Benjamin Petersen lives and works in Hanover as a gardener specialized in ornamental horticulture.

He graduated from the HAWK University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hildesheim with a degree in Graphic and Digital Media Design. His artistic work focuses on the visual arts and spans the fields of media, dance, and performance.

Exhibitions

– Joseph and His Brethren [Staging: Rahel Thiel], Hamburg / Kaltenkirchen
– PROYECTOR Videoart Platform, 10th Edition, Madrid, Spain
– Haustorium SNNTG – The Festival, Hanover Tramway Museum, Sehnde
– Hildesheim Light Campus, HAWK Hildesheim
– Peter Pan [Staging: Guillermo Amaya], Theater für Niedersachsen, Hildesheim
– 2115-Futurity [Production: Chris Weinheimer], R.A.M. Theater, Lessingtheater/Stadttheater Sulingen/TFN Hildesheim
– Shift Change – Back in the Yard, Rasselmania e.V., Hildesheim
– Inside the City, Center for Artist Publications / GAK / Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen
– Iberencontros, Castelo Branco, Portugal
– Dear Diary, We Are Invited!, Plástico – Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover
– 6th InShadow International Festival of Video, Performance and Technologies, Lisbon, Portugal
– 2014 gif 2nd Edition: Video Art, Museu da Vila Velha, Vila Real, Portugal
– 1st Berlin Film Festival, Berlin
– ARTJaén, Jaén Museum, Jaén, Spain
– PROYECTOR International Video Art Festival, Madrid, Spain
– The Creation [Staging: Sascha Mink], Art on the Quay Music Festival, Lübeck
– Habitat, 41st Kunsttage Detmold, Detmold
– The Origin of the World – Egypt’s Last Creation Myth, Roman and Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim
– Back-up, 17th Short Film Festival, Weimar
– Lunatic Festival, Lüneburg
– Food & Drink, AcKU Gallery, Hildesheim
– International Short Film Day, Group Global 3000, Berlin
– Noah & the Flood [Staging: Sascha Mink], Theater für Niedersachsen, Hildesheim
– I Haven’t Seen It Like This, AcKU Gallery, Hildesheim
– Hildesheimer Wallungen, Hildesheim