Benjamin Fredrickson currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

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Benjamin Fredrickson (b..1980, Minneapolis, MN).  Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.  
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Education
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2003  Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
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Solo Exhibitions

2024  Wedgies, Culture Edit Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2024  Wedgies, NAD Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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2019  Benjamin Fredrickson, Daniel Cooney Fine Art , New York, NY 
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2016  Salon, Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, The LGBT Center, New York, NY
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2016  Nydia (with Juan Betancurth), Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
 
2015  Benjamin Fredrickson, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
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Selected Group Exhibitions

2025  Ungraspables, Centro Colombo Americano, Bogota, Colombia

2025  The Twilight World, Gallery 52, Jeffersonville, NY

2025  My Romantic Ideal, Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, The LGBT Center, New York, NY
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2024  Gorgeousness, Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
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2024  I'll Be Your Mirror: Reflections of the Contemporary Queer, CCS-Center Galleries, Detroit,MI
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2024  Self Exposure, NAD Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
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2023  BOYS!BOYS!BOYS!, Working Dog Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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2022  Free to Be, Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, NY
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2019  From the Margins, Gallery 102, George Washington University, Washington D.C. 
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2019  Circus of Books, Fierman Gallery, New York, NY
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2018  Friends of Dorothy, Mott NYC, New York, NY 
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2017  Magic Mirror, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
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2017  Occupy Mana, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
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2016  Queering Space, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
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2016  Scarlet Muse, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY 
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2015  INTERFACE, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art , New York, NY
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2014  Ephemera as Evidence, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
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​Books/Catalogs​

2024  Wedgies, Baron Books

2021  New Queer Photography: Focus on the Margins, Verlag Kettler/Gingko Press 

2018. The World of Apartamento, Abrams​

2015. Benjamin Fredrickson, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, Exhibition Catalog​

2015  INTERFACE, Leslie-Lohman Museum, Exhibition Catalog​  

2014  Forever BUTT, Taschen​

2014  NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, Exhibition Catalog​

2014  Ephemera as Evidence, Visual AIDS/La Mama Galleria, Exhibition Catalog​

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Selected Reviews/Interviews
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"Meet Benjamin Fredrickson, the Wedgie Artist" by Mikelle Street, OUT, March 10, 2020  https://www.out.com/photography/2020/3/10/meet-benjamin-fredrickson-wedgie-artist
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"Meet Benjamin Fredrickson, the ‘wedgie artist’ redefining eroticism." by Abby Moss, March 10, 2020. i-D/Vice.
https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/qjdxm7/instagram-wedgie-community-photography-benjamin-fredrickson
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"Benjamin Fredrickson's Portraits celebrate the Male Body", Sara Rosen, November 2019, https://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/11001/benjamin-fredrickson-photographs-daniel-cooney-fine-art-new-york-interview-2019
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"Benjamin Fredrickson at Daniel Cooney Fine Art", Tyler Akers, www.gayletter.com, November 2019, http://gayletter.com/benjamin-fredrickson-photographs-daniel-cooney-fine-art/
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"Benjamin Fredrickson explores intimacy and desire in a PrEP World", Michael Luong, www.advocate.com, 2019, https://www.advocate.com/photography/2019/11/01/benjamin-fredrickson-explores-intimacy-and-desire-prep-world
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"Benjamin Fredrickson", Eduardo Gion, www.oddamagazine.com, 2019, https://oddamagazine.com/collaboration/benjamin-fredrickson-odda-16/
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"The Photographer who documented his sex work and hookups through Polaroids", Sara Rosen, www.anothermanmag.com, January 25, 2019 https://www.anothermanmag.com/life-culture/10701/benjamin-frederickson-photographer-polaroids-sex-work-hookups​
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"These nudes swap explicit for emotional intimacy", Ashleigh Kane, www.DazedDigital.com, January 26, 2016 https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/29458/1/benjamin-fredrickson-s-salon-these-nudes-swap-explicit-for-emotional-intimacy
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"Breaking Silence And Invisibility Through Photography", Emily Colucci, www.filthydreams.com, February 1, 2015  https://filthydreams.org/2015/02/01/breaking-silence-and-invisibility-through-photography-benjamin-fredrickson-at-daniel-cooney-fine-art/
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"Benjamin Fredrickson" , Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, January 16, 2015 https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/benjamin-fredrickson
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"Self Portraiture, sex work and finding real beauty", Lydia Morrish, www.DazedDigital.com, January 8, 2015  https://www.dazeddigital.com/photography/article/23084/1/self-portraiture-sex-work-and-finding-real-beauty
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"Delayed Gratification", Lauren Elise Van, Out Magazine, June 24, 2014  https://www.out.com/entertainment/art-books/2014/06/23/benjamin-fredricksons-photography-gay-sex-hookup
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"Photographer's Bold Nudes of Gay Men in Minneapolis", Bryson Rand, www.featureshoot.com, October 15, 2013https://www.featureshoot.com/tag/benjamin-fredrickson-photography/
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Selected Publications
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2024  Fantastic Man, It Fits!, Issue 38
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2023 BUTT, Unzip!, Issue 33
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2023  Body Politics: On Masculinity, Wedgies, Volume 1
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2022  Sensitive Content, Wedgies, Volume 1
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2022  Kink/Cuaderno, Wedgies, Issue 36/17
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2021 apartamento, Victor Barragan, Issue 27
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2021 Interview, Reno Gold, Issue 535,
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2020  Gayletter, Wedgies, Issue 12,
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2019  apartamento, issue 23, Telfar Clemens
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2019 ODDA, Issue 16, Benjamin Fredrickson 
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2018 Pleasure Garden, Volume 3
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2018  Spunk: Art & Perspectives, Issue No. 12: Day For Night
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2018  Sedition, Volume 2
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2017  Ponytale, Issue 4, Susan Cianciolo
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2017  Gayletter, Number 7
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2017 Sedition, Volume 1
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2016  NEWSPAPER, Vol. V, No. 1
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2016  apartamento, issue 17, Klaus Biesenbach
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2016  Gayletter, Number 5
 
2016  Vaczine, Number 3
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2016  Secret Behavior, Issue 3: Exhibitionism
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2014  PIN-UP, Issue 15, Melissa Burns 
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2014  apartamento, Issue 12, Scott Ewalt
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2013  Capricious, Issue 14: Masculine
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2013  Kink, Vol.2, No.19
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2012  apartamento, Issue 10, Dis: David Toro & Solomon Chase
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2012  BUTT Calendar
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2012  Satanica Magazine, number 1
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2012  Document Journal, Issue 1
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2011  Oakazine, Number 4, Jane Forth & Corey Grant Tippin
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2009  BUTT, Number 26, Polaroids

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Commercial Clients
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Calvin Klein
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Good Parts

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