Ben Aqua is a photographer, YouTuber, and multidisciplinary artist based in Austin, Texas. Born in Brooklyn, their work explores themes of queer identity, intersectionality, the avant-garde, and technology. Ben's visual work has been exhibited internationally and published in Rolling Stone, NPR, SPIN, NME, Interview, Businessweek, and Hi-Fructose. Their music has been featured by Apple, Adidas, Google, VICE, and Resident Advisor.
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
Selected Clients
BBC / Blanton Museum of Art / Bloomberg Businessweek / DFA Records / Flaunt Magazine / Matador Records / NME / NYLON Magazine / Polyvinyl Recording Co. / SPIN Magazine / SXSW
Contact
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