Sadie Benning creates experimental videos, performances, and wall-mounted works that blur the distinctions between painting, drawing, sculpture, and photo collage. The material hybridity of Benning’s work speak to a continued desire to foreground ambiguity as an important aspect of making artwork. Benning is still the youngest artist to have ever been included in a Whitney Biennial, in 1993 at the age of 19. That earliest work was made using a PixelVision video camera to make highly scripted videos that explored the aesthetics of editing and the performance of sexuality and gender. Benning’s practice evolved from these first-person narratives, to hand-drawn animations, to wall works that defy definition as either painting or sculpture, and sequential installations incorporating found and created images and found objects. In their most recent work, Benning returns to the formal and conceptual framework of time-based media, often creating quasi-narrative sequences of wall works, similar to the animated frames of their previous work in video.
Sadie Benning was born in 1973 in Madison, WI, and lives and works in New York. Their work is in many important public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; the Whitney Museum of American Art; and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris. Important solo exhibitions include Pain Thing, Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH; Shared Eye, Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL, and Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland; and Play Pause at the Dia Foundation for the Arts, New York; the Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Their work Shared Eye was installed in Surrounds: 11 Installations at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, when it re-opened in 2019. Benning’s work has also been included in Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon, New Museum, New York; Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany; and the 2013 Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA. They are one of the founding members of the iconic band Le Tigre.
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "Overtures." This artwork was created in 2023-2024 and measures 26" x 35" [HxW] (66.04 x 88.9 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sadie-Benning_BEN950_1724371013-1024x732.jpg)
“Overtures,” 2023-2024
“Overtures,” 2023-2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
26" x 35" [HxW] (66.04 x 88.9 cm)
Inventory #BEN950
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Greg Carideo
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "Earring." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 29" x 22" [HxW] (73.66 x 55.88 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sadie-Benning_BEN971_1724371021-768x1024.jpg)
“Earring,” 2024
“Earring,” 2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
29" x 22" [HxW] (73.66 x 55.88 cm)
Inventory #BEN971
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "12 x 16, E." This artwork was created in 2023-2024 and measures 12" x 16" [HxW] (30.48 x 40.64 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sadie-Benning_BEN958_1724371028-1024x732.jpg)
“12 x 16, E,” 2023-2024
“12 x 16, E,” 2023-2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
12" x 16" [HxW] (30.48 x 40.64 cm)
Inventory #BEN958
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Greg Carideo
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "Covenant." This artwork was created in 2023-2024 and measures 44" x 59" [HxW] (111.76 x 149.86 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sadie-Benning_BEN942_1724371095-1024x732.jpg)
“Covenant,” 2023-2024
“Covenant,” 2023-2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
44" x 59" [HxW] (111.76 x 149.86 cm)
Inventory #BEN942
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Greg Carideo
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "Shared." This artwork was created in 2024 and measures 26" x 21" [HxW] (66.04 x 53.34 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sadie-Benning_BEN969_1712362526-768x1024.jpg)
"Shared", 2024
“Shared,” 2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
26" x 21" [HxW] (66.04 x 53.34 cm)
Inventory #BEN969
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "Love." This artwork was created in 2023-2024 and measures 44" x 59" [HxW] (111.76 x 149.86 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Sadie-Benning_BEN944_1715472091-1024x732.jpg)
"Love," 2023-2024
“Love,” 2023-2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
44" x 59" [HxW] (111.76 x 149.86 cm)
Inventory #BEN944
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Greg Carideo
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "The long speed coming." This artwork was created in 2023-2024 and measures 44" x 59" [HxW] (111.76 x 149.86 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Sadie-Benning_BEN945_1712362549-1024x732.jpg)
"The long speed coming", 2023-2024
“The long speed coming,” 2023-2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
44" x 59" [HxW] (111.76 x 149.86 cm)
Inventory #BEN945
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Greg Carideo
