Jason Benjamin’s exquisitely rendered oil paintings, with their careful distillation of light and space, invite contemplation and emotional engagement. Despite now being based in Sydney, Australia’s largest city, Benjamin engages with the visual language and tradition of landscape painting. However, while his memory and experience of particular locations may ignite each new body of work, Benjamin’s landscapes are rarely literal or precise. Elusive and prophetic titles invite a narrative and an attachment between viewer and painting, one based on hope and renewal.
An impressive career to date, he has exhibited successfully across Australia, frequently in Tokyo, Japan and both in Hong Kong and Italy. He has twice been a finalist in the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of NSW and won the Packing Room Prize in 2005.
Represented in many important collections including the Australian National Gallery, Canberra and the National Gallery of Victoria. Jason Benjamin makes an exceptional contribution to the ongoing importance of the Australian landscape genre.
