Benjamin Junta lives and works in Los Angeles, California.  A graduate of Occidental College in Los Angeles, his artistic studies began with Squeak Carnwath at the University of California, Davis, as well as at Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT. 

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His early works were largely influenced by Mark Rothko and Richard Diebenkorn, and later by his study with the painters Wolf Kahn at The Santa Fe Art Institute (in the Hans Hoffman tradition of "push-pull"), Bernard Chaet, and the teachings of Charles Hawthorne and Henry Hensche as studied at the Cape Cod School of Art in Provinctown, MA.  He also studied at The Vermont Studio Center with the British painter John Walker, as well as with American still life painter William Bailey. 

 

He has exhibited on the East Coast, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Los Angeles, CA, Santa Barbara, CA, as well as at Stanford University and other locations in Northern California.  Recently, He has exhibited his paintings with Hale Arts Space in Santa Monica, CA,  the Palos Verdes Art Center in Palos Verdes, CA,  Siren 6500 in Hollywood, CA,  SPACE Arts Center in South Pasadena, CA, Resin Art Space in Hermosa Beach, CA and with Serena and Lily - www.serenaandlily.com.  His next show will be with The Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA - Summer 2023. His work is in both private and corporate collections.

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