Colette Bender is an artist based in New York, NY with a practice that primarily focuses on oil painting. She grew up in Marblehead, Massachusetts and first began oil painting at twelve years old. Through her youth she was taught by Debrah Freeman-Highberger and Jack Highberger at the Acorn Gallery School of Art.
Bender received her BFA in painting and art history from Pratt Institute in May of 2024 and curated a solo exhibition as part of her thesis. She has been in as well as organized several group shows.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 playthings - Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Transfigured - Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Manimal Farm - Steuben Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023 Very Scary - Pratt Studios, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Lost + Found: Pratt Junior Painters - MFTA Gallery, Queens, NY
2019 Exit Ticket - Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
2019 Youth & Student Art - Marblehead Festival of the Arts, Marblehead, MA
AWARDS
Merit Scholarship; Pratt Institute - 2020-2024
National Art Honors Society - 2018-2020
Regional Honorable Mention, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards - 2018
