Bio
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An artist, curator, and educator, Ben Rak was born in California, in the United States, and is presently working and living in Sydney, Australia, where he is Curator at Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
Rak holds a BFA in printmaking (2008) with first-class honours (2009) and an MFA (2013), both from the University of New South Wales. Rak has also curated touring exhibitions themed around the use of print process as a metaphor, as well as exchange exhibitions with institutions such as The School of The Art institute of Chicago (USA) and Indus Valley School of Art & Design (Pakistan).
Rak is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of New South Wales, where he is examining the phenomenon of ‘passing’ as a condition in both social life and art practice. He is interested in the capacity for the print to act as a metaphor for contested identities and the agency afforded to the print when it passes as another medium.
Rak holds a BFA in printmaking (2008) with first-class honours (2009) and an MFA (2013), both from the University of New South Wales. Rak has also curated touring exhibitions themed around the use of print process as a metaphor, as well as exchange exhibitions with institutions such as The School of The Art institute of Chicago (USA) and Indus Valley School of Art & Design (Pakistan).
Rak is currently undertaking a PhD at the University of New South Wales, where he is examining the phenomenon of ‘passing’ as a condition in both social life and art practice. He is interested in the capacity for the print to act as a metaphor for contested identities and the agency afforded to the print when it passes as another medium.