SELECTED ONE-ARTIST EXHIBITIONS
2017 "Le Portrait Refiguré", Musée Arts et Histoire, Bormes-les-Mimosas, France
2016 "Aristocrats Among Industrial Ruins", PhilSpace, Santa Fe.
2015 “RI/SCATTI: Donna Ines ha perso la scarpina", Palazzo Nicolaci, Noto, Sicily.
2014 “Doña Inés Lost Her Slipper”, Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery
2012 “Vulnerabilities”, Destiny Allison Fine Art, Santa Fe
2011 “Ut Pictura Poesis”, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe.
“Ancient Voices Through Modern Eyes”, Art Center Design College, Albuquerque, NM.
2010 “Ancient Voices Through Modern Eyes”, R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY.
“Encaustiques”, Abbaye de Fontmorigny, France.
2009 “Imago Temporis”, Aci Castello, Italy, curated by Sabina Corsaro.
2008 “Ekfrasi”, Galleria Quadrifoglio, Syracuse, Italy. (held in conjunction with Festival of Ancient Greek Theater)
“Dionisiaca”, Capella Bonjauto, Catania, Italy, curated by Sabina Corsaro.
2007 “De Effige Animi”, Studio Barnum, Noto, Sicily.
2006 “Tra mito e storia”, Monastero del Ritiro, Siracusa, Italy (held in conjunction with Festival of Ancient Greek Theater)
2005 “Tempus Temporis”, Art & Industry, Santa Fe, NM.
2004 Red Box, Barjols, France (catalog).
2003 “The Bacchae”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
“Recent Works”, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.
2002 “Mediterraneo”, Galleria d’arte Il Sagittario, Messina, Italy (catalog).
“Pompeii Series”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
2001 “Le Rouge et le Noir”, Aumônerie St-Jacques, Gordes, France
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.
1999 “The Figure: From Color to Line”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1998 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.
“An Art Alphabet”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1997 “The Senses”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
“Dialogues”, Galerie Sainte-Catherine, Rodez, France (with Lucille Colin).
1996 “Female Allegorical Portraits”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1994 “From Figurative to Abstract”, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1993 “Portraits”, 8th Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Effimera", Palazzo Rau, Noto, Italy.
“La Fascinazione dell'Antico", Studio Motta, Rimini, Italy.
“Anamorfosi", Galleria Montevergini, Syracuse, Italy.
2012 “Three From New Mexico”, Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, Gordes, France.
“The Future of the Past”, Boston Center for the Arts, curated by Barb Cone & Harriette Chenkin.
2011 “Polemically Small”, Garboushian Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by E. Lucie-Smith.
“New Views of Encaustic Painting”, Keene State College, NH, curated by Peter Roos
2010 "Who Owns Classicism", curated by Edward Lucie-Smith, Sarofim Gallery, Texas.
“Waxing Poetic”, Hewitt Gallery of Art, New York
“Farenheit 180: A Group Encaustic Exhibition”, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
“Pollination”, Convention Center Gallery, Santa Fe.
2009 “Figurations II”, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe.
“Director’s Choice”, Chase Gallery, Boston.
2008 “Women of Bagdad and Prisoners and Deserts”, with Michele Ciacciofera, Chapelle des Pénitants, Gordes, France.
2006 “Migrazioni” (important collective of Mediterranean artists), Siracusa, Italy (catalog).
“La Visione Negata”, L’Arco e la Fonte, Siracusa, Italy (catalog).
“The Figure”, Cline Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ.
2004 “The Figure”, Cline Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ.
2002 “Nostalgia: il paradiso ritrovato”, Chiostro di San Francesco, Sorrento, Italy.
2001 “The Death of Painting”, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM; curated by Guy Ambrosino and Jon Carver.
2000 “Sanctified or Censored”, Santuario de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM; curated by Monica Steinhoff.
“Un ensemble d’artistes”, Galerie Thuillier, Paris, France.
“Revealing the Nude”, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog).
