Solo and Two Person Exhibitions _______________________________
2023 Figure, Ground - Moremen Gallery, Louisville, KY
2021 If I Needed You - moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
2019 Noisy Ghost (alongside Jeremy Bolen)- Exgirlfriend, Berlin, GE
Moving Image - Christopher West Presents, Indianapolis, IN
2018 Annex - Sidecar Gallery, Hammond, IN
2017 In Life Review - moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
2015 The Armory Show (alongside Carol Jackson), with moniquemeloche, New York, NY
2014 Centerville - moniquemeloche, Chicago, IL
2006 A Moot Documentary - Flux Space, Indianapolis, IN
Group Exhibitions ______________________________________________
2022 moniquemeloche Presents - Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN
2019 Not Just Another Pretty Face - Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
POME - Seattle Freezer, Seattle, WA
2018 On Anxiety - Cleve Carney Gallery, College of Dupage, Glen Elynn, IL
No Chill - University of Illinois at Chicago Galleries, Chicago, IL
Untitled Art Fair - moniquemeloche booth, San Francisco, CA
2017 Art Expo - moniquemeloche booth, Chicago, IL
Faculty Exhibition – Sonnenschein Gallery, Lake Forest, IL
2016 Not Just Another Pretty Face - Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2015 #BemisPainters 1982 - 2015 - Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, NE
New American Paintings: Midwest Edition - Elmhurst Art Museum, Elmhurst, IL
2014 Ground Floor - Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Art Expo - with Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
2013 Recent Paintings - Kaplan A.I.R. Exhibitions, curated by John Neff - NWU, Evanston, IL
Revisiting Undomesticated - Design Cloud, Chicago, IL
A strange house in my voice. - UIC MFA Thesis Exhibition – Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
J'Adore - Ste. 3206 , 400 S. Peoria, Chicago, IL
Winter Group Exhibition: No-Show -West Pilsen Sculpture Garden, Chicago, IL
2012 MDW Fair - UIC MFA Booth, Chicago, IL
2010 Bootleg Vol. 2 - Bootleg Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Friends of Chautauqua - ASU Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2009 Bootleg Vol. 1 - Bootleg Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
2007 Flux Closing - Flux Space, Indianapolis, IN
2006 Interchange - Indianapolis, IN
Surface Communication - Madison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Resurgence - Madison Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Group Show - Eskenazi Hall, Indianapolis, IN
2005 Janus Ball - Indiana Rooftop Ballroom, Indianapolis, IN
Is, Was, Will Be - Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris, FR
Is, Was, Will Be - Espace Melanie, Riec-sur-Belon, FR
Education _____________________________________________________
2013 MFA University of Illinois at Chicago, IL
2011 BFA Herron School of Art and Design, Indianapolis, IN
2003 Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art, Brittany, France
2000 AA American Academy of Art, Chicago, IL
Awards & Residencies___________________________________________
2014 Artist in Residence - Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts - Omaha, NE, USA
2012 MFA Artist in Residence - Ox-Bow - Saugatuck, MI, USA
Dedalus Award Nominee - University of Illinois at Chicago
Dean’s Scholar Nominee - University of Illinois at Chicago
2011 Board of Trustees Waiver - University of Illinois at Chicago
2006 Best of Show - Senior Exhibition – Herron School of Art
2003 Rev. A. G. Fraser International Travel Award – Herron School of Art
Joseph Vansickle Scholarship – Herron School of Art
Selected Bibliography _________________________________________
Zarley, B. David. “Cinema Fatalité: Ben Murray at Monique Meloche,” New American Paintings, March 13, 2017
Mauser, Nicole. “Painting, Gone in a Flash”, Newcity, March 3, 2017
“Art Top 5: March 2017”, Newcity, March 2, 2017
“Ten reasons to get excited about the winter art season”, The Chicago Tribune, January 2, 2015
"Hyde Park Art Center Presents Chicago MFA Grads at EXPO and Winter Showcase", Newcity, September 2014
New American Paintings (Noteworthy Artist - Editor's Pick), No. 113 Midwestern Issue, curated by Staci Boris
"Ben Murray / Monique Meloche Gallery" (Recommended and Reviewed), Newcity, May 2014
"Ben Murray" (Editorial Feature), Visual Art Resource, May 2014
Gomez, Gail. "Centerville - Ben Murray at Monique Meloche Gallery", ChiCritics, April 2014
"Ben Murray” (Featured Artist), MakeSpace.net, May 2013
Gomez, Gail. "Stories From the Inside - an Interview with MFA student Ben Murray", Gallery 400 blog, March 2013
Dluzen, Robyn "Smallness and Sameness at Chicago’s MDW Fair", Art F City, November 2012
Maehl, Sarah. "George Benedict Murray III", Conduit Chicago, September 2009
"A Moot Documentary", OntheCusp.org, February 2006
Artist Lectures _________________________________________________
2017 Conversation with Andy Coolquitt and Ben Murray, moderated by Jennifer Reeder, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
2014 Chicago as Muse (panelist with Assaf Evron, Essau McGee, and Julie Weber), Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
Conversation with Ben Murray and Andreas Fischer, Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, IL
Art Talk, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
2013 Conversation with Ben Murray and John Neff, Kaplan A.I.R. Exhibitions @ NWU, Evanston, IL
A strange house in my voice., University of Illinois at Chicago
Mutual Interpretations, University of Illinois at Chicago
Teaching Experience __________________________________________
2019 - present Adjunct Assistant Professor, Indiana University Northwest, Gary, IN
Intermediate and Advanced Painting, Independant Study Advisor
2013 - present Teacher Artist, Chicago Arts Partnership in Education, Chicago, IL
2016 - 20 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Illinois State University, Bloomington, IL
Painting 1, Drawing 1, Independant Study Advisor
Painting, Drawing and Contemporary Art Foundations, Multi-Media
2017 Lecturer, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, IL
Beginning Drawing
2016 Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
Beginning Painting, Beginning Drawing
2013-16 Visiting Assistant Professor, Bridge Program, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2012–13 Instructor of Record, Drawing I, the Beginning, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL
2005 Teacher Artist, VSA Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN