UAE (Volery Gallery).
Misa #3 / Berlin. Germany (König Gallery).
East Hampton phase three / NYC, USA (The Hole).

2020
Colectiva XLII / Santiago, Chile (Galería Animal).
Grand opening BC Gallery Basel / Basel, Zwitzerland (BC Gallery).

2019
The new classics show / Montreal, Canada (C.O.A. Gallery).

2018
Destination 131 / Paris, France. (Forum des Halles).

2017
Paint it forward / Tampa Florida, USA (Cass Contemporary).
Modern Fusion / Berlin, Germany (The Art Scouths).
Jedno - s Drugim / One - Another / Zagreb, Croatia (Izložbeni salon Izidor Kršnjavi).
What the gallery weekend is II / Berlin, Germany (Urban Spree Gallery).
More than this / Berlin, Germany (Mommsen35 Gallery).
Knotenpunkt 17 / Hamburg, Germany (Affenfaust Gallery).

2016
I Sky you / Berlin, Germany. (Magic Beans Gallery).
What the gallery weekend is / Berlin, Germany (Urban Spree Gallery).
Billboard Painters Exhibition / Viborg, Denmark (Galleri NB).
Pienkow Art Residents Exhibition / Lipinki, Poland (Pienkowsky Gallery).
International artists III / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).
No walls / Berlin, Germany. (Mario Kreuzberg Gallery).

2015
International artists / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).
International artists II / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

Fair / Festivals

2024
Art Brussels / Brussels, Belgium (Steve Turner).
 

2023
Expo Chicago / Chicago, USA (Dio Horia).
Enter Artfair / Copenhagen, Denmark (Steve Turner).
The Armory show / NYC, USA (The Hole).
Kiaf / Seoul, South Korea (Kornfeld Gallery).

2022
CAN / Ibiza, Spain (Dio Horia).
Kiaf Plus / Seoul, South Korea (Eligere Gallery).
Art 021/ Shanghai, China (Dio Horia).
Untitled / Miami, USA (Dio Horia and Steve Turner).

2021
Enter / CPH, Denmark (Dio Horia).
Untitled /Miami, USA (Dio Horia).

2019
Miami Context / Miami, USA (Galería Animal).

2018
Urvanity, New contemporary Art Fair / Madrid, Spain (BC Gallery).

2017
Scope Art Show, Art Basel / Basel, Switzerland (BC Gallery).

2016
Viborg International Billboard Painting Festival / Viborg, Denmark.
Artmossphere Public Art Biennale (Second Edition) / Moscow, Russia.
Art Bodensee / Vienna, Austria (Galerie Kristine Hamann).

Museum Shows

2024
Odissey / Pireas, Greece. Archaeological Museum of Piraeus (Dio Horia).

Art Residences

2021
Dio Horia / Mykonos, Greece.

2016
Pienkow Artist Residency / Lipinki, Poland.

Pablo Benzo

Artist Statement / Career

Painter, Pablo Benzo was born in Santiago de Chile (82) and is based in Berlin since 2013.

Loosely approaching perspective and dimension, Benzo is able to create the most impossible arrangements of unreal plants and odd vases and interior objects. Primarily focusing on composition and the ways to render their velvety surface, the artist is playing with gradients often reaching for oversaturated hues of a certain color. Contrasted against dim and neutral backgrounds, these compositions gain prom- inence while creating an atmosphere of freedom or confusion. In his newest body of work, the artist is attributing almost human characteristics and elements to his objects, as well as adding a more expressive painterly approach through brush stroke-rich patterns.

Sasha Bogojev.

Exhibitions

Solo Shows

2023
Some things last a long time / Los Angeles, USA (Steve Turner).

2022
Brief encounters at Art021 / Shanghai, China (Dio Horia).

2021
Inner Landscapes / Basel, Switzerland (BC Gallery).
Some velvet morning /Mykonos, Greece (Dio Horia).

2020
El ruido vano en la entrada del silencio / Santiago, Chile (Galería Animal).

2019
The great silence of these distances / Tampa Florida, USA (Cass Contemporary).
Benzo Solo II / Berlin, Germany (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

2018
Favoritismo / Santiago, Chile (Galería Animal).
The allure of devotion / Berlin Germany (BC Gallery).
Dissolution of all enchantments / Bern, Switzerland (Soon Gallery).

2016
Willow Waltz / Berlin, Germany (BC Gallery).

2015
Strange enthusiasm in troubled times / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

2014
Benzo Solo / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

Group Shows

2024
Dreamscape / LA, USA (Steve Turner Gallery). 

2022
After Hope / Athens, Greece (Dio Horia).
Tutti Frutti / Milano, Italy (Plan X Gallery).
The Breakfast Club/ Seoul, South Korea (Eligere Gallery).
Manscaping Paris edition / Paris, France (The Hole).

2021
Domesticity / Dubai, UAE (Volery Gallery).
Misa #3 / Berlin. Germany (König Gallery).
East Hampton phase three / NYC, USA (The Hole).

2020
Colectiva XLII / Santiago, Chile (Galería Animal).
Grand opening BC Gallery Basel / Basel, Zwitzerland (BC Gallery).

2019
The new classics show / Montreal, Canada (C.O.A. Gallery).

2018
Destination 131 / Paris, France. (Forum des Halles).

2017
Paint it forward / Tampa Florida, USA (Cass Contemporary).
Modern Fusion / Berlin, Germany (The Art Scouths).
Jedno - s Drugim / One - Another / Zagreb, Croatia (Izložbeni salon Izidor Kršnjavi).
What the gallery weekend is II / Berlin, Germany (Urban Spree Gallery).
More than this / Berlin, Germany (Mommsen35 Gallery).
Knotenpunkt 17 / Hamburg, Germany (Affenfaust Gallery).

2016
I Sky you / Berlin, Germany. (Magic Beans Gallery).
What the gallery weekend is / Berlin, Germany (Urban Spree Gallery).
Billboard Painters Exhibition / Viborg, Denmark (Galleri NB).
Pienkow Art Residents Exhibition / Lipinki, Poland (Pienkowsky Gallery).
International artists III / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).
No walls / Berlin, Germany. (Mario Kreuzberg Gallery).

2015
International artists / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).
International artists II / Berlin, Germany. (Mommsen 35 Gallery).

Fair / Festivals

2024
Art Brussels / Brussels, Belgium (Steve Turner).
 

2023
Expo Chicago / Chicago, USA (Dio Horia).
Enter Artfair / Copenhagen, Denmark (Steve Turner).
The Armory show / NYC, USA (The Hole).
Kiaf / Seoul, South Korea (Kornfeld Gallery).

2022
CAN / Ibiza, Spain (Dio Horia).
Kiaf Plus / Seoul, South Korea (Eligere Gallery).
Art 021/ Shanghai, China (Dio Horia).
Untitled / Miami, USA (Dio Horia and Steve Turner).

2021
Enter / CPH, Denmark (Dio Horia).
Untitled /Miami, USA (Dio Horia).

2019
Miami Context / Miami, USA (Galería Animal).

2018
Urvanity, New contemporary Art Fair / Madrid, Spain (BC Gallery).

2017
Scope Art Show, Art Basel / Basel, Switzerland (BC Gallery).

2016
Viborg International Billboard Painting Festival / Viborg, Denmark.
Artmossphere Public Art Biennale (Second Edition) / Moscow, Russia.
Art Bodensee / Vienna, Austria (Galerie Kristine Hamann).

Art Residences

2021
Dio Horia / Mykonos, Greece.

2016
Pienkow Artist Residency / Lipinki, Poland.