Myles Bennett American, b. 1983
Myles Bennett (b. 1983 Nashville, TN) is a Brooklyn-based artist working in painting, drawing, and sculpture. A graduate in architecture from the Rhode Island School of Design (‘06), his focus on the personal scale of construction and materiality has evolved into an exploration of the intersection between gesture and the inherent properties of surface.
Myles Bennett is interested in the junction of architectural drawings, 18th century landscape paintings, and the organized space of woven and raw canvas. For centuries, canvas has been stretched, primed, and conditioned for the creation of a multitude of genres of paintings, has been left bare, has been painted all white and all black, has been gridded with graphite, and has represented what we understand to be a picture plane. It is not that Bennett’s work subverts this, but enters into the conversation of what is a picture plane. His explorative process has led to figurative paintings, sculpture, photography, minimalist and maximalist drawings, and various forms of abstraction that combine these diverse mediums, all delving into what lies within and underneath this historic material.
Whether the process lends itself to drawing lines guided by the canvas grain, inking into the cotton fibers, or the precise extraction of the canvas’s warp, leaving the weft behind, all tactics seek to fuse the artist’s curiosities and the surface’s condition into an aesthetic balancing act.
Bennett has exhibited widely across the United States and Europe, with solo and group shows at Pamela Walsh Gallery (Palo Alto, CA), JDJ (New York, NY), Rutger Brandt Gallery (Amsterdam and Rotterdam, NE), Dimmitt Contemporary (Houston, TX), Espositivo Gallery (Madrid), and Wassaic Art Project (Wassaic, NY). His work has also been featured in major art fairs including the Armory, NADA Miami, Dallas Art, NADA Foreland, Art Rotterdam, and Art Market San Francisco. Bennett’s pieces have entered private and public collections, including acquisition by the Stanley Morgan Chase, TIAA, and the Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund Painting Collection at the Tennessee State Museum.
He continues to live and work in Brooklyn, New York, expanding his dialogue between material, structure, and perception through the enduring yet ever-evolving language of canvas.
EDUCATION
2006 Rhode Island School of Design, Bach. of Arch, B.F.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Armory Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY. 9/4-9/7
2024
The Thin Line, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, NE. 4/6-5/11
WAVES, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY, 4/19-5/11
2023
Unraveling Prisms, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
NADA Foreland, JDJ Gallery, Hudson, NY
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Affordable Art Fair, Haas Contemporary, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2022
Linescape, Haas Contemporary, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Hampton Fine Art Fair, with Haas Contemporary, Southampton, NY
Conceal/Reveal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Untitled, Haas Contemporary, Scope Art, Miami, FL
3rd Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2021
Linescaped, Scope Miami Art Fair, South Beach Miami, FL
Liminal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2020
Sensible Landscapes, Galerie Tangerine, Nashville, TN
2019
Weight And Line, LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2016
The Captive, Victori-Mo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
A Comment in the Margins, curated by Suzy Spence at Gallery 1, Brooklyn, NY
2012
Solo Exhibition at MC Gallery, NY, NY
2009
Myles Bennett: A 21st Century Luddite, Bennett Galleries: Nashville, TN
”New Work” Think Gallery: New York, NY
Belmont University: Nashville, TN - Group Show
2008
Unsubsantial Territories; Potion Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Retrospective:April 2007 - May 2007. Potion. Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
NADA Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY
LA Group Show, Frieze week ‘26, Lobster Club, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2025
The Linear Edge, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Atlanta Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Pullman Yards, Atlanta, GA
In the Heat of It, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
