“This motif is from the creek just a short walk from my house that I visit many times a week. The painting is made from a photograph, like most of my paintings are, and as such is a reflection (the painting) of a reflection (the photograph) of a reflection (the water of the creek reflecting the sky). This reflection reverberation is akin to a portal leading to the universal aura of "creekliness" or the natural world in general. While it has nothing to do with the social moment we are in, a body of water is always a hopeful moment of light and life in otherwise thick and dark times.”

Drew Bennett (b. 1981, Chicago, IL) is an Oakland-based artist, designer/builder, curator, and creative director. Bennett graduated from Colorado College in 2004 (BA, Fine Arts). Bennett moved to San Francisco in 2005 where he exhibited painting, installation and social practice work as well as developed his own business as a designer and builder. In 2012, Bennett founded FB AIR, Facebook’s artist in residency program. Between 2012 and 2018, Bennett grew the program from a headquarters-based residency experience to an international site-specific installation program commissioning hundreds of new works annually. Initially featuring friends like David Wilson, Jay Nelson, Lucky Dragons, and Serena Mitnick-Miller, Bennett would eventually work with some of his early heroes, including Katharina Grosse, Barry McGee, Alicia McCarthy, and Tom Sachs. In 2015, Bennett co-founded Starline Social Club (Oakland) with Adam Hatch and Sam White. Starline operates as a bar, restaurant, and venue that facilitates artists, musicians, activists, and community based entrepreneurs in the exhibition of music, performance, literary, social, culinary, and visual media. Now resigned from his role at Facebook, he is dedicated to his art, family, and the Starline. Bennett's second forthcoming solo exhibition at Ever Gold [Projects] opens early September 2020.