EDUCATION

2007 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Mount Allison University, Sackville NB

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018 Eavesdroppings, Yukon Riverside Arts Fest, Dawson City YT
2017 Mediocre Oracle #2: Ouijajaja, (S)hiver Winter Arts Festival, Dawson City YT
2016 Mediocre Oracle: Vaganza, Yukon Riverside Arts Fest, Dawson City YT
2016 Short-shift, Shiftwork Studios, Fredericton NB
2015 Bennie Allain and Friends, Hammock House, Vancouver BC
2014 The Buffet; Bennie Allain and Amanda Balestreri, Thunder & Lightning, Sackville NB
2014 New Paintings by Bennie Allain, FRED., Halifax NS
2013 Come hang, Struts, Sackville NB
2013 Stoopidols, Plan B, Halifax NS
2012 The Royals, Muse Artspace, Charlottetown PE
2011 Dozenstumbling, Galerie Sans Nom, Moncton NB
2010 One-night stand, La Petite Mort, Ottawa ON
2010 Daze Parlour, The Guild, Charlottetown PE

RESIDENCIES

2014 Hammock Residency, Hammock House, Vancouver BC
2013 Basement Works, Struts Gallery, Sackville NB
2010 24 HAM, Eastern Edge, St. John’s NL

GRANTS AND AWARDS

2010 Travel Grant, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council
2009 Production Grant: Emerging Artist, Prince Edward Island Arts Council

COMMISSIONED WORK

2017 The River Paddlers, Author:Ron Caldwell, Herman Publishing, illustrations.
2017 Citizen's Ban(ne)d Radio, WHOOP-Szo, Out of Sound Records, album artwork.
2016 In the Whiteout, Cellarghost, album artwork
2015 The Devil's Out Tonight, Drake Adams and the Sticky Bandits, album artwork
2015 Northern Lies, Sun K, Maple Music Recordings, album artwork.
2014 One Big Happy Family, Mike Trask and the Precious Memories, album artwork
2014 Blue Valley, John Richard, album artwork.
2013 Pickin' N Clickin', Gordie MacKeeman and His Rhythm Boys, album artwork.
2013 Songs for Searchers, Andrew James O'Brien, album artwork.

SELECTED MEDIA

2017 8 Tarot Predictions for Art's Future, Canadian Art.
http://canadianart.ca/features/8-tarot-predictions-arts-future/

2016 A Fortune Isn't A Future: Bennie Allain's Tarot Deck, Canadian Art. http://canadianart.ca/features/fortune-not-future-bennie-allain-new-brunswick-tarot/

2013 Mike Trask and Benjamin Allain mesh old photos with new canvases, The Coast. http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/mike-trask-and-benjamin-allain-mesh-old-photos-with-new-canvases/Content?oid=3792897

2012 Art, Medium Roasted – Bennie Allain’s coffee-spill paintings, Directed by John Pollack. http://vimeo.com/71922012

PUBLICATIONS

2016 Mediocre Oracle: Cards of Fortune by Bennie Allain: 78 Tarot cards
2015 What a bunch of cards! 100 sets of 52 hand-cut digital prints of 52 original paintings