BEN GOCKER

b. 1979, Rochester, NY

Lives and works in Tupper Lake, NY

 

 

EDUCATION 

 

2005     MFA, Poetry, University of Iowa Writers' Workshop, Iowa City, IA

 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2019     Foskers & Egg Whites, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

2018     A BRIGHT BIG PICTURE IN SOME FUTURE MACHINE, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO

2014     Scaredy Cat City, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

2012     Hot Potato, New York City, New York, NY

2010     There is really no single poem, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

 

 

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 

2018     Objects Like Us, curated by Amy Smith-Stewart and David Adamo, the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Ridgefield, CT

2015     Raking the Though, presented by NO Space, curated by Keith J. Varadi, Bikini Wax Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico

2014     U:L:O: Part II | U: Curated by Ben Gocker – Inside Out, Interstate Projects, Brooklyn, NY

Devotional Spaces, curated by Chuck Webster, Ventana244, Brooklyn, NY  

The Retired Architect, curated by Nichole Caruso, Wallspace, New York, NY

2012     seven@ SEVEN, The Boiler, Brooklyn, NY

2011     Summer Whites, curated by Eddie Martinez and Sam Moyer, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY

2010     Wild Roses Show, Brooklyn, NY


PUBLICATIONS

 

2012     The Pisces, Content

2011     WIZ, The Song Cave

2003     The Collected Poems of Matthew Romaine


SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

2018     “Ben Gocker at David B. Smith Gallery, Denver,” ARTnews, September 20, 2018.

2017     Smith, Roberta. “Spotlight,” The New York Times, March 4, 2017.

“20 Artists to Watch at The Armory Show,” Artsy, March 1, 2017.

2015     Gocker, Ben, “IMG MGMT: 110,” Art F City, January 14, 2015.

2014     “The Lookout,” Art in America, April 3, 2014.

2012     Beadnell, Anneliis. “AFA Interview: Gawking at Ben Gocker,” AFA, May 14, 2012.

Sutton, Benjamin. “The Frieze Week Mini-Fair Scores a 7 out of 10 in Brooklyn,” Blouin ArtInfo, May 1, 2012.

2010     Hudson, Suzanne. “Ben Gocker,” ArtForum, Issue October 2010.

“Ben Gocker,” The New Yorker, July 12-19, 2010.

Horn, Julia. “Ben Gocker's There really is no single poem at PPOW,” The Drawing Center, July 06, 2010.

Art Listings, Time Out New York, June 17, 2010.

Russeth, Andrew. “In New York: Gallery Openings this Weekend,” ArtInfo, June 9, 2010.

Davis, Ben. "Summer Guide," Village Voice, May 17, 2010.

Leon, Jon. "The Sculpted Word," Art in America, June 3, 2010.