Artist Bio Ben Fink experienced life in a transient way growing up in Baltimore in the 1960s. Both his parents died when he was very young. For a time, he was placed with various family members and finally in foster care. This created Ben’s worldview. Ben works across multiple media, including photography, illustration, and physical painting. Ben has created a new body of work that continues to evolve into mixed media. This manifests sensibilities and direct references to historical painting while at the same time using modern figures as focal points. Ben’s earlier studies of painting, art history, paper making, and photography continue to influence his work. He attended undergraduate school at Memphis College of Art and the University of Memphis. After graduating, he established a studio and began splitting his time between commercial endeavors and creating art. Ben combines fragments of paintings, landscapes, and architectural spaces. This mélange helps create an intent of what he refers to as an “out-of-time” effect where proportions of place, subject, and model(s) embrace our need for modern-day myth. Each image suggests a narrative allowing viewers to engage in the implied mythologies which help to give his work its final shape. In 1997, Ben moved to New York and achieved further success in both commercial work and Fine Art. In 2005, he released a series entitled “Shadow Realms.” This led to a solo show in a Chelsea gallery in 2007. This show was yet another extension of his ongoing theme of romanticism. Ben has also exhibited in various group shows. He served on the board of directors of the Center for Photography, Woodstock NY. from 2009 to 2014.