Ned Vena

Untitled, 2012

Rubber on linen

24 x 18 in.

Courtesy of the artist and Clifton Benevento

Retail Value: $4,000

Ned Vena’s work reveals a practice traversing painting, sculpture, and site-specific installation to question the alchemy of material processes.  Recent work addresses his interest in the elemental tenets of painting through a utilization of materials usually related to vandalism – spray paint, enamel, spray rubber, and acid.  His work has been exhibited internationally, with recent solo shows at Mas Hans Daniel, Berlin; Clifton Benevento, New York; Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis; and Michael Benevento, Los Angeles; as well as recent group shows at Thierry Goldberg Projects, Nicole Klagsbrun, Barbara Gladstone, and White Columns, New York; Frac Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France; and Autocenter, Berlin.  Vena received his BFA at Tufts University/School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.  He lives and works in Brooklyn.