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Benini's exhibition career started with a one-man show
in Milano, Italy in 1961.
During his late teens and
early 20's, Benini painted landscapes and still lifes in
a traditional style. By 1965, his painting evolved into
large-scale, monochromatic renderings of the human
figure. From the mid 1970's, he alternated large-scale
representations of the rose and dream-like paintings
with strong symbolist content. During the mid 1980's,
Benini's work took a sharp turn toward geometry and the
mathematical sciences To date, He took a break from
exhibitions, and initated a new series of work ~
abstracts, with blended and dropped pigments, a series
he continues to this day. he has had 160 one-man
exhibitions.
Born: Imola, Italy, April 17, 1941
Academics:
1954-57 Liceo Classico,
Italy
Cento and Bologna,
1957-59 Enalc, Assisi, Italy
IN PERMANENCE
The Benini Galleries and Sculpture Ranch, Johnson City,
Texas.
ONE-MAN EXHIBITIONS
GREG THOMPSON FINE ART, North Little Rock, Arkansas,
The Painter’s Journey, March through May 14, 2011.
Gallery Central, Hot Springs Arkansas. “Benini: Under the
texas Stars”. February & March, 2006
Leonard Fine Arts, Hot Springs, Arkansas. 2001-2002.
GRACE MUSEUM, ABILENE TEXAS, January, 2001. Twenty Year
Retrospective Exhibition.
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT MONTICELLO, Arkansas, March-April
2000.
MICHELSON MUSEUM, Marshall, Texas.
1999.
September - October,
WALTON FINE ARTS CENTER, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1999.
March,
BAUM GALLERY, University of Central Arkansas, Conway,
Arkansas. February, 1999.
Brenda Kroos Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. “Nothing Like Blue
Stars”. August/September 1998.
CASA d’ARTE, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Gold, Something New”, April, 1998.
“Benini 98:
Something
ARTS CENTER OF THE OZARKS,
Springdale, Arkansas. “Benini:
On Target.”
July - August, 1997.
CASA d’ARTE, Shreveport, Louisiana.
Gallery exhibition,
1997.
IRVING ARTS CENTER, Irving, Texas.
“Benini:
September 26, 1996 - February, 1997.
Paintings.”
BARNWELL ART CENTER, Shreveport, Louisiana. “Benini Returns.”
July-August, 1996.
CASA d’ARTE,
1996.
Shreveport,
ARTS AND SCIENCE CENTER,
1995 - January 31, 1996.
Louisiana.
Gallery
exhibition,
Pine Bluff, Arkansas. December 14,
BRENDA KROOS GALLERY, Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland.” November 1995 January 31, 1996.
”Benini
in
GTE World Headquarters, Irving, Texas. September, 1995.
ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY
“Benini: The Shape of
McALLEN
Inner
ARTS CENTER,Russellville, Arkansas.
Color.” March 5 - April 8, 1995.
INTERNATIONAL MUSEUM, McAllen, Texas. "BENINI 94:
Colours Outer Spaces." April 14-June 26, 1994.
CARNEGIE ART CENTER, Leavenworth,
Illusion: Benini's Recent Paintings."
Kansas. "Shapes of
March 7-30, 1993.
MINOTAUR'S FORUM GALLERY, The Forum, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Invitational Exhibition.
CONTEMPORARY ART GALLERY, Rosicrucian Museums, San Jose,
California. "Benini: Color &Dimension." July- AUG 1992.
MID-AMERICA MUSEUM, Hot Springs, Arkansas. "Benini: Beyond
Dimension." April 5, 1991 - October, 1992.
TURMAN GALLERY, Indiana State University, Terre Haute,
Indiana. "Benini: Recent Paintings."
August 30 -September
27, 1991.
HUNTINGTON COLLEGE. Merillat Centre for the Arts, Huntington,
Indiana. "Homage to
Dimension."
February-March, 1991.
GODDARD CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, Ardmore,
Oklahoma. "Benini: Motionsand
Emotions/Paintings:
A
Retrospective." December 15, 1990 - January 31, 1991.
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY, Grandview Gallery, Morgantown, West
Virginia. "Alla
Geometria/Benini:Paintings of the 80's."
