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Heather Benjamin

Artist and illustrator

United States

Heather Benjamin is an artist who lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island. She’s been self-publishing zines and books of her drawings since 2008. Her first full-length book, Sad Sex , collects the first 10 issues of her self-published zine of the same name, and was published by Desert Island in 2012. Her second book, Exorcise Boo , is a collection of 70 drawings, published by A Bolha Editora in Brazil in 2013. Romantic Story is a self-published collection of drawings released in 2015 at the opening of her solo exhibition, Hard Feeling Girl , at STREAM Gallery in Brooklyn. In 2016, Sacred Bones released Captive Mother , a 16.5" x 11.5" newspaper of recent works by Benjamin, comprised of 19 brush and ink drawings made in 2015 and 2016. Here, she discusses the importance of homemade zines, why she continues to switch up her process, the complications of running your own business, and why art school wasn't useful.

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Question What do you do when you feel creatively blocked or stuck? Craft & work read 32 other answers →
I do get creative blocks. When I get into zones where I start second-guessing my subject matter. When I’m on the end of the spectrum where I’m like, “Oh my god, this is so repetitive and I’m sick of this lady’s face.” At times I get so frustrated with myself and with her for that reason. The best thing for me to do at those times is not to rebel against the subject matter. When I’m being too hard on myself, I need to accept that there’s more I have to say, visually, about the things I’ve been working through for a long time.

Recorded Brandon Stosuy, The Creative Independent, 16 March 2021 source ↗

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