Adolf Benca is a painter and artist based in New York City. He received his MFA from Columbia University and BFA from Cooper Union. Benca has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries across the United States and Europe. His work is in the permanent collections of several major museums and he has received fellowships from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Fulbright Program, and New York Foundation for the Arts among others.

1. ADOLF BENCA
700 W. 192nd
Street, Apartment 414
New York, NY 10040
646-756-4302, mobile: 484-268-7515
EDUCATION
Columbia University, M.F.A. Painting, 1987
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
B.F.A. Painting, 1981
Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons 1982-1985
Anatomical studies
University of Bologna, Anatomical Studies, 1987-88
EXHIBITIONS (SOLO)
2013-2014 Permanent Installation, Danube, “Fleeces of Aba”, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2005 Michalelsa Brana Galleria, Bratislava, Paintings on Iraq
2003 International Kommerz Bank Gallery, Bratislava
May 2001 Pantheon of Arts & Sciences, Kulturnom Dome, Budapest
November 2000 UNESCO-NWICO Austria-Slovakia New World Information Exhibition
Foundation
November 2000 Pantheon of Arts & Sciences, Kulturnom Dome, Stupava, Slovak Republic
November 2000 Aesthetic Gallery, House of Culture, Stupava, Slovak Republic
September 2000Slovak Exhibition, Cantos, Washington, DC
January 2000 Seton Hall University School of Law, Portraits, History of Law
February 1999 United Nations, Work from the Sudan
February 1998 Seton Hall University School of Law, Jazz Drawings
October 1998 Jazz Drawings, New York, New York
Sept/October 1998 Inkubus Gallery, Miami, Florida, Paintings, “Birth of Continents”
May/July 1998 Inkubus Gallery, Miami Florida, Drawings, “Encyclopedia”
April 1998 Inkubus Gallery, Miami, Florida, Tempera Paintings
March 1998 Inkubus Gallery, Miami, Florida, Drawings
February 1998 Inkubus Gallery, Miami, Florida, Paintings
November 1997 Inkubus Gallery, Miami, Florida, Tempera Paintings
August/Sept 1997 Inkubus Gallery, Miami, Florida, Drawings
May 1997 Inkubus Gallery, Miami, Florida, Paintings
April 1997 Embassy of the Slovak Republic, Washington, DC
October 1996 Seton Hall University School of Law, Medical Portrait Drawings
January 1996 M-13 Gallery, New York
May 1996 Baldachino Gallery, New York
May 1994 Sterling Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
May 1993 Sterling Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
December 1992 M-13 Gallery, New York
September 1991M-13 Gallery
1988 Galerie Le Cargo/Galerie Losange, Grenoble
1988 Twining Gallery, New York
1988 ARTE FIERE, Bologna
1987 Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, NH
1986 Twining Gallery, New York

2. 1985 Gallery Jean-Yves Noblet, Paris
1985 Twining Gallery, New York
1984 Twining Gallery, New York
1983 Paul Olsen Gallery, New York
1983 Twining Gallery, New York
1982 Alexander Carlson Gallery, New York
1981 Arthur A. Houghton Gallery, The Cooper Union, New York
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014 Matica Slovenska, “Cultural Revolutions”, Martin, Slovak Republic
October 1998 United Nations, Artists From Slovakia
June 1996 Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection
February 1995 Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York
September 1995 Achim Moeller Fine Art, Salon des Beaux Arts, Paris
May 1994 Kennesaw State College, Marietta Georgia
May 1992 Gallery Three Zero, New York, AMFAR benefit
January 1992 The Cooper Union, “Good Work” by recent alumni
1991 Stuart Levy Gallery, New York
1991 Twining Gallery, New York, Drawings on War
1991 M-13 Gallery, New York
1990 M-13 Gallery, New York
1990 Stuart Levy Gallery, New York
1990 Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York
1989 Achim Moeller Fine Art, New York
1988 Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences, Washington, DC
1988 Queens Museum, New York
1988 Twining Gallery, New York
1986 Gallery Two Nine One, Atlanta
1986 Georgia Museum of Art, Athens
1986 Twining Gallery, New York
1986 The Ewing Gallery of Art & Architecture, University of Tennessee
1985 Canadian Art Galleries, Calgary
1985 Twining Gallery, New York
1984 Brenda Kroos Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1984 Deborah Sharpe Gallery, New York
1984 Czechoslovak Society of Arts & Sciences, Montreal
1983 Paul Olsen Gallery, New York
1982 Paul Olsen Gallery, New York
1981 Allan Stone Gallery, New York
1981 Alexander Carlson Gallery
FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship 1994
Millay Colony Residency, April 1992
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant 1991-1992
Edward Albee Foundation Residency, September 1990
Yaddo Fellowship, April 1990
Fulbright Grant to Italy 1987-1988
Studied anatomy and painting in Florence
Friends of Johns Hopkins, University of Bologna, exhibition grant
French Ministry of Culture Painting Grant 1988

