ARTIST'S BIO

Ben Trinh is a recent graduate of School of Visual Arts as a Master of Fine Art in Illustration. He currently resides in Brooklyn, where he makes art, throws a good barbecue, and occassionally wonders what his life would have been like had he chosen to be a doctor.

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"Name’s Ben Trinh. Born in Arkansas, raised in Memphis, Tennessee. Should you find suspect the anomaly of an Asian man repping the Dirty South, you wouldn’t be the first. Also, I’m an Eagle Scout, have only been dumped twice, and will throw beer bottles at you if provoked. Most importantly, I draw pictures. What I’ve learned from all these years, I certainly didn’t learn from any classroom, nor from earning a Bachelor's of Science degree in Psychology and a Bachelor's of Art degree in Fine Art from Tulane. No sir, I have learned by simply doing –drawing everyday, all the time. Sinatra once stated that he was sorry for all the non-drinkers in the world, because when they woke up in the morning that was as good as they were going to feel all day. This, in my experience, rings true for most things."

excerpt from THESIS STATEMENT : 02.13.04