![This image depicts an artwork by Sadie Benning titled "Ambidextrous." This artwork was created in 2023-2024 and measures 33" x 27" [HxW] (83.82 x 68.58 cm). Its medium is Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache.](https://vielmetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Sadie-Benning_BEN941_1724371186-768x1024.jpg)
“Ambidextrous,” 2023-2024
“Ambidextrous,” 2023-2024
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
33" x 27" [HxW] (83.82 x 68.58 cm)
Inventory #BEN941
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Jeff McLane

“Untitled (cut-out),” 2022
“Untitled (cut-out),” 2022
Acrylic gouache on paper
15" x 11 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (38.1 x 28.58 cm); 16 ¹⁄₂" x 14" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (41.91 x 35.56 x 3.81 cm) Framed
Inventory #BEN903
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox

“Untitled (cut-out),” 2022
“Untitled (cut-out),” 2022
Acrylic gouache on paper
15" x 11 ¹⁄₄" [HxW] (38.1 x 28.58 cm); 16 ¹⁄₂" x 14" x 1 ¹⁄₂" [HxWxD] (41.91 x 35.56 x 3.81 cm) Framed
Inventory #BEN902
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Brica Wilcox

“Untitled 4,” 2019
“Untitled 4,” 2019
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
59" x 80" [HxW] (149.86 x 203.2 cm)
Inventory #BEN858
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Untitled 9,” 2019
“Untitled 9,” 2019
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
53" x 71" [HxW] (134.62 x 180.34 cm)
Inventory #BEN863
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Untitled 11x16 (VV),” 2019
“Untitled 11x16 (VV),” 2019
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
11" x 16" [HxW] (27.94 x 40.64 cm)
Inventory #BEN849
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Untitled 1,” 2019
“Untitled 1,” 2019
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
53" x 71" [HxW] (134.62 x 180.34 cm)
Inventory #BEN855
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“M,” 2018
“M,” 2018
Wood, acrylic paint, aqua resin, photographic transparencies and resin
38 x 31" [HxW] (96.52 x 78.73 cm) overall dimensions
Inventory #BEN737
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Blow Up #17,” 2018
“Blow Up #17,” 2018
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
70 x 52.5" [HxW] (177.8 x 133.35 cm)
Inventory #BEN640
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Blow Up #19,” 2018
“Blow Up #19,” 2018
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
59 x 44.25" [HxW] (149.86 x 112.4 cm)
Inventory #BEN642
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Sunset 16,” 2016
“Sunset 16,” 2016
Wood, casein, acrylic gouache, and aqua resin
38 x 54" [HxW] (96.52 x 137.16 cm)
Inventory #BEN477
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Blow Up #22,” 2018
“Blow Up #22,” 2018
Wood, aqua resin, casein, and acrylic gouache
59" x 44 ³⁄₄" [HxW] (149.86 x 113.67 cm)
Inventory #BEN645
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Protest,” 2016
“Protest,” 2016
Wood, Digital photograph, acrylic paint, photograph, 3D object, penny
23.5 x 23.5" [HxW] (59.69 x 59.69 cm)
Inventory #BEN390
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Chris Austin

“Bedroom,” 2016
“Bedroom,” 2016
Wood, Digital photograph, acrylic paint, fabric, 3D object
51 x 69 x 4.5" [HxWxD] (129.54 x 175.26 x 11.43 cm)
Inventory #BEN435
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Shared Eye (Sequence 5),” 2016
Casein, acrylic, aqua resin, wood, digital images, photographs and found materials
10.5 x 8.25" [HxW] (26.67 x 20.96 cm)
Inventory #BEN412
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin
“Shared Eye (Sequence 5),” 2016
Casein, acrylic, aqua resin, wood, digital images, photographs and found materials
10.5 x 8.25" [HxW] (26.67 x 20.96 cm)
Inventory #BEN412
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Shared Eye (Sequence 14, Panel 39),” 2016
“Shared Eye (Sequence 14, Panel 39),” 2016
Casein, acrylic, aqua resin, wood, digital images, photographs and found materials
39.38 x 78.75" [HxW] (100.03 x 2.03 cm)
Inventory #BEN433
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Untitled, telephone drawing,” 2015
“Untitled, telephone drawing,” 2015
Medite, aqua resin, casein and acrylic gouache
97.375" H x 61.25" W (247.33 cm H x 155.57 cm W)
Inventory #BEN175
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Untitled, telephone drawing,” 2015
“Untitled, telephone drawing,” 2015
Medite, aqua resin, casein and acrylic gouache
97.375" H x 61.25" W (247.33 cm H x 155.57 cm W)
Inventory #BEN172
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photocredit: Chris Austin

“Red Maze Monochrome,” 2014
“Red Maze Monochrome,” 2014
Medite, aqua resin and casein
75" H x 51" W (190.5 cm H x 129.54 cm W)
Inventory #BEN116
Courtesy of the artist and Vielmetter Los Angeles
Photo credit: Robert Wedemeyer
- 1973
- Born in Madison, WI
- Lives and works in New York, NY
- 1997
- MFA, Milton Avery School of Art at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Selected Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
- 2024
- "The Touch, the Amulet and the Saltation," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2023
- "Intangible cigarette," Air de Paris, Romainville, France
- 2022
- "Face on earth," Kaufmann Repetto Milano, Milan, Italy
- 2021
- "This is Real," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020-2021
- "Blow ups," Kaufmann Repetto Milano, Milan, Italy
- 2020
- "Pain Thing 2," Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
