Book Signing with Heather Benjamin & Tara Booth
Presented by Steven Kasher Gallery
Date & Time:
Thursday, September 8, 2022
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location:
Booth C07
Join artists Heather Benjamin and Tara Booth on the fair’s Opening Evening as they double-sign their books (Cavegirl Monologue and Diary Comics) in Booth C07.
Heather Benjamin (b. 1989, New York) received her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design. She has mounted solo exhibitions at Muddguts (NYC), These Days (LA), Commune (Tokyo), the Hessel Museum of Art at Bard (NY), New Image Art (LA), Underdogs (Lisbon), and Bim Bam Gallery (Paris). Selected group exhibitions include Jeffrey Deitch (LA), Andrew Edlin (NY), Invisible Exports (NY), Mana Contemporary (NJ), Freight + Volume (NY), Over The Influence (Hong Kong) and Hashimoto Contemporary (SF). She has curated group shows at Andrew Edlin (NY), New Image Art (LA), and 182 Ave C (NY). Benjamin has also been self-publishing zines and artist books of her work since 2008. She lives and works in New York City.
Tara Booth is an Ignatz Award winning comics artist, painter, and textile designer from Philadelphia. She studied painting at Tyler School of Art and has had work printed in various publications including the New York Times, Vice, and Best American Comics. She has had solo exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art and MTN Gallery (Palm Beach), and exhibited widely in group shows. Her books include Things to Do Instead of Killing Yourself (Floating World Comics, 2019) and Nocturne (2dcloud, 2018). She is well known for her content on Instagram, where she has over 136K followers.