1999 “Realism ‘99”, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
1998 “Ida y Vuelta: Twelve New Mexico Artists”, Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez, France.
“Faces of Woman”, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, NM.
“MICRO-Exhibition”, Galleri COLON, Borås, Sweden.
1997 “Figure and Fantasy”, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog).
1995 “Biennale Méditerranéenne de la Jeune Peinture”, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France (catalog).
“Salon d’Octobre”, Association Espace Montauriol, Montauban, France.
1994 “Visions of Excellence VIII”, Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
“Thirty Under Thirty”, Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
1993 “Collage”, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
“The Nude: From Classical to Erotic”, Island Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1991. Semester of graduate-level independent study (Painting), University of New Mexico (1992). Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Granada, Spain (1990-1991). New York University, Dept. of Art History (1989). Art Student’s League, New York (1987-1988). St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM (1985-1987).
ACTIVITIES
· Collaboration with Edward Lucie-Smith to present a traveling exhibition featuring prominent contemporary artists who conceptually reconstruct ancient Greek masterpieces from literary descriptions (ekphrases): Berlin, London, Lipari, Santa Fe.
· Curator and co-organizer of the exhibition, “Ida y Vuelta: Twelve New Mexico Artists”, Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez, France, summer, 1998 (catalog).
SELECTED PRESS
Courtney Jordan, “Eleven Artists to Watch: Francisco Benitez”, American Artist, Jan. 2011.
Daniela Frisone, “La mostra di F Benitez un gioiso turbamento”, La Sicilia, May 21, 2006.
Paolo Randazzo, “I volti antichi di Benitez”, Centanove, May 26, 2006.
Arturo Messina, “Come dovevano dipingere un tempo”, Libertà, May 23, 2006.
Michael Moore, “Tempus Temporis”, THE Magazine, November, 2005.
Teri Thomson Randall, “Benítez’ Dramatis Personae”, Pasatiempo (cover), Oct. 17, 2003.
Dottie Indyke, “Classic Freedom”, Albuquerque Journal North, Oct. 17, 2003.
Luigi La Rosa, “Benitez Sapore Antico”, Centanove, Messina, Sicily, June 14, 2002.
Tania Toscano, “La forza communicativa di Francisco Benitez”, La Sicilia, June 16, 2002.
Lynn Cline, “Baroque Light”, Pasatiempo, January 25, 2001.
Paul Weidman, “The Journey from New Mexico to Rodez, France”, Pasatiempo, April 23, 1999.
Christine Frérot, “Ida y Vuelta: Twelve Artists from New Mexico”, Art Nexus, Spring 1999.
Featured Artist and Curator, “Peinture Fraîche”, host Jean Daive, Radio France, Paris,
July 23, 1998.
Nicole Zimmermann, “Ida y Vuelta”, Gazette des Tribunaux du Midi, July 10, 1998.
Wesley Pulkka, “New Work Reflects Growth”, Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 1998.
Kathleen McCloud, “Nuevo Mélange—Ida y Vuelta”, Santa Fe New Mexican, March 29, 1998.
Hollis Walker, “Francisco Benítez: A New Dialogue with the Past”, Pasatiempo, March 20, 1998.
Kathleen McCloud, “Dramatic Contrasts Between Darkness & Light”, Pasatiempo, Feb. 20, 1997.
Diane Armitage, “Female Allegorical Portraits”, THE Magazine, June 1996.
Gussie Fauntleroy, “Everywoman According to Francisco Benítez”, Pasatiempo, May 3, 1996.
Public Collections National Hispanic Cultural Center, Permanent Display, Albuquerque, NM.
New Mexico State Legislature, Permenent Collection
Conseil Général de l’Aveyron, France
Numerous private collections : United States, France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Mexico, UK, etc.
2017 "Le Portrait Refiguré", Musée Arts et Histoire, Bormes-les-Mimosas, France
2016 "Aristocrats Among Industrial Ruins", PhilSpace, Santa Fe.