- "Pain Thing," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH (Link)
- 2018
- "Sleep Rock," Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (Link)
- 2017
- "Blinded by the Light," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- "Shared Eye," Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland (Link)
- 2016
- "Green God,” Callicoon Fine Arts and Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
- “L'oeil de l'esprit,” Air de Paris, Paris, France (Link)
- "Shared Eye," Renaissance Society, Chicago, IL (Link)
- “Excuse Me Ma’am,” Kaufmann Repetto, Milan, Italy (Link)
- 2015
- "Fuzzy Math," Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Culver City, CA
- 2014
- "Patterns," Callicoon Fine Arts, New York, NY
- 2013
- "War Credits," Callicoon Fine Arts, New York, NY
- 2011
- "Transitional Effects," Participant Inc., New York, NY
- 2009
- "Play Pause," The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- 2008
- "Play Pause," The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
- 2007
- "Form of... a Waterfall," Orchard Gallery, New York, NY
- "Play Pause," Dia Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY
- "Sadie Benning: Suspended Animation," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
- 2005
- "Sadie Benning's Early Pixelvision Videos," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 2004
- "Sadie Benning Retrospective Series," Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2025
- "go to the limits of your longing," Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, NY
- 2024
- "Place des Vosges," Paris, France
- 2023
- "Perpetual Portrait," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2022
- "Plants Now!" Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2021
- "20 Years," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2020
- "Ways of Being," Landmarks (online)
- "100 Drawings from Now," The Drawing Center, New York City, NY
- "Don’t let this be easy," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 2019-2020
- "Surrounds: 11 Installations," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (Link)
- "The Body Electric," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; traveled to Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
- 2019
- "The Light Touch," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- “Kiss My Genders,” Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK
- "Inaugural Exhibition," Vielmetter Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- 2017
- “Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon,” New Museum, New York, NY (Link)
- “Press Your Space Face Close to Mine,” curated by Aaron Curry, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
- 2016
- “Figurative Geometry,” curated by Bob Nickas, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
- “A Shape That Stands Up,” curated by Jamillah James and organized by Hammer Museum, Art + Practice, Los Angeles, CA
- "Certain Skins," James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
- “Making & Unmaking,” curated by Duro Olowu, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK
- 2015
- Greater NY, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
- "Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age," Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
- "The Painter of Modern Life," Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- "Watch This! Revelations in Media Art," Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C.
- 2014
- "Pictures, Before and After - An Exhibition for Douglas Crimp," Galerie Buchholz, Berlin
- "Readykeulous by Ridykeulous: This is What Liberation Feels Like," Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, MO
- "Groupshow," Christian Lethert Galerie, Cologne, Germany
- 2013
- "Macho Man, Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault," Artists Space, New York, NY
- "2013 Carnegie International," Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
- "NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star," New Museum, New York, NY
- "Sadie Benning, Thomas Kovachevich, Dona Nelson," Callicoon Fine Arts, New York, NY
- "Tell It To My Heart: The Collection of Julie Ault," Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
- 2011
- "DANCE DRAW," The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Boston, MA
- "Paper A-Z," Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY
- "cinq tranges album de famille," Le Bal, Paris, France
- "Reflection Abstraction," curated by Dean Daderko, Vogt Gallery, New York, NY
- 2010
- "OFF Series, Part II," Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- "Love on Film," Parasol Unit Foundation for Contemporary Art, London, England
- "Benning, Kobayashi, Linzy," Centre de Cultura Contemporania, Barcelona, Spain
- 2008
- "Annual Report: A Year in Exhibitions," 7th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
- 2007
- "Animated Painting," San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
- 2006
- "MoMA: American Documentary: 1920s to Now," Taiwan International Documentary Festival, Taipei, Taiwan
- 2005
- "Bidibidobidiboo," Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
- "To Die of Love (Voluntary Permanence)," Museo Universitario de ciencias y arte, Rome, Italy
- 2004
- "Building Identities," Tate Modern, London, UK
- 2003
- Womens International Film Festival, Seoul, Korea
