Daniel van Benthuysen
Huntington, New York, USA
BORN
St. Louis, Missouri, currently residing in Huntington, Long Island, New York
EDUCATION
BA - Tulane University, major in Studio Art, minor in Art History
MA - Comparative Arts & Culture, graduated with distinction, Hofstra University
REPRESENTATION
Upstream Gallery, 8 Main Street, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES, & GRANTS, ETC.
2023 - Artist-in-Residence, Svalbard Art Center (High Arctic), Norway, June
2021 - Artist-in-Residence, AARK, Korpo Island, Finland, September
2019 - Long Island Artists – Best in Show, 59th juried regional exhibit, Art League LI
2019 - Artist in Residence, The Fish Factory, Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland, September
2016 - Artist-in-Residence, La Porte Peinte, Noyers-sur-Serein, France, August
2015 - Artists on Site, 25 years of Artists' Residencies at Weir Farm Nat’l Historic Site,
2014 - Artist-in-Residence, Weir Farm National Historic Site, Wilton CT, August
2014 - Jurors’ Award, See the Light, nat’l juried show, Art Museum, Attleboro, MA
2013 - Best in Show, Members' Juried Show, Mills Pond House, Dec 6 - 29
2013 - Best in Show, Artist’s Work Is Never Done, Mills Pond House, Dec 6 - 29
2012 - Show Award, Home, juried regional exhibit, Front Street Gallery, Patterson, NY
2010 - Classical Life Drawing Studio, book includes my drawings, Published by the ASL of NY
2007 - Don Donaldson Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club of New York
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Instructor, watercolor, Huntington School District, Adult Education 2022-Present
Adjunct Prof. Visual Journalism, School of Communication, Hofstra University 2015-2020
Asst. Prof. Visual Journalism, School of Communication, Hofstra University 2008-2015
Director of Design, Newsday, 2004-2007; Senior Art Director, Newsday, 1978-2004
*While at Newsday I was a Senior Editor and Director of Design, shaping 5 of the 8 Pulitzers the newspaper won during a 16-year period.
Monitor (teaching assistant) Art Students League of New York, 2008-2014
RECENT EXHIBITS
2022
The Other Side of Summer, Gallery 18, Bronx, New York City, NY
Hanging Around, group show, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY, March
Influences, group show, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, NY, February
The Long Island Landscape, group show, Mills Pond House, Smithtown, NY, February
69th Annual Members' Exhibit, Art League of Long Island, Deer Park, NY, March
2021
Artist-in-Residence, AARK, Archipelago Art Residency in Korpo, Finland, September
Icelandic Sojourn, Fifth solo show, Upstream Gallery, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, April
Land, Sea & Sky, Honorable Mention, Juried Exhibit, Art League Long Island, Jan.-Feb.
2020
Art of the Pandemic, Online Magazine, Summer
Contemporary Realism, National Juried Exhibit, Mills Pond House, Smithtown NY, September
Group Show, Upstream Gallery, Hastings, NY, December
2019
Artist in Residence, The Fish Factory, Stöðvarfjörður Iceland, September
American Landscape, national juried show, Maryland Federation of Art, August
Light, National juried show, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn NY, July
Recent Landscapes, 4th solo show, Upstream Gallery, Hastings, NY
River Arts Studio Tour, Group Exhibit, Upstream Gallery, Hastings, NY
Long Island Artists – Best in Show, 64th annual regional exhibit, Art League of LI
2018
Art Elevated, Street Banners, One of 88 artists chosen from 22 countries to exhibit in Manhattan
Movie credit – one dozen paintings used in filming, I Think We’re Alone Now
Quotidian Beauty, juried regional show, Art League of Long Island, July
2017 Art of the Northeast, juried show, Silvermine Art Guild, Norwalk, CT, summer
Quotidian Beauty, juried show, Art League of Long Island, July
Paintings from Burgundy, solo show, Upstream Gallery, Hastings on Hudson, June
Conversations, exhibiting with my brother, group show, Upstream Gallery, March