Ben Bloch is an artist working in the west between Montana and Utah. His practice is grounded in landscape painting, often experimenting with the tensions and possibilities of new technologies in dialogue with the natural world, traditional materials, and the human experience. In the past he made up half of the art duo Goatsilk with Caroline Peters.

Bloch’s landscape paintings are inspired by the spaces of the Rocky Mountain West. Constructed from a combination of memory and close observation, he combines formal spatial techniques with his own brand of modern expressionism. Bloch’s landscapes are designed to highlight both the material qualities of paint and the many beauties and tensions of the modern landscape—a landscape continually altered by new infrastructures such as roads, fences, and homes.

contact: benibloch@gmail.com