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Exhibiting and Curating, 2021–

Music Stuff, 2021—

Grants and Awards, 2021—

  • (2) Grants from the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities

  • (1) Grant from the Providence Dept. of Art, Culture, and Tourism

  • Panelist for the Rhode Island Council for the Humanities

  • RIQSLA acquired by Special Collections at the PPL

  • Featured in Mass Art SIM’s “Big 50” book


Talks and Mentorship, 2021—

  • ArtSpeaks at The Wurks, 9.12.23

  • PechaKucha at The Providence G Rooftop, 1.31.24

  • Occasionally mentoring students at Mass Art, Boston

Press, 2021—

Freelance / Work, 2021—

  • Design for RozeWood Farms & Estate, Long Island, NY

  • Design for the City of Providence & Rhode Island Historical Society 

  • atac in Framingham—web, booking, marketing, communications

  • Did some brand work + shirt designs for The Classic Cafe

 
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Hello. I’m Ben Sisto (he/him; b. 1980)—an artist, husband, and dad living in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. I enjoy research, public events, and collecting things. My work has been seen / heard in the New York Times, Boston Globe, Fast Company, Vice, Hyperallergic, i-D, 99% Invisible, Variety, Rolling Stone, and at SXSW. I’m currently freelancing, should you need anything. Send an Email.

Pre-2021 below; less organized.
You’ll also find a lot of stuff in this Event Archive page, and scattered throughout this Projects Blog.

    • Rock Collection Collection, City Reliquary, Brooklyn, April 27, 2018

    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

    • 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

    • 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