2012 : The University of Texas at San Antonio: MFA-Studio Art/Multidisciplinary
1995 : Texas State University: BFA-Communication Design
EXHIBITION
Solo
2018
Dorćol Gallery, The Illusion of Happiness, San Antonio, TX
Keller Henderson Gallery, Structures, San Antonio, TX
2017
Artpace, Open studio project, San Antonio, TX
Guest Room Projects, Collected, Fort Worth, TX
2014
Roosevelt Gallery, Voided Spaces, San Antonio, TX
2013
Annetta Kraushaar Gallery at Texas Lutheran University, The Second Part of the First, Seguin, TX
2012
UTSA Satellite Space, Permutation, MFA Thesis, San Antonio, TX
Two-Person
2015
Radius Gallery, Fractures, San Antonio, TX
Group
2019
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, 47th Annual International Art Show, Brownsville, TX
2018
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery at University of North Carolina Asheville, 9th Annual Drawing Discourse, Asheville, NC
North American Art Gallery, Re/Search, McAllen, TX
2016
Cinnabar Gallery, Muse, San Antonio, TX
Public Art San Antonio (PASA) at Plaza de Armas, Compositions in Space: Architectural Interventions, San Antonio, TX
Southwest School of Art, Texas Draws IV biennial, San Antonio, TX
Department of Culture and Creative Development, The City of San Antonio’s Portable Artworks Collection, City Hall and Municipal Plaza, San Antonio, TX
2015-2016
Bastrop Art in Public Places, Bastrop Downtown Sculpture Project (Hither, Dither, 2012), Bastrop, TX
2015
Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, Transmission, San Antonio, TX
McNay Art Museum, Regarding Ruscha, San Antonio, TX
The University of Texas at San Antonio: Main Gallery, Elemental ‘Scapes, San Antonio, TX
107 Gallery (Lullwood Group), Group Hug: Eyes Got It, San Antonio, TX
2014
Ruiz-Healy Art, INK Miami Art Fair (during Art Week), Miami, FL
Ame Collaborative, Pop-up Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013
French & Michigan, 50/250, San Antonio, TX
CANVAS, Pop-up Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012
K Space Contemporary, 3rd Coast National, Corpus Christi, TX
UTSA Gallery, Arte Nuevo, San Antonio, TX
UTSA Gallery, Fine Arts Association Student Show, San Antonio, TX
2011
Texas Sculpture Symposium, Tyler, TX
R Gallery, Group Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2010
Walker’s Gallery, Texas State ArtWorks, San Marcos, TX
Pump Project Gallery, FASA Group Exhibition, Austin, TX
2009
Gallery 109 & Fairbanks Studio, Group Exhibition, Murray, KY
Flatbed Press, AHA! Moments, Austin, TX
2007
Art Gotham Gallery, The Square Foot Show, NYC, NY
National Academy Museum, NYC, NY
2006
Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, NYC, NY
RESIDENCIES
2017
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
2015
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Awarded Artist/Writer Grant
2014
The League Residency at Vytlacil, Sparkill, NY
Awarded Ruth Katzman Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
2018
Nancy Moyer, “Exhibit presents explorations of philosophies that build self, social awareness,” The Monitor, September 24, 2018.
2017
Brandon Zech, “The Art of the Livestream,” Glasstire, April 21, 2017.
Leah Feneley, “Professor Benjamin McVey Displays Work in Artpace,” The Paisano, March 28, 2017.
Marco Aquino, "Artist Benjamin McVey Invites the Community into His 'Open' Studio, San Antonio Current," March 23, 2017.
Elda Silva, “Art(ist) is On Display,” San Antonio Express-News, January 31, 2017.
2015
Manifest’s International Drawing Annual: INDA 10
“Downtown Bastrop Sculpture Project Celebrates Texas Artists,” PR Newswire, March 3, 2015.
Steve Bennett, “Artists Navigate Our Place in the Landscape,” San Antonio Express-News, June 9, 2015.
