Artist Statement

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‍My work is inspired by my identity as a mother and the search for self-expression within motherhood. My current work presents myself and my family in settings that emerge from the combination of imagined, observed and remembered spaces. Playing with scale, these paintings touch on the surreal. My paintings of my children become imaginings of their imaginations – visualizations of connections between our shared reality and our individual inner worlds. I am interested in the tension between what we can and cannot know about each other. I seek to rediscover my own voice as my daughters - two parts of myself - walk through the world with ever increasing independence.

My paintings and etchings are filled with pattern and botanical motifs. I draw inspiration from textiles, tiles, and wallpaper as well as real plants – from my mother’s garden at my childhood home, from the unexpected green spaces of Philadelphia, and from my travels.

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Biography

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‍Lindsey Benitz is a Philadelphia-based watercolor painter and printmaker. Her work presents small moments from daily life and motherhood. One series of etchings follows the transformation of her family’s shoes as both her family and their shoe sizes grow. A series of paintings depicts trash/treasures collected from the street by her children. Her current work primarily features her two daughters exploring spaces built from the real and the imaginary.

Lindsey makes unconventional use of watercolor to create intricate, layered paintings. Her etchings are made using traditional materials and experimental processes. When the pandemic limited opportunities to work in shared printmaking spaces, she began spending more time painting in watercolor. Initially small in scale, her recent paintings are as large as 40 inches tall.

Lindsey has studied under various artists at Fleisher Art Memorial and in 2015 received First Prize for Excellence in Printmaking at Fleisher’s 117th Annual Student Exhibition. She has participated in several group exhibitions and had a solo show at Ox Coffee in 2019. Recent juried exhibitions include Imagination & Play!, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA and Chroma!, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, curated by PxP Contemporary and Create! Magazine.

Lindsey lives in Philadelphia where she is a teaching artist in the Youth Artists Program at Fleisher Art Memorial.

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Education

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‍2010 - Present
Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Painting & Printmaking

2003
Smith College, Northampton
MA Bachelor of Arts, Spanish

2001 - 2002
University of Havana, Cuba
Academic year at the Faculty of Arts & Letters

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Professional Experience

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2024 - present
Lead Teacher, Youth Arts Program, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2023 - present
Co-Lead, Student Art Club, Independence Charter School, Philadelphia, PA

2019
Co-Instructor, Solar Plate Etching, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2015 - 2018
Substitute Instructor, Etching & Aquatint, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

Selected Exhibitions

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Solo

‍2019
‍Paintings & Etchings, Ox Coffee, Philadelphia, PA

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Group

‍2024
‍Annual Faculty Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

‍Summer Juried Show: Imagination & Play!, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
Juror: Summer Yates

2023
Chroma!, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Curators: PxP Contemporary & Create! Magazine

‍Pulp! Zine Exhibition, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA

‍PrintPhilly!, Philly Print Consortium at University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

‍124th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2019
‍120th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

2015
‍117th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

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Other

‍2007 & 2008
Art Star Craft Bazaar, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Arts & Crafts Fair

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Awards

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‍2015
‍117th Annual Adult Student Exhibition, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
First Prize, Printmaking