Paul Benney

Visual artist and performer who lives and works in Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied Theater Arts and Dance at U.C. Santa Cruz and co-directed OnSite Dance Company in San Francisco for twelve years before moving to New York in 2002. He was a Movement Research Artist in Resident in 2003, and he continues his performance related work with TRYST, a collaborative arts group based in New York. His varied performance experience includes stints with the underground Rock pioneers The Residents, Joe Goode Performance Group, Margaret Jenkins Dance Company, Zaccho Dance Theater, and David Neumann’s Advanced Beginners Group, among others. Not to be confused with visual artist Paul Benney (3).