Curriculum Vitae

Benjamin A. Vierling (b.1974) is a California based painter & illustrator working in traditional media.

His work appears on numerous book and album covers, most notably: Bill Fay’s 2020 LP, Countless Branches, Joanna Newsom’s opus, Ys, and Daniel Schulke’s tome about botanical toxins, Veneficium.

Past exhibitions have taken place at the Strychnin Gallery in Berlin, the Roq La Rue Gallery, the Mortlake & Co. Gallery in Seattle, and the Modern Eden Gallery in San Francisco. A Decennary Retrospective of Vierling’s work was held at Seattle’s Gage Academy of Art, in 2014.

Select Exhibitions

• 2022. October. ‘Danse Macabre’. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco. Group Show.

• 2021. September. The 16th Annual BLAB! Show. Copro Gallery, Santa Monica. California. Group Exhibition curated by Monte Beauchamp.

• 2021. September. Vanguard Invitational. Outré Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. Group exhibition.

• 2021. September. ‘Sulamith Wülfing, The Forgotten Daughter of the Town. The Nautilus Studio Gallery. Wuppertal, Germany. Group exhibition featuring Madeline von Foerster, Liba Waring Stambollion, Otto Rapp, Martina Hoffmann, Michael Hutter, Kaska Niemiro, and others.

• 2019. March: ‘Vierling Illustrative Works’. Mortlake & Company, Seattle. Exhibition of various original album cover artworks and illustrations.

• 2018. September: ‘Ascent through Descent’. Mortlake & Company, Seattle. Group show with David D’Andrea, Jospeh Uccello, William Kiesel, and others.

• 2017. October: ‘Loved to Death’. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco. Group show co-curated by Audra Kunkle.

• 2017. October: ‘Witch-Ikon’. Mortlake & Company, Seattle. Group exhibition with works by Tom Allen, Rory MacLean, Timo Ketola, and others.

• 2016. September: ‘Esoteric Book Conference Art Exhibition’. University of Washington, Seattle. Original drawings & illustrations from the Green Mysteries.

• 2016. July: ‘Im'ago Priomordials’. Krab Jab Studio, Seattle. Group Show with HR Giger, Ernst Fuchs, Brigid Marlin, Steven Kenny, Liba W. Stambollion, Susannah Martin, Otto Rap & others.

• 2016. March: ‘Dreams & Divinities’. Traveling Exhibition: Paris, France & Dresden, Germany. Group show with Alex Grey, Brigid Marlin, Robert Venosa and others. Curated by Liba Waring Stambollion.  

• 2014. July: ‘Of Beauties & Beasts'. Clement Art Gallery. Troy, New York. Group show with Steven Kenny, Richard Kirk, Caitlin Hackett, Russell Gorden and others. Curated by Jon Gernon. 

• 2014. March: ‘Constellation: An Overture to the Zodiac’. True Love Gallery, Seattle. Group Show curated by Yvette Endrijautzki

• 2014. March: ‘The Grotesque’. Modern Eden Gallery, San Francisco. Group Show. 

• 2014. January: ‘Decennary Retrospective'. Solo show. Gage Academy of Art, Seattle. 

• 2014. January: ‘Quoth The Raven'. Krab Jab Studio. Seattle. Washington. Group Show.

• 2013, December: ‘Chamber of Wonders' Krab Jab Studio, Seattle. Washington. Group Show. curated by Yvette Endrijautzki

• 2013, August: ‘All My Stars' Strychnin Gallery, Berlin. Germany. Strychnin 10 Year Anniversary Show

• 2013. April: ‘Beautifully Strange'. Clement Art Gallery, Troy. New York. Group Show with Carrie Ann Baade, Lori Field, Steven Kenny, and others, curated by Jon Gernon

• 2012, June: ‘Wild at Heart' group show. Thinkspace Gallery, Los Angeles. California. 

• 2011, November: ‘Storytellers' show. Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany. 

• 2011, October: Art Fair Köln, with Strychnin Gallery. Cologne, Germany. 

• 2011, September: ‘Esoteric Book Conference’. Seattle Center. Exhibition of Alchemically themed artworks.

• 2011, July: ‘Mythos'. Roq La Rue Gallery, Seattle. Joint solo exhibit with Madeline von Foerster's, ‘The Golden Toad'.

• 2010, October: Art Fair Köln, with Strychnin Gallery. Cologne, Germany

• 2010, March: ‘Everything But the Kitsch 'N Sync'. La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, California. Group show. 

• * 2010, February: ‘7 Year Itch' Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Group show.

• 2009, November: ‘Magistrates'. Strychnin Gallery, Berlin, Germany. Group show with David Hochbaum, Ray Caesar and others. 

