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Zac Benson
The South Carolina School of the Arts
The South Carolina School of the Arts
Associate Professor of Art (Sculpture and Ceramics)
zbenson@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 622-6038
Rainey Fine Arts Center 010
Academic Background
Zac Benson is an international artist who has shown in NYC, Taiwan, Bulgaria, and throughout the United States. He has also had public commissions in Australia, California, New York, and Washington, D.C. His gallery work deals with the relationship between his personal faith and beliefs and his engagement with society while his public sculptures deal with the traditional relationship of scale and form.
BFA in Sculpture, University of Tennessee
MFA in Studio Art, University of Maryland
Fast Facts
Anderson University students and faculty have great passion, enthusiasm and collegiality. There is a desire among everyone here at the university to become better than we were yesterday, and that is a great mindset to have and something I want to continue to be a part of.
Art is a calling and the Lord is active in calling others to join!
Solo Exhibitions:
Art Gallery // It’s All About One Thing // North Greenville University // Greenville, SC
Luz Art Gallery // Presence // New York, NY
Aughinbaugh Gallery // Among the Perishing // Messiah University // Mechanicsburg, PA
Sojourn Arts // Reflecting on Faithfullness // Sojourn Church Midtown // Louisville, KY
Harcum Art Gallery // Sculptures By Zac Benson // Wilmington College // Wilmington, OH
Popp Martin Student Union Art Gallery // Contemplative Awareness // University of North Carolina,
Charlotte // Charlotte, NC
Vandiver Gallery // Recent Work // Anderson University // Anderson, SC
McDonough Museum of Art // Realizations // Youngstown State University // Youngstown, OH
Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery // Introspection // Coker University // Hartsville, SC
Gallery 126 // Zac Benson: Benson Sculpture // University of North Alabama // Florence, AL
Phaze 2 Gallery // Zac Benson: Installation and Sculpture // Shepherd University // Shepherdstown, WV
Chakeres Interactive Gallery // God Help Us All // Springfield Museum of Art // Springfield, OH
Beach Gallery // Among the Perishing // Springfield Museum of Art // Springfield, OH
Williams Gallery // Rekindling Consciousness // Indiana Wesleyan University // Marion, IN
Union University Gallery // Awakening // Union University // Jackson, TN
University of Maryland Art Gallery // Voices to be Heard // College Park, MD
Thompson Art Gallery // Soul Stirrings // Furman University // Greenville, SC
Barefoots Joe // It Is What It Is // Jackson, TN
Bea Paine Gallery // Reclaiming Creation // Bluefield Area Arts Center // Bluefield, WV
Union University Student Gallery // Explorations in Wood // Jackson, TN
Every faculty I have met strives to do three things. First, we give our students every opportunity to succeed and will go above and beyond to give them that. Second, we are active in our profession/discipline so that we can educate our students with current technologies and methodologies. Third, there is amazing collegiality which allows greater dialogue and collaboration between departments.
Contemporary Conceptual Sculpture
Daily Harold // Cleve Carney Museum featuring emerging artists at exhibit opening Oct. 7 // October 4, 2023
Patch // CCMA Announces Emerging Artists Selected for Exhibition Opening Oct. 7 // September 21, 2023
Catalog // Makom: Ekphrastic Responses to Marc Chagall’s Visual Representations of the Bible
Greenville Journal // Outdoor art exhibition ‘YARDWORK’ to return to Greenville’s Hampton Pinckney
neighborhood // July 21, 2022
Wilmington News Journal // WC’s Harcum Gallery to present exhibit of Zac Benson’s multimedia works // February 26, 2022
Philosophy of Religion and Art (Contributor) // Cambridge Scholars Publishing // March 4, 2021
Mahoning Matters // McDonough Museum to feature 4 exhibitions beginning Friday // February 23, 2021
EcoTheo Collective // EcoTheo Social Justice | Autumn 2020 Folio // Autumn 2020
Edge of Faith Magazine // October 2020 Art Gallery // October 2020
Sojourn Arts Blog // On Voting: Zac Benson’s Sheep Among Wolves // October 28, 2020
The Shepherdstown Chronicle // Installation art exhibit reflects artist’s family history of social justice //
October 18, 2019