BENNY BING
Born in Lagos, Nigeria
Lives and works in Toronto, Canada

Contact: benny@bennybing.com

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2023 Rose In The Dark, Benny Bing Studio, Toronto Canada
2023 Cradle to Hold Me, Private Viewing, Toronto Canada
2022 She Blossoms, STACKT, Toronto Canada
2020 BLOOM, Toronto Canada
2019 Colour Blind, Yorkville Village, Toronto Canada
2019 Colour Blind, Neighbourhood Studios, Toronto Canada
2019 Private Viewing, Spoke Club, Toronto Canada
2018 Women Of Color, Artscape Launchpad, Toronto Canada
2018 NXNE: Women Of Color, Toronto Canada
2018 Women Of Color, Struck Contemporary, Toronto Canada
2018 ADELANI: We Own The Crown, RPR Gallery, Toronto Canada
2017 ADELANI: We Own The Crown, Private Viewing, Toronto Canada
2016 We Are Forever Portraits, Daniels Spectrum, Toronto Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions & Fairs

2022 Art Fair, The Artist Project, Toronto Canada
2021 Art Fair, The Artist Project (Virtual)
2020 Group Exhibition, Create! Magazine, Global Curated Online Exhibition (Virtual)
2018 Group Exhibition, AfroChic 2018, The Carlu, Toronto Canada
2018 Group Exhibition, Hey Y'all, Only One Gallery, Toronto Canada
2017 Group Exhibition, Dundas Square Digital, Toronto Canada
2017 Art Fair, The Artist Project, Toronto Canada
2017 Group Exhibition, Defying Forms, Arta Gallery, Toronto Canada
2016 Art Fair, SCOPE Art Fair, Miami, USA
2015 Group exhibition, 9th Manifesto Art Exhibit, Toronto Canada

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

2020 Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms, The Norman Rockwell Museum, Massachusetts, USA
2019 Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms, The George Washington University Museum, D.C, USA
2018 Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms, The Henry Ford Museum, Michigan, USA
2018 Enduring Ideals: Rockwell, Roosevelt & the Four Freedoms, New-York Historical Society, NYC, USA

Selected Collaborations

Toronto FC x Benny Bing
Old Navy x Benny Bing Collection
Roots x Benny Bing Capsule Collection
IKEA Festival 2021
Puzzle Lab

Selected Showcases & Permanent Collections

The Daniels Corporation Collection
The Wyatt Condominiums Collection
Artsy Condominiums Collection
DuEast Condominiums Collection
Evolv Condominiums Collection
One Park Place Condominiums Collection
The Bartholomew Condominiums Collection
Norman Rockwell Museum, Massachusetts, USA
Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment HQ, Toronto, Canada
Sumac Creek Health Centre - St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Selected Board Affiliations

Director, Board of Directors, Toronto Artscape Inc.

Selected Press

Michael Soudebov. Regent Park Artist Feature, LIRP / September 2022
Noa Nichol. Wear Benny Bing For Black History Month & Beyond, VITA / February 2022
Ayesha Habib. Toronto Artist Benny Bing’s BLOOM Exhibition Reclaims Narratives of African Beauty, NUVO / July 2020
Byron Armstrong. Celebrating The Natural Beauty of Black Women & Plowing A Path for Black Canadian Artists, ByBlacks / June 2020
Amy Wall. Norman Rockwell's "Four Freedoms," then and now, CBS News / September 2018
Amanda Parris. Benny Bing's Women of Colour series is an unapologetic celebration of Black beauty, CBC Arts / May 2018