Blue moon, 2021

Laser cut on metal and electrostatic paint

 

Ben Abounassif was born in Caracas in 1964 to Lebanese parents. He graduated from Tennessee Tech University in 1987 with a B.A. in Business Management.

Abounassif’s first contact working in the art world was in 2006 when he launched Leiter Gallery in Miami, a short but successful experience as a co-owner working along with Cuban-born, Miami-based artist Sinuhe Vega Leiter, and Venezuelan-born internationalist & journalist, Jesus Rojas Torres.

Abounassif’s innate creativity was highly influenced by working closely with local artists and by visiting their studios and launching exhibitions at Leiter’s, the only gallery in the U.S. that paid a living tribute to the late Cuban musician, “Cachao” López.

A year later in 2007, Abounassif exhibited his first art cube on Photo Miami ’07 with Hardcore Contemporary Art in Wynwood. In 2008, Miami art dealer Harvey Oxenberg exhibited Abounassif’s Piece of Love series at Bridge Art Fair ’08 during Art Basel Week in Wynwood. In 2011 with gallerist Aldo Castillo, Abounassif’s all-acrylic digital-cut series were exhibited in China at the American Pavilion, Shanghai Art Fair ’11. In 2013, Castillo –in a singular solo installation– exhibited Abounassif’s geometric series at the second edition of ArtSpot hosted at Spectrum Miami Art Fair ’13.

In Venezuela, Abounassif’s geometric works on paper are high on demand. The artist’s first and second participation at FIA ’13 and ’14 with Galería Parenthesis were so successful with works being sold before the fair’s official opening. His work always receives high bets from collectors during charities and fundraisers for nonprofits. Abounassif ‘s work has been featured online through Eclectic Network’s websites since 2007 and has been recently featured in print magazines such as Hábitat Plus Florida and Ocean Drive Magazine Venezuela.

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International art fairs

EXHIBITIONS IN DIFERENT GALERIES & INTERNATIONAL ART FAIRS

 

2007

Piece of Love, Oxenberg Fine Art, Bridge Art Fair, Wynwood, USA

Photo Cube, Lurie Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

Tara Solomon Photo Cube, The Forge, Miami Beach, USA

Collective exhibition, La Casa del Arte Collective, Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Installation Liberty for All, CCA3, Bakehouse Art Complex, Wynwood, USA

Art After Dark & Experimental Innovators, Circa 28, Wynwood, USA

 

2008

Photo Cube, White Orchid Gallery, Hollywood, California, USA

Armory Art Center, Oxenberg Fine Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA

 

2009

Cubos de Ávila, Galería G7, Caracas, Venezuela

International Artist Exhibition Collective, Nina Torres Fine Art, Miami, Florida, USA

 

2011

Aldo Castillo Projects, American Pavilion, Shanghai Art Fair, China

 

2013

22nd Edition Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, FIA, Galería Parenthesis, Caracas, Venezuela

Entre Líneas, Galería Parenthesis, Caracas, Venezuela

Movimientos, Galería Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Geometry in Venezuela, 2nd Edition ArtSpot Art Fair, Aldo Castillo Projects, Spectrum Miami, Wynwood, USA

Colectiva Fin de Año, Galeria Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

 

 2014

Movimientos , Galería Viloria Blanco, Wynwood, Florida, USA

Aldo Castillo Projects, Miromar Design Center, Estero, Florida, USA

23rd Edition Feria Iberoamericana de Arte, FIA, Galería Parénthesis, Caracas

Colectiva de Verano, Galeria Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Movimientos, ProArt Gallery, Dubai, UAE

Homage to Sofía, by Ben Abounassif, Venezuelan American Endowments for the Arts 2014 Annual Gala, David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA (Upcoming November 2014)

Latin American Art Exhibition, Aldo Castillo Projects, 3rd Edition ArtSpot/Spectrum Art Fair, San Diego, CA and Wynwood, FL, USA (Upcoming  November-December 2014)

Colectiva Fin de Año, Galeria Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

 

2015

Colectiva de Verano, Galeria Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Beirut Art Fair 2015, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Pixeles, Galeria GBGARTS, Caracas, Venezuela

