Martin Benson is a visual artist, podcast host, and explorer of consciousness.  Through his artistic practice, he explores ways to express questions about deeper levels of reality. Inspired by sacred geometry and esoteric symbolism, his paintings embody his own contemplative practices and the experiences within them. Reconciling the tension between the earthly and the transcendent, his pieces act as visual koans for both the artist and the viewer.  

 

Martin is also the host of the Podcast “Concerning The Spiritual In Art” where he dialogues with other artists around topics related to spirituality, consciousness, and the creative process.  Benson received his MFA from the University of New Orleans and his BA at the University of Southern California.   Martin also is a yoga and meditation teacher at Wild Lotus Yoga in New Orleans.

 

Martin has exhibited all over the United States. He has had his work exhibited at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, the Contemporary Arts Center (LA), the New Orleans Museum of Art, amongst others.  Benson’s works are in many private collections as well as in the permanent collections of the New Orleans Hillel Center,  New Orleans Children’s Hospital, New York Presbyterian, MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the University Medical Center, New Orleans.