BEN GARDNER
BEN is an artist, writer, and musician. He started drawing on bowling score pads that his parents brought home from their league, obsessing over Commander Markโs drawing show โThe Secret Cityโ when he was young. His recent work combines medieval illuminated manuscripts and his interest in folklore, superstition, myth, and storytelling.
Gardner coordinates university student experiences at the Eskenazi Museum of Art in Bloomington. Previously he taught drawing at Drake University and comes from a long line of educators and farmers. He publishes books as Adorcist Books, zines through Theurgical Studies Press, and makes dungeon synth music as ASURTA. He lives with his spouse and two children in Bloomington, Indiana.
See more: Ben Gardnerโs Visionary Artwork Joins The FolkArtwork Collective
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Sacred Files // Ben Gardner$500.00 -
Built False World // Ben Gardner$400.00 -
“Shadow Stories #5” by Ben Gardner // Faces In The Crowd$225.00 -
“Shadow Stories #3” by Ben Gardner // Dust Pop-Up!$225.00 -
“Should I Say When?” by Ben Gardner // Faces In The Crowd$200.00 -
“Book of Exiles #2” by Ben Gardner // Faces In The Crowd$200.00 -
“Shadow Stories #4” by Ben Gardner // Faces In The Crowd$200.00 -
Ben Gardner // Shadow Stories #2 (Enough, The Slow Extinction)$200.00 -
“Shadow Stories #1” by Ben Gardner // Dust Pop-Up!$200.00 -
“Book of Sundays #4” by Ben Gardner // Faces In The Crowd$200.00 -
“Book of Sundays #3” by Ben Gardner // Faces In The Crowd$200.00 -
Ben Gardner // Book of Sundays #2$200.00 -
Ben Gardner // Sketch for Exiles #2$100.00 -
Ben Gardner // Sketch for Exiles #1$100.00
About the FolkArtwork Collective
Not only can you shop original work from this great artist, thereโs much more where that came from! It brings me great pleasure to introduce the FolkArtwork Collective โ a phenomenal group of self-taught and contemporary emerging artists from across the globe.ย Jackie Bradshaw,ย Esteban Whiteside,ย Sarah Lee, andย Noel Hatfieldย are the first artists to bring original artwork directly to the FolkArtwork web store on bothย FolkArtwork.art/shopย and directly onย Instagram. I am very pleased to also addย Reneesha Mccoy,ย Jordan Sullivan,ย Gabrielle K Brown,ย Christopher Bame,ย Max Kuhn,ย Ben Gardnerย and in 2024,ย Melody Jean Moulton,ย Dinah Hanson-Carrillo,ย Lindsay Carraway,ย Kathy Edwards Hayslett,ย Lorena Eliasen,ย Mike Combs, andย James Ashย to the collective. More artists art continuing to join in 2025 including Des Moines ownย Alexandre Shiffer,ย Lesley Miserablesย from London, and contemporary visionary artistย Linda DiLeva.
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