Tidal Pool No. 3 (Kettle Cove, Maine), 2019, oil, oil pastel, acrylic, and fabric dyes on Moroccan linen, 48 x 57 in. (121.92 x 144.78 cm)
Leon Benn lives in Portland, Maine. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA) and the University of California, Los Angeles (MFA). He has had solo exhibitions at David B. Smith Gallery, Denver; Grant Wahlquist Gallery, Portland, ME; Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles; Stems Gallery, Brussels, and Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles. His work has been featured in group exhibitions at Able Baker Contemporary, Portland; Space Gallery, Portland; Brand New Gallery, Milan; the Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis; James Harris Gallery, Seattle; and Lisa Cooley, New York, and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Portalnd, ME, amongst others.