Education:

BA, Rutgers University; MFA, Columbia College Chicago

One-person exhibitions include:

Renaissance Society, University of Chicago; Contemporary Museum, Baltimore; Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago; Robert B. Menschel Media Center, Syracuse, NY

Group exhibitions include:

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Art Institute of Chicago; Bruce Silverstein Gallery; Mona Bismarck Foundation, Paris; Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, IN; Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO; Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY

Publications include:

Ben Gest Photographs; The Digital Eye: Photographic Art in the Electronic Age; Contact Sheet; Washington Post; Baltimore City Paper; Chicago Tribune; Whitewall; Art & Auction; Chicago Sun-Times; Discover