Colectiva Fin de Año, Galeria Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

 

2016

Pixeles, Galeria GBGARTS, Caracas, Venezuela

Arte Latinoamericano, Colectiva, Galeria Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

En Tres y Dos, Galeria Parenthesis, Caracas, Venezuela

Sala 3, Quinta edicion, Colectiva, Galeria Viloria Blanco, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Beirut Art Fair 2016, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Seleccionado, Bienal 68 Salon Arturo Michelena

 

2017

Exhibicion, Galeria Marita Segovia, Madrid, España

Beirut Art Fair, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Expoarte Montichiari, Galeria de arte Florida, Brescia, Italia

Swab, Barcelona Art Fair, Galeria GBGArts, Barcelona, España

Carre Latin, LCP Art, Galeria GBGArts, Palais Royal, Paris, France

 

2018

Beirut Art Fair, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

Carre latin, LCP Art, Palais Royal, Paris, France

 

2019

STOCK, GBGArts, Caracas, Venezuela

PARC, Peru Arte Contemporaneo,GBGArts, Lima, Peru

PI’XELES, IN|CASA, Madrid, España

Beirut Art Fair, South Border Gallery, Beirut, Lebanon

11ONCE, Centro de Bellas Artes Ateneo de Maracaibo, Viloria Blanco Gallery, Maracaibo

 

2020

ART PALM BEACH, GBGArts, Palm Beach, Florida, USA

MATERIALIZING IDEAS, ContemporaneoAsheville, North Carolina, USA

 

2021

Colectiva, Galeria Plus Arte, Valencia, Venezuela

 

 SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2008

Where Have Our Superheroes Gone?, B1 Lifeshop, Miami, Florida, USA

 

2009

Ben @ Icon, South of Fifth, Miami Beach during Art Basel Miami Beach ’09, USA

 

2012

Repeticiones, Cámara de Comercio e Industria Venezolana-Alemana, Caracas, Venezuela

 

2013

Repeticiones, Galería Parenthesis, Caracas, Venezuela

Geometry in Venezuela, Aldo Castillo Gallery, ArtSpot/Spectrum Art Fair, Wynwood, USA

 

2014

Venezuelan American Endowments for the Arts Gala, Homage to Sofía Imber by Ben Abounassif, David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center, New York City, USA

 

2015

Movimientos Geometricos, Viloria Blanco Galeria, Maracaibo, Venezuela

En Circulo, Galeria Parenthesis, Caracas, Venezuela

 

2018/2019

Fragmentos, GBGArts, Caracas, Venezuela

 

ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH SATELLITE ART FAIRS EXHIBITION

 

2007

Photo Miami, Hardcore Contemporary Art Space, Wynwood, USA

 

2008

Oxenberg Fine Art, Bridge Art Fair, Wynwood, USA

Miami Art Space, Repetitions, Collective Exhibition, Wynwood, USA

La Casa del Arte, Collective, Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Bakehouse Art Complex, Collective CCA 3, Liberty for All, Wynwood, USA

Circa 28, 1st edition of Art After Dark, Wynwood, USA

Ben Abounassif & Romero Britto’s Homage to Tara Solomon’s Queen of The Night, The Forge, Miami Beach, USA

 

PARTICIPATION IN FUNDATIONS

 

2009

Ben @ ICON, Solo Show benefitting the Make a Wish Foundation of Southern Florida

Piece of Love, HIV/AIDS Foundation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

2011

Fundación Fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

2012

Arte al Rescate, Fundación de Artistas Protectores de Animales, Corp Banca, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundación Fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundación San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela

2013

El Arte es Emoción, Fundación Senosayuda, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundación Autismo en Voz Alta, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundación San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundación Fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

2014

Fundacion Fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundacion San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela

2015

Fundacion Fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundacion San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela

2016

Fundacion fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundacion San Juan de Dios, Caracas, Venezuela

2017

Fundacion Fundana,Caracas, Venezuela

2018

Fundacion Fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

2019

Fundacion Fundana, Caracas, Venezuela

Fundacion Autismo en Voz Alta, Caracas, Venezuela