About
Benjamin Tritt (b. Brooklyn NY, 1972) was educated in New York and Italy. In 1998, Benjamin was instrumental in founding the Jerusalem Studio School where he acted as Assistant Director and Master Class Instructor with TLV artist Eldar Farber. Although based in Jerusalem during this time, he managed educational and curatorial projects in various international venues such as London, Paris, NY, Washington DC, Perugia.
In 2008 Benjamin Tritt founded the Goliath Institute of Art, committed to building and promoting transdisciplinary projects. The organization, currently coordinating between three continents, is growing to include partners in Peru, South Africa, Singapore and Moscow by 2012.
Benjamin has exhibited extensively in NY, Paris and Tel Aviv. Galleries and Venues include Salander O'Reilly Galleries New York, NY; Haim Chanin Gallery New York, NY; 33Bond Gallery, New York; Gallery 33, Tel Aviv; Rothschild Gallery, Tel Aviv; Scope Art Fair, New York; Cutlog Art Fair; Paris, among others. His work can found in various public and private collections in New York, Paris, London and Tel Aviv.
Selected Projects and Exhibitions include:
Artist in residence and Assistant Professor at the Slade School, London. 2003
Presidential Fellowship, University at Albany. 2004
Museum Copying and Art History Courses (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY; Musee Fabre, Montpellier; Musee D'Orsay, Paris; National Gallery of Art, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC) 2001 - Present
Founder Goliath Institute of Art, Inc. Multi-part exhibition "Forever at War" between the Goliath Institute and Rothschild Fine Art Tel Aviv. 2008
Nice Biennale, Musee Grimaldi Cagnes Sur Mer; Architectural collaboration on the "The Flood" with architect Grigori Fateyev. 2009
Public Works Project, L'Espace Public, The Tower; Bourse du Commerce, Rue Du Louvre. (Extension of participation in La Foire Cutlog) 2010
My Ideal City, Venice School of Architecture IUAV, Presentation: The Transversal Image. 2011