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Ben Vida (born 1974) is an artist and composer who lives and works in New York. He holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Bard College. As an artist and composer, he has been an active member of the international experimental music community for two decades with a long list of collaborators, projects and releases to his credit.[1]

Biography

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Vida has performed as a musician in several bands since the mid 1990s. He co-founded the minimalist quartet Town & Country and continued to perform as a guitarist and trumpeter for the band.[2] Vida was also a member of Pillow and Terminal 4 and recorded and performed solo as Bird Show and in the Drag City band Singer.[3]

In addition to his musical endeavors, Vida has exhibited his work as a contemporary artist in recent years. His work has been performed and presented in New York at the Guggenheim, Audio Visual Arts, and The Artist’s Institute; in London at The Institute of Contemporary Art and The Royal Festival Hall as part of the Meltdown Festival; in Chicago at The Museum of Contemporary Art; and other locations such as the Sydney Opera House, Leap Gallery, Berlin, and Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna.[4]

Other solo and two-person exhibitions include

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2016

[Smile on.]. . . [Pause.]. . . [Smile off.], Lisa Cooley, New York[5]

2015

Microramp Boombox, with Jeff DeGolier, Waterfront Gallery, Kingston, New York[6] Slipping Control (West), 356 S Mission Rd, Los Angeles, California[7]

2014

Damaged Particulates (Undersong Edition), Unsound NYC, Experimental Intermedia, New York. Travelled to: Cricoteka Museum, Kraków, Poland [2014]; Leap Gallery, Berlin, Germany [2014][8]

2013

Bloopers: #0, Performa Biennial, New York[9] Metal Fatigue Music with Jeff DeGolier, NADA Fair Miami special project, Miami Beach, Florida[10] Slipping Control, Audio Visual Arts, New York[11]

2012

hy.morf.eld, Artist’s Institute, New York [12]

Vida has been the recipient of several awards including the ISSUE Project Room Artist-in-Residency Commission; the Museu d’ Art Contemporani de Barcelona “Composing with Process” Exclusive Works Commission; Unsound Festival New Works Commission and a Swedish Arts Committee Travel Grant. Recent residencies include EMS Studios, Stockholm; EMPAC, Troy and the Clocktower, Manhattan.

References

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  1. ^ "Ben Vida". lisa-cooley.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  2. ^ "Town and Country". thrilljockey.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  3. ^ "Ben Vida: CV". benvida.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  4. ^ "Ben Vida". Archived from the original on 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2016-05-12. at Lisa Cooley.com Retrieved 2016-6-1
  5. ^ "Ben Vida: [Smile on.] . . . [Pause.] . . . [Smile off.]". lisa-cooley.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-14. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  6. ^ "Jeff DeGolier - Microramp Boombox (electronic score by Ben Vida) — waterfront". waterwaterfront.com. Archived from the original on 2016-06-10. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  7. ^ "356 Mission Ben Vida: Slipping Control (West)". 356mission.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  8. ^ "SOLD OUT! Ben Vida "Damaged Particulates (undersong edition)" | ISSUE Project Room". issueprojectroom.org. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  9. ^ "Bloopers #0 - Triple Canopy". canopycanopycanopy.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  10. ^ http://www.newartdealers.org/Events?event_id=3[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "'Ben Vida: Slipping Control' at Audio Visual Arts | Observer". observer.com. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
  12. ^ "The Artist's Institute". theartistsinstitute.org. Retrieved 2016-05-13.
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