Benjamin Jurgensen

Ben Jurgensen earned a BFA in Fine Art from the Corcoran College of Art & Design and an MFA in Sculpture + Extended Media from Virginia Commonwealth University. He has held faculty positions as assistant professor at Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar and as visiting assistant professor at The University of Texas at Austin. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and has been reviewed in Art Papers, Sculpture Magazine, The Washington Post, Artnet, and The Washington City Paper among other publications. He is a recipient of RISD’s John R. Frazier Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 2023, he started July Bicycles, where he designs and manufactures custom carbon fiber bicycles.