BORN
St. Louis, Missouri Currently living in Huntington, Long Island, NY
EDUCATION
Saint Louis Priory School, St. Louis, Missouri
Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Tulane University, New Orleans, BA in Studio Art, minor in Art History
Parsons School of Design, NY, Post-Graduate courses in Graphic Design
Art Students League of New York, studies with Sherry Camhy, Oldrich Teply,
Leonid Gervits, Ephraim Rubenstein and James Lancel McElhinney.
Hofstra University, Comparative Arts and Culture Masters Program
EXHIBITS
2011
The Sketchbook Project, Art House, Brooklyn
Group Show, Upstream Gallery, December 5 - January 4
Holiday Show, Art Students League of New York
En Plein Air, Northport Tasting Room, December 5 - January 18
UGallery Online, July - Present
5th Annual Invitational Plein Air Weekend, Northport, NY
Concours Show, Art Students League of NY, April
Annual Small Works Juried Show, The Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry NY, Jan. 6 - Jan. 30
2010
102nd Annual Thumb-Box Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, NYC, Dec.6 - Jan. 1, 2011
"Classical Life Drawing Studio" includes one of my drawings. Book traces history
and practices of students and teachers at The Art Students League of New York.
Available on Amazon.com and in museum gift shops.
Solo Show, "The Light Which Defines Them," Northport Wine Cellar, July 11 - Aug 19
Juried Plein Air Event , Exhibit & Auction, Northport, NY, June 25-27
Easton Arts Council Annual Juried Show, Easton CT, May, 2010
Juried Portrait Show, Main Street Petit Gallery, Huntington, NY, Mar. 19 - May 3
Concours Show, Art Students League of New York, Jan. 9 - 16
2009
101st Annual Thumb-Box Show, Salmagundi Club of New York, Dec. 4-28
Annual Holiday Art Show, Art Students League, New York, Dec. 4-24
Juried show, "Those Delectable Vices," Salmagundi Club, NYC, Oct 5 - 30
Fall Auctions, Salmagundi Club, NYC Oct. 16 - 30
Juried Portrait Show, Salmagundi Club, NYC, August 10 - 28
Summer Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, NYC, August 10 - 28
Plein Air Artists' Demo, "Wine in the Courtyard," Vanderbilt Museum, Aug. 13
3rd Annual Juried Plein Air Painting Weekend & Auction, June 27, Northport, NY
Juried show, "Making Funny," Under Minerva Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, May 27-July 3
Concours Show, Art Students League of New York, April 11-18
Monitors' Show, The Art Student's League of New York, Manhattan, March 30-April 20
Annual Juried Figure Competition & Exhibition, Art Guild of Long Island, March 7-28
Annual Small Works Juried Show, The Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry NY, Jan. 8 - Feb. 1
The Sketchbook Project, traveling exhibition:
Atlanta, GA, Art House Gallery;
Washington, DC, Museum of Contempory Art DC;
Philadelphia, PA, Chris' Jazz Café;
Boston, MA, Laconia Gallery;
Chicago, IL, Antenna Gallery;
Chicago IL, Art Source Gallery;
St. Louis, MO, Soulard Art Market;
Brooklyn, NY, 3rd Ward Gallery;
Atlanta, GA, Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA)
2008
100th Annual Thumb-Box Show, Salmagundi Club of New York
Annual Holiday Art Show, Art Students League, New York
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists' Space, NYC, December 13
Flavors of Italy, Online Exhibit, Fall/Winter 2008/2009
Fall Auctions, Salmagundi Club of New York
Summer Themes Show, Salmagundi Club, Manhattan, NY, Aug. 4 - Aug 29
Annual Members Summer Show, Salmagundi Club, Manhattan NY, Aug 4-Aug 29
Concours Show, Art Students League of New York, February, 2008
'Favorite Paintings' Salmagundi Club, Manhattan, NY, Feb 29-Mar. 28
Spring Auctions' Salmagundi Club, Manhattan, NY, March 7, 14, 28
2007
Themed Group Show, "Winter," Salmagundi Club, December
Awarded Don Donaldson Memorial Award for Best Figure Painting in Any Medium
Annual Thumb Box Show, Salmagundi Club, December 3 - January 4
Annual Holiday Art Show, Art Students League, New York
Fall Art Auctions, the Salmagundi Club of New York, October 12 & 19
Faces of Art, Juried Portraiture, Mills Pond House, Smithtown, NY, Aug.25- Sept.15
Members Summer Exhibit, The Salmagundi Club, NYC, August 13-24
Projekt30, Special Online Juried Themed Exhibit: Noir, May-June
Juror, 26th Annual Congressional Arts Competition, U.S. House of Representatives
Combined Members Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York City, January 9 - February 2
Concours Exhibit, Art Students League of New York, March
Spring Auctions Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York City, March 8 - 23
2006
Art League of Long Island, Members' Holiday Show, Dec. 2-30
Art Students League, NYC, Members Holiday Show, Dec. 2-10
Salmagundi Club, NYC, Annual Thumb Box Exhibition, Dec. 4 - Jan 5
Black and White, drawings and prints show, Salmagundi Club, NYC, August 28 - Sept. 22
Members Summer Exhibit, The Salmagundi Club, NYC, July 24 - August 25
The Flower Show, The Salmagundi Club, NYC, June 19 - 30
"Red Dot Show", Honors Exhibit, Art Students League, NYC, May
Best in Show, Art Students League, Concours Exhibit, March
2005
Art Students League, Holiday Show
2004
Art Students League, Members Holiday Show
2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1997
Northport Historical Society Annual "Do Art" Exhibit
1998
Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, Fire Island NY, Summer Show
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Visual Journalism, School of Communication, Hofstra University, 2008 - Present
Freelance writer, Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, 2007 - present
Director of Design, Newsday, 2004-2007
Senior Art Director, Newsday, 1978-2004
REPRESENTED BY
Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
http://upstreamgallery.com/USgallery.html
UGallery (online)
http://www.ugallery.com/daniel-van-benthuysen
AFFILIATIONS
Member, Rational Painting Forum, invitation-only international web-based artists' discussion group
Monitor for Oldrich Teply's Portraiture & Figure Class, Art Students' League, NYC, Summer 2006
Monitor for Leonid Gervits' Anatomy + Drawing Class, Art Students League, NYC, Summer 2008
Monitor for James Lancel McElhinney's Drawing Class, Art Students League, NYC, Fall, 2007- Present
Member of Society of Professional Journalists ("SPJ")
Member of Society of News Design ("SND")
MEDIA
Drawing: Pencil; charcoal, conte, various forms of metal-point (silver, gold, copper, platinum);
Transparent Watercolor; Gouache; Conte and colored pencil
Oil: usually on linen, but also on canvas or panel
