David Benforado

1977  born in Athens, Greece

Education:

2004 - 2005: Hungarian University of Fine Arts-Certificate Program. Studied with painter Akos Birkas

1995 - 1999: Brandeis University-BFA. Studied painting with Graham Campbell, Susan Lichman and sculpture with Tom Bills and Enriko Gatson

Internship:

June - July 2005: Guggenheim Museum, Venice

Projects:

2009: Assisted in the completion of one of the sculptures of the TreeHugger Project, which was exhibited during COP 15 in Copenhagen. The workshop took place in Kolobrzeg, Poland

2006: Organization of group exhibition and performance of “Flowers in the Plug,” Budapest

2005: Directed and produced a video documentary about the painting series "Illusions and the Creative Process," edited by Peter Nemeth, Budapest

Participation in “The Loss Project_a draft drawing,” a collaborative on-line research project, www.thelossproject.net

 

Publications / Media (selected):

February 2010: Letter on the printed edition of the Greek newspaper “TA NEA” about the Swiss Referendum of November 2009. Page 67, (12.02.2010)

September 2009: Article for the painting “Mevlevi Ceremony,” on the occasion of the exhibition at the Berliner Liste Art Fair, Stylemag-online.net (28.09.2009) 

February 2009:

Paintings featured in quarterly publication of Nichglobe magazine, Amsterdam

Profile interview in Art & Hobby Magazine, Greece

December 2008: Painting selected for the cover of Sotiris Sampanis' poetry collection. Gavrilidis publications

June 2008: Recommended exhibition in Kathimerini Sunday newspaper edition on the occasion of the exhibition “Searching”

October 2006: Athens Voice Newspaper article on the group exhibition Fresh Ground II

April 2006: Paintings and interview featured on Magyar TV's Cultural Program about the organization of “Flowers in the Plug,” and foreign artists living and working in Budapest

November 2005: Article on Pestiest Magazine about the exhibition “From Illusion to Reality”

June 2004: Article on Pansellinos Magazine about the exhibition “Standing at the Edge of the World”; interview at the Municipal Radio of Thessaloniki prior to the opening of the exhibition “Standing at the Edge of the World”

Auctions:

2009: Regular presence of paintings in auctions by Kapopoulos Fine Arts

February 2009: Participation in auction of the Athens Rotary Club for charity purposes

Collections:

Paintings exist in various private collections throughout Europe and the USA. Amongst others paintings are in the following:

Diamantidis Collection, Frissiras Collection, Kenny Collection, Tsoukalis Collection