OLIVER BENOIT
Artist and Professor
St. George's University
Grenada
www.oliverbenoit.com
+1 (473) 415-0920

 

Education

  • PhD, Sociology, Brandeis University, USA
  • MFA, TransArt, Plymouth University, UK
  • MA, Agrarian Studies, University of Sussex, UK
  • BSc, Sociology, North London University, UK

 

Selected Exhibitions

  • 2022: Group Exhibition, 59th Venice Biennale, Grenada Pavilion, Italy
  • 2021: Group Exhibition, Grenada Pavilion, Dubai Expo 2020, Dubai, UAE
  • 2020: Solo Exhibition, Art video: Fragments of the Grenada Revolution, 1979-83. Art House, Calliste, St. George's, Grenada.
  • 2017: Group Exhibition, Art and Soul Gallery, Grand Anse, Grenada.
  • 2016: Group Exhibition, Art and Soul Gallery, Grand Anse, Grenada.
  • 2015: Grenada National Pavilion, 56th International Art Exhibition, Venice, Italy.
  • 2014: Group Exhibition, Art and Soul Gallery, Grand Anse, Grenada.
  • 2014: Solo Exhibition, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA, USA.
  • 2014: Solo Exhibition, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA, USA.
  • 2012: Solo Exhibition, Somerville Open Studios, Somerville, MA, USA.
  • 2011: Solo Exhibition, Bridgetown Gallery, Barbados.
  • 2010: 1st Triennial International of the Caribbean, Santo Domingo, DR.
  • 2010: Group Exhibition, Grenada Pavilion, Shanghai, China.
  • 2010: Solo Exhibition, the Gallery, St. George's, Grenada.
  • 2009: Group Show, Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York, USA.
  • 2008: 2nd International Caribbean Art Fair, Chelsea, New York, USA.
  • 2007: Group Show "Between Emotions" at Rex Grenadian, Grenada.
  • 2006: Group Show "Grenada Literary and Cultural Centre," Brooklyn Public Library, USA.
  • 2005: Solo Show at Bindman & Partners Gallery, Grays Inn Road, London, UK.
  • 2005: Group Show at Galerie D'art Nader, Florida, USA.
  • 2005: Group Show at Art Creators Gallery, Trinidad.
  • 2005: Caribbean Gallery of Art, Barbados, Parallel Display with Susan Mains.
  • 2004: Solo Show at the St. George's University, Grenada.
  • 2003: 5th Bienal Arte de Museo, Santo Domingo, DR.
  • 2003: Caribbean Gallery of Art, Barbados, with Susan Mains.
  • 2002: Organization of American States Gallery, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 2001: Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA, USA.
  • 2000: Solo Show at the Weston Gallery, Boston, MA, USA.
  • 2000: Diaspora Vibe Gallery, Miami, USA.
  • 1999: Organization of American States Gallery, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 1997: Exhibit with Susan Mains at Art Grenada, Fine Arts Gallery, Grenada.
  • 1997: Organization of American States Gallery, Washington, DC, USA.
  • 1996: Solo Show at Art Grenada, Fine Arts Gallery, Grenada.  
  • 1996: Barbados Cultural Foundation, Queens Park Gallery, Barbados.
  • 1996: 2nd Bienal Arte de Museo, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

 

Publications about Oliver Benoit

(Magazine and Online)

  • 2021: An Interview with Oliver Benoit: Questioning Reality through Art, acalabash.com
  • 2020: Repeating Islands, Fragments of the Grenada Revolution
  • 2015: Oliver Benoit Venice video
  • 2015: Oliver Benoit's Anima Externalised, NowGrenada.com
  • 2009: Caribworldnews.com
  • 2009: Reriani Communication
  • 2008: St. George's University Gazette 
  • 2004: Grenada Voice Newspaper
  • 2001: Miami New Times article about work of arts
  • 1996: Greetings Magazine article about work of arts
  • 1996: Catalogue of 2nd Bienal Arte de Museo