Ben Aqua is a multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. Born in Brooklyn, New York, their visual work has been exhibited internationally and published in Rolling Stone, NPR, NYLON, SPIN, NME, Flaunt, Bloomberg Businessweek, OUT, ARKITIP, XLR8R, Beautiful/Decay, Rhizome, Hi-Fructose, and Fecal Face. Their music has been featured by Interview, The Creators Project, Mad Decent, DFA, VICE, Dummy Mag, FACT, Modular, URB, BUTT, and Opening Ceremony.
Selected Press
“[Ben Aqua] embodies the online underground’s attitude and approach” -Resident Advisor
“[Ben Aqua’s Resident Advisor Podcast] is a creative, enjoyable blend of … boundary-free dance oddness.” -FACT Magazine
“Ben Aqua set the net ablaze with his Resident Advisor podcast, a celebration of cute club intensity from all over the clouds.” -The FADER
“[Ben Aqua’s Dark, Dark Day is] totally #future, in a totally hyper-relational way, and yes, it is totally something you’ll have stuck in your head for the rest of the day.” -The Creators Project
“[Ben Aqua] holds it down for an international network of social media-savvy digital natives, and it’s not unusual to see friends in any major city wearing his iconic NEVER LOG OFF shirt, or sporting a [#FEELINGS] sticker on their laptop.” -VICE Thump
“Praised in equal turns for his visual and musical works, [Ben Aqua]’s peculiar style is both high energy and refreshingly difficult to define.” -Interview
“[Ben Aqua is] one of the most uniquely gifted photographers in [Texas]” -D Magazine
“Ben Aqua’s presence in both music and the visual arts has been simultaneously on the rise and he is a true Texas original.” -D Magazine
“From his musical projects … to his complicated relationship with popular culture and the Internet, to his color-saturated and visually over-stimulating photos, it’s clear that [Ben] Aqua is unlike anybody else you’ve ever met. [He is] not from this planet.” -Bleach
Clients
SPIN Magazine / Bloomberg Businessweek / BBC / Flaunt Magazine / DFA Records / Matador Records / Polyvinyl Recording Co. / NME / SXSW / NYLON Magazine / NEON Magazine Germany / Zach Feuer Gallery / The Blanton Museum of Art
Contact
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