Ben Schwab’s work has been featured in numerous gallery and university exhibitions throughout the United States, including: Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington); Gross McCleaf Gallery (Philadelphia); Chashama Gallery (New York City); Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore); Arkansas Arts Center (Little Rock); Wright State University (Dayton, Ohio); Miami University (Oxford, Ohio); Fraser Gallery (Washington, D.C.); Joseph Gierek Fine Art (Tulsa) and several exhibitions in New York, Vermont, Virginia, Florida, Indiana, Illinois and Missouri.  He is an alumni of the Career Development Program Fellowship sponsored by the Center for Emerging Visual Artists in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  As a part of this program, Ben exhibited his work in multiple galleries in various cities, including Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York. 

Ben’s awards include the Strategic Opportunity Stipend from the Arts Center of the Capital Region (New York Foundation for the Arts); the Professional Development Grant and the Scholars & Artists Grant - both from The College of Saint Rose for work and research in Tokyo, Japan; and the Jacob K. Javits Fellowship from the United States Department of Education. A Javits Fellowship recipient for three consecutive years, Ben studied and traveled abroad in Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, England, the Netherlands and France. 

While completing graduate study at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, Ben also received the Grant-In-Aid Research Award, Full Scholarship for Overseas Study in Florence, Italy, and the Teaching Assistant Scholarship. While completing undergraduate study at Missouri State University, he received the Eric Sidney Memorial Scholarship Fund. 

Among Ben’s exhibition awards are the Juror’s Award in “Drawing From Perception VI” at Wright State University (Ohio), from Juror Ruth Miller; the Juror’s Choice Award in the “44th Annual Delta Exhibition” at the Arkansas Arts Center (Arkansas) and the Juror’s Award in “Drawing From Perception IV” at Wright State University (Ohio) - both from Juror Graham Nickson.  Additionally, Ben was selected as a Finalist for the 9th Annual Miami University Young Painters Competition for the William and Dorothy Yeck Award at the Heistand Gallery, Miami University (Ohio).

Ben received a B.F.A. in Painting from Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri, and a M.F.A. in Painting from the Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Ben has taught at various Universities, including: Indiana University (Bloomington, Indiana), Arcadia University (Glenside, Pennsylvania) and Kutztown University (Kutztown, Pennsylvania).  He is currently an Assistant Professor of Drawing & Painting at The College of Saint Rose (Albany, New York.)