Based between Piscataway and Nipmuc lands (Worcester, MA/ Baltimore, MD), James Benoit has been working professionally in photo since 2018, alongside practices in videography and writing. Experienced in both digital and analog techniques, their work is mainly nonfiction-based with a focus on the politics around control and façades, subculture, malleable identity, and archaeology. James recently completed their BFA studying photography, film, and art history at the Maryland Institute College of Art.

They are currently available for commission work, freelance and long-term- arrangements can be made by email at
jrbenoit1@icloud.com.

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EDUCATION

Wachusett Regional High School ‘20

Maryland Institute College of Art (Photography Major, Film/Video and Art History double minor) ‘24


PUBLICATIONS


2019

The Echo Vol. 64 (photos)

2020

The Echo vol. 65 (photos)

2021

Exit Wound (self published edition, photos/writing)

2022

Out Front Magazine (photo contributor)

https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/a-fandom-tail-the-furry-community-unites-freedom-with-fantasy/


EXHIBITIONS

2017-2020: Wachusett Reg. HS Kaleidoscope Show (Holden, MA)

2019, 2020:  MAEA Youth Art Month Show, State Transportation Building, (Boston)

2021:

WE ARE EVERYWHERE,  Fox 2 Gallery (Baltimore)

Remote Viewing, MICA Wilgus Gallery (Baltimore)

2022:

Undisclosed Resource: HORROR SHOW (online)

Primo e Ultimo: The Body in Photography, Main Zero Gallery (Baltimore)

2023:

The Love Exhibition (Lenscratch) (online) 

MICA Juried Undergraduate Show (finalist), Decker Gallery (Baltimore)

2024

By Night All Cats are Gray - Mar 1-23, Gateway Gallery (solo) (Baltimore)

UNVEILING VISIONS - Wilgus Gallery (Baltimore)

Y - May 1-10, Main Zero Gallery (solo) (Baltimore)

2025

ROOM PARTY - Bunker Projects (Pittsburgh)

https://bunkerprojects.org/the-wildness-of-living-in-truth-room-party-furry-art-at-the-beginning-of-the-world/

https://artillerymag.com/furry-artists-will-remake-the-world/

https://doorgallery.neocities.org/articles/23-Room-Party-Fandom-Contemporary-Art-and-the-Marginalization-of-Animist-Practice



AWARDS


2020

MICA Creative Vision Award

MICA Presidential Scholarship

Fanny B. Thalheimer Memorial Scholarship

2021

Jessie Koch Jones Memorial Scholarship

2022

MICA Photo Departmental Recognition Scholarship

2023

MICA Photo Departmental Recognition Scholarship

Evergreen House Foundation Scholarship

2024


Software Knowledge

Adobe InDesign

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe Audition

Adobe Premiere Pro

Adobe Lightroom


Final Cut Pro

Da Vinci Resolve

Procreate

Silverfast 8

Google Suite (Spreads, Docs, Slides, etc..)

MS Office Suite

Mac OS X

Windows 10/11

CMS release software- various

HARDWARE KNOWLEDGE


DSLR/Mirrorless Digital Cameras - Photo and Video setups - Canon, Nikon, Sony

35 mm Film- Minolta, Canon, Nikon, Fuji, et al

Traditional Darkroom Development, (B/W, C-41)

Tethering software (CaptureOne)

EPSON Perfect Line Scanners (V850 Professional)

16 mm Motion Picture Film (H16 Bolex, et al)

Analog Film Editing (Steenbeck Machine, MOVISCOP, various Splicers, etc)

AV systems (various)

Field Recording/ Foley (Zoom recorders, Boom and wireless lapel mic systems, field mixing)

Linocut / Risograph processes

Screenprinting processes - coating, printing

Wet Plate Collodion processes

Film and Still (strobe) lighting systems - Westcott, Profoto, et al

Professional Movie Cameras - Sony FX line, Canon c200