Ben Jackel has been creating and exhibiting art in Los Angeles for 25 years. Represented by LA Louver Gallery in Venice, CA. Jackel’s work has also been shown internationally and regionally at the Denver and Phoenix art museums as well as at the Venice Biennale. He received his BFA from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an MFA from The University of California, Los Angeles, UCLA. He has taught ceramics at California State University, Long Beach, The University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University, Los Angeles. Jackel is currently the Art and Foundry Director at the family-owned and operated Starlite Originals. Jackel is the volunteer director and curator of the gallery Alfa Romeo Tango onboard the historic USS Battleship Iowa Museum in San Pedro, CA. He is also a 25-year member of the Denver-based art collective, the Artnauts, and has shown with them in over a dozen countries around the world.