'Of Passion and Mercy' (2019) Painting by Ben J Stack

Born in Dublin, Ben Stack started studying art in Ireland and Holland in 1977.
Stack then moved over to the USA in 1982 were he worked for the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston Texas and became resident theatre designer at Rice University.
In 1983 Ben returned to Ireland as a freelance designer and founded the Ballyrogan Arts Centre where he taught, whilst also working in set design for several theatre companies in Ireland.
Ben then traveled in East and Central Africa in 1985, establishing 'Masha'allah Studios' and arts co-operative in Mombasa Kenya. The next year he worked with Japanese artist Kawata , and an artist from Zaire called N'gazu forming "And Then There Were Three". This was an international co-operative between the progressive arts of three cultures based in Nairobi.
In 1987 Stack returned to Ireland and became the artist in residence at Artworks, SES,in Dublin.
Ben then returned to America in 1989 where he worked as production artist for Robert Keith and Company in San Diego, and Holtzmueller Productions a theatre and special events company in San Francisco. He also worked as a freelance artist and illustrator for the Lyceum and Globe theatres in San Diego.
After much success in the US Ben then immigrated to Sydney in 1994 where he has continuously exhibited, to much acclaim, in Sydney, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania.

• Nationality: IRELAND
• Date of birth : 1959
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Irish Artists