Dan R. Goddard, “Everyday Life Connects the Dots in New Blue Star Exhibits,” San Antonio Current, June 17, 2015.
David S. Rubin, “Investigations of Private and Public Spaces,” The Rivard Report, June 27, 2015.
2012
Rachel Hooper, “Houston to San Antonio,” Glasstire, December 9, 2012.
2008
Naomi Ekperigin, “Painting Objects Lost and Found,” American Artist: Artist Daily, September 11, 2008.
TEACHING
2018
Austin Community College, Adjunct, Assistant Professor, Austin, TX
Sculpture, 2D Foundations (Design I), and Introduction to the Visual Arts
2013-2017
The University of Texas at San Antonio, Lecturer II, San Antonio, TX
Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
2016
Southwest School of Art, Instructor, San Antonio, TX
Drawing and painting
2014-2015
Northwest Vista College (Alamo Colleges), Adjunct Professor, San Antonio, TX
Drawing and Art Appreciation
2010
Texas State University, Adjunct Professor, San Marcos, TX
Communication Design, Foundations IV: Conceptual Strategies
COMMUNITY
2018
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio, National Fine Arts Exhibit, Adjudicator, San Antonio, TX
2017
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Adjudicator (Art), Austin, TX
2015 - 2017
PreK 4 SA, Gracias San Antonio Workshop Leader, San Antonio, TX
2016
Independent Schools of the Southwest (ISAS) Arts Festival, Workshop Leader
and Adjudicator, Tobin Fine Arts School at Saint Mary’s Hall, San Antonio, TX
2013 - 2014
Awesome SA, Trustee Member, San Antonio, TX
2014
SAY Sí, Visiting Artist/Instructor, San Antonio, TX
2013
San Antonio Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Adjudicator (Art), San Antonio, TX
2012
Board Member, The City of San Marcos Arts Commission, Board Member, San Marcos, TX
COLLECTIONS
Public: Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas and The City of Bastrop, Texas
Private: Texas, New York, California, Denmark, and UK
1995 : Texas State University: BFA-Communication Design
EXHIBITION
Solo
2018
Dorćol Gallery, The Illusion of Happiness, San Antonio, TX
Keller Henderson Gallery, Structures, San Antonio, TX
2017
Artpace, Open studio project, San Antonio, TX
Guest Room Projects, Collected, Fort Worth, TX
2014
Roosevelt Gallery, Voided Spaces, San Antonio, TX
2013
Annetta Kraushaar Gallery at Texas Lutheran University, The Second Part of the First, Seguin, TX
2012
UTSA Satellite Space, Permutation, MFA Thesis, San Antonio, TX
Two-Person
2015
Radius Gallery, Fractures, San Antonio, TX
Group
2019
Brownsville Museum of Fine Art, 47th Annual International Art Show, Brownsville, TX
2018
S. Tucker Cooke Gallery at University of North Carolina Asheville, 9th Annual Drawing Discourse, Asheville, NC
North American Art Gallery, Re/Search, McAllen, TX
2016
Cinnabar Gallery, Muse, San Antonio, TX
Public Art San Antonio (PASA) at Plaza de Armas, Compositions in Space: Architectural Interventions, San Antonio, TX
Southwest School of Art, Texas Draws IV biennial, San Antonio, TX
Department of Culture and Creative Development, The City of San Antonio’s Portable Artworks Collection, City Hall and Municipal Plaza, San Antonio, TX
2015-2016
Bastrop Art in Public Places, Bastrop Downtown Sculpture Project (Hither, Dither, 2012), Bastrop, TX
2015
Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, Transmission, San Antonio, TX
McNay Art Museum, Regarding Ruscha, San Antonio, TX
The University of Texas at San Antonio: Main Gallery, Elemental ‘Scapes, San Antonio, TX
107 Gallery (Lullwood Group), Group Hug: Eyes Got It, San Antonio, TX
2014
Ruiz-Healy Art, INK Miami Art Fair (during Art Week), Miami, FL
Ame Collaborative, Pop-up Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2013
French & Michigan, 50/250, San Antonio, TX
CANVAS, Pop-up Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012
K Space Contemporary, 3rd Coast National, Corpus Christi, TX
UTSA Gallery, Arte Nuevo, San Antonio, TX
UTSA Gallery, Fine Arts Association Student Show, San Antonio, TX
2011
Texas Sculpture Symposium, Tyler, TX
R Gallery, Group Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2010
Walker’s Gallery, Texas State ArtWorks, San Marcos, TX
Pump Project Gallery, FASA Group Exhibition, Austin, TX
2009
Gallery 109 & Fairbanks Studio, Group Exhibition, Murray, KY
Flatbed Press, AHA! Moments, Austin, TX
2007
Art Gotham Gallery, The Square Foot Show, NYC, NY
National Academy Museum, NYC, NY
2006
Cork Gallery at Lincoln Center, NYC, NY
RESIDENCIES
2017
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA), North Adams, MA
2015
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Awarded Artist/Writer Grant
2014
The League Residency at Vytlacil, Sparkill, NY
Awarded Ruth Katzman Scholarship
PUBLICATIONS
2018
Nancy Moyer, “Exhibit presents explorations of philosophies that build self, social awareness,” The Monitor, September 24, 2018.