5th Anniversary Collection, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
NADA Art fair, JDJ Gallery, Miami, FL
Prayer/Pattern/Prayer, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, Dallas, TX
Felix Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024
Summer Collection, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
4th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
NADA art, JDJ Gallery, Miami, FL
Summer Vibes, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Transcendent Arrays, Dimmitt Contemporary, Austin, TX
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
Art Market San Francisco, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
3rd Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
PAN art Fair, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Rotterdam, NE
Transcendence, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY
NADA Foreland, JDJ Gallery, Hudson, NY
Affordable Art Fair, Haas Contemporary, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2022
Summer Collection, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
The Pink Edition, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, NE
Art Market San Francisco, Pamela Walsh Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Emerging, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
A Tournament of Lies, Wassaic Art Project, Wassaic, NY
Art Rotterdam, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Conceal/Reveal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
3rd Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2021
Liminal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2018
Elements, Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN
A proposition of the Unknown, Espositivo Gallery, Madrid, ES
2016
Kips Bay Showhouse, curated by Benjamin Vandiver, NY, NY
2015
‘Art on Paper’ fair, pier 26 with Victori-Mo Contemporary NY, NY,
20"x16", curated by Geoffrey Young at Morgan Lehman, NY, NY
The Silo Room, curated by Courtney Johnson at Track One, Nashville, TN
XXL Abstract, MAC Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2014
Bushwick, Ground Floor Galleries, Brooklyn, NY
‘From the Land of Everywhere’, Victori Contemporary at Birnam Wood/Galleries, NY, NY
2013
Art Wynwood with Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL
Scope Basel with Victori Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland
2012
Cut Up: Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Altered Affect: Myles Bennettt and Timothy Gasbarro, curated by May Shetrit, Brooklyn, NY
New York launch of Red, White, and View: Wix Lounge, NY, NY
2011
Art Basel Open House, MAC Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Additional Matter, Lyons Wier Gallery Project, Chelsea, New York, NY
Room for Interpretation, Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN
Nathan and Myles - In Time Out: Cheap Storage, Brooklyn, NY
Re:Materialize: Re:Creative, NY, NY
2010
Little Deaths: Ana Garces Kiley and Myles Bennett, Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY
The Business of Aura, Broadway Gallery, NY, NY
New Year, New Work, New Faces, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
2009
Overlap, Elga Wimmer Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Will it happen, Elga Wimmer Gallery, Chelsea, NY
“Improvisations” Spread Art ’09 Group Show: Brooklyn
Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative (ACAC): Little Rock, Ark - Group Show
Texas A&M University: College Station, TX - Group Show
Book People, Austin, TX - Group Show/Book Signing
Art On 5th, Austin, TX - Group Show
Dogwood Arts Festival - Knoxville, TN - juried exhibition - Best in Show
2008 Work Sold to ‘Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund Painting Collection, Tennessee State Museum.’
BETA Spaces: Inside / Out, Brooklyn, NY
RISD Biennial 2008, Juried: The Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY. * Touch Structures.
Bennett Galleries. Nashville, TN.
Rymer Gallery with band ‘Quote’ release party: July 12, Nashville, TN.
2007
Here and Now. Copy Gallery curated by Luren Jenisen. Philadelphia, PA.
Mango Group Show, curated by John Brown, Nashville, TN.
Artrageous, Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN.
Art 45, Metro Spirit. Augusta, GA.
Korth Sunseri Hagey Architects Gallery, New York, NY.
2006
Small Show. Bennett Galleries, curated by Beth Hardcastle, Nashville, TN. Art 45, Arts in the Heart. Augusta, GA.
2004
Gallery Agniel. Opening display curated by Sara Agniel, Providence, RI.
