Education
Fontbonne College, Clayton, Missouri
Master of Fine Arts, Painting, December 1999

Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, Connecticut
Bachelor of Arts, Art/Illustration, May 1996


Selected Awards

•MERVIN HONIG MEMORIAL AWARD, 93rd Allied Artists of America National Exhibition,  National Arts Club, New York, New York, November 17-December 5, 2006  

•SEMI-FINALIST, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2006, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington D.C., November 15, 2006

•FIRST AWARD, The Florida International Combined Talents Exhibition, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, August 29-September 25, 2005

•BEST IN SHOW, 10th National Open Exhibition, Community Arts Association Inc., Ridgewood Art Institute, Allendale, New Jersey, 2005

•ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA GOLD MEDAL OF HONOR, Allied Artists of America 91st Annual Exhibition, New York, New York, 2004

•FABER BIRREN COLOR AWARD, 23rd Annual Faber Birren National Color Award Show, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, Connecticut, 2003

•REALISM AWARD, Biennial 2002, Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Newport News, Virginia, Juror: Philip Pearlstein  

One-Person Exhibitions

•PRECIOUS LITTLE: PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY BENJAMIN J. SHAMBACK, LeMieux Galleries, New Orleans, March 2-April 27, 2007

•THE SILENT OBJECT: STILL LIFE PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY BENJAMIN J. SHAMBACK, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, September 29-October 27, 2006
•BENJAMIN J. SHAMBACK, PAINTINGS, Three Sinks Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, March 12-April 24, 2004
•SECTIONS: BENJAMIN J. SHAMBACK, Eichold Gallery, Springhill College, Mobile, Alabama, October 9-31, 2003
•NEW WORK ON METAL, Mobile Townhouse Gallery, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, January 27-February 10, 2002
•OIL PAINTINGS ON STEEL, Three Sinks Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, August-September 2001


Selected Group Exhibitions

•39TH ANNUAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Meadows Gallery, Denton, Texas,  April 17-May 31, 2007

•93RD ALLIED ARTSITS OF AMERICA NATINAL EXHIBITION, Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club, New York, New York,  November 17-December 5, 2006

•ALABAMA ORIGINALS: CLASSICAL APPROACHES, Alabama Artists Gallery, Montgomery, Alabama,  January 31- March 16, 2007

•DRAWING ON ALABAMA, Auburn University, Biggin Gallery, Auburn, Alabama,  January 8- February 23 2007

 •A NATIONAL VIEW AT GRANDVIEW: 3RD NATIONAL JURIED EXHIBIT, Atlanta Artist’s Center, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta, August 29-September 29, 2006
•38TH ANNUAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas, April 23-June 1, 2006
•FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL COMBINED TALENTS EXHIBITION, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, Florida, August 29-September 25, 2005
•37TH ANNUAL VISUAL ARTS EXHIBITION, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, Texas, April 24-June 2, 2005
•55TH NATIONAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY REALISM IN ART, Academic Artists Association, First Church Gallery, Court Square, Springfield, Massachussets, April 17-May 6, 2005
•ALLIED ARTISTS OF AMERICA 91ST ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club Galleries, New York, New York, November 13-30, 2004
•NATIONAL OIL AND ACRYLIC PAINTER’S SOCIETY: THE BEST OF AMERICA 2004, Ella Carothers Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, Missouri, October 3-November 21, 2004
•THE THREE: WINNERS OF THE 2004 NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIBITION, Art Source Gallery, Boise, Idaho, August 1-26, 2004
•7TH ANNUAL NATIONAL PRIZE SHOW, Cambridge Art Association, Kathryn Schultz Gallery and University Place Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 4-June 24, 2004
•23RD ANNUAL FABER BIRREN NATIONAL COLOR AWARD SHOW, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, Connecticut, October 4-November 13, 2003
•18TH ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT AND SALE, Bosque Conservatory Art Council, Clifton, Texas, September 13-September 30, 2003
•AMERICAN LANDSCAPE AND STILL LIFE, Studio Gallery, Hays, Kansas, September 5-October 30, 2003
•HUDSON VALLEY ART ASSOCIATION 72ND ANNUAL EXHIBITION, Newington-Cropsey Foundation Gallery, Hasting-on-Hudson, New York, May 4-21, 2003
•NORTHERN COLORADO ARTIST ASSOCIATION 12TH NATIONAL EXHIBITION, Fort Collins, Colorado, April 12-May 16, 2003
•INTERNATIONAL JURIED SHOW, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, New Jersey, January 26-March 19, 2003
•RED CLAY SURVEY: EIGHTH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION OF CONTEMPORARY SOUTHERN ART, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, Alabama, September 8-November 10, 2002
•COMBINED TALENTS: THE FLORIDA NATIONAL, Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, Florida, August 26-September 29, 2002
•RE-FIGURED, South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, Massachusetts, April 19-May 26 2002
•ART WITH A SOUTHERN DRAWL XI, University of Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, April 7-April 30 2002
•TEXAS NATIONAL 2002, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, April 6-May 12 2002
•THE 28TH ANNUAL JURIED COMPETITION, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, March-May 2001
•REALISM 2001, The Cultural Center of Fine Arts, Parkersburg, West Virginia, March-June 2001
•AH MEN, Barrington Area Arts Council Gallery, Barrington, Illinois, November 2000
•SOUL OF A WOMAN, Union Avenue Christian Church, St. Louis, Missouri, May-June 1999


Collections
ST. LOUIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE AT FOREST PARK: ART ON THE WALLS, St. Louis, Missouri
CULTURAL CENTER OF FINE ARTS, Parkersburg, West Virginia
MASUR MUSEUM OF ART, Monroe, Louisiana
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN: Alabama, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Tennessee and Texas


Gallery Representation
LEMIEUX GALLERIES, Julia Street, New Orleans, Louisiana
HIDELL BROOKS GALLERY, Charlotte, North Carolina