November 8 - December 1, 1990.
UNIVERSITY OF THE OZARKS, Walton Fine Arts Center, Stephens
Gallery, Clarksville,
Arkansas.
“Born
of
the
Hills/Benini: 1989-90 Paintings.” November 1 –30, 1990.
BEVERLY ART CENTER, Chicago, Illinois.
"Tortoises and
Elephants/ Benini: Recent Paintings."
November 1-30, 1990.
COKER COLLEGE, Hartsville, South
Coker." September 4 - 28, 1990.
Carolina.
"Benini
at
McHENRY COUNTY COLLEGE, Art Gallery, Crystal Lake, Illinois.
“Benini at MCC.” January 21 -February 10, 1990.
ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY, Tullibody Fine Arts
Montgomery,Alabama."Benini at ASU. November-December
Center,
1989.
THE CENTER FOR VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS, Northern Indiana
Arts Association,
Munster,
Indiana.
"Benini."
September 9 - 27, 1989.
ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Art Gallery, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
"Dimensions: Real an
Unreal/Benini
June 30 - July 27, 1989.
at
Arkansas
State."
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Etherredge Fine Arts Center,
Aiken, South Carolina. "Benini at USC Aiken."
November
11 - December 14, 1988.
DUKE UNIVERSITY, Durham, North Carolina.
October 30 - December 15, 1988.
"Benini at Duke,"
BRIDGEWATER
STATE
COLLEGE,
Rondileau
Art
Gallery,
Bridgewater, Massachusetts. "Benini at Bridgewater State
College." October 4 -26, 1988.
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS at Urbana/Champaign, Urbana, IL.
"Benini at the University of Illinois
Urbana/Champaign."
May 9 - June 10, 1988.
OAKTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
Koehnline Gallery, Chicago, IL.
"Possible
and
Impossible:
The
Dimensions
of
Color."
February 9 - March 4, 1988.
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY, LITTMAN GALLERY, Portland, Oregon.
"Benini/Mond 87:
Journeys
Through
Shape
and
Color."
September 14 - October 9, 1987.
FORT SMITH ART CENTER, Fort Smith, Arkansas. "Benini 87:
Farewell to the Rose." September 6 - 27, 1987. Unveiling by
the Western Arkansas Ballet.
BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART, Florida Juried Exhibition. Curated
by Lowery Sims, Associate
Curator,The
Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York City.
OSCEOLA CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Kissimmee, Florida, "Benini 86:
Shapes of Magic."
September 30 - November 2, 1986.
THE LCAA ART GALLERY , Newark, Ohio, "Benini in Newark."
October 4 - October 26, 1986.
DAYTONA BEACH COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Daytona
"Benini at DBCC."
December 3-19, 1985.
THE LANDMARK CENTER, Orlando,
September 14 - November 15, 1985.
Florida.
Beach,
Florida.
"Benini
JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY, Jacksonville, Florida.
85."
"Benini on
Campus."
August 28 - October 4, 1985.
CHARLESTON HEIGHTS ARTS CENTER, Las Vegas, Nevada and THE
REED WHIPPLE
CULTURAL CENTER, Las Vegas, Nevada.
“
Benini in Las Vegas," Paintings and Pastels.
March
328, 1985. Unveiling by the Las Vegas Civic Ballet.
CHASE MANHATTAN, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
1984.
January-December
UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, Reno, Nevada.
"Benini: Paintings of
the 80's.” August 31 - September 28, 1984.
EMPIRE OF AMERICA, Deland, Florida. "Tales from the Edge of
Time.”
January 14, 1984 March 31, 1984.
SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS. Scottsdale, Arizona. "Art for
Life."
Charity exhibition
for Arizona Kidney Foundation.
February 25, 1984.
FLORIDA STATE CAPITOL, Tallahassee, Florida. "Benini at the
Capitol." November 1, 1983 January 7, 1984.
GROVE ISLE CLUB, Grove Isle, Florida.
Isle."
November, 1983.
BACARDI'S INTERNATIONAL,
Bimini." March 3-10, 1983.
