Education – Aja Blanc
2006 MA – Art and Design Education, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2003 BA – Art History, The University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Education – Ben Blanc
2004 MFA – Furniture Design, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2001 BA – Visual Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Selected Exhibitions
2024 “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL
2024 “NYC Design Week” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2024 “Group Exhibition” – Hollace Cluny, Toronto, Ontario, CA
2023 “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL
2023 “HPIX Group Exhibition” – Seoul, KR
2023 “NYC Design Week” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2022 “Kingdom for a Horse” – The Future Perfect, New York, NY
2022 “Design Miami” – The Future Perfect, Miami, FL
2021 “Group Exhibition” – Amorphie Uni, Suzhou, CN
2020 “Provenanced” – TRNK, New York, NY
2020 “Reflections” – Triode, Paris, FR
2020 “Collectible” – Sight Unseen, Brussels, BE
2020 “Casa Perfect 3.0” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA
2019 “New Work by Ben & Aja Blanc” – Salon Boston, Boston, MA
2018 “New Work by Ben & Aja Blanc” – 3.1 Phillip Lim, New York, NY
2018 “A New Breed” – Salone, Milan, IT
2018 “Casa Perfect” – The Future Perfect, Beverly Hills, CA
2017 “OFFSITE” – Sight Unseen, New York, NY
2017 “ICFF” – Javits Center, New York, NY
2017 “Casa Perfect” – The Future Perfect, Los Angeles, CA
2016 “WILD” – Maison & Objet, Paris, FR
2016 “Architectural Digest Show” – New York, NY
2015 “RISD Faculty Biennial” – RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
2015 “OFFSITE” – Sight Unseen, New York, NY
2014 “OutPost / Swarovski” – The Providence Hidden Gem Project, Providence, RI
2013 “Risk & Certainty in Uncertain Times” – Curated by John Maeda, Milan, IT
2012 “The Exchange” – AS220 Project Space, Providence, RI
2012 “Copper in a Box” – Musée Des Arts Et Métiers, Paris, FR
2012 “Copper in a Box II” – Design Museum Triennale di Milano, Milan, IT
2012 “Cade Tompkins Projects” – Bridgehampton, NY
2011 “A Product of Design” – Scion Installation L.A., Culver City, CA
2011 “Ben Blanc” – Louis Boston Project Space, Boston, MA
2011 “RISD Faculty Biennial” – RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI
2010 “CITE Goes America” – CITE Gallery, New York, NY
2009 “Model Citizens–ICFF” – Exit Underground Gallery, New York, NY
2009 “RISD Faculty Biennial Exhibition” – Chace Center Galleries, Providence, RI
2007 “Operation Arctic Hare” – Edith Gallery, Köln, Germany
2007 “Material Culture, Contemporary American Design” – Max Lang Gallery, New York, NY
2007 “Coming of Age Continued” – Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio
2007 “Coming of Age Exhibition” – WoodTurning Center, Philadelphia, PA
2006 “Input/Output” – Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, New York, NY
2006 “NY Living Spaces (ICFF)” – Supreme Trading Company, Brooklyn, NY
2005 “Altoids/Living Spaces (ICFF), Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 “Salone Internazionale del Mobile” – Salon Satellite, Milan, IT
2004 “Traces, Restaurant Design” – Salone, Milan, IT
2004 “Emerging Artists” – Reside Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Group Exhibitions
2014 Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan, CT
2014 GreenSpace, TFG, Warwick, RI
2013 “WANTED” – Off-site ICFF, New York, NY
2013 “artMRKT Hamptons” – Cade Tompkins Projects, Bridgehampton, NY
2012 “Welcome Home Quad Cities” – ArtsCenter Gallery, Rock Island, IL
2012 “Bigger-Glorious Objects” – Jamestown Art Center, Jamestown, RI
2010 “Seeing Through Lines” – Simms Gallery, Providence, RI
2010 “Studio 308” – Mercantile Gallery, Providence, RI
2010 “World’s Apart” – Art Space Gallery, New Haven, CT
2008 “Concentric” – Art Space Gallery, New Haven, CT
2008 “CWOS” – Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, CT
2008 “ICFF” – Javits Center, New York, NY
2005 “Providence Fine Furnishing” – Convention Center, Providence, RI
2004 “Faux Real” – Providence, RI
2003 “Fidelity Investments All Media” – Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
Teaching – Aja Blanc
Adjunct Faculty – Furniture Design Department, Graduate Thesis Seminar, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Adjunct Faculty – Teaching and Learning in Art and Design, Museum Practicum: Object Based Learning, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2017-present RISD Guest Critic
Teaching – Ben Blanc
2022-2015 Graduate Thesis Studio, Furniture Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2016-2009 Design for Production, Furniture Department / Interdepartmental Course, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2013 Gifted by RISD, Academic Affairs Department / Interdepartmental Course, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2012 Graduate Thesis 1st Year + Thesis Year, Furniture Design Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2012 Professional Practice, Furniture Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
2011 Senior DP Studio, Furniture Design Department, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI