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Photography by Wayne Shimabukuro
 
Ben Jackel

Born 1977
Lives and works in Los Angeles

Education
 
2005 MFA University of California, Los Angeles Graduate Division
2000 BFA University of Colorado at Boulder, College of Arts and Sciences

Selected articles
 
Knight, Christopher. "Notes on the decade, L.A.'s growing pains, status"
Los Angeles Times. 20 December 2009.
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Miles, Christopher. "Ben Jackel"
ArtForum. September 2009.
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Niederlander, Rebecca. "Ben Jackel"
artscene.com. June 2009.
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Myers, Holly. "Review: 'Compliance Solutions' at LA Louver"
Los Angeles Times. 21 May 2009.
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Melrod, George. "Young at art: Ben Jackel"
Art Ltd, West Coast Art + Design. May 2008
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Podcast
 
Adair, Benjamin. "Garageland: Ben Jackel"
Weekend America Radio Show. 20 December 2008
click here to listen to the Weekend America podcast

 

Recent exhibitions

Loose Canon
Second floor and Skyroom
13 October 2011 - 12 November 2011
 

Art 42 Basel
15 - 19 June 2011
Messe Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Hall 2.0 / Booth D12
 

Art 41 Basel
16 - 20 June 2010
Messe Basel
Basel, Switzerland
Hall 2.0 / Stand D13
 

ARCOmadrid 2010
29th international art fair
17 - 21 February 2010
Pavilion 8, Stand L.A. 08, Surface 39
IFEMA Feria de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
www.ifema.es
 

Compliance Solutions
15 May - 3 July 2009
 

Rogue Wave '07
12 Artists from Los Angeles

28 June - 18 August 2007

 

Recent exhibitions elsewhere

Even Better Than the Real Thing
23 August - 25 September 2010
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
www.chaffey.edu
 

Tools
with work by Ben Jackel
10 October 2009 - 10 January 2010
Art Center College of Design
Alyce de Roulet Williamson Gallery
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
www.artcenter.edu/williamson/

 

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Selected works 2003 - present >>

Art 41 Basel
16 - 20 June 2010 >>
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      Recent work >>
 
         
 
      ARCOmadrid 2010
29th international art fair
17 - 21 February 2010 >>
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      Compliance Solutions
15 May - 3 July 2009
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      Rogue Wave '07
12 Artists from Los Angeles

28 June - 18 August 2007 >>

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              2003 - 2005 >>
 
                                     
Ben Jackel, Fortress Sedan, clay sculpture
 
Fortress Sedan

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Ben Jackel, Fortress Sedan, clay sculpture
 
Fortress Wesel

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Ben Jackel wood sculpture, Global Hawk, 2009
  
Global Hawk
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Ben Jackel sculpture, Victory, 2009 stoneware, ebony, beeswax
  
Victory
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Taste the Fear
 
 
Resolution Authority
 
  
Exsanguination
 
 
 
Stealth Bomber

 
 
IED
 
 
Down to the Bone
 
 
 
 
Fire extinguisher, CO2

 
 
Sprinkler heads

 
Burial
 
Cremation
 
Water Resolution
 
Water Resolution
(detail)
 
Cannon
 
 
Mortar
 
Remember the Maine
 
Catapillar
 
Ironclad 2
 
Ironclad 1
 
Fallen
  
Fallen (detail)
 
Dignity and Purpose
 
Dignity and Purpose (detail)
                                     
Ben Jackel installation, axe and monument la louver Ben Jackel, fire extinguisher, fire axe, helmet and army
 
Installation photography, Compliance Solutions, 15 May - 3 July 2009 >>