{"id":12781,"date":"2022-08-26T08:26:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T12:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=12781"},"modified":"2022-08-26T08:26:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T12:26:02","slug":"erick-antonio-benitez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/erick-antonio-benitez\/","title":{"rendered":"Erick Antonio Benitez"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6822\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-12781-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/ErickAntonioBenitez.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/ErickAntonioBenitez.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/ErickAntonioBenitez.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12792 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?resize=300%2C298&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?resize=300%2C298&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?resize=1024%2C1017&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?resize=768%2C762&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?resize=1536%2C1525&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?resize=696%2C691&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?resize=1068%2C1060&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?w=1800&amp;ssl=1 1800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick_Antonio_Benitez_profile_photo.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Erick Antonio Benitez (b. 1988, Bronx, NY) is a first generation Salvadoran-American multidisciplinary artist, musician, organizer and curator based between Baltimore, MD and Los Angeles, CA. He received a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College of Art and has exhibited work at Selenas Mountain (NY), REGULARNORMAL at Dinner Gallery (NY), Greenpoint Gallery (NY),\u00a0\u00a0Connor Smith Gallery (DC), The Baltimore Museum of Art (MD), Gaddis Geeslin Gallery (TX), Strange Fire Collective (CO), Galerie B-312 (Montreal, QC), Metafora Studio Arts (Barcelona, ES) and Simultan Festival (Timi\u0219oara, RO). His work has been reviewed by The Washington Post, The Baltimore Sun, BmoreArt, The American Scholar, Terremoto (MX) and Le Devoir (QC) and a few publications including the sixth issue of BmoreArt Magazine, Let\u2019s Talk Live (WJLA), and Hyrsteria Zine Vol. 2. Benitez is also a recipient of the Ruby Artist Project grant, The Contemporary: Grit Fund 2, MASB Travel Artist Award, Janet and Walter Sondheim Artscape Award and has participated in The Studios residency at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA). Most recently, Benitez received a Baltimore Light City Festival commission and an invitation to Pigment Sauvage \u201cLa Track&#8221; residency in Montreal, Quebec-Canada.<\/p>\n<p>The exhibit discussed in the interview is <a href=\"https:\/\/selenasmountain.com\/A-Country-Made-of-Ice-Cream\"><em>A Country Made of Ice Cream<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12793\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12793 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet.jpg?resize=696%2C838&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=850%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 850w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=249%2C300&amp;ssl=1 249w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C925&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=1275%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1275w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=1700%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C838&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1286&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2313&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?w=1392&amp;ssl=1 1392w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erick-Antonio-Benitez_Bare-witness-while-I-bare-feet-scaled.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erick Antonio Benitez Bare witness, while I bare feet, 2021 Acrylic, airbrush , and collage on stretched mylar 10 x 8 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12794\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12794 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez.jpg?resize=696%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=904%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=265%2C300&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C870&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1356%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1808%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1808w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C788&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1210&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2175&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Karma_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erick Antonio Benitez Karma &amp; Desire (A Poet\u2019s Eulogy), 2022 Acrylic , airbrush, charcoal, and ink on canvas 36 x 32 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12795\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12795\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez.jpg?resize=696%2C757&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=942%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 942w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C835&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1413%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1413w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1884%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1884w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=696%2C757&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1068%2C1161&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?resize=1920%2C2087&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Poetry_for_12_Erick_Benitez-scaled.jpg?w=2088&amp;ssl=1 2088w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Erick Antonio Benitez, Poetry for 12 Cave Paintings, 2022, Acrylic , airbrush, charcoal, collage and ink on canvas, 36 x 32 in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interview\/2022\/ErickAntonioBenitez.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listErick Antonio Benitez (b. 1988, Bronx, NY) is a first generation Salvadoran-American multidisciplinary artist, musician, organizer and curator based between Baltimore, MD and Los Angeles, CA. 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