2017
Brandon Zech, “The Art of the Livestream,” Glasstire, April 21, 2017.
Leah Feneley, “Professor Benjamin McVey Displays Work in Artpace,” The Paisano, March 28, 2017.
Marco Aquino, "Artist Benjamin McVey Invites the Community into His 'Open' Studio, San Antonio Current," March 23, 2017.
Elda Silva, “Art(ist) is On Display,” San Antonio Express-News, January 31, 2017.
2015
Manifest’s International Drawing Annual: INDA 10
“Downtown Bastrop Sculpture Project Celebrates Texas Artists,” PR Newswire, March 3, 2015.
Steve Bennett, “Artists Navigate Our Place in the Landscape,” San Antonio Express-News, June 9, 2015.
Dan R. Goddard, “Everyday Life Connects the Dots in New Blue Star Exhibits,” San Antonio Current, June 17, 2015.
David S. Rubin, “Investigations of Private and Public Spaces,” The Rivard Report, June 27, 2015.
2012
Rachel Hooper, “Houston to San Antonio,” Glasstire, December 9, 2012.
2008
Naomi Ekperigin, “Painting Objects Lost and Found,” American Artist: Artist Daily, September 11, 2008.
TEACHING
2018
Austin Community College, Adjunct, Assistant Professor, Austin, TX
Sculpture, 2D Foundations (Design I), and Introduction to the Visual Arts
2013-2017
The University of Texas at San Antonio, Lecturer II, San Antonio, TX
Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture
2016
Southwest School of Art, Instructor, San Antonio, TX
Drawing and painting
2014-2015
Northwest Vista College (Alamo Colleges), Adjunct Professor, San Antonio, TX
Drawing and Art Appreciation
2010
Texas State University, Adjunct Professor, San Marcos, TX
Communication Design, Foundations IV: Conceptual Strategies
COMMUNITY
2018
Boys & Girls Clubs of San Antonio, National Fine Arts Exhibit, Adjudicator, San Antonio, TX
2017
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Adjudicator (Art), Austin, TX
2015 - 2017
PreK 4 SA, Gracias San Antonio Workshop Leader, San Antonio, TX
2016
Independent Schools of the Southwest (ISAS) Arts Festival, Workshop Leader
and Adjudicator, Tobin Fine Arts School at Saint Mary’s Hall, San Antonio, TX
2013 - 2014
Awesome SA, Trustee Member, San Antonio, TX
2014
SAY Sí, Visiting Artist/Instructor, San Antonio, TX
2013
San Antonio Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Adjudicator (Art), San Antonio, TX
2012
Board Member, The City of San Marcos Arts Commission, Board Member, San Marcos, TX
COLLECTIONS
Public: Eastfield College, Mesquite, Texas and The City of Bastrop, Texas
Private: Texas, New York, California, Denmark, and UK