2015 “RI/SCATTI: Donna Ines ha perso la scarpina", Palazzo Nicolaci, Noto, Sicily.
2014 “Doña Inés Lost Her Slipper”, Santa Fe Community College Visual Arts Gallery
2012 “Vulnerabilities”, Destiny Allison Fine Art, Santa Fe
2011 “Ut Pictura Poesis”, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe.
“Ancient Voices Through Modern Eyes”, Art Center Design College, Albuquerque, NM.
2010 “Ancient Voices Through Modern Eyes”, R&F Gallery, Kingston, NY.
“Encaustiques”, Abbaye de Fontmorigny, France.
2009 “Imago Temporis”, Aci Castello, Italy, curated by Sabina Corsaro.
2008 “Ekfrasi”, Galleria Quadrifoglio, Syracuse, Italy. (held in conjunction with Festival of Ancient Greek Theater)
“Dionisiaca”, Capella Bonjauto, Catania, Italy, curated by Sabina Corsaro.
2007 “De Effige Animi”, Studio Barnum, Noto, Sicily.
2006 “Tra mito e storia”, Monastero del Ritiro, Siracusa, Italy (held in conjunction with Festival of Ancient Greek Theater)
2005 “Tempus Temporis”, Art & Industry, Santa Fe, NM.
2004 Red Box, Barjols, France (catalog).
2003 “The Bacchae”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
“Recent Works”, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.
2002 “Mediterraneo”, Galleria d’arte Il Sagittario, Messina, Italy (catalog).
“Pompeii Series”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
2001 “Le Rouge et le Noir”, Aumônerie St-Jacques, Gordes, France
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.
1999 “The Figure: From Color to Line”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1998 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA.
“An Art Alphabet”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1997 “The Senses”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
“Dialogues”, Galerie Sainte-Catherine, Rodez, France (with Lucille Colin).
1996 “Female Allegorical Portraits”, Cline Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1994 “From Figurative to Abstract”, Santa Fe Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM.
1993 “Portraits”, 8th Street Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 “Effimera", Palazzo Rau, Noto, Italy.
“La Fascinazione dell'Antico", Studio Motta, Rimini, Italy.
“Anamorfosi", Galleria Montevergini, Syracuse, Italy.
2012 “Three From New Mexico”, Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs, Gordes, France.
“The Future of the Past”, Boston Center for the Arts, curated by Barb Cone & Harriette Chenkin.
2011 “Polemically Small”, Garboushian Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by E. Lucie-Smith.
“New Views of Encaustic Painting”, Keene State College, NH, curated by Peter Roos
2010 "Who Owns Classicism", curated by Edward Lucie-Smith, Sarofim Gallery, Texas.
“Waxing Poetic”, Hewitt Gallery of Art, New York
“Farenheit 180: A Group Encaustic Exhibition”, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
“Pollination”, Convention Center Gallery, Santa Fe.
2009 “Figurations II”, Nüart Gallery, Santa Fe.
“Director’s Choice”, Chase Gallery, Boston.
2008 “Women of Bagdad and Prisoners and Deserts”, with Michele Ciacciofera, Chapelle des Pénitants, Gordes, France.
2006 “Migrazioni” (important collective of Mediterranean artists), Siracusa, Italy (catalog).
“La Visione Negata”, L’Arco e la Fonte, Siracusa, Italy (catalog).
“The Figure”, Cline Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ.
2004 “The Figure”, Cline Fine Art, Scottsdale, AZ.
2002 “Nostalgia: il paradiso ritrovato”, Chiostro di San Francesco, Sorrento, Italy.
2001 “The Death of Painting”, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM; curated by Guy Ambrosino and Jon Carver.
2000 “Sanctified or Censored”, Santuario de Guadalupe, Santa Fe, NM; curated by Monica Steinhoff.
“Un ensemble d’artistes”, Galerie Thuillier, Paris, France.
“Revealing the Nude”, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog).
1999 “Realism ‘99”, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
1998 “Ida y Vuelta: Twelve New Mexico Artists”, Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez, France.