EDUCATION
2006 Rhode Island School of Design, Bach. of Arch, B.F.A.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 Armory Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY. 9/4-9/7
2024 The Thin Line, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, NE. 4/6-5/11
WAVES, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY, 4/19-5/11
2023 Unraveling Prisms, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
NADA Foreland, JDJ Gallery, Hudson, NY
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
Affordable Art Fair, Haas Contemporary, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
Linescape, Haas Contemporary, Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
Hampton Fine Art Fair, with Haas Contemporary, Southampton, NY
Conceal/Reveal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
Untitled, Haas Contemporary, Scope Art, Miami, FL
3rd Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2021 Linescaped, Scope Miami Art Fair, South Beach Miami, FL
Liminal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2020 Sensible Landscapes, Galerie Tangerine, Nashville, TN
2019 Weight And Line, LaFontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2016 The Captive, Victori-Mo Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 A Comment in the Margins, curated by Suzy Spence at Gallery 1, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Solo Exhibition at MC Gallery, NY, NY
2009 Myles Bennett: A 21st Century Luddite, Bennett Galleries: Nashville, TN
”New Work” Think Gallery: New York, NY
Belmont University: Nashville, TN - Group Show
2008 Unsubsantial Territories; Potion Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Retrospective:April 2007 - May 2007. Potion. Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026 NADA Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY
LA Group Show, Frieze week ‘26, Lobster Club, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
2025 The Linear Edge, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Atlanta Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Pullman Yards, Atlanta, GA
In the Heat of It, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
5th Anniversary Collection, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
NADA Art fair, JDJ Gallery, Miami, FL
Prayer/Pattern/Prayer, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
Dallas Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, Dallas, TX
Felix Art Fair, JDJ Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 Summer Collection, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
4th Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
NADA art, JDJ Gallery, Miami, FL
Summer Vibes, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
San Francisco Art Fair, Pamela Walsh Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Transcendent Arrays, Dimmitt Contemporary, Austin, TX
5th Anniversary Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023 Art Market San Francisco, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA
3rd Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
PAN art Fair, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Rotterdam, NE
Transcendence, JDJ Gallery, New York, NY
NADA Foreland, JDJ Gallery, Hudson, NY
Affordable Art Fair, Haas Contemporary, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, NY
2022 Summer Collection, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
The Pink Edition, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Amsterdam, NE
Art Market San Francisco, Pamela Walsh Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Emerging, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
A Tournament of Lies, Wassaic Art Project, Wassaic, NY
Art Rotterdam, Rutger Brandt Gallery, Rotterdam, NL
Conceal/Reveal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
3rd Anniversary Group Exhibition, Pamela Walsh Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
2021 Liminal, Lafontsee Gallery, Grand Rapids, MI
2018 Elements, Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN
A proposition of the Unknown, Espositivo Gallery, Madrid, ES
2016 Kips Bay Showhouse, curated by Benjamin Vandiver, NY, NY
2015 ‘Art on Paper’ fair, pier 26 with Victori-Mo Contemporary NY, NY,
20"x16", curated by Geoffrey Young at Morgan Lehman, NY, NY
The Silo Room, curated by Courtney Johnson at Track One, Nashville, TN
XXL Abstract, MAC Fine Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
2014 Bushwick, Ground Floor Galleries, Brooklyn, NY
‘From the Land of Everywhere’, Victori Contemporary at Birnam Wood/Galleries, NY, NY
2013 Art Wynwood with Victori Contemporary, Miami, FL
Scope Basel with Victori Contemporary, Basel, Switzerland
2012 Cut Up: Storefront Bushwick, Brooklyn, NY
Altered Affect: Myles Bennettt and Timothy Gasbarro, curated by May Shetrit, Brooklyn, NY
New York launch of Red, White, and View: Wix Lounge, NY, NY
2011 Art Basel Open House, MAC Art Gallery, Miami, FL
Additional Matter, Lyons Wier Gallery Project, Chelsea, New York, NY
Room for Interpretation, Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN
Nathan and Myles - In Time Out: Cheap Storage, Brooklyn, NY
Re:Materialize: Re:Creative, NY, NY
2010 Little Deaths: Ana Garces Kiley and Myles Bennett, Famous Accountants, Brooklyn, NY
The Business of Aura, Broadway Gallery, NY, NY
New Year, New Work, New Faces, Storefront, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Overlap, Elga Wimmer Gallery, Chelsea, NY
Will it happen, Elga Wimmer Gallery, Chelsea, NY
“Improvisations” Spread Art ’09 Group Show: Brooklyn
Arkansas Community Arts Cooperative (ACAC): Little Rock, Ark - Group Show
Texas A&M University: College Station, TX - Group Show
Book People, Austin, TX - Group Show/Book Signing
Art On 5th, Austin, TX - Group Show
Dogwood Arts Festival - Knoxville, TN - juried exhibition - Best in Show
2008 Work Sold to ‘Bridgestone/Firestone Trust Fund Painting Collection, Tennessee State Museum.’
BETA Spaces: Inside / Out, Brooklyn, NY
RISD Biennial 2008, Juried: The Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn, NY. * Touch Structures.
Bennett Galleries. Nashville, TN.
Rymer Gallery with band ‘Quote’ release party: July 12, Nashville, TN.
