Sep 21, 2020
He is a graduate of The Cooper Union and studied at the Brooklyn
Museum Art School and The Art Students League. Ben also taught at
the Brooklyn Museum Art School, Boston University, and most
especially, the fabled Swain School of Design in New Bedford,
Massachusetts.
Ben Martinez has exhibited at the original Bowery Gallery, back
when it was actually on the Bowery, as well as Gallery 120 in NYC,
and several other prestigious galleries. He’s lived and spent
extended periods of time in New York City and Italy and, on and
off, in New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he has maintained a
studio since 1971.
Listen in on his conversation as The Artist Index’s host, Ron
Fortier delves more into Ben’s experience as a painter both here,
New York City, and in Italy as well as his tenure at the Swain
School of Design of days gone by!
Music courtesy of www.bensound.com