3. Recanati Fellowship, Columbia University 1986-1987
Tyler School of Art, Fellowship to Rome 1979-1980
Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Prize, Cooper Union 1981
MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
National Gallery of the Slovak Republic, Bratislava
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
National Museum of American Art, Washington,DC
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art
High Museum, Atlanta
Vatican Museum, Rome
Williams College Art Museum, Williamstown, Massachusetts
Arkansas Arts Center Foundation Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas
SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Angela Ho, Hong Kong
Nicole Klagsbrun, New York
Edward Albee, New York
Cornelia Roethle, Munich
Christiana von Ribbentrop, Eltville am Rhein
Klaus Schroter, Hamburg
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Borden, Calgary
Achim Moeller, New York
D. Basha, Paris
Barbara Schwartz, New York
Bill N. Lacy, New York
Karl Stibolt, Geneva
Vibeke & Giulio Castelli, Rome
Enrico Crispolti, Rome
Bobby Hardy, New York
David Tunick, New York
Melanie & Russell Johnson, New York
Paul Olsen, Madrid, New Mexico
Richard Eagan, New York
Diane Grossman, Montreal
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1998 Exhibition Review, LOCAL COLOR, May 1998, Miami
1998 Exhibition Review,COCONUT GROVER, February 1998, Miami
1998 Exhibition Review, FASHION TIMES, March 1998, Miami, New York
1997 Exhibition Review, FASHION SPECTRUM, November
1997 “Adolf Benca invokes mythological painting”, Miami New Times, May 22
1997 Exhibition/Gallerie Michele/Slovak Embassy, review, Washington Post, April 1
1997 Exhibition review, Slovak in America, “The New Metamorphoses”, April/May
1997 Exhibition review, JEDNOTA, “The New Metamorphoses”, May
1997 Exhibition review, SOKOL, “The New Metamorphoses”, April/May
1996 Exhibition catalogue, Arkansas Arts Center, Arlene Raven, essay
1996 Prekov, Rudo, “Adolf Benca Interview on Warhol”, Prague
1996 Varos, Milan, in Putovanie Zakrajanmi, “Adolf Benca, America’s Other Warhol”,

4. EUROSKOP, May 1996. Pp. 37-45.
1993 “Adolf Benca”, ZIVOT, Bratislava
1993 “Sex Quake: Art After the Apocalypse”, Art Genes Portable Museum, September
1992 Exhibition catalogue, Gallery Three Zero, AMFAR Benefit
1992 Bellamy, Peter, The Artist Project, portraits of comtemporary artists
1991 “A Critical Study of Adolf Benca’s Art”, ART LIFE, Bratislava/Vienna, April
1990 “The Painting of Adolf Benca”, Chicago Design, Fall 1990
1989 Payne, Nancy, “Uncovering the Truth of Humans”, Lancaster Intelligencer
Journal, Lancaster, PA April 5, 1989
1988 Varias, Alexander, “Adolf Benca and the Revival of Mythic Painting”, The Greek-
American, New York
1988 Review, ART NEWS, November, group show, M-13 Gallery
1988 Exhibition catalogue, The Queens Museum, “Classical Myth and Imagery in
Contemporary Art”, Barbara C. Matilsky, curator
1988 “Mostro Mercato/La Partecipazione Stranera”, Bologna ARTE FIERA in “Il
Resto del Carlino” 20 Febbraio
1988 Review of exhibition Le Cargo/Losange in “Liberation”, Lyon, France
1988 “Adolf Benca...”, in FALCON, June 29
1987 “Adolf Benca”, Chicago Tribune, April 15
1987 Stuart, Claudia, “A Beautiful Setting for Benca’s Art”, Valley News, Cornish,
New Hampshire, June 22
1986 E. Heartney, review, “Adolf Benca”, ART NEWS 85, January, 135
1986 Benamou, Genevieve, “European Contemporary Art”, introduction by Pierre Restany
1986 Pressler, Melissa, review, “Adolf Benca”, ARTS 60, V
1985 Exhibition catalogue, Twining Gallery, Adolf Benca, New York
1984 Pressler, Melissa, review, “Adolf Benca”, ARTS, December
1981 Sofer, Ken, review, “Adolf Benca”, ART NEWS, January
1981 Stasko, Joseph, “Adolf Benca”, HORIZONT, May/June
1981 “Adolf Benca: The River is My Metaphor”, PEOPLE, May 11
1977 “Adolf Benca”, Chicago Daily News, May 9
1977 Klein, Mike, “Adolf Benca”, Chicago Sun Times, May 11
1977 Davis, B., “Adolf Benca”, Waukegan News Sun, April 29
1977 Dadisman, Maryann, “Adolf Benca”, Waukegan News Sun, January 9