Ben Sisto (he/him)
1980–Present
Providence, Rhode Island
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Ongoing and Upcoming
The Well (Interviews for Myrtle)
Awesome Foundation Rhode Island (Gifting)
PechaKucha, The Met, 10.23.24 (talk)
Grants and Awards, 2021—
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
Exhibiting and Curating, 2021–
Reinsulator, Providence Public Library, 4.20.24
Permanent Collection at Paper Nautilus Books
If I Had a Flower..., Sept-Oct 2023
How to Live on Love, July-Aug 2023
I Walked Up to the Cloud, May-June 2023
Herstory, Mar-April 2023
Protest Grim Reapers, Jan-Feb 2023
PSE QSL PVD, Nov-Dec 2022
Snack Aisle, Sept-Oct 2022
Seekonk Museum, Seekonk Public Library, 10.01.22
Univ. of Colorado, Boulder (online), 10.27.22
Dye House, Providence, 10.20.22
Ace Hotel, Brooklyn, 9.22.22
DESIGNxRI's Design Week, 09.20.2023
True Bearing at AS220, 02.05.2023
Kid Pix Show, University of Colorado, Boulder (online), 2022
Local Group Shows (RI, MA):
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
Other Stuff, 2021–
Soft Opening, Myrtle, Sept ‘23–July ‘24
Extended Play, Myrtle, 6.20.24
Gallerie All Together, RISD Museum, 02.17.24
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
Semi Recent Press
Article on QUERI in The Boston Globe Magazine
Coverage of QUERI in Rhode Island Monthly
QUERI a Squarespace Spotlight Project, October 2023
Freelance
Consulting, The Columbus Cooperative, Providence, RI, Sept 2024
Design, global engineering firm (NDA), 2024
Design and TOV, RozeWood Farms & Estate, Long Island, NY, 2023
Design & Web, Providence Commemoration Lab, 2023
Marketing, booking, editing, atac, Framingham, 2022-2023
Brand and marketing, The Classic Cafe, 2022
The Past: 2001–2021
You’ll also find a lot of stuff in this Event Archive page, and scattered throughout this Projects Blog.
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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