Ben Pier was born in 1980 and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. He moved to Chicago at 19 where he studied photography at Columbia College. In 2006, he left the dear Midwest for New York City where he now lives and works, and is writing this in his overcrowded loft in Brooklyn. He has made photographs for Bausch & Lomb, Time Out Chicago, Fat Wreck-Chords, Grey Flight Records, Punk Rock Confidential, Vice Magazine, The Chicago Tribune, Powerchord Academy, Block Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, Drum! Magazine, and countless Myspace profiles. Call him and give him an assignment. He’ll totally do it.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Invisible Wolves, The Blackspot Gallery, Chicago IL [Sept 2005]
These Days, The Darkroom, Chicago IL [June 2005]

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Tiny Vices, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City Mexico [July 2007]
Tiny Vices, Gallery SoHo, Clair de Rouen Books, London England [May 2007]
Tiny Vices, Colette, Paris France, [February 2007]
Blow Up, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn NY [March 2007]
Group Show, Humble Arts Foundation [December 2006]
Tiny Vices, Studio Bee, Tokyo Japan, [December 2006]
New Trends in Chicago Photography, Version Fest ’06, Chicago IL [April 2006]
Tiny Vices, Spencer Brownstone, New York, NY [March 2006]
This Is How We Do It: A Group Show, South Union Arts, Chicago IL [March 2006]
Vice Magazine, The Photo Issue, New York, NY [July 2005]
The Last Ghost Show, The Bottom Lounge, Chicago IL [May 2005]
Four - The Next Show, Innjoy, Chicago IL [ Sept 2004]
The Senior Show, Columbia College, Chicago IL [June 2004]