Jason Benson (born 1987, Baltimore) received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2009 and was the co-director of Important Projects in Oakland from fall 2009 to summer 2014. He has recently exhibited works at Balice Hertling (Paris, France), Ellis King (Dublin, Ireland), Bodega (New York), fused space (San Francisco), Bureau (New York), Springsteen (Baltimore), 321 Gallery (Brooklyn), TG (Nottingham, United Kingdom), Lodos (Mexico CIty, Mexico) and Queer Thoughts (Chicago). He lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia where he is the co-director of Species Gallery.