Ben Marlowe is originally from Santa Fe, New Mexico and began his art career as a street artist in Brooklyn, NY. He received his MFA from California College of the Arts in 2013, and is now working as a motion graphics designer and editor based in LA. His clients include Adobe, IMDb, and Stones Throw Records.
Beyond editing, animating and illustrating, he works in printmaking and experimental film. His films have received international awards, and his work has been included in competitive and curated shows at festivals, museums, and galleries around the world. Including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Jewish Contemporary Museum and The Las Vegas Film Festival.
He currently creates animated segments for NPR Snap Judgment’s LIVE shows.
Highlighted Exhibitions & Screenings
- Featured artist - Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
Contemporary Jewish Museum: From Generation to Generation: Inherited Memory and Contemporary Art - 2016-2017
- Featured artist in the The Yud Video Project
- Stephen and Mirabelle Leavitt Gallery - San Francisco, CA
- Featured artist in permanent installation
- Santa Fe, NM
8th Annual Las Vegas Film Festival - 2015
- “The Red” was featured and awarded "Best Wildcard"
-Las Vegas, NV
"Facets of Figuration," XXXX Magazine, Metropolitan Museum of Art - 2011
-"Self Portrait" was featured
-New York, NY
“The Untitled Fashion Film” Video Installation, Cannes 65th Film Festival, VIP Rooms - May 25, 2012
-”Self Portrait” was featured
- Cannes, France,
“Carte Blanche” Visionairs Gallery Paris - January 28 – February 10, 2010
- “Self Portrait” was featured
-Paris, France
“Soiree au Louvre” Benefit for the Louvre Museum at the French Embassy Cultural Center - 2010
-"Self Portrait" was featured
-New York, NY
“London Fashion Shorts” Machine-A Gallery - February 2010
-"Self Portrait" was featured
-London
“Best of XXXX Magazine” Big Screen Plaza - Daily Screenings July 2010 - Sept 2012
-"Self Portrait" was featured
-New York, NY
SoCal Creative & Innovative Film Festival - 2015
- “The Red” was featured and awarded "Best Original Soundtrack"
and nominated for "Best Experimental Film."
-Los Angeles, CA
Oregon Independent Film Festival - 2015
- The Red was featured and awarded "Best Experimental Film"
-Portland, OR
- The Red was featured
-San Francisco, CA
International Film Festival of Cinematic Arts - 2013
- The Red was featured
-Los Angeles, CA
- The Red was featured
-Brookings, SD