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Born in Tacoma, WA, James Benjamin Franklin received his BFA from Art Center College of Design in 1999. In 2017, he received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Franklin currently lives and works in Detroit, MI, and his artistic influences include Shirley Jaffe, Thornton Dial, Richard Diebenkorn, Alexander Calder and Agnes Martin among others. Recent exhibitions include the FRONT International, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, Night Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI, Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City.