Ben Stack - Oil and acrylic on canvas
Artworks available to view in Sydney
Ben Stack established arts-cooperatives in Africa and now is a well established artist in Sydney. His large abstract paintings are held in many corporate collections in Australia, Britain, the USA and Africa.
1959
Born in Dublin.
1977
Studied in Dun Laoghaire School of Art Dublin, Ireland.
Also studied Drawing Techniques in the Kunstacademie, Maastricht, Holland.
1979
Enrolled in the National College of Art and Design, Dublin.
Studied Painting and Drawing and Mixed Media.
1981
Travelled in Europe and North Africa
1982
Awarded Diploma in Fine Art (Honours).
Lived in America and worked in the Contemporary Arts Museum,
Houston, Texas and the University of California at Irvine (U.C.I.).
Became resident theatre designer at Rice University,Houston, Texas.
1983
Returned to Ireland. Founder member and Resident Teacher at Ballyrogan Arts Centre, Co. Wicklow, Ireland.
Also worked as freelance designer and illustrator.
1984
Awarded Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts (Honours).
Worked in Set Design with several semi-professional theatre companies in Ireland.
1985
Travelled in East and Central Africa.
Was instrumental in establishing Masha'allah Studios - an Arts Co-operative in Mombasa, Kenya.
1986
With Kawata, a Japanese artist and N'gazu, an artist from Zaire, formed "...And Then There Were Three" - an International Co-operative between the progressive arts of three cultures, based in Nairobi.
1987
Artist in Residence at Artworks, S.E.S., Dublin, Ireland.
1989
Production Artist (Airbrush) Robert Keith and Company, San Diego, California, USA.
1991
Production Artist (Airbrush for Giant Inflatable Advertising)"Pie In The Sky", San Francisco, California, USA.
Theatre and Special Event Production Holtzmueller Productions, San Francisco, California, USA.
1992
Freelance Artist and Illustrator for the Lyceum and Globe Theatres, San Diego, California, USA.
1994
Emigrated to Sydney, Australia.
2005
Lives and works in Sydney, Australia.
Selected Exhibtions
1983
"Exhibition of Visual Art", (EVA) Limerick, Belfast and Dublin, Ireland. Special Prize for Painting.
1984
Degree Show, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Young Contemporaries, Mansion House, Dublin.
1986
Gallery Watutu, Nairobi, Kenya.
"And Then There Were Three" Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya.
Lusaka, Zambia and Lubumbashi, Zaire.
"New Paintings", Gallery Watutu, Nairobi.
1987
Group Show at Kilkenny Arts Week, Kilkenny, Ireland.
"From The Land of Tooth and Claw", Davis Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
1989
La Jolla Fine Art Gallery, La Jolla, California.
"Artwalk", San Diego, California.
Annex Gallery, San Diego, California.
Huygen-Jaeger Gallery, London, England.
Gustav Mantle Gallerie, Frankfurt, Germany.
1990
Zola Gallery, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
Fidelity Collection, Los Angeles, California.
Devorson Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1991
Tempo Art Space, San Francisco, California.
Allan Godycky Gallery, San Francisco, California.
Croce's Gallery, San Diego, California (with Miles Davis)
Sterling Gallery, La Jolla, California.
1992
Sterling Gallery, La Jolla, California.
Devorson Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
Zola Gallery, Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
1994
Pantheon Gallery, Dublin, Ireland.
Kilkenny Arts Festival, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Provenance Fine Art, Paddington, Sydney, Australia.
1995
North Shore Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
Holdsworth Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
Qantas Club, Sydney.
1997
North Shore Fine Art Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
1998
Greenhills Gallery, Perth, Western Australia.
1999
Despard Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania.
2000
Norton Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2003
Hart Gallery Queensland
2004
House of Phillips Fine Art, Sydney
2005
The Blue Dot Gallery. Toronto Canada
Cromwells Art Prize. Sydney
2006
23-28 October Art2Muse exhibition at the MLC Gallery
Collections
Air France, Nairobi Offices, Kenya.
Allied Irish Investment Bank, Dublin, Ireland.
Arklow Shipping, Wicklow, Ireland.
Asset Risk Management, Sydney, Australia.
Berlei, Sydney, Australia.
Citycorp, Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Commercial Bank of Africa, Nairobi, Kenya.
Intercontinental Hotel Group, Mombasa, Kenya.
International Law et Al, San Diego, California.
Maunsell Engineering, Sydney, Australia.
May Bros Engineering Co, Alberta, Canada.
McCann Erickson Advertising, London, England.
Qantas, Sydney, Australia.
S.A.S. Sydney, Australia.
Swissair, Nairobi Office, Kenya.