Benjamin B. Kinsley
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Benjamin B. Kinsley is a media artist and musician in his 5th year at the Cleveland Institute of Art (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) working on his undergrad thesis. His wide variety of work and skills range from sound and music performance, film, video, and animation. He is also an accomplished media
designer and filmmaker. His animation and video work has been touring the international film festival circuit since 2003, and he has won numerous awards in both festivals and gallery shows. He has also designed multimedia works that have been nationally distributed throughout the US.
EXHIBITIONS:
2004
CSU & CIA Juried Student Art Exhibition, The Edge Art Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Welch 50MB 2004 Film Festival, Student Filmmakers.com
Heaton Park Road Initiative, Newcastle, England
Interfilm Berlin, 20th International Short Film Festival Berlin, Germany
No Festival Required Part 21, Microcinema Film Festival, Phoenix, Arizona
20,000 Leagues Under The Industry 2K4, Cleveland, OH
2004 West Virginia Flash Animation Festival, Liberty, West Virginia
Microcinema International: www.microcinema.com
Athens International Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH
Eighth Annual Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video
Festival, Tempe, Arizona
All-Ohio Juried Exhibition, Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Ohio State University-
Mansfield, OH
EMIT Student Film Festival, Cleveland Cinematheque
2003
Contemporary Arts Party Featuring Bill Viola: The Cleveland Museum of Art
2002
Cleveland Museum of Art, Parade The Circle Event
AWARDS:
2004
1st Place, CSU & CIA Juried Student Art Exhibition, The Edge Art Gallery,
Cleveland, Ohio
Best In Show, West Virginia Flash Animation Festival, Liberty, West Virginia
Simplistic Pictures Animation Award, EMIT Student Film Festival, Cleveland
Cinematheque
3rd Best In Show, All-Ohio Juried Exhibition, Pearl Conard Art Gallery, Ohio
State University-Mansfield, OH
Honorary Portfolio Scholarship, Cleveland Institute of Art
Benjamin B. Kinsley participates in
Edition II
curated by Melody Parker-Carter