Ben K. Foley

bent/haus create mind-bending optical illusions, harnessing light, color, sound, video, and data into imaginative and immersive 3D experiences. Whether bouncing off mirrors or suspended in mist, bent/haus’s curious installations invite viewers to challenge their perception of inner and outer spaces.

Using smartphone apps and AI, Allison crafts psychedelic glitch art rich in abstraction, vibrancy, and unexpected dimensional qualities. Ben’s visionary, custom-built vessels—fashioned from simple yet cleverly recycled materials, and utilizing rudimentary tricks of physics—beam the 2D files into life.

EXHIBITIONS

bent/haus: Ben K. Foley + Allison Tanenhaus
• Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Boston, MA, January–February 2022

GlitchKraft: Allison Tanenhaus + Friends
• Emerson Contemporary @ Emerson College, Boston, MA, September–October 2019
• McIninch Art Gallery @ Southern New Hampshire University, March–April 2022
• Trustman Gallery @ Simmons College, Boston, MA, September–October 2023

Haus Party
• Installation Space, North Adams, MA, August–September 2022
• Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket, RI, April–June 2023

Synth-tember
• New Alliance Gallery, Somerville, MA, September–December 2024


PUBLIC ART

Art on the Marquee
• Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, MA, Spring 2020

Open Air
• UConn Avery Point @ Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, Groton, CT, Summer 2020

Mistery Machine
• Keep Cool Somerville @ Chuckie Harris Park, August 2021
• LoKo Arts Festival @ SUNY Potsdam, April 2023