About
Ben Panter was born and raised in South Jersey. He was interested in art from an early age, and picked up his first 110 film point and shoot camera at the age of five when his family visited France. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Art with Distinction from Rutgers. In 2012 he was awarded his Masters of Fine Art in Studio Art from Moore College of Art and Design. His undergrad studies were primarily photography based, but his graduate program was cross-disciplinary, which reflects in his current work by freely mixing photographic and non-photographic media.
Residencies are an integral part of his practice; he has had the opportunity to be in studio residencies at Burren College of Art, Ireland; Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; and Acadia National Park, ME. He has also had several teaching residency opportunities in North Camden schools through the Rutgers - Camden Center for the Arts and the Office of Civic Engagement.
Panter maintains his studio practice from his home in South Jersey and he actively exhibits his work locally and nationally. Ben has worked as an Adjunct Professor of Art and Photography at Camden County College, Rowan College at Burlington County and Rutgers University.
Residencies are an integral part of his practice; he has had the opportunity to be in studio residencies at Burren College of Art, Ireland; Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto; Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; and Acadia National Park, ME. He has also had several teaching residency opportunities in North Camden schools through the Rutgers - Camden Center for the Arts and the Office of Civic Engagement.
Panter maintains his studio practice from his home in South Jersey and he actively exhibits his work locally and nationally. Ben has worked as an Adjunct Professor of Art and Photography at Camden County College, Rowan College at Burlington County and Rutgers University.
Artist Statement
Losses often slip unrecognized through the cracks of society's advancement. My work questions if the exchanges we make in the name of progress are ultimately enriching humanity.
Our daily interactions with Internet connected technologies are redefining how we view ourselves. I see a reversal of roles embodied in society's current path: we create a tool as an extension of ourselves, but webecome a mere extension of it. Our behavior and even the physiology of our brains are being rewired according to technology’s ideal.
Though there are innumerable ways in which the Web has benefitted mankind, I find it essential to stop, take notice, and question if our embraceof it is enabling a reduction of what it means to be human.
Our daily interactions with Internet connected technologies are redefining how we view ourselves. I see a reversal of roles embodied in society's current path: we create a tool as an extension of ourselves, but webecome a mere extension of it. Our behavior and even the physiology of our brains are being rewired according to technology’s ideal.
Though there are innumerable ways in which the Web has benefitted mankind, I find it essential to stop, take notice, and question if our embraceof it is enabling a reduction of what it means to be human.