Bimini,
"Benini at Grove
Bahamas.
"Benini
in
FIRST FEDERAL MID-FLORIDA, DeLand, Florida. "The Garden of
Spatial Delights."
November 6, 1982 - January 31, 1983.
GALLERIA
OPEN
ARTE,
Milano,
Italy.
exhibition." November 1982 - January 1983.
BOTTEGA DE CIMABUE, Florence, Italy.
Exhibition." November 1982 - March 1983.
"Benini:
Solo
"Benini:
Solo
THOMAS CENTER FOR THE ARTS, Gainesville, Florida.
"A
Pilgrim's Garden."
Paintings and Works
on
Paper,
70
Pieces. Catalog "A Pilgrim's Garden: Benini at the Thomas
Center for the Arts."
ORMOND BEACH MEMORIAL ART GALLERY, Ormond Beach, Florida.
"Baroque and Beyond."
July 19 - August 31, 1982.
GALLERIA CAIROLI,
August, 1982.
Ravenna,
Italy.
"Benini:
Nuova
Arte."
BUENA VISTA, Nassau,
March 6-14, 1982.
Bahamas.
"Color
Fields
and
Dreams."
BREVARD ART CENTER & MUSEUM, Melbourne, Florida.
Fields and Dreams."
February 7-28, 1982.
"Color
PALAZZO PRETORIO, Poggibonsi, Italy.
December 19, 1981-January 17, 1982.
Arte."
"Poggibonsi
CHASE MANHATTAN, Freeport, Grand Bahama. "Benini." JanuaryDecember 1982.
FIRST FEDERAL MID-FLORIDA, DeLand, Florida. "Superroses and
The Mind." November 14, 1981 - January 15, 1982.
HALSEY'S, Winter Park, Florida. "Benini: Master of Mystical
Roses and Super-Conscious."
July 24- August 31, 1981.
SUSAN WALLACE REILING GALLERIES, Miami, Florida. "Benini:
Paintings."
May 15 - June 15,
1981.
AVANTI, INC., Scottsdale, Arizona. "Art of Benini." March
21, 1981.
BARNWELL ART CENTER, Shreveport, Louisiana.
"Benini: A
Retrospective Exhibition.”
October 23-November 7, 1980.
POINCIANA
GALLERY,
Palm
Beach,
"*Max*Jennings*Benini," January-April, 1980.
CHASE MANHATTAN, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
December, 1980.
CRAMER GALLERY,
March, 1979.
Washington
D.C.
Florida,
"Benini." January-
"Benini
in
Washington."
WAUCHULA STATE BANK, Wauchula, Florida. "Solomon-Benini Art
Exhibition." February, 1979.
THE BELVIN HOUSE, Tallahassee, Florida.
February, 1979.
FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
January-March, 1979.
CHASE MANHATTAN,
December, 1979.
"Benini."
Freeport, Grand Bahama. "Benini." January-
EXHIBITION GALLERY,
December, 1978.
Gainesville, Florida.
THE TURNIPSEED HOUSE, McIntosh, Florida.
Florida: Benini 78." October, 1978.
"Five from Afar."
"From the Heart of
FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
January-December, 1978.
"Benini."
CHASE MANHATTAN, Freeport, Grand Bahama. "Benini."
December, 1978.
SILVER SANDS, Freeport, Grand
Paintings." February, 1977.
Bahama.
January-
"Benini:
New
THE BOWERY, New York, New York. "A Seven-Year Retrospective
Show by Benini."
JanuaryFebruary, 1977.
AUCTION 393, New York, New York.
January, 1977.
CHASE MANHATTAN, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
- December, 1977.
“Benini”
FIRST NATIONAL CITY BANK, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
November-December, 1976.
CHASE MANHATTAN, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Paintings." September- December 1976.
GALERIE CAIROLI,
August, 1976.
Ravenna,
Italy.
GALERIE MOUFFE, Paris, France.
1976.
TUTTARTE GALLERY,
June, 1976.
Torino,
"Benini”
"Benini:
"Condizone
"Condizione Umana."
Italy.
January
"Condizione
BACARDI GALLERY, Miami, Florida.
