Ben Solo
MFA MJCC, 2025
This sculpture confronts how, for people of color, access to art is often a privilege — one earned through assimilation, not granted by right.

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States

Photo Credit: Neighboring States
Ben Solo
Born and raised on the streets of Los Angeles, Ben beat the odds — earning a full scholarship to the California College of the Arts and Architecture, and now completing my Master’s at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.