Ron Benner

Ron Benner (born 1949)[1] is a Canadian artist who investigates the history and political economics of food cultures.

[2] Benner studied agricultural engineering for one year at the University of Guelph (1969–70).

[citation needed] In 2010 he was appointed Adjunct Research Professor in the Visual Arts Department, Western University.

[3][2] His mixed media photographic installations are in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, Hart House (The University of Toronto), Museum London (London, Ontario), McIntosh Gallery (The University of Western Ontario), The Canada Council Art Bank and the Casa de Las Americas (Havana, Cuba).

[citation needed] In 2020, Museum London documented Benner's garden in its 14th year entitled As the Crow Flies.

Transend: Meeting Room, Ron Benner, installation view, Robert Langen Art Gallery, curated by Suzanne Luke, 2017. Photo: Yuluo Wei