2007 Here and Now. Copy Gallery curated by Luren Jenisen. Philadelphia, PA.
Mango Group Show, curated by John Brown, Nashville, TN.
Artrageous, Bennett Galleries, Nashville, TN.
Art 45, Metro Spirit. Augusta, GA.
Korth Sunseri Hagey Architects Gallery, New York, NY.
2006 Small Show. Bennett Galleries, curated by Beth Hardcastle, Nashville, TN. Art 45, Arts in the Heart. Augusta, GA.
2004 Gallery Agniel. Opening display curated by Sara Agniel, Providence, RI.
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The Linear Edge
Myles Bennett, Michael Dickey, Miquel Gelabert & Dani Tull October 18 - November 26, 2025Pamela Walsh Gallery is pleased to present The Linear Edge , a group exhibition featuring Myles Bennett, Michael Dickey, Miquel Gelabert , and Dani Tull , four contemporary artists whose...Read more -
Atlanta Art Fair 2025
September 24 - 28, 2025Pamela Walsh Gallery is excited to announce our participation in this year's Atlanta Art Fair taking place this September.Read more
Atlanta Art Fair returns to Pullman Yards this September 25–28, 2025 to build on the expansive momentum of the fair’s inaugural edition. As a continued catalyst for cultural enrichment and artistic exchange, Atlanta Art Fair 2025 will feature an inclusive roster of compelling programs and a diverse collection of innovative events, talks, performances, and installations that work to enhance the city’s existing community of artists, galleries, institutions, and collectors. -
In the Heat of It
Summer Group Exhibition 2025 July 11 - August 15, 2025Pamela Walsh Gallery is pleased to present In the Heat of it , a group exhibition of represented and exhibiting artists here at the gallery. Featuring new artist Ruth Hunter;...Read more -
San Francisco Art Fair 2025
April 17 - 20, 2025Art Market San Francisco is now San Francisco Art Fair. This evolution is a direct affirmation of the fair’s commitment to the thriving arts ecosystem that defines the Bay Area. Continuing the fair’s dedication to San Francisco’s vibrant cultural institutions, active collecting community, and vital notion of unwavering patronage, San Francisco Art Fair is a year-round platform for the many voices of its region.Read more
Produced by AMP with Fair Director Kelly Freeman working in partnership with Artistic Director Nato Thompson, San Francisco Art Fair will present 85 leading galleries from around the world alongside a dynamic series of public programming this April 2025 at Fort Mason Festival Pavilion.
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5th Anniversary Exhibition
December 13, 2024 - January 11, 2025Join us to celebrate our 5th Anniversary!Read more
Friday, December 13th
Holiday Happy Hour | 5 - 7 pm
Pamela Walsh Gallery is pleased to present our 5th Anniversary Exhibition, a group show of new and favorite works by artists from our talented roster. The exhibition will open on December 13th with a Holiday Happy Hour from 5-7 p.m. Let's raise a glass to celebrate this milestone together! -
Summer Vibes Group Exhibition 2024
July 16 - August 31, 2024Celebrating the essence of summer with a curated selection of collection of new artworks from our represented artists that play with color, texture and process.Read more -
3rd Anniversary Group Exhibition
December 6, 2022 - January 14, 2023Pamela Walsh Gallery is pleased to present a 3rd Year Anniversary Group Exhibition featuring 13 artists we have been working with over the past three years. This exhibition will be on view until January 14th, 2023.Read more -
Summer Collection 2022
Group Exhibition June 1 - August 31, 2022Pamela Walsh Gallery is pleased to present our 2022 Summer Collection . This exhibition presents a curated selection of contemporary works in dialogue, creating an interplay of color with intricate...Read more
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SF / ARTS | Gallery Highlights
Myles Bennett September 1, 2023 Read more -
Art's Lucky Number Three
Pamela Walsh Gallery Holds Party to Mark 3rd Anniversary December 8, 2023 Read more -
The Linear Edge | Myles Bennett, Michael Dickey, Miquel Gelabert & Dani Tull
Press Release September 12, 2025[Palo Alto, CA ] Pamela Walsh Gallery is pleased to present The Linear Edge , a group exhibition featuring Myles Bennett, Michael Dickey, Miquel Gelabert,...Read more