“Faces of Woman”, Las Vegas Arts Council, Las Vegas, NM.
“MICRO-Exhibition”, Galleri COLON, Borås, Sweden.
1997 “Figure and Fantasy”, Chase Gallery, Boston, MA (catalog).
1995 “Biennale Méditerranéenne de la Jeune Peinture”, Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France (catalog).
“Salon d’Octobre”, Association Espace Montauriol, Montauban, France.
1994 “Visions of Excellence VIII”, Fine Arts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
“Thirty Under Thirty”, Ralph Greene Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
1993 “Collage”, The Munson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
“The Nude: From Classical to Erotic”, Island Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts of Fine Arts, Department of Art and Art History, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1991. Semester of graduate-level independent study (Painting), University of New Mexico (1992). Facultad de Bellas Artes, Universidad de Granada, Spain (1990-1991). New York University, Dept. of Art History (1989). Art Student’s League, New York (1987-1988). St. John’s College, Santa Fe, NM (1985-1987).
ACTIVITIES
· Collaboration with Edward Lucie-Smith to present a traveling exhibition featuring prominent contemporary artists who conceptually reconstruct ancient Greek masterpieces from literary descriptions (ekphrases): Berlin, London, Lipari, Santa Fe.
· Curator and co-organizer of the exhibition, “Ida y Vuelta: Twelve New Mexico Artists”, Musée Denys-Puech, Rodez, France, summer, 1998 (catalog).
SELECTED PRESS
Courtney Jordan, “Eleven Artists to Watch: Francisco Benitez”, American Artist, Jan. 2011.
Daniela Frisone, “La mostra di F Benitez un gioiso turbamento”, La Sicilia, May 21, 2006.
Paolo Randazzo, “I volti antichi di Benitez”, Centanove, May 26, 2006.
Arturo Messina, “Come dovevano dipingere un tempo”, Libertà, May 23, 2006.
Michael Moore, “Tempus Temporis”, THE Magazine, November, 2005.
Teri Thomson Randall, “Benítez’ Dramatis Personae”, Pasatiempo (cover), Oct. 17, 2003.
Dottie Indyke, “Classic Freedom”, Albuquerque Journal North, Oct. 17, 2003.
Luigi La Rosa, “Benitez Sapore Antico”, Centanove, Messina, Sicily, June 14, 2002.
Tania Toscano, “La forza communicativa di Francisco Benitez”, La Sicilia, June 16, 2002.
Lynn Cline, “Baroque Light”, Pasatiempo, January 25, 2001.
Paul Weidman, “The Journey from New Mexico to Rodez, France”, Pasatiempo, April 23, 1999.
Christine Frérot, “Ida y Vuelta: Twelve Artists from New Mexico”, Art Nexus, Spring 1999.
Featured Artist and Curator, “Peinture Fraîche”, host Jean Daive, Radio France, Paris,
July 23, 1998.
Nicole Zimmermann, “Ida y Vuelta”, Gazette des Tribunaux du Midi, July 10, 1998.
Wesley Pulkka, “New Work Reflects Growth”, Albuquerque Journal, April 9, 1998.
Kathleen McCloud, “Nuevo Mélange—Ida y Vuelta”, Santa Fe New Mexican, March 29, 1998.
Hollis Walker, “Francisco Benítez: A New Dialogue with the Past”, Pasatiempo, March 20, 1998.
Kathleen McCloud, “Dramatic Contrasts Between Darkness & Light”, Pasatiempo, Feb. 20, 1997.
Diane Armitage, “Female Allegorical Portraits”, THE Magazine, June 1996.
Gussie Fauntleroy, “Everywoman According to Francisco Benítez”, Pasatiempo, May 3, 1996.
Public Collections National Hispanic Cultural Center, Permanent Display, Albuquerque, NM.
New Mexico State Legislature, Permenent Collection
Conseil Général de l’Aveyron, France
Numerous private collections : United States, France, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Spain, Mexico, UK, etc.
