Ben Langwieder is a painter interested in mythology, architecture, non-traditional architectural histories, and personal encounters with the built environment. Exploring what can happen when these subjects meet the indefinite qualities of paint, he hopes to reveal truths about lived experience of the contemporary built environment, calling attention to the growing rift he sees between people and the spaces they inhabit.
His paintings often incorporate ambiguous spatialities, perspectively precarious support structures, and facsimiles of construction materials and their decay. Using found materials scraped from various surfaces and other visual and textural references to buildings and spaces, they communicate the quiet yet visceral presence of architecture in our lives. His subjects are adrift from their sources, often folded into the material reality of paint as much as they are representations. They emerge out of memories, his photo archive, or as stumbled-upon-bits of larger research projects.
Based in Montréal, Ben Langwieder holds a BFA in Painting and Drawing (with Great Distinction) from Concordia University, where he was awarded the Guido Molinari Prize in Studio Arts. He has exhibited work across Canada, including in Montréal, Kitchener and Guelph.
