Ben Hammond Fine Art
About
Artist’s Statement
Some of my deepest feelings have a hard time being articulated through words, so I create art. I hope that the viewer can sense what is most important to me when they see my work. Each piece is deeply personal, yet hopefully speaks with a universal language. I try to create images that are beautiful, uplifting, and relatable.
Although I am a representational artist, realism is always secondary to the composition and design of my work. I want whatever I create to be engaging visually, regardless of the subject matter.
Biography
Ben was born in 1977. He was raised in the rural town of Pingree, Idaho, where his love for art was nurtured from the time he was a small boy. He studied art at Ricks College graduating with a degree in Illustration.
Ben’s sculptures have been included in many juried shows throughout the country, and he has been the recipient of numerous awards. In 2021 he was awarded third place in Sculpture at the ARC International Salon. In 2019 he was awarded third place in Imaginative Realism at the ARC International Salon. In 2018 he was awarded first place in sculpture at The Portrait Society of America’s 20th annual International Portrait Competition. Ben was selected to compete in The National Competition for Figurative Sculpture where he was awarded the prestigious Charlotte Geffken prize in 2010 and 2011. For three consecutive years (2008-2010) he was awarded the Dexter Jones Award for his work in bas-relief from the National Sculpture Society.
Ben is also a talented portrait artist and since 2007 has completed more than 50 portrait busts for the Pro Football Hall of Fame. His works have found permanent homes in collections, both public and private, throughout the United States. He is currently working on 4 multi-figure monumental compositions for Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. In 2022 he completed a multi figure over-life-size monument, that stands over sixteen feet high, for ICCU’s financial campus in Pocatello, Idaho. In 2020 He completed an 8 foot monument of Martha Hughes Cannon which was eventually installed and unveiled in the U.S. Capitol in 2024. In 2018 he completed a multi figure over-life-size veterans memorial for Bingham County, Idaho. In 2017 he completed a multi figure, over-life-size Monument for the Utah Women’s Walk. From 2011 through 2015 he completed five large sculptures for the Healing Gardens of the Methodist Women’s Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Ben has taught sculpture workshops throughout the United States and is an elected Fellow of the National Sculpture Society and a Signature Member of the Portrait Society of America .