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Our super talented visual display designer Ben (he's also our resident office ukulele serenader) is having his first solo show at the Honfleur Gallery in Washington D.C. from March 4th - April 8th and we couldn't be more proud.  In case you didn't know, he's the creative force behind some of our most famous window displays (the uber-popular flying cats, the space reindeers and the holiday puffins), so we're not surprised others have taken notice of his talent.

Titled "TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS AS PAINFUL AS IT SEEMS", his show is curated by art blogger The Jealous Curator and anyone who's in D.C. at that time should definitely check it out!  Maybe you'll be lucky enough to get your hands on one of his pieces. 

We had a chat with Ben to find out what he had to say about his upcoming show.

"My goal is to create a body of work that instigates reflection and dialogue, while maintaining my own artistic voice," he says.  "Text is an essential part of my art practice."  For this show, he's used materials such as back painted plexiglass, aluminum panels, inlaid wood veneer, glitter, sprinkles, watercolour and gold leaf text on glass for his phrases.  The show also doesn't stay within the confines of the gallery space. "Spending time in the community and the gallery is an important aspect of the exhibition. The final work in this exhibition is vinyl text, which will expand beyond the gallery and be applied, guerilla-style, to abandoned storefronts.  It's about taking art outside into the real world."

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