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Born in 1935: Charleston, West Virginia.

Studio: New Port Richey, Florida
E-mail address: bmahmoud@niu.edu

Represented by 

Patricia Rovzar Gallery

address:

Seattle: 1225 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101    

Kirkland: 118 Central Way, Kirkland, WA 98033       

phone:

Seattle: 206/223-0273

Kirkland: 425/889-4627

Current Position: Distinguished Professor Emeritus: Northern Illinois University

Work shown in more than 300 invitational and competitive exhibitions including:

-The Art Institute of Chicago "Vicinity Show,"
-The Indianapolis Museum of Art, "Art Today,"
-The Aldrich Museum (Connecticut), "The State of the Art,"
-The Krannert Museum, "Contemporary Painting,"
-The Detroit Art Institute's "Biennial of American Art,"
-The Crocker Art Institute (CA), "The Chicago Connection,"
-Tufts University (Boston), "Reading the Image."
-The Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, "Art In Chicago: 1945-1995"

Work shown in more than 30 solo exhibitions including:

-The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts, (OH),
-Brooks Memorial Art Museum (Memphis),
-Rockford Art Museum(IL),
-Herron Art Institute (IN),
-Lakeview Center for the Arts (IL),
-Sunrise Museum (WV),
-Sioux City Art Center (IO).
-Kuntsgalerie Sparkassenzentrale (Germany)
-Smelik & Stokking Galleries (The Hague, Holland)

Work in more than 25 permanent, public collections including:

-The Art Institute of Chicago,
-The Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts,
-Illinois State Museum,
-Krannert Center for the Arts,
-The Smart Museum of the University of Chicago,
-Laguna Gloria Art Museum (TX),
-Brooklyn Museum,
-The State of Illinois Collections,
-The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,
-The Goddard Center for the Arts (OK).

Work in several publications including:

-"Ben Mahmoud;" catalog, Illinois State Museum,
-"Experimental Drawing;" Robert Kapelis, Watson-Guptill,
-"Contemporary Painting in the U.S.;" Praeger,
-"Ben Mahmoud;" catalog, Lakeview Center for the Arts (IL),
-"Wirklichkeiten Des Scheins" catalog, Kuntsgalerie, Sparkassenzentrale, Germany.

Numerous lectures and presentations including:

-Brooks Foundation Lecturer, Brooks Memorial Art Institute, Memphis, Tennessee,
-Lecture: Pennsylvania School of Art and Design,
-Lecture: University of New Mexico,
-Lecture: University of Notre Dame,
-Lecture: "The Liberal Arts and the Education of the Artist," New York City,
-Participant in Select Conference on Academic and Artistic Freedom, Wolf Trap Center for the Arts.

Most recent one-person exhibition:

-The Sioux City Art Center (October through December),
-Smelik & Stokking Galleries, The Hague, Holland, (October-November, 1998)
-Ballard & Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, Washington, November, 1999
-Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Illinois, November, December, 1999

Awards and honors including:

-Fellowship in Painting: National Endowment for the Arts,
-Appointed to the Board of Directors of the Illinois Arts Council,
-Illinois Arts Council: Chair, Visual Arts Panel and Ethnic Arts Panel
-Richard Florsheim Art Fund Grant

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