Ben Abounassif

“In the search for the perfect line and geometric angle when I construct my pieces, the objective of my work is to show the dichotomy that exists between the object and its shadow, that is to say, the object, the incisions I make on the material I use, whether it is paper or cardboard—my preferred recyclable medium—fills me with immense joy to observe the shapes that are born on my canvas as a product of my imagination and constant research on this subject.

In developing many tests and models until reaching the perfect form, I find the point where the line and angle coincide to create a striking visual effect; the latter comes into motion when the viewer perceives it from different angles, thus movement and light become one, as do the object and its shadow. The object cannot detach itself from its shadow; the two are one, and for me that observation is an essential quality of attention when analyzing my work.

Studies

1983-87 Business Administration, Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville, TN, USA

B.A. Degree in Business Management

Group Exhibitions

2007 Piece of Love, Oxenberg Fine Art, Bridge Art Fair, Wynwood, USA

Photo Cube, Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Tara Solomon Photo Cube, The Forge, Miami Beach, USA

Group exhibition, La Casa del Arte Collective, Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Installation Liberty for All, CCA3, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, USA

Art After Dark & Experimental Innovators, Circa 28, Wynwood, USA

2008 Photo Cube, White Orchid Gallery, Hollywood, California, USA

Armory Art Center, Oxenberg Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

2009 Cubos de Ávila, G7 Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela

International Artist Exhibition Collective, Nina Torres Fine Art, Miami, Florida, USA

2011 Aldo Castillo Projects, American Pavilion, Shanghai Art Fair, China

2013 22nd Edition Ibero-American Art Fair, FIA, Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela

Between the Lines, Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela

Movements, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Geometry in Venezuela, 2nd Edition ArtSpot Art Fair, Aldo Castillo Projects, Spectrum Miami, Wynwood, USA

New Year’s Eve Collective Exhibition, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela

2014 Movements, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Wynwood, Florida, USA

Aldo Castillo Projects, Miromar Design Center, Estero, Florida, USA

23rd Edition Ibero-American Art Fair, FIA, Parénthesis Gallery, Caracas

Summer Collective Exhibition, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Movements, ProArt Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Homage to Sofía, by Ben Abounassif, Venezuelan American Endowments for the Arts 2014 Annual Gala, David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA (Upcoming November 2014)

Latin American Art Exhibition, Aldo Castillo Projects, 3rd Edition ArtSpot/Spectrum Art Fair, San Diego, CA and Wynwood, FL, USA (Upcoming November-December 2014)

Silvester-Gemeinschaftsausstellung, Galerie Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

2015 Sommerkollektiv, Galerie Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Beirut Art Fair 2015, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Pixeles, Galeria GBGARTS, Caracas, Venezuela

New Year’s Eve group exhibition, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela

2016 Pixeles, Galerie GBGARTS, Caracas, Venezuela

Latin American Art, Collective Exhibition, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela

In Three and Two, Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela

Room 3, Fifth Edition, Group Exhibition, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Beirut Art Fair 2016, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Selected, 68th Arturo Michelena Salon Biennial

2017 Exhibition, Marita Segovia Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Beirut Art Fair, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Libanon

Expoarte Montichiari, Florida Art Gallery, Brescia, Italy

Swab, Barcelona Art Fair, GBGArts Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

Carre Latin, LCP Art, Galeria GBGArts, Palais Royal, Paris, France

2018 Beirut Art Fair, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Carre latin, LCP Art, Palais Royal, Paris, France

2019 STOCK, GBGArts, Caracas, Venezuela

PARC, Peru Contemporary Art, GBGArts, Lima, Peru

PI’XELES, IN|CASA, Madrid, Spain

Beirut Art Fair, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Libanon

11ONCE, Ateneo de Maracaibo Fine Arts Center, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo

2020 ART PALM BEACH, GBGArts, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

Solo exhibitions

2008 Where Have Our Superheroes Gone?, B1 Lifeshop, Miami, Florida, USA

2009 Ben @ Icon, South of Fifth, Miami Beach during Art Basel Miami Beach ’09, USA

2012 Repetitions, Venezuelan-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Caracas, Venezuela

2013 Repeticiones, Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela

Geometry in Venezuela, Aldo Castillo Gallery, ArtSpot/Spectrum Art Fair, Wynwood, USA

2014 Venezuelan American Endowments for the Arts Gala, Homage to Sofía Imber by Ben Abounassif, David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA

2015 Geometric Movements, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo, Venezuela

At Circulo, Parenthesis Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela

2018 Fragments, GBGArts, Caracas, Venezuela

EXHIBITIONS AT ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH SATELLITE ART FAIRS

2007 Photo Miami, Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Wynwood, USA

2008 Oxenberg Fine Art, Bridge Art Fair, Wynwood, USA

Miami Art Space, Repetitions, Collective Exhibition, Wynwood, USA

La Casa del Arte, Collective, Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Bakehouse Art Complex, Collective CCA 3, Liberty for All, Wynwood, USA

Circa 28, 1st edition of Art After Dark, Wynwood, USA

Ben Abounassif & Romero Britto’s Homage to Tara Solomon’s Queen of The Night, The Forge, Miami Beach, USA

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