Benjamin Alexander Clark is an artist based in Portland, Oregon. His work has been shown at Portland Museum of Contemporary Art, Portland City Hall, Cannibals Gallery, Berbatis, La Luna, and was featured in The Oregonian.
Originally from Berkeley, California, Benjamin paints people, places, and things. He is inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Langston Hughes, Fred Hampton, and Sonic Youth.
“Clark paints in oils and acrylics on reclaimed objects, some salvaged from trash bins.”
— Brian Males in The Oregonian
“I don’t really think of myself as a guerilla artist. It’s a guerrilla act, technically. I’m not trying to make a statement. I’m letting go of dormant energy in my world and leaving it to other people to revive it if they want.”
— Benjamin Alexander Clark in The Oregonian
Benjamin has donated his paintings to numerous nonprofit organizations to benefit fundraisers, including:
Cascade AIDS Project
Children’s Cancer Society
Children’s Heart Foundation
Metropolitan Learning Center
NARAL Oregon
Organ Donor Society
P:EAR Homeless Youth Outreach
Project Quest
Trillium Charter School
To contact Benjamin to request a donation, please use the form below.
Benjamin has shown at:
Berbatis
Cannibals Gallery
La Luna
Portland City Hall
Portland Museum of Contemporary Art
To contact Benjamin, please use the form below.