• 2008, October: ‘Paradise Lost'.  Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York. Group Show with Kris Kuksi, Richard Buckler and others. Curated by Terrence Lindall. 

• 2006, March: ‘The Chemical Wedding'.  Live With Animals, Brooklyn, New York. Group show curated by Vashti Windish. 

• 2005, January: ‘Sacred Geometry'. OnSix Gallery, San Francisco. Group Show with John John Jesse, Madeline von Foerster  and others, curated by David D'Andrea.  

Interviews & Press

• 2021. Genesis. Miroir Magazine. Canada

• 2016. Terra Firma. Miroir Magazine. Canada

• 2016 . The Mystic Heart. Interalia Magazine. UK.

• 2015. Symbol & Aesthetics.

• 2014. Mythical Portraiture. Juxtapose Magazine. USA

• 2014. 10 Questions. Krab Jab Studio. USA.

• 2013. B.A.Vierling. MedInArt. Greece.

• 2013. Interview. Rotton Botany. USA

• 2012. Interview. Three Hands Press. USA.

• 2011. Art of B.A.Vierling. Hi Fructose. USA

• 2006. String Theory. The New Yorker. New York. USA

• 2006. One for the Ages. Arthur Magazine. San Francisco. USA (pdf)

Select Works in Print

• 2022. Album Cover paining for Dream Unending. ‘Song of Salvation’. 20 Buck Spin Records. USA.

• 2022. Album Cover painting for Forlesen. ‘Black Terrain’. I’Voidhanger Records. Italy.

• 2020: Magazine cover illustration for Fiddler’s Green. Issue 7.

• 2020: Album cover painting for Bill Fay. ‘Countless Branches’, Dead Oceans Records.

• 2020: Album cover painting for Forlesen. ‘Hierophant Violent’, Hypnotic Dirge Records. Canada.

• 2020: Album cover painting for Enepsigos. ‘Wrath of Wraths’, Osmose Productions. France.

• 2019. Paintings appear in ‘Arte Arcana Lucifero’. published by Heavy Music Artwork. UK.

• 2019. Book cover illustration for ‘By Moonlight & Spirit Flight’. By Michael Howard. Three Hands Press.

• 2019. Album cover illustration for Dalrymple MacAlpin. ‘Make Believe’.

• 2018. Book cover illustration for ‘The Moribund Portal’. By Richard Gavin. Three Hands Press.

• 2017. Album cover painting for Aosoth, ‘The Inside Scriptures’. Agonia Records. Poland.

• 2017. Book cover illustration for ‘Thirteen Pathways of Occult Herbalism’. By Daniel Schulke. Three Hands Press.

• 2015: Cover art for Spring issue of The Mountain Astrologer Magazine.  

• 2013: Album cover for Jay Munly and the Lee Lewis Harlots. Pesanta Urfolk Records. 

• 2013: Album cover for Fyrnask. ‘Eldir Nótt’. ToT Records. Sweden. 

• 2013: Album cover for Aosoth. ‘IV’. Agonia Records. Poland. 

• 2013: Illustrations appear in issues 1 & 2 of the CLAVIS Journal. 

• 2012: Book cover and illustrations for ‘Veneficium'. By Daniel Schulke. Three Hands Press. 

• 2012: Album cover for Weapon, ‘Embers & Revelations’. Relapse Records. USA

• 2012: Select works appear in ‘Heavy Metal & Hardcore Graphics' Frechmann Kolon gmbh. Germany. 

• 2012: Album cover for Christian Mistress, ‘Possession'. Relapse Records. usa.

• 2011: Book cover for ‘Old World Witchcraft'. By R. Grimassi. Red Wheeil/Weiser books. usa.

• 2011: Illustrations for ‘Jocus Severus'. Translation of a 16th century alchemical book by Count Michael Maier. Ouroboros Press. Seattle.

• 2010: Book cover painting, 'La Ianara'. By Licia Giaquinto. Adelphi Edizioni, Italy.  

• 2010: Album cover for Weapon, ‘From the Devil's Tomb'. Ajna Records, USA & Agonia Records, Poland.  

• 2009: Book cover painting, ‘The Way of the Crucible', by Robert Allen Bartlett. Ibis Press

• 2009: Book cover painting, ‘Real Alchemy' by Robert Allen Bartlett. Ibis Press

• 2006: Album cover painting, ‘Ys' Joanna Newsom. Drag City Records. 

• 2006: Album cover painting. ‘Somniferum' The Red King. 

• 2003: Botanical Illustrations appear in ‘Infernal Proteus' A Musical Herbal. Ajna Records. USA.