BEN BUSWELL
![Threshold (No Harm Done) (detail), 2018 hand embellished Lambda print 29.5 x 19.75 inches private collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1556225140236-B96H3GGZRK33JQ6FBAY5/Buswell-Threshold%28With_No_Harm_Done%29_detail-675x1200.jpg)
![Threshold (No Harm Done) , 2018 hand embellished Lambda print 29.5 x 19.75 inches private collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1556225147025-533T6LLN69SBKP7X4NZP/Buswell-Threshold%28With_No_Harm_Done%29-1000x663.jpg)
![Neither Lines of Power nor Cooperation , 2018 hand embellished Lambda print 19.75 x 29.625 inches private collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1556225131791-WRQLPDSXUG4IICO5IHN2/Buswell-Neither_Lines_of_Power_nor_Cooperation-653x1000.jpg)
![An Asymmetry (A Pilgrim's Progress) (detail), 2018 hand embellished Lambda print 29.5 x 18.75 inches](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1556225000699-XCDQM32AKJNFQO1QSLBR/Buswell-An_Asymmetry%28A_Pilgrim%27s_Progress%29-detail-675x1200.jpg)
![An Asymmetry (A Pilgrim's Progress) , 2018 hand embellished Lambda print 29.5 x 18.75 inches](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1556225022374-IMMZAO2M4JY9UMECBBBS/Buswell-An_Asymmetry%28A_Pilgrim%27s_Progress%29-1000x635.jpg)
![Celilo Split , 2018 hand-embellished Lambda prints (diptych) 30 x 40 inches private collection](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1524183973618-KDKAV1IVWXQL230BPO4I/BuswellB-CeliloSpit-700x933.jpg)
![Untitled (Clatsop Spit Fold) , 2018 hand-embellished Lambda prints (diptych) 24 x 36 inches](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1524185520920-ELQIPK81PXB8OKFLTHH2/BuswellB-Untitled_ClatsopSplitFold-700x1050.jpg)
![Untitled (Fold 1) , 2018 hand-embellished Lambda prints (quadriptych) 8 x 12 inches](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1524183867216-4OHTXZXKJONQTEYZ5ONI/BuswellB-Untitled_Fold1-800x1067.jpg)
![Untitled (Fold 2) , 2018 hand-embellished Lambda prints (quadriptych) 8 x 12 inches](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1524183871209-L3KMEPG7D7WGSQPN0Z9U/BuswellB-Untitled_Fold2-800x1067.jpg)
![I Do Not Belong to the Sky (Disc) , 2015 embellished Lambda photograph 49 x 49 x 4 inches (framed)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1532462414820-O2Q7I9YPHVLZ0RVZHVD2/BuswellB-IDoNotBelongToTheSky_Disc.jpg)
![Arbiter (Iris) (detail), 2016 paper, dry transfer letters and mylar](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609370427-9AWJTMAXHA57P9RYJMN1/BuswellB-ArbiterIris-detail-1-1200x675.jpg)
![Arbiter (Iris) , 2016 paper, dry transfer letters and mylar 29.25 x 29.25 x 5 inches (74 x 74 x 12.7 cm)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609368833-IZI537QLPKPH1I9740NX/BuswellB-Arbiter%28Iris%29-490x940.jpg)
![Arbiter (X) , 2016 paper, dry transfer letters, mylar 22 x 22 x 4 inches (56 x 56 x 10 cm)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609369194-P3RL9BZPDZYR953VYLTR/BuswellB-Arbiter%28X%29-1200x675.jpg)
![Horizon No. 7 , 2014 embellished Lambda photographs and frame 32 x 31 x 4 inches (81 x 79 x 10 cm)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609367839-UBAFRF0YHQWAAQXD5UZQ/BuswellB_HorizonNo7.jpg)
![Horizon (Mother) , 2015 Lambda photographic prints, frame (diptych) 49 x 49 x 8 inches (124.5 x 124.5 x 20.3 cm) (each) collection of the Portland Art Museum](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609339531-VIQLYDT2GEJKYJVFV8QX/Buswell_HorizonMother_web.jpg)
![Horizon No. 10 , 2016 embellished Lambda photograph, paint, frame 12.5 x 16.5 x 3 inches (31.75 x 42 x 7.6 cm)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609396858-ITXPONOJZETTXP6HJBZE/BuswellB-Horizon10-1000x782.jpg)
![Event No. 7 (detail), 2016 embellished Lambda photograph (quadriptych)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609399247-UK8NAHI75G0SEZMHO692/BuswellB-EventNo7-detail.jpg)
![Event No. 7 , 2016 embellished Lambda photograph (quadriptych), paint, frame 16.25 x 24.25 x 3.5 inches (41.3 x 61.6 x 8.9 cm)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609371315-8CG2KZV6KG7WE600ZEF7/BuswellB-EventNo7-1000x692.jpg)
![Companion No. 1 , 2016 embellished Lambda photograph and paint 24 x 24 x 3 inches (61 x 61 x 7.6 cm)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609368950-R3JP3DVKPV0RL48508XF/BuswellB-1200x678.jpg)
![Closed Mouth (Columbia) (detail), 2015 embellished map and paint image courtesy The Art Gym](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609338949-N1IKBOL6QUBHIPO2NPWY/Buswell_ClosedMouth-detail.jpg)
![Closed Mouth (Columbia) , 2015 embellished map and paint 13 x 18 x 2.5 inches (33 x 46 x 6.5 cm) Image courtesy The Art Gym](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609338846-F6KP2134B7HFZP4L7KUM/Buswell_ClosedMouth.jpg)
![Untitled (Story) , 2015 cast paint and photographs 9 x 56 x 8 inches (23 x 142 x 20 cm) Image courtesy The Art Gym](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609347290-LYALJWUXLPDS5VJ231UN/Buswell_Untitled-Story_web.jpg)
![I Do Not Belong to the Sky (Horizon) , 2015 embellished Lambda photographs (diptych), custom posts variable size](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52587ea4e4b0cb8571500ead/1508609398580-MCXIG9V27GYVCBN30XPR/IDNBTS-full.jpg)
Ben Buswell (b. 1974 in Dallas, Oregon) is an artist based in Portland, Oregon. Buswell's sculptural work spans diverse media, encompassing ceramics, metals, resins, incised photographs and more. He subjects these materials to physical processes (such as scratching, piercing, melting and tearing) wherein the of accumulation small, repetitive gestures build into a complex whole.
Buswell received his MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison and BFA from Oregon State University. Buswell received a 2018 Individual Artist Fellowship from the Oregon Arts Commission, a Hallie Ford Fellowship in the Visual Arts (2015) and a is two-time recipient of the Career Opportunity Grant from the Oregon Arts Commission and Ford Family Foundation (2014 and 2011). In addition to Upfor, notable solo exhibitions were held at Samuel Freeman in Los Angeles, CoCA Seattle, The Art Gym at Marylhurst University and TILT Gallery and Project Space in Portland. His work was included in Portland2012: A Biennial of Contemporary Art presented by Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, and The Oregon Biennial at the Portland Art Museum (2006). Collections that house his work include that of Jan and Patricia de Bont and the public collections at Portland Community College, Rock Creek and the Collaborative Life Sciences Building at Oregon Health and Science University.
Ben Buswell was recently featured in OPB’s Oregon Art Beat program.