#37 • Kim Benson

Part of NDMOA: 29th Annual Autumn Art Auction (live auction by AcrePro )

Starting at $800.00

Status: Available

Lot 37 Kim Benson Minneapolis, Minnesota Dayspring, 2026 Screenprint and stenciled arylic in Rives BFK, ed 20/25 20 x 16 inches $1,000 – 1,200 Kim Benson received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and her BFA from the College of Visual Arts in St. Paul, MN. She has attended residences at La Macina di San Cresci, Adams State University, McCanna House with the North Dakota Museum of Art, Jentel Foundation, and the Soap Factory. Benson’s paintings are about complexity. Richly dense, abstract surfaces are created through an ouroboric process of sanding, stenciling, casting, and extruding, as well as the more traditional modes of application by brush. References to Renaissance paintings—whether in image or color palette—populate her recent work, establishing a ground for exploration and excavation. The resultant density becomes paradoxically responsible for imbuing the compositions with vibrating luminosity, even as it roots their presence in the material world.