“Black is Beautiful: The 2020 Performance GGB Remix”

Paul Stephen Benjamin was born in Chicago, IL and lives and works in Atlanta, GA. He is a multidisciplinary artist that investigates the color black. In his audio/video work he asks the question “If the color black had a sound – what would it be?” Benjamin’s solo exhibition Compositions in Absolute Black is on view at the Hudgens Center For the Arts, Duluth, GA through November 14, 2020. He will also have work on view at the University of Kentucky, Louisville, KY (2020), Rice University, Dallas, TX (2020) and Prospect.5 New Orleans, LA (2021). He’s been included in solo and group exhibitions at a variety of institutions and art spaces, including Crystal Bridges Museum and the Momentary, Bentonville, AR (2020), The MAC, Belfast, UK (2019), VCU Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, VA (2019), The Havana Biennial in Matanzas, Cuba (2019), Marianne Boesky Gallery, NY, NY (2019), Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA (2018), Telfair Museum Jepson Center, Savannah, GA (2018), The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (2017), Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta, GA (2017), High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA (2016), among others. He has received a range of awards and fellowships, including The Hudgens Prize (2019), Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Grant (2019), Hambidge Distinguished Fellowship (2019), The Southern Art Prize (2018), The State Fellow of Georgia (2018), Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia (WAP) Fellow (2017), Artadia Award (2014), Winnie B. Chandler Fellowship, and the Forward Arts Emerging Artists Award.