POEMS FOR (OIL) CHANGE
April 1- April 30, 2021
Project in collaboration with Laura Childs Gill
TABLOID excerpt included in F I V E S / Denver Quarterly
March 15, 2021
HANDLE
April 13th - May 17, 2020
Curated by Lease Agreement
Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
Lindsey French
Dionne Lee
Meredith Leich
Ellen Mueller & Phil McCollam
Dawn Roe
Ruoyi Shi
Hennessy Youngman (Jayson Musson)
Coco Hunday Presents
August 24th - December 22, 2019
Curated by Jason Lazarus
Atlanta Contemporary, Atlanta, GA
Bahareh Khooshooee
Ben Fain
Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
Christopher Meerdo
Gina Osterloh
Jake Troyli
Lady Kitt
Libbi Ponce
Pat Blocher
Sanaz Sohrabi
Sue Havens
Thad Kellstadt
Thomas Kong/Dan Miller
Walter Matthews
time after time
July 27th - August 17, 2019
QUAID gallery, Tampa, FL
Curated by Taylor Finke & parallelogram gallery
Wendy Babcox
Benjamin Zellmer Bellas & Laura Childs Gill
Ian Bates
Jamie Campbell
Billie Clarken
Justin Cooper
Taylor Curry
Marcus Desieno
Jon Feinstein
Jezebeth Gonzalez
Nabil Harb
Bahareh Khoshooee
Cassandra Klos
Jason Lazarus
Zora J Murff
Eric Pickersgill
Alexis Pike
Shane Rocheleau
Selina Roman
Carson Sanders
Gordon Stettinius & Terry Brown
Jennifer Timmer Trail
Jonathan Traviesa
organized by Gregory Linn and Clayton Press
The Bonnier Gallery, Miami, FL
June 6th - July 20, 2019
Fiona Banner
Mel Bochner
David Moreno
Kay Rosen
Damon Zucconi
Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
BREACH OF CONTRACT
Judith Brotman, Meg Duguid, Brent Garbowski, Jeffrey Grauel, Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
Curated by: Paul Hopkin
May 17th - June 23rd, 2019
Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
FACEBUSTER
Curated by: Noelle Mason & Will Douglas
Biff Bolen
Bahareh Khoshooee
Walter Matthews
Gregory Green
Neil Bender
Kalup Linzy
John Byrd
Roberto Marquez
Taylor Pilote
Matt Wicks
Ben Galaday
Johanna Keefe
Justin Cooper
Magdalen Wong
Ben Fain
Reed Barrow
Alyssa Piro
Ezra Johnson
Marcus DeSieno
Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
October, 2018
Pilote Studios, Philadelphia, PA
A better Tomorrowland
Curated by: Paul Hopkin
Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
Christa Donner
Jeffrey Grauel
John Henley
Nick Lowe
Melissa Pokorny
May 5 - June 2, 2018
Sidecar Gallery, Hammond, IN
You, me, none of this.
January 5, 2017
Usdan Gallery, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
un match nul
October 8, 2016
Parallelogram & Coco Hunday, Tampa Bay, FL
New poetry included in The Pinch (Issue 36.2 Fall 2016)
September 27, 2016
Porcelain Projects
April 9 - May 28, 2016
Monique Meloche, Chicago, IL
The letter that you're writing doesn't mean you're not dead.
Noelle Mason & Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
November 20, 2015 - January 9, 2016
CUAC, Salt Lake City, UT
Until the brilliance is extinguished
October 24 - December 20, 2015
Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA
The Break Age
slow, Chicago May 23rd - June 13, 2015
Modest Contemporary, Chicago May 30 - June 13, 6-9pm
DO Mus, Chicago June 6 - June 13, 6-9pm
Clutch, Chicago May 23rd - June 13.
Bring out your dead
Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL
March 4 - April 5, 2015
Artwork by Benjamin Zellmer Bellas, Jason Dunda, Jeffrey Grauel, John Henley, Carol Jackson, and Mican Morgan.
