About

When I paint, my gaze turns inward. The inside is vague, thick, and shapeless. I grasp at what is available: memories, wounds, experienced moments that permeate me. From them I strive to build a composition that I know is missing parts, but in the middle of which I feel a pulse.

Jonathan Ben-Ami (b. 1984) is a painter from Helsinki, Finland.

Exhibitions

14.2. – 8.3.2026
Picnic - Vol 2
Galleria Heino, Helsinki

5.11.-17.11.2025
Passage, with Piia Hiltunen
Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki

17.1.-9.2.2025
Habi­tats – Exhibition of the subject area of Painting
Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki

21.5.-26.5.2012
Raflost Festival in Reykjavik
Iceland Academy of the Arts

Education

Academy of Fine Arts Helsinki
BFA, Painting, 2023 –

Taideteollinen korkeakoulu
MA, New Media MA, New Media 2009 - 2011

University of Sunderland
BA, Video and New Media BA, Video and New Media 2003 - 2007

Contact and inquiries: jonathan.benami (at) icloud.com