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Ben
Mercer graduated from Lincoln
University with a B.S. in Education and a Minor in Biology. He received his
Masters in Adult Education from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Mr.
Mercer worked for the Kansas City Missouri Parks and Recreation Department
and has since retired.
Over the course of a
brilliant creative career, Ben has compiled an impressive list of
achievement’s in art and photography. His work has appeared in several
publications including Focus Kansas City; Endless Journey’s, Photographer’s
Forum, Best of Photography Annual, and several magazine covers. He has work
in the permanent collections of the Nerman Gallery at Johnson County
Community College, and the University of Kansas Preservation Alliance, and
several private collections.
Gallery showings of his
art and photography include: Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry,
Kansas City Jazz Museum, The National Traveling Exhibit Art for Health in
Washington D.C., The Portfolio Gallery and the old Court House Gallery in ST
Louis Mo. The Kansas City Airport Terminal, Atlanta Life Insurance Company
in Atlanta Georgia, and many others nationally and regionally.
He has been honored as
one of “Artists Magazine” 200 artists, the Municipal Art Commission Talented
Ten, and won many awards in art and photography. His exclusive body of work
“The Vietnamese Among Us” is a unique photographic documentary of the
Vietnamese refugee community in Kansas City Missouri.
Ben has taught art in various venues and studied
in Paris France, and the Netherlands. For a more complete list of this
talented artists accomplishments or to view some of his work, or to contact
him go to
www.tlitor.com
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