Ben Gould (born in 1993, Grass Valley, CA; based in New York, NY) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice is built upon empathy, transformation, and the body. Gould’s work draws from the history of sculpture, personal medical procedures, disability treatment history, the built and natural world, and a care for the principles of craft. His practice is cultivated by a deep interest in how energy is directed, transformed, and transferred. In his ongoing electroformed sculpture series, Gould investigates the body as an electrical energy system, correlating physiology, material, and methods of transformation enacted upon nature and the body. Gould’s work is deeply informed by his “charged” experience of living with Tourette Syndrome, exploring the body's limits, resistance, and loss of control, and becoming a motor for movement-based performance that has resulted in site-specific works throughout the USA such as salt flats in Death Valley, a limestone cave in Kansas City, and a moving vessel on the Chicago River. 

Gould received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2015. In 2026, he will be an Arts/Industry resident with the John Kohler Arts Center (JMKAC) and Kohler Co. Previous residencies and grants include Ox-Bow (2015), Haystack Open Studio (2019), Lighton International Artists Exchange Program Grant (2020 ), and NYFA Fellow in Interdisciplinary Work (2021). Gould’s work has been presented by Palais de Tokyo, KANAL Centre Pompidou, Bozar, The Center for Craft, The Chicago Cultural Center, Wave Hill, and The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, amongst others.

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