Burn It Down
Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Opening Reception: Friday, September 5, 2014 at 7:00pm - 11:00pm in CDT
Featuring the work of:
Academy Records
Benjamin Zellmer Bellas
Judith Brotman
Ann Chen
Laura Davis
Meg Duguid
Jason Dunda
Andreas Fischer
Charles Fogarty
Jeffrey Grauel
John Henley
Andrew Holmquist
Carol Jackson
Kevin Jennings
Larry Lee
Jinn Bronwen Lee
Steve Reber
Daniel Schmid
Mindy Rose Schwartz
Curated by: Paul Hopkin
Soft Movements in the Same Direction
Steven Beckly and Benjamin Bellas
April 11 - May 17, 2014
Calgray, AB
Paul is NOT Gay
Curated by Molar Productions
slow
February 14 - March 14
Featuring the work of: Benjamin Bellas, Judith Brotman, CC Ann Chen, Laura Davis, Meg Duguid, Jason Dunda, Andreas Fischer, Jeffrey Grauel, John Henley, Andrew Holmquist, Greyson Hong, Theodore Horner, International Chefs of Mystery!, Carol Jackson, Carron Little, Nicholas Lowe, Mican Morgan Susannah Papish, Steve Reber, Oli Rodriguez in collaboration with Barbara DeGenevieve, Joshua Slater, Rafael E. Vera, Rebecca Walz and Ryan Michael Pfeiffer.
(e)merge art fair
slow
Benjamin Bellas, C.C. Ann Chen, & Carol Jackson
October 3 - 6
Washington, DC
Ostensible Fictions
September 14 – October 19
Hamiltonian Gallery
Washington DC
Review of "Represent the sound outside these spaces" in Sculpture Magazine
September 2013 Issue
Elastic de facto
July 20 - August 17
Carter & Citizen
Curated by Picture Menu (New York)
Culver City, CA
opening reception: Saturday, July 20, 6-8pm
Benjamin Bellas, Victoria Fu, Vlad Smolkin and Brad Troemel
Capture
March 29, 2013
Crisp-Ellert Art Museum
Flagler College
Liberti(n)es
January 19 - February 23, 2013
Open Space
Curated by Keith J. Varadi
Baltimore, MD
Featuring the works of:
Benjamin Bellas
Ross Iannatti
Rosy Keyser
Rose Marcus
Jonathan Marshall
Jeffrey Scott Mathews
Reid Ramirez
Peter Sutherland
with performances, poetry and music by:
Nuclear Power Pants
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez
Keith J. Varadi
Edward Steck
Eric Amling
Represent the sound outside these spaces @ slow named Best of Chicago 2012 in FRIEZE and Newcity
losing something you never had
November 9 - December 21, 2012
Cultural DC, Flashpoint Gallery
Washington DC
Press for "losing something you never had"
Washington CityPaper Nov. 16 by John Anderson
Washington CityPaper Nov. 20 by Ashley Larkin
WAMU NPR Interview by Emily Berman
Entertain Me DC by Desire’ Moses
Washington Post by Mark Jenkins
Benjamin Bellas artist talk
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Luce Foundation Center
November 18, 2012
Washington DC
miniature GIGANTIC
Benjamin Bellas, Judith Brotman, CC Ann Chen, Andreas Fischer, Brent Garbowski, Joe Mault, and Mican Morgan
October 10 - November 10, 2012
Clutch Gallery (traveling exhibition)
Chicago, IL & Washington DC
Review of "Represent the sound outside these spaces" by Bert Stabler
Newcity
Represent the sound outside these spaces
October 6 - November 10, 2012
slow
Chicago, IL
Franklin Furnace Fund for Performance Art 2012-13 grant recipient
one day will be the last I lie beside you breathing
September 4 - October 4, 2012
University of Virginia
what comes later
Works by Heather Harvey & Benjamin Bellas
August 24 - September 16, 2012
Kohl Gallery, Gibson Center for the Arts
Washington College
2012 Community Arts Assistance Program Grant
City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and Illinois Arts Council