Ben Neubauer is a graduate of Oberlin College and Oregon College of Art and Craft, where he majored in metals and studied with Jan Baum and Christine Clark. While a student, he was awarded the Educational Endowment Scholarship from the Society of North American Goldsmiths, was a two-time finalist and a winner in the Student Niche Awards, was honored three times in the school’s Annual Juried Student Show, and received the school’s Annual Merit Award. His style is abstract, linear, and geometric, betraying an interest in natural and architectural form. Upon graduating from OCAC, Ben established a studio in Portland, Oregon. He exhibits at major craft shows nationwide, and his work is available through select galleries. In his spare time Ben plays the viola, builds wooden boats, plays soccer, and practices yoga and meditation.