| Benji Straus | |
| Born 5th January 1971 in Paris. | |
| 1987 | E.S.A.G. PEMMINGHEN Academy (Ecole Supérieure d' Art et d' Architecture intérieure). |
| 1988 | Moved to New York. |
| 1988-1992 | F.I.T.
University (Fashion Institute & Technology), department of Fine Arts and illustration. |
| 1989 | Jewellery at the SoHo Gallery of Alex Streeter. |
| 1990 | Painting exhibitions in New York at "Cast-Iron" and "Green Street Gallery". |
| 1991 | In partnership
with Alex Streeter, in New York. Creation of the Jewellery Company under his name “benji”. His theme is the human body using faces, body parts and torsos in designs. From that time, he started doing “live” painting performances in art galleries, night-clubs and restaurants, such as, “The Tunnel”, in New York and “Les Bains-Douches”, in Paris, painting on canvas in the middle of the crowd. |
| 1992 | He joins the Arts Students League of New-York. |
| 1997 | He discovers Thailand. Seized by a passion for the Sacred Art of this country, he gradually becomes an expert. He divides his time between Thailand and the U.S.A.( New York) where he exhibits rare pieces. |
| 2004 | Exhibition of paintings and drawings at the "Bratsera" in Hydra, Greece. |
| 2006 | Exhibition of paintings and drawings at the TP. Pantazidis Gallery, in Athens, Greece. |
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