I’m Benjamin Kress, an artist based in Brooklyn, New York. I do fabrication, art-direction, and illustration.

Areas of special focus include fine-art production for artists and fabrication of miniature props, puppets, and sets for stop-motion animation and still photography.

I also have an art practice, which you can view more of at www.benjaminkress.com or through Callicoon Fine Arts, the gallery that represents my artwork in New York City.

I’m available for freelance or extended projects, working on-site or out of my Brooklyn studio. Feel free to get in touch about your project!

CLIENTS:

Production Companies: Brand New School, Buck, Curious Pictures, Edelman Digital, Factice, Hornet, Inc., The Mill, Passion Pictures, Po-town Pictures, Prop Art, Studio 6 

Artists:  Matthew Barney, Frank Benson, Glen Fogel, Robert Gober, Anthony Goicolea, Lucy Raven, Phoebe Washburn, Randy Wray

Brands: Airwick, Alli, Amazon, AMTV, Benadryl, Chobani, Citroen, Cyramza, El Jimador, ESPN, Facebook, The Food and Drug Administration, Frooti, Google, International Delights, JC Penney, Jo Malone, Kellogg’s, Krystexxa, Landrover, LG Electronics, Liberty Mutual, McDonalds, MTV, Nutrilite, Ontario Power Generation, Oreo, Opening Ceremony, Playdoh, PNC Financial Services, Redbull, Starbucks, Stouffer’s, T Galleria, Tim Hortons, Toyota, Viacom, Visa, Wells Fargo

TV, Film & Video: MTV’s “Celebrity Deathmatch” (2000-2001), Bjork’s “Crystalline” directed by Michel Gondry and Peter Sluszka (2011), Bat for Lashes’ “Lilies” (2012) directed by Peter Sluszka, The Moones’ “Better Energy” directed by Peter Sluszka (2012), Todd Haynes’ “Wonderstruck” (2016)

EDUCATION

Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT, MFA 2004

The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY, BFA 2000

École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France, Exchange Program, 1998