- "Remembrance + the Moving Image," Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
- Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
- "Video Viewpoints: A Selection From the Last Decade," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- "Image-Movement Cinematheque," Taipei, Taiwan
- 2001
- "Big as Life: An American History of 8mm Film," Museum of Modern Art, NY, San Francisco Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA
- Videonale 9 Festival, Bonn, Germany
- 2000
- Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
- "MoMA 2000: Open Ends," Modern and Contemporary Art Since 1980, Museum of Modern Art, NY
- "Presumed Innocent," Monsiur le Maire de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
- 1999
- "Loves Body," Tokyo Museum of Photography, Tokyo, Japan
- "Videodrome," New Museum, New York, NY
- 1998
- Rotterdam International Film Festival, Holland
- New York Video Festival, Film Society of Lincoln Center, NYC
- "Message to Pretty," Threadwaxing Space, NYC
- Seoul International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Korea
- 1996
- "Scream and Scream Again: Film in Art," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, UK
- 1995
- Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, Tokyo, Japan
- 1994
- "Videotheque: Video Text," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 1993
- Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY Venice Bienniale, Venice, Italy
- "Sadie Benning," Film Forum, Los Angeles, CA
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- 1992
- New Queer Cinema Panel, Sundance Film Festival, Park City, UT
- "Videorama: A Celebration of International Video Art," New York Film Festival, NYC
- Berlin International Film Festival, Berlin, Germany
- 1991
- Amsterdam International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, The Netherlands
- "Sadie Benning," Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
- "Sadie Benning Videos," Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
- "Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center," Screening, Buffalo, New York
Videos
- 2013
- War Credits (16 minute loop, single channel black and white video, sound)
- 2012
- In Parts (28min., single channel black and white video, sound)
- 2011
- Old Waves, Record One (30min., single channel black and white video)
- Old Waves, Record Two (30min., single channel black and white video)
- 2006
- Play Pause (29:21, two channel video installation from hard drive, color digital video/drawings on paper)
- 2003
- One Liner (5:07, installation, black & white video/ Pixelvision, sound)
- The Baby (5:40, installation, color digital video/ drawings on paper)
- 1999
- Aerobicide, co-director, Kathleen Hanna (5:00, color digital video)
- Le Tigre, recorded with Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman (vinyl & cd) 1998 Flat is Beautiful (56:00, v black & white video/ Pixelvision, 16mm, and Super 8)
- 1995
- German Song (6:00, black & white video/ super 8 film)
- The Judy Spots (12:30, color video/ 16 mm film)
- 1992
- Girl Power (15:00, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
- It Wasnt Love (19:06, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
- 1991
- A Place Called Lovely (13:40, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
- 1990
- Jollies (11:18, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
- Welcome to Normal (20:00, color video/ Hi 8)
- If Every Girl Had a Diary (8:56, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
- 1989
- Living Inside (5:06, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
- Me & Rubyfruit (5:31, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
- A New Year (5:57, black & white video/ Pixelvision)
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- 2024
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- 2022
- Piepenburg, Erik. "The Day New Queer Cinema Said: Let’s Do This," The New York Times, January 22 (Link)
- 2021
- Hurriyet Daily News Staff. “Sadie Benning films at Pera online,” Hurriyet Daily News, March 9 (Link)
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- 2020
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- 2018
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- 2017
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- 2016
- "Best in Show 2015," Artillery, January - February (Link)
- Boucher, Brian, “VIDEO: What’s Really Cool at the 2016 Armory Show?” artnet news (web), March 4
- Korman, Sam, “Armory Show and Independent,” art agenda (web), March 4
- Indrisek, Scott, “10 Must-See Booths at the Armory Show,” Blouin ArtInfo (web), March 3
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- 2015
- Myers, Terry R., Sadie Benning: Fuzzy Math, The Brooklyn Rail, February 5
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- Zellen, Jody, Sadie Benning: Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Artillery, March (Link)
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- Edmark, Alison, Top 5: January 7, 2015, Glasstire, January 7
- Treilhard, Marieke, Art & Culture: Politics in the Abstract, Angeleno Magazine, February
- Miranda, Carolina, Datebook: Cuba photography, a Fictional TED Talk, Chicano Portraiture, Los Angeles Times, January 8
- Pagel, David, Review: Sadie Benning, Fuzzy Math, at Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects, Los Angeles Times, January 23
