Landscape, 2021
Moderne Art Fair 2026

Ben Abounassif  

Ben Abounassif was born in Caracas in 1964 to Lebanese parents. He graduated from Tennessee Tech University in 1987 with a B.A. in Business Management. Abounassif's first contact working in the art world was in 2006 when he launched Leiter Gallery in Miami, a short but successful experience as a co-owner working along with Cuban-born, Miami-based artist Sinuhe Vega Leiter, and Venezuelan-born internationalist & journalist, Jesus Rojas Torres. 

Abounassif's innate creativity was highly influenced by working closely with local artists and by visiting their studios and launching exhibitions at Leiter's, the only gallery in the U.S. that paid a living tribute to the late Cuban musician, Israel “Cachao" López. A year later in 2007, Abounassif exhibited his first art cube on Photo Miami '07 with Hardcore Contemporary Art in Wynwood. 

In 2008, Miami art dealer Harvey Oxenberg exhibited Abounassif's Piece of Love series at Bridge Art Fair '08 during Art Basel Week in Wynwood. In 2011 with gallerist Aldo Castillo, Abounassif's all-acrylic digital-cut series were exhibited in China at the American Pavilion, Shanghai Art Fair '11. In 2013, Castillo –in a singular solo installation– exhibited Abounassif's geometric series at the second edition of ArtSpot hosted at Spectrum Miami Art Fair '13. In Venezuela, Abounassif's geometric works on paper are high on demand. 

The artist's first and second participation at FIA '13 and '14 with Galería Parenthesis were so successful with works being sold before the fair's official opening. His work always receives high bets from collectors during charities and fundraisers for nonprofits. Abounassif 's work has been featured online through Eclectic Network's websites since 2007 and has been recently featured in print magazines such as Hábitat Plus Florida and Ocean Drive Magazine Venezuela.

Find this artist and many more in our collection of works from the Op Art Movement.