Born 1974, Dunwoody, Georgia, GA
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA

Education

2008 MFA California Institute of the Arts, CA
1998 MA Anthropology, University of Florida, FL
1996 BA University of Georgia, GA

Solo Exhibitions

2014
Clifton Benevento, New York, NY

2012
Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA

2011
Clifton Benevento, New York, NY

2010
Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, CA

2008
The Cult of the Adam: Shapeshifters & Gatekeepers, D301 Gallery, Valencia, CA

2006
More Than a Passing Fancy, D300 Gallery, Valencia, CA

Group Exhibitions

2012
All I Want is a Picture of You, Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
To Live and Paint in LA, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA

2011
3348 Hours of Sunshine, Clifton Benevento, New York, NY

2010
Hauntology, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
Contemporary Topics in Modern Painting, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA

2008
Some Young Los Angeles Artists, Cardwell Jimmerson Contemporary, Culver City, CA
Mini Market, Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
We Want a New Object, curated by Christine Y. Kim and Malik Gaines, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
I-Dentity, UMKC Gallery, Kansas City, MO

2007
Recent Work, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GLAMFA, CSULB, Long Beach, CA
(A)Mine, Stevenson Blanche Gallery, Valencia, CA
Exquisite Acts & Everyday Rebellions, Valencia, CA
The Juice is Loose, 507Rose, Venice, CA
Connectivity: Across Time – Across Earth, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA

2006
Front & Center, Advocate and Gochis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Great Indoors, sideSPACE, Pasadena, CA
Random Perspectives, Red House, Venice, CA

2005
Evidence of Things Unseen, G825 Bergamot Annex, Santa Monica, CA

Bibliography

2014
Anja Isabel Schneider, “Visit Miller Updegraff, Clifton Benevento, New York,” Kaleidoscope online, February 17
Ara H. Merjian, “Miller Updegraff, Clifton Benevento,” Artforum online, January 22

2012
Ed Shad, “Miller Updegraff, Michael Benevento,” Art Review, December, p.132/133
Andrew Berardini, “Miller Updegraff, Michael Benevento,” artforum.com, October  19

2011
Michael Wilson, 3348 Hours of Sunshine, Artforum.com, April 5

2010
Amelia Sechman, “Hauntology,” TBWeekly, October 10
Nancy Ewart, “Hauntology at the Berkeley Art Museum,” Examiner.com, September 3
Jennifer Modenesi, “Haunting works at the Berkeley Art Museum,” Contra Costa Times, August 20
Danielle Samaniego, “Hauntology: Berkeley Art Museum,” The San Francisco Chronicle, July 29, p13
Haley Hosman, “BAM Conjures the Ghost of ‘Hauntology’,” Daily Californian, July 15
Christopher Knight, “Photos, paintings, get blurred,” Los Angeles Times, April 16
Michael Buitron, “Miller Updegraff,” Continued and Recommended, Artscene, April
Ed Schad, “The Paintings of Miller Updegraff,” Artslant.com, March 15
A. McLean Emenegger, Flavorpill, March

2009
A. McLean Emenegger, “Seventeen Artists You Should Know About,” THE Magazine, September, p8

2007
The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 16, p15

2005
Davi Pagel, “A pattern to his patternlessness,” Los Angeles Times, July 8

Anja Isabel Schneider, “Visit Miller Updegraff, Clifton Benevento, New York”. Kaleidoscope online. February 17, 2014.
PDF OF REVIEW

Ara H. Merjian, “Miller Updegraff, Clifton Benevento”. Artforum online. January 22, 2014.
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A. Moret, “Miller Updegraff”. Installation Media & Magazine. April 2013.
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Ed Shad, ”Miller Updegraff, Michael Benevento”. Art Review. December 2012, p.132/133.
PDF OF REVIEW

Andrew Berardini, “Miller Updegraff, Michael Benevento”. Artforum.com. October  19, 2012.
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Christopher Knight, “Art review: Miller Updegraff at Michael Benevento Gallery”. L.A. Times.  April 16, 2010.
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Ed Shad, “The Paintings of Miller Updegraff”. ARTSlant. March 15, 2010.
PDF OF REVIEW

CLIFTON BENEVENTO / 11.19.11 – 12.23.11