Resume EXHIBITIONS: April/May 2015 Group Exhibition: “Stephen Bennett, Artist in Residence” Tahiti, French Polynesia Le Meridien Tahiti, Punaaui, French Polynesia May/June 2014 Solo Exhibition: Level 3 Rotunda “Faces of Light” Macao, China Venetian Macao, Macao SAR, China November 2013 Group Exhibition: Art San Diego, “Collide” San Diego, California Balboa Park Activity Center, San Diego, CA November/December 2012 Solo Exhibition:”Stephen Bennett, Artist in Residence” New York, New York Barrow Street Nursery, Greenwich House, NYC, USA September 2012 Solo exhibition: “Papua New Guinea to Tibet” Toledo, Ohio The Wolfe Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA. December/March 2011 Solo exhibition: “Faces of the World” Dubai, United Arab Emirates Atlantis Hotel, The Palm Jumeriah, Dubai, UAE October/November 2010 Solo exhibition: “World Portraits & the UN Postage Stamps”. New York, New York 1133 Avenue of Americas/Durst Organization, New York, NY, USA. December 2009 Solo exhibition: Selected Portraits from “Uniting Humanity”. Dubai , United Arab Emirates The Arch Gallery, Repton School, Dubai, UAE. January 2009 Solo exhibition: “Uniting through Faces ”. New York, New York United Nations, New York, NY. USA. October 2008 Solo exhibition: “The Africa Prize, Women of Achievement, ”. New York, New York Sponsored by The Hunger Project. New York, USA. October 2008 Solo exhibition: “South East Asia and Back ”. Toledo, Ohio Wolfe Gallery, Toledo Ohio. USA. September 2008 Group show, “Between Worlds: PTSD and Other Effects of War” Davis, CA Chancellor’s International House, Davis, CA. USA.

July 2008 Solo show, “Friends and Family: Portraits” Red Bluff, CA Red Bluff Art Gallery, CA. USA. May 2008 Solo exhibition: “Kinship” New York, New York 4 Times Square/Durst Organization, New York, NY. USA. March/April 2008 Solo exhibition: “Kinship” Brooklyn, New York Lobby Gallery/Durst Organization, 1155 Ave. of Americas, New York, NY. March 2008 Solo exhibition: “Face Out” Brooklyn, New York Elliman Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY. USA. November 2007 Solo exhibition: “Face to Face, Uniting Humanity” Santa Monica, CA James Grey Gallery, Santa Monica, CA. USA.

August 2007 Solo exhibition: “Into Their Eyes” Brooklyn, New York Planet Thailand, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York. USA. July 2007 Group Show: “Indigenous Exhibit” New York, New York United Nations Headquarters, New York. USA. July 2006 Solo exhibition: “Portraits of My World” Kuching, Malaysia Sarawak Museum, Kuching, East Malaysia. May 2006 Solo exhibition: “Portraits of the World” Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Empire Hotel and Country Club, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. April 2004 Solo exhibition: “Portraits of Australia and Namibia” Toledo, Ohio The Wolfe Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA. February 2004 Solo exhibition: “Portraits of the World” Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Empire Hotel and Country Club, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. December 2002 Solo exhibition: “portraits” New York. New York South Street Seaport Mall Gellery, New York, USA. July 2002 Solo exhibition: “Portraits of Tanzania, Namibia and the Seychelles” Arusha, Tanzania Cultural Heritage Centre Gallery, Arusha, Tanzania, Africa. October 2001 Solo exhibition: “Portraits of Tanzania and the Seychelles” Toledo, Ohio The Wolfe Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA. June 2001 Solo exhibition: “Portraits of Tanzania and Seychelles” Mahé, Seychelles National Art Gallery, Mahé, Seychelles. October 2000 Solo exhibition: “The Treasures of Polynesia” Toledo, Ohio 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA. July 2000 Solo exhibition: “The Treasures of Polynesia” Papeete, Tahiti City Hall Gallery, Papeete, French Polynesia. August 1999 Solo exhibition: “A Portrait of the Americas” Toledo, Ohio 20 North Gallery, Toledo, Ohio, USA. March 1999 Solo exhibition: “The Portrait Painter” Cancun, Mexico The Contemporary Gallery, Plaza Kulkulcan, Cancun, Mexico February 1998 Solo exhibition: “In the Light of the Yucatan” Cancun, Mexico 100 % Natural Restaurant, Cancun, Mexico. April 1997 Exhibition with Denis Thuleau: “Women in Film” New York, New York Benefit exhibition for AMFAR, Puck Building Gallery December 1996 Solo portrait exhibition: “The Spirit of Panama” Panama City, Panama Atlapa Convention Center, Panama, Republic of Panama. November 1996 Group show: “Portraits of Panama” Panama City, Panama Bernheim Gallery, Panama, Republic of Panama. May 1996 Group exhibition for National Museum of Women in the Arts New York, New York The Puck Building Gallery, New York, USA. March 1996 Solo portrait exhibition: “L'habitation” St-Martin Le Meridien, St. Martin, French West Indies. September 1995 Six Murals for American Express at the World Financial Center: New York, New York “Portrait of New York” October 1994 Two man show: “Denis Thuleau and Stephen Bennett” Paris, France Procrear, Theater-Galerie: Le Lavoir Moderne Parisien.

May 1994 Solo portrait exhibition: “Flower Self-Portraits” Olympia, Oregon Wild Thyme Farm Gallery March 1994 Solo portrait exhibition: “My Friends” Isla Mujeres, Mexico Casa de Cultura June 1993 Group exhibition: “Salon Show” New York, New York Annie Heron Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, USA. July 1992 Solo exhibition: “Most Wanted,” Mixed Media Works, Smitco Gallery New York, New York

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EDUCATION: 1982 Schenectady County Community College, Fine Art 1983 Russell Sage College, Fine Art 1984 State University of New York at New Paltz, Fine Art Art Apprentice 1985 to 1988

BIOGRAPHY: Born in Amsterdam, New York on August 6, 1961. Lives in New York City and Pennsylvania.