Meet the Artist
Ben
Bui
aka. BENJII, Painting
“A storm is but a thousand winds. Such moments pass by fleetingly and yet we often find ourselves embedded in our own reluctance. With this body of work, “fear” no longer arises because of uncertainty – rather, disquietude becomes a catalyst for voyaging.Angel In The Storm undermines themes of fear and reluctance from uncertainty and restraint in our relationship with one another but more importantly, with ourselves. The urge to fight longing, the hesitation to usher the words – why do we feel the need to flee yet simultaneously embrace before an inescapable storm? In pursuing neo-noir narratives he brings forth hyper-romanticized imageries that examines the intricacies of memories and fiction.The winds will commence violently, but they too can be alleviating. After all, such dramatic extremes between alleviation and affliction render them near indistinguishable. Like an angel in the vortex of a storm, what is dangerous can be alluring, and what is vicious can be a reckoning...”

BENJII (Ben Bui | B. 2004 Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam) is a fine artist currently based in Toronto, Canada. Working in an illustrative style of figurative art with oil painting, he questions the notions of restraint and uncertainty through neo-noiristic lenses that play on the subtle intricacies within memories and fiction.
Painting
2024, 'THE OPERA' - Solo Exhibition
2104 Dundas St. West, Toronto.
2023, First Grant
Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation
2022, Helen Eisen Scholarship
OCAD University
