Bio
Ashlie Benton is a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist known for her paintings, prints and drawings of objects. While these objects at first seem easily recognizable, they are meant to go beyond the physical representation of an actual object. Reminiscent of Plato’s Theory of Forms, Benton’s works question reality by making the viewer waver between understanding a subject as real vs. ideal. Benton received her B.F.A. from California College of the Arts, Oakland in 1992, and continued her studies in Advanced Painting at the University of California, Berkeley in 2009. Benton has exhibited throughout the country, including solo exhibitions in Menlo Park and Palo Alto, California and Mount Vernon, Illinois.
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EDUCATION
University of California, Berkeley: Advanced Painting, Berkeley, California 2009
BFA, California College of the Arts: Oakland, California 1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
”Ashlie Benton: The Human in You” Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mt. Vernon, IL, October 2022 - January 2023
“My Own Face” Gitane, Menlo Park, CA, March, 2013
“In Between” Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, CA, March, 2012
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
“62nd Annual Juried Exhibition” Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA: February - May 2025
“Reclaimed/Repurposed” GearBox Gallery, Oakland, CA: September - October 2024
Fourth Biennial National Art Exhibition: “Acts of Healing and Repair”, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham WA: November 2023 - February 2024
“About Face” Bedford Gallery, Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, CA: April 2023
“20th Annual Exhibition” National Arts Program, Santa Rosa, CA: February 2023
“Stretch Marks” projects+exhibitions, St. Louis, MO: September 2021
”They Shoot Horses, Don't They?” realART, Agoura Hills, CA: January 2020
“+ 1” Main Gallery Redwood City, CA: July 2018
“Hidden" Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA: January 2017
“Anne and Mark's Art Party 2016” Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, San Jose, CA: September 2016
“Gravity of the Heart” ArtBrokers Gallery, San Rafael, CA: March 2016
”Valdosta National Exhibition” Valdosta State University Fine Arts Gallery, Valdosta, GA:
January - February 2015
“Creative in Common” de Saisset Museum at Santa Clara Univ., Santa Clara, CA: September 2014 -
March 2015
“2014: Current Projects” Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA: September - October 2014
“Statewide Painting Competition & Exhibition” Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA: December 2013
Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA: October, 2013
”Annual Exhibition” Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA: June 2013
“Collector’s Choice” Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA: January 2013
“Wonder” Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA: December, 2012
“Gender Specific, Take it or Leave it” Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, CA: September - October 2012
“Bay Area Women Artists” O’Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA: August 2012
“Courage” ProArts, Oakland, CA: February 2012
“Collector’s Choice” Sylvia White Gallery, Ventura, CA: January 2012
Alumni Gallery, California College of the Arts: Oakland, CA: 2011
ART FAIRS
Affordable Art Fair 2015, New York, NY: Spring 2015
Palm Springs Fine Art Fair 2015, Palm Springs CA: February,2015
Houston Fine Art Fair 2014, Houston, TX: September 2014
TEACHING
California College of the Arts: Oakland, California: 1995-1996
AWARDS
ArtSlant National “2014 Showcase Winner: Drawing” July 2014, Los Angeles, CA
“Statewide Painting Competition/Exhibition” Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA: December, 2013 (honorable mention)
“Hidden" Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Novato, CA: January 2017 (honorable mention)
PUBLICATIONS + PRESS
”New Cedarhurst Exhibit Focuses on Artist Ashlie Benton”, Morning Sentinel, October, 2022
METRO Silicon Valley Kith and Kin, October 2014
Studio Visit Magazine, Spring, 2012
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Stanford Hospital, Palo Alto, CA
Hotel Citrine, Marriot Tribute Hotel, Palo Alto, CA