"Benini:
Retrospective. Paintings, Works on Paper
and
Wood."
August, 1975.
New
Umana."
July,
Umana."
A 10-Year
Works
on
GALERIE MOUFFE, Paris, France. "Benini Superroses."
June
1975.
TUTTARTE GALLERY, Torino, Italy. "Benini da New York."
GALERIE VALLOMBREUSE, Biarritz, France.
"Des Rose: A
L'Erostisme."
March - April 1975.
CHASE MANHATTAN, Freeport, Grand
Superroses."
September, 1975.
Bahama.
"Benini:
New
SELECTED ARTIST GALLERY, New York, New York. "Paintings and
Works on Paper."
October, 1974.
ACS GALLERY, Buffalo, New York.
August - September, 1974.
“Nature and the Rose."
WHALESPOUT GALLERY, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
July 10-27, 1974.
GALLERY ONE, Coconut Grove, Florida.
Works on Paper." March, 1974.
CHASE MANHATTAN,
January, 1974.
Freeport,
Grand
"Benini 74. “
"Benini: Paintings and
Bahama.
"Superroses."
MILITELLO'S 4367 GALLERY, Snyder, New York. "The Nude and the
Yellow." November, 1973.
ASC GALLERY, Buffalo, New York.
September, 1973.
WHALESPOUT GALLERY, Nantucket,
Yellow Period."
July, 1973.
"Benini's Yellow Period."
Massachusetts.
SELECTED ARTIST GALLERY, New York, New York.
Roses 1973." May 1973.
"Benini's
"Of Women and
NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO, "Benini Yesterday and
Today." Gallery 219.
May, 1973.
KINGS INN RESORT, Freeport, Grand Bahama. "The Importance of
Yellow: Paintings by Benini." January, 1973.
GALLERIA CAIROLI, Ravenna,
Ravenna." December, 1972.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
November, 1972.
Italy.
Freeport,
"Benini
Grand
Bahama.
WHALESPOUT GALLERY, Sconset, Massachusetts.
Works." September, 1972.
ACS GALLERY, Buffalo, New York.
da
Imola
e
"Benini."
"Benini:
New
"Benini: One Man Show."
September, 1972.
KINGS INN RESORTS, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Life." August, 1972.
KOTTLER GALLERY, New York, New York.
April 1972.
"Benini - Island
"Benini: Monorealism."
PENSACOLA ART MUSEUM, Pensacola, Florida.
Year Retrospective."
March, 1972.
"Benini: Seven-
GROUND FLOOR ART GALLERY, Amherst,
Dimensions." September, 1971.
York.
New
WHALESPOUT GALLERY, Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Color."
July 25 - August, 1971.
UNIVERSITY GALLERY, Toronto, Canada.
February 1971.
"Life
and
"Benini in Toronto."
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Figure." January 20 - 31.
KINGS INN RESORTS, Freeport,
1970." Sponsored by the Grand
January 1971.
"Color
"The Human
Grand Bahama. "Monorealism
Bahama Civic Arts Guild.
NEW YORK STATE UNIVERSITY, Buffalo, New York. "Benini at
NYSU."
January 1971.
NATIONWIDE ART CENTER, Buffalo, New York.
September-October 15, 1970.
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, Freeport,
Character Studies." January 1970.
KINGS BAY CLUB,
November, 1969.
Coconut
Grove,
Grand
"Monorealism."
Bahama.
Florida.
"Art:
KINGS INN RESORTS, Freeport, Grand Bahama.
Paintings." November 1968.
KINGS INN RESORTS,
February 1967.
Freeport,
Grand
KOTTLER GALLERY, New York, New York.
1967.
Bahama.
"Benini:
Benini.“
"Benini's New
"Benini
"Benini."
67."
December
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, Freeport
Paintings." January 10-24, 1966.
LUCAYAN BEACH
November 1965.
HOTEL,
Freeport,
BAITA-ALTOF,
Madesimo,
December 1962.
Italy.
Grand
Grand
Bahama.
Bahama.
"L'Arte
CONTE BIANCAMANO, Milano, Italy. "Arte Nuova."
1962.
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