This week we speak live with Ben Barnhart an artist who works in several mediums and will shortly be opening a solo show at Aurora Boutique & Gallery. Tune in to WXOX 97.1 FM/Artxfm.com Thursdays at 10 am to hear Artists Talk with LVA.
Ben Barnhart is 43 years old and considers himself a Louisville native even though he wasn’t born here. He graduated from DuPont Manual’s visual arts program and then spent his 20s and 30s moving around the country pursuing an art education as well as a career in tattooing. He is now in his 20th year as a professional tattoo artist and is more inspired than ever to create.
Ben mostly tattoos in American traditional, large-scale Japanese, and abstract tattoos that don’t really fit into a specific genre. His creative life outside of tattooing involves painting, illustration, mixed media collage, and 3D assemblages.
Fragmentation: A Solo Art Show By Ben Barnhart opens at Aurora Gallery & Boutique on July 22, 6 - 10 pm.