- Osborne-Bartucca, Kristen, Review: Sadie Benning, ArtScene, February
- 2014
- Zevitas, Steven, 15 Artists to Watch in 2015 (+3), Huffington Post, December 16
- Smith, Roberta, The Paintbrush in the Digital Era: The Forever Now, a Survey of Contemporary Painting at MoMA, The New York Times, December 11
- Sadie Benning at Callicoon Fine Arts, The New Yorker, October 13
- Smith, Roberta, Sadie Benning Patterns at Callicoon Fine Arts, The New York Times, October 10
- Durbin, Andrew, Review: Sadie Benning, Artforum, October 2
- Johnson, Paddy, Recommended Shows Pt3: Sadie Benning, Patterns, Art Fag City, September 24
- Weaver, Rachel, Carnegie Internationals Success Keeps it as One of Pittsburghs Art Gems, Trib Live, April 15
- Rich, Sarah, 2013 Carnegie International, Artforum, January
- Yates, Christopher, 2013 Carnegie International, The Columbus Dispatch, January 5
- 2013
- Bryant, Eric, The Breakout Art Stars of 2013, Artspace, December 27
- Russeth, Andrew, 2013 Carnegie International Acquisitions Announced, The Gallerist, December 16
- Benning, Sadie. Recording Notes, Art In America, May
- Smith, Roberta, Global Extravaganza, but on a Human Scale: The Carnegie International Keeps Its Survey Small, The New York Times, October 10
- Smith, Roberta. Art in Review. Sadie Benning: War Credits, New York Times, May 3
- Russeth, Andrew, A Playground in Pittsburgh: The 2013 Carnegie International Is a Quiet Triumph, The New York Observer, October 8
- Marcus, Sara. Sadie Benning: Callicoon Fine Arts, Artforum.com. May 6
- Stamp, Elizabeth, The 2013 Carnegie International Opens in Pittsburgh, Architectural Digest, October 4
- Barliant, Clair. Sadie Benning, The New Yorker, April 29
- Benning, Sadie, Top 10, Artforum, Summer
- Mack, Joshua, Exhibition Reviews, Sadie Benning: War Credits, Art Review, Summer
- McCemont, Doug, The Next Most Collectible Artists: Sadie Benning, Art + Auction, June
- 2012
- Jones, Kristin M., Sadie Benning, Frieze, January - February
- 2011
- Kukielski, Tina. Transitory States (Interview with Sadie Benning), Mousse, December
- Hirsch, Faye. Jigsaw Paintings: Sadie Benning at Participant, Art in America, October
- 2009
- Smith, Roberta. Play Pause, Animating the Everyday Sublime, New York Times, April 30
- 2007
- Cooke, Lynne. Best of 2007, Artforum, December
- ONeill Butler, Lauren. Sadie Benning: Orchard, Artforum, December
- Hirsch, Faye. A Day in the Life, Art in America, September
- Howe, David Everitt. Former Le Tigre Members Stuttering Sexuality, Village Voice, September 25
- Bryan-Wilson, Julia. Flat Out: Sadie Benning, Artforum, January
Group Exhibition Catalogues and Books
- 2019
- Sadie Benning: Shared Eye. Texts by Solveig Øvtebo, Elena FIlipovic, Christine Mehring, and John Corbett. Renaissance Society and University of Chicago Press, Chigago, IL (exh. cat)
- 2018
- Sadie Benning: File Note. Texts by Leopoldine Core, Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (exh. cat)
- 2017
- Burton, J., and Bell, N. (2017). Trigger: Gender as a Tool and a Weapon. Pg 28-31. New Museum.
- 2016
- Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting, Phaidon, London, UK
- 2013
- 2013 Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (exh. cat)
- 2007
- Sadie Benning: Suspended Animation. Wexner Center for the Arts/ D.A.P. (exh. cat)
Awards, Grants and Fellowships
- 2005
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- 2003
- Wexner Center for the Arts, Visiting Artist Residency Award
- 2000
- National Alliance for Media Arts & Culture Merit Award
- 1999
- Andrea Frank Foundation Fellowship
- 1994
- Grande Videokunst Prize, Kahrlsrule, Germany
- 1993
- Film/Video Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation for the Arts
- Midwest Regional Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts
- 1992
- Los Angeles Film Critics Award, Best Independent/Experimenta
Public Collections
- Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
- Assocazione Culturale, Bologna, Italy
- Beit Berl College, Kfar Saba, Israel
- British Film Institute, London, UK
- Brown University, Providence, RI
- Castello Di Rivoli, Museu DArte Contemporanea, Rivoli/Torino Italy
- Center for Arts, Neuchatel, Switzerland
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Chungmuro Subway Station, Seoul, Korea
- Duke University, Durham, NC
- Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
- Fundacio la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
- Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
- Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
- Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
- Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- Museum D'art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Museum of Modern Art, NY
- Nagoya Multimedia Institution, Nagoyashi, Japan
- National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
- New York University, NY
- Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
- Projects/NRW Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany
- RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
- Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- Tapies Foundacion, Barcelona, Spain
- University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain
- Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
- Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
- Yale University, New Haven, CT