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Tuttle Gallery
Let Us Compare Mythologies by Erick Antonio Benitez
Tuttle Gallery | november 15 to december 13, 2024
Artist Bio
Erick Antonio Benitez (b. Bronx, NY) is a first-generation Salvadoran-American multidisciplinary artist, curator, organizer, and musician based in Los Angeles and Baltimore. They received a BFA in Painting with a Video Concentration from the Maryland Institute College of Art in 2014 and a MFA in Art + Integrated Media from the California Institute of the Arts in 2023.
Benitez has exhibited work at The Baltimore Museum of Art (MD), The Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington (VA), Connor Smith Gallery (DC), Dinner Gallery (NYC), Selenas Mountain Gallery (NYC), Casa 510 (San Salvador, SV), Untitled Art Fair Miami, Galerie B-312 (Montreal, QC), SWAB Art Fair (Barcelona, ES) and Simultan Festival (Timi?oara, RO). Their work has been reviewed by ARTnews, The Washington Post, BmoreArt, The American Scholar, The Daily Lazy, Terremoto (MX), and Le Devoir (QC), and featured in printed publications including New American Paintings (issue 154), BmoreArt (issue 6), and most recently the TLACMA book series for the archive collections at John Hopkins University.
Benitez is also a recipient of the Charles Gaines Fellowship Award, Janet and Walter Sondheim Award, Ruby Artist Project Grant in Performing and Media Arts, MASB Travel Artist Award, Baltimore Light City Commission, and has participated in The Studios at MASS MoCA (North Adams, MA), Pigment Sauvage “La Track'' residency in Montreal, Quebec-Canada, and the Artist Retreat at Salmon Creek Farm. In the spring of 2025, Benitez will be participating in a residency at La Fábrica (El Salvador) and showcasing work at Casa 510 (SV) and RipSpace (LA, CA).
Artist Statement
Let Us Compare Origins is a series of paintings that began in 2019, marking a new chapter in my artistic journey after my studies at the Maryland Institute College of Art. After exploring various mediums, I returned to painting with a fresh perspective, blending abstract and figurative elements to create works that reflect both process and meaning. These paintings combine different styles and techniques, illuminating the dynamic relationship between abstraction, figuration, textures, and mixed-media techniques.
About the Gallery
The Tuttle Gallery is the premiere display space for student and professional art exhibitions. Each year, the Tuttle Gallery features exhibits of original works by McDonogh students, alumni, and visiting artists whose work has been displayed nationally. Located on the third floor of the Edward St. John Student Center, the Tuttle Gallery is open during school hours. The gallery holds extended hours for exhibit openings. Dave Radford is Director and Curator.
The Tuttle Gallery, opened in 1980 as a memorial to Stiles Ewing Tuttle, was originally located in Lyle Building. Longtime Art Department Head E. Carey Kenney, who passed away in 2012, was its first curator.