J. Benjamin Burney (He / Him)
Born 1987, Tulsa, OK, living in Denver Colorado

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J. Benjamin Burney is a Black American renaissance artist who uses multiple visual mediums to tell the great stories of life. After receiving a BFA in film studies, Benjamin is currently earning a dual Master’s degree in Art and Business from CU Boulder, where he also teaches digital photography. He is a poet, art critic, fine art curator, filmmaker, and performance artist.

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Benjamin's art applies the principles of auto-ethnography to connect personal experiences to the wider cultural narrative of African Americans—a narrative sustained through folklore, spirituality, and rebellious expression. Through analog and digital mediums Benjamin creates new myths that weave the future with the past and dreams with reality in the hopes of creating a new dimension of transcendence. His art seeks to suture the wounds of oppression by establishing a new connection to symbols that can educate us on our distorted history, critique our modern culture, and raise us to our greatest hopes.

 

J. Benjamin is also the founder of Zoid Art Haus (ZAH), a creative design studio that offers Creative Direction and Project Management to businesses and artists to achieve its mission of creating community with art.

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Follow: @zoidham / @zoidarthaus

 

Website: www.zoidarthaus.com