Ben Sisto
b. 1980, Providence, Rhode Island
bensisto.com
ben.sisto@gmail.com
Newsworthy:
Spring ‘25: I’m reorganizing a bit—all collection based projects are now housed under a project called OPEN. You can visit at openforever.org. OPEN will be moving into a physical space at 50 Sims in Providence soon, too.
Ongoing or Upcoming:
DJ set supporting Jeremy Earl (Woods) & Dan Higgs (Lungfish), AS220, 3/22/25
Guest article for Casual Archivist, March 2024
OPEN at RISD Unbound Book Fair, Fleet Library, RISD, 04/05/25
National Insulation Association Convention, Marlborough, 6/27-29/25
Who Let Who Let the Dogs Out Out, PPL, Providence, July–Aug, 2025
Public Disclosure at Narraganset Brewery, 9/18/25
Arquivo Tony Sonto! A DJ Party, Myrtle, East Providence, 10/4/25
Presenting at Pecha Kucha PVD on “Bodies,” Loc TBD, 10/22/25
Star Dot Star, Fleet Library, RISD, Fall 2026
Somewhat Recent: 2021–Present
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Freelance
Producer, Providence Commemoration Lab, 2025
Web + Brand, DJ Dayglow, in progress, 2025
Consulting, The Columbus Cooperative, Providence, Sept 2024
Design, global engineering firm (NDA), 2024
Design and TOV, RozeWood Farms & Estate, Long Island, 2023
Design & Web, Providence Commemoration Lab, 2023
Marketing, booking, editing, atac, Framingham, 2022-2023
Brand and marketing, The Classic Cafe, Providence, 2022
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Sponsorship, National Humanities Conference, 2024
Recipient, Community Engaged Projects, RISCA, 2024
Panelist, RISCA, 2024
RIQSLA acquired by Providence Public Library, 2023
Recipient, Individual Project Grant, RI Humanities, 2023
Recipient, Project Grant, Art, Culture, and Tourism, 2023
Panelist, RI Humanities, 2023
Recipient, Individual Project Grant, RI Humanities, 2022
Featured in Mass Art SIM’s “Big 50” book
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Bait/Switch: Affect & Cause, Boston, 2025
Beyond the Photograph, RICPA, 2024
Autonomous, Cultural Center of Cape Cod, 2024
ARTiculate, Rogers Free Library, 2023
Ocean State of Mind, Rogers Free Library, 2023
Art Odyssey, Rogers Free Library, 2023
Inside/Out, Warwick Center for the Arts, 2022
Boundaries, 6 Bridges Gallery, Maynard, MA, 2022
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Article on QUERI in The Boston Globe Magazine
Coverage of QUERI in Rhode Island Monthly
QUERI a Squarespace Spotlight Project, October 2023
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AFRI Conversations, Myrtle, East Providence, 03.01.25
AFRI x Pecha Kucha PVD, The Clubhouse, Providence, 02.26.25
PechaKucha, Providence, The Met, 10.23.24
Grant Jam ‘24, AS220, 10.19.23
PechaKucha, Providence G Rooftop, 1.31.24
Miho Hatori & Baby Baby Explores, Myrtle, 10.10.23
There Were Wires / Have a Nice Life, The Sinclair, 4.28.23
ArtSpeaks, The Wurks, 9.12.23
Occasionally mentoring students at Mass Art
The Past: 2001–2021
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Rock Collection Collection, City Reliquary, Brooklyn, April 27, 2018
Pressure Burns with Plants, Bushel, Delhi, NY 2017
Linger On, Ace Hotel LA, 2015
Used Books, Good Work Gallery, Brooklyn, 2014
O.K., Graduate School Gallery, Brooklyn, 2009
Group Shows & Pairings:
Bingo, Russell Janis, Brooklyn, 2021
Collectors Night, NY Fire Museum, April 14, 2018
MoWLWLTDOO, Spring/Break Art Fair, NYC, 2017
Common Sense, A/D/O, Brooklyn, 2017
City Reliquary Collectors' Night, New York, 2017
64 Bits, Q.E. Olympic Park, London, 2017
Ace AIR (participating artist), Ace Hotel London, 2017
Internet! A Retrospective, SPUR, San Fransisco, 2016
Luminations, Russel Janis, Brooklyn, 2016
Art Basil, Los Angeles, 2015
Spring/Break Art Fair, New York, 2015
99c Plus Art Shop II, 99c Gallery, Brooklyn, 2015
Frequencies 2, Beverly's 21, NYC, 2014
Cinders Gallery 10 Year Show, South Street Seaport, NYC, 2014
Brooklyn Zine Fest, Brooklyn, 2013
City Reliquary Collectors' Night, Brooklyn, 2013
Artyles Salon, Walking Around Wandering, Brooklyn, 2012
Microfortnight, Brooklyn, March 2011
The Weight of the Words, Stuffinablank, Spain, 2010/11
Instructions for Initial Conditions, Parallax Space, Lincoln NE, 2010
Apartment Show: Television City Dreams, 255 Starr St, Brooklyn, 2010
On the Grid, Camel Art Space, Brooklyn, 2010
Buddy Systems, Charlie Horse, Brooklyn, 2010
If the Dogs Are Barking, Artists Space, NYC, 2010
Big Apple, Clifton Benevento, Manhattan, 2010
Happy House, Printed Matter, Manhattan, 2009
Summer Series, Mass MoCA, North Adams MA, 2009
Apartment Show, Envoy Gallery, Manhattan, 2009
Anna Kournikova Deleted…, Dortmund, Germany, 2008
VidFest, Union Sq, Sommerville, 2008
Dare 2 Share, Harvard University, Cambridge, 2006
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WLWLTDOO Tour (London, Seattle, LA, NYC, Boston, more), 2018
Visiting Artist / Lecture, SUNY Purchase, September 2017
New Inc summer retreat, Garrison, NY, August 2017
Visiting artist at Residency Unlimited, July 2017
Web Safe 2k16 Live in London, Ace Hotel, March 2017
King's College, London, March 2017
Web Safe 2k16 Live, PRX Podcast Garage, November 2016
Web Safe 2k16 Live, Brooklyn Book Festival, September, 2016
Show Us Your Junk, Union Hall, Brooklyn, 2014
New York Law School, April 2013
F.A.T. Gold at Eyebeam, New York, April 2013
Ignite XII: Internet Week, The New School, June 2011
Nerd Nite, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, March 2011
Students for Free Culture, NYU, NYC, February 2001
Supershow, Coco 66, Brooklyn, February 2011
Nerd Nite: American Repertory Theatre, Boston, January 2011
Wikipedia Day: 10th Year Bash, NYU, NYC, January 2011
World’s Fair Use Day 2011, Post Conference Center, D.C., January 2011
Tide Pool, Sara Meltzer Gallery, NYC, December 2010
Spectre, Lions Gallery, Miami FL, November 2010
Open Video Conference, F.I.T., NYC, October 2010
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Science Sandbox Fellow, New Lab, 2018
Sylvia Rivera Law Project Gala Planning Committee, 2017
Brooklyn Museum Gala Steering Committee, 2015
“Best DIY Promoter”, Boston Phoenix Readers’ Poll, 2006