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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.
Education
2003 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Wedgies, NAD Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Benjamin Fredrickson, Daniel Cooney Fine Art , New York, NY
2016 Salon, Bureau of General Services-Queer Division, The LGBT Center, New York, NY
2016 Nydia (with Juan Betancurth), Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2015 Benjamin Fredrickson, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 Gorgeousness, Benrubi Gallery, New York, NY
2024 I'll Be Your Mirror: Reflections of the Contemporary Queer, CCS-Center Galleries, Detroit,MI
2024 Self Exposure, NAD Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 BOYS!BOYS!BOYS!, Working Dog Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2022 Free to Be, Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, NY
2019 From the Margins, Gallery 102, George Washington University, Washington D.C.
2019 Circus of Books, Fierman Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Friends of Dorothy, Mott NYC, New York, NY
2017 Magic Mirror, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2017 Occupy Mana, Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
2016 Queering Space, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2016 Scarlet Muse, Daniel Cooney Fine Art, New York, NY
2015 INTERFACE, Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art , New York, NY
2014 Ephemera as Evidence, La MaMa Galleria, New York, NY
Performance
2011 Benjamin Fredrickson, Artist, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY, December 8, 2011
Selected Reviews/Interviews
"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
"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
"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
"Benjamin Fredrickson at Daniel Cooney Fine Art", Tyler Akers, www.gayletter.com, November 2019, http://gayletter.com/benjamin-fredrickson-photographs-daniel-cooney-fine-art/
"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
"Benjamin Fredrickson", Eduardo Gion, www.oddamagazine.com, 2019, https://oddamagazine.com/collaboration/benjamin-fredrickson-odda-16/
"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
"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
"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/
"Benjamin Fredrickson" , Vince Aletti, The New Yorker, January 16, 2015 https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/benjamin-fredrickson
"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
"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
"Photographer's Bold Nudes of Gay Men in Minneapolis", Bryson Rand, www.featureshoot.com, October 15, 2013https://www.featureshoot.com/tag/benjamin-fredrickson-photography/
Selected Publications
2024 Fantastic Man, It Fits!, Issue 38
2023 BUTT, Unzip!, Issue 33
2023 Body Politics: On Masculinity, Wedgies, Volume 1
2022 Sensitive Content, Wedgies, Volume 1
2022 Kink/Cuaderno, Wedgies, Issue 36/17
2021 apartamento, Victor Barragan, Issue 27
2021 Interview, Reno Gold, Issue 535,
2020 Gayletter, Wedgies, Issue 12,
2019 apartamento, issue 23, Telfar Clemens
2019 ODDA, Issue 16, Benjamin Fredrickson
2018 Pleasure Garden, Volume 3
2018 Spunk: Art & Perspectives, Issue No. 12: Day For Night
2018 Sedition, Volume 2
2017 Ponytale, Issue 4, Susan Cianciolo
2017 Gayletter, Number 7
2017 Sedition, Volume 1
2016 NEWSPAPER, Vol. V, No. 1
2016 apartamento, issue 17, Klaus Biesenbach
2016 Gayletter, Number 5
2016 Vaczine, Number 3
2016 Secret Behavior, Issue 3: Exhibitionism
2014 PIN-UP, Issue 15, Melissa Burns
2014 apartamento, Issue 12, Scott Ewalt
2013 Capricious, Issue 14: Masculine
2013 Kink, Vol.2, No.19
2012 apartamento, Issue 10, Dis: David Toro & Solomon Chase
2012 BUTT Calendar
2012 Satanica Magazine, number 1
2012 Document Journal, Issue 1
2011 Oakazine, Number 4, Jane Forth & Corey Grant Tippin
2009 BUTT, Number 26, Polaroids
Books/Catalogs
2024 Wedgies, Baron
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
Artist Lectures/Presentations
2015 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Commercial Clients
Calvin Klein, Inc.
Good Parts
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