Onaje Benjamin
Artist Resume
(2026)
Solo Exhibits:
· Resisting Erasure: The Good Works Institute, Kingston, NY 2025
· Poughkeepsie Open Studios: Cunneen Hackett Arts Center
· Crafty Kup, Poughkeepsie, NY
· Resisting Erasure 2023, Good Work Institute, Kingston, NY
· Reflections: “Story Telling in Black & White” , Woodstock Artists Association, 2024
· Rhythm Salon 2024-An Exterior Exhibition-New Hudson River School/TransArt, Inc.,Kingston, NY
· Sadie Peterson Delaney African Roots Library-Small Works
Group Exhibits:
· Upstate Photography Biennial, Center for Photography at Woodstock, Kingston, NY-May 30th-September 6th, 2026
· Small Works Exhibition-WAAM, Woodstock, NY 1-22-2026
· Export 2025, Curator: Xuewu Zheng, Trolley Barn, April 6-17, 2025
· Darkroom to Lightroom & Beyond, Gallery 40, Poughkeepsie, NY
· Sanctuary: Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY 2005
· Circle of Friends: Cornell Creative Arts Center, Kingston, NY 2025
· Group Exhibition: Cunneen Hackett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
· Members’ Exhibition- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum
· Small Works- Woodstock Artists Association & Museum
· Invitational- Kent Art Association- Kent, Conn
· A Sense of Place, New Hudson River School, TransArt, Inc., Kingston, NY
· Behind the Veil, Artist, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
· People, Places & Things, A Celebration of Kingston NY, Soul Reflections Collective, Good Works Institute, Kingston, NY
· Rhythm & Blues, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NY
· A Family Affair, Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
· Annual Photography Show, Arts Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY
· You’re Breaking Up-Sketchbook Gallery, Saugerties, NY
· Best in Show-40 Cannon Street Gallery
· Home-Jane Street Gallery, Saugerties, NY
· Gratitude-Woodstock Artist Association & Museum
· Monochrome-Beau Gallery, Beacon, NY
· Media Annual-Photographic Currents, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum, Woodstock, NY
· Center for Photography at Woodstock, Free For All Exhibition, January 18-February 16, 20251§ +*------------------------------------------------------------------------------/*/*/
Related Professional Experience:
· Juror: Seen/Heard- A Celebration of BIPOC Feminine Artistry- WomensWork. Art
· Poughkeepsie, NY
· Juror: Kent Art Association
· Curator: Behind the Veil, Woodstock Artists Association & Museum
Professional Organizations:
· WAAM, Woodstock, NY
· Center for Photography at Woodstock/Kingston
· Professional Photographers Association
· PhotoVoice, Facilitator
Grants/Awards/Presentations/Articles
· Guaranteed Income for Artists, Creatives Build New York, 2022-23
· Lelani Claire Award for Outstanding Achievement in Photography, Woodstock Artist Association & Museum, 2022
· Through the Lens, Photographers Lecture Series, Boardman Library, Poughkeepsie, Township, NY
· Leading with Artivision, Arts Mid-Hudson, Virtual Interview with Poet Gold
· OSMOS Magazine, Fall 2024 Edition: SNUG Article & documentary Photographs on SNUG gun Violence initiative.