Background
Alba, Benny was born in 1949 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Alba, Benny was born in 1949 in Columbus, Ohio, United States.
Student, Kent State University, Ohio, 1968—1970. Bachelor in Psychology, University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1982.
Artist-in-residence St. Charles Boy's School, Columbus, 1982-1985, Montana Artists Refuge, Basin, 2002-2003. Lecturer Columbus Cultural Arts Center, 1983-1984, 93, Merced College, Calif, 1997. Panelist California Institute Intergral Studies, San Francisco, 1995, Fire 2004, Northern California Enameling Guild, juror and award judge, Art Association, Palo Alto, 2001, San Francisco Women Artists.
Adobe Gallery, Castro Valley, California, 2003, award judge. Panelist grants review Oakland City Arts Commission, 2005. Juror Oakland Art Association, 2005, 2006, Alameda Art Center, California, 2001, 2003, 2006, San Francisco Women Artist's Gallery, 2007.
Presenter in field.
One-woman shows include Columbus Cultural Arts Center, 1993, Artist television Access, San Francisco, 1993, Apprentice Alliance, 1994, Las Vegas Art Museum, Nevada, 1994, Western Wyoming College, Rock Springs, 1994, A Gallery in the Clock Tower, San Francisco, 1994, Center Psychological Studies, Albany, California, 1994, Idyllwild School Music and Art, California, 1995, Martinez City Hall, 1996, Merced College Art Gallery, 1997, North Country Museum Art, Park Rapids, Minnesota, 1997, Office Superior Contra County Court, Martinez, 1997, State Capitol Building Board, Sacramento, California, 1998, Contra Costa Arts and Culture Committee, 1998, Saginaw Art Museum, Michigan, 1998, Metropolitan Transportation Company, Oakland, California, 1998, Commonwealth Club, San Francisco, 1998, San Francisco State University Club, 1998, Hastings College Law, San Francisco, 1999, University Oregon, Eugene, 1999, Oakland Higher Education Center, 1999, The Arts Center, Jamestown, North Dakota, 2000, North Valley Arts Council, Grand Forks, North Dakota, 2000, Lake Region Heritage Center, Devils Lake, North Dakota, 2000, Bismarck Art and Galleries Association, North Dakota, Valley Art Center, Clarkston, Washington, 2000, Pacific Grove Art Center, California, 2000, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, Oregon, 2000, Sedona Art Center, Arizona, 2000, American Red Cross Gallery, Chicago, 2000, Napa City County Library., 2000, East Bay Municipal Utilities District, 2002, University Alabama, Montgomery, 2003, Birnbaum's Broadway Gallery, Missoula, Mont, 2003, Oakland City Arts Council, California, 2005, Xerox Crop. Palo Alto, 2004, exhibited in group shows at Mountain Art, Bernardsville, New Jersey, 2002, Fredericksburg for Creative Arts, Virginia, 2002, Wenatchee Valley College, 2002, Alice Arts Center, Oakland, California, 2002, Central Missouri State University, 2002, Texas Artists Museum, Port Arthur, Texas, 2002, Wenatchee Valley College, Wenatchee, Washington, 2003, San Pablo City Arts Gallery, California, 2003, University California, Berkeley, California, 2003, Kellog G. California State Polytec, Pomona, California, 2003, State Polytech.
University, 2003, 2004, University Montana, Butte, 2003, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 2003, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, Washington, 2003, Phantom Galleries, San Jose, 2005, SOMAR, San Francisco, 2005, Alameda Art Center, 2005, Oakland Craft & Cultural Arts Gallery, 2005, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, Alameda, 2005, Art in Embassies, Ambassador Joseph Mussomeli, Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, 2006, Mon Dak History and Art Society, Sidney, Montana, 2006, Nicolet College Art Gallery, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, 2006, Sebastopol Center Arts, California, 2006, Octagon Center Arts, Ames, Iowa, 2008, Represented in permanent collections National Museum Women in Arts, Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, University Michigan Museum Art, Kalamazoo Institute Arts, Greenpeace, Ulli Wachter, Germany, Las Vegas Art Museum, Center Psychological Studies, Albany, California, Birmingham Museum Art, Alabama, Portland Art Museum, Oregon, Tyler Museum Art, Texas, Canajoharie Library., New York, Art in Embassies, Tashkent, Ubikistan, Orinda Library. California, Sun Gallery Hayward California, Liberty Village Art Center Chester, Crefts Cultural Arts Center Oakland California, 2010.
Board directors Northern California Women's Caucus for Art, 1991, secretary 1991-1992, phone liaison, 1991-1993, Northern California Enameling Guild, 2004. Member California Society Printmakers (vice president 1999, president 2004, 05, 06).