{"id":22873,"date":"2025-09-19T16:04:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/?p=22873"},"modified":"2025-09-19T16:09:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T20:09:40","slug":"benjamin-freedman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/benjamin-freedman\/","title":{"rendered":"Benjamin Freedman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15875 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Freedman_Headshot.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Freedman_Headshot-1.jpg 838w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Freedman_Headshot-2.jpg 276w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Freedman_Headshot-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Freedman_Headshot-4.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ptolemy.world\/benjamin-freedman-surface-imperfect\">Benjamin Freedman<\/a> is an artist whose practice spans multiple mediums including photography, video and computer-generated imagery with an interest in the restorative potential of photographic research and play.<\/p>\n<p>He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in photography at the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) in 2013 and his Masters at <a href=\"https:\/\/ecal.ch\/en\/courses-and-research\/master\/master-photography\/\">The Ecole cantonal d\u2019art de Lausanne<\/a> in 2023. While probing the relative truths and deceptions of photography, he purposefully adopts visual vocabularies from cinema and television in an effort to create expanded documentary projects. He has exhibited extensively across the greater Toronto area and internationally at the Aperture Foundation in New York City, Chung-Ang University in Seoul, Foto-Undustria Biennale in Bologna and in the Riga Photography Biennale in Latvia. He recently presented work at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.images.ch\/archives\/en\/artiste\/benjamin-freedman\/\">Images Vevey Biennale<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vontobel.com\/en-ch\/about-vontobel\/art-vontobel\/exhibition-positive-illusions-by-benjamin-freedman\/\">Vontobel<\/a> in Zurich, Switzerland and at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ptolemy.world\/benjamin-freedman-surface-imperfect\">Ptolemy Gallery<\/a> in Queens, New York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15876\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15876 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-4.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-5.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-6.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-7.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-01-scaled-9.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view: Benjamin Freedman: Surface Imperfect. Ptolemy, Glendale, NY, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15877\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15877 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-4.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-5.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-6.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-7.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-10-scaled-9.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Installation view: Benjamin Freedman: Surface Imperfect. Ptolemy, Glendale, NY, 2025.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15878\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15878\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15878 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-4.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-5.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-6.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-7.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-20-scaled-9.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15878\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Freedman, &#8220;I Spy,&#8221; 2025. C-Print, 24 x 29 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15879\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15879\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15879 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-4.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-5.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-6.jpg 696w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-7.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/praxis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Ptolemy_BF-SI-25-scaled-9.jpg 1392w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Benjamin Freedman, &#8220;Musings,&#8221; 2025. C-Print, 24 x 29 in.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Freedman is an artist whose practice spans multiple mediums including photography, video and computer-generated imagery with an interest in the restorative potential of photographic research and play. He received his bachelor\u2019s degree in photography at the Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) in 2013 and his Masters at The Ecole cantonal d\u2019art de Lausanne in 2023. 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