About Benjamin
Benjamin Larose is a Québécois artist and Professor, Adjunct at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, SAIC. Larose holds a Master of Fine Arts in Fashion, Body and Garment from SAIC and a Bachelor of Media Arts from Emily Carr University in Vancouver, Canada.
Since coming to Chicago in 2014, Larose was the recipient of the New Artist Society Scholarship and the RumChata Foundation Fellowship. In 2017-18, Larose participated in the BOLT residency program at the Chicago Artists Coalition. He subsequently presented three solo exhibitions in two years, including a solo booth at EXPO Chicago 2018. In 2019, Larose was named Breakout Artist by Chicago’s NewCity Magazine. The same year, he won second prize in Miami University’s Young Sculptors Competition.
His work was also presented in several group exhibitions across the Midwest at venues such as 6018|North, Ralph Arnold Gallery, Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois State Museum Art Gallery, Hiestand Gallery, Lubeznik Center and John Michael Kohler Art Center.
In 2021, Larose was awarded a generous grant from the Canada Council for the Arts, CCA for the creation of his first performance project: NOT AMERICAN. CCA is among the most prestigious awards for Canadian artists. NOT AMERICAN completed a successful premiere run at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater in 2023 and was followed by a second successful run at The Den Theatre in 2024. In November 2024, the Canadian premiere for NOT AMERICAN was held in Montreal, Canada as a showcase during the biennial CINARS Conference.
