Artist and music business professional based in Portland, ME.

I picked up a camera for the first time at twelve years old, and was experimenting with film photography in community darkrooms by sixteen. 

I am not gifted with the fine motor skills that often lend themselves to arts and crafts. As a kid I enjoyed photography because it allowed me a creative practice that didn’t rely on conventional artistic/technical proficiency. But I didn’t consider myself a creative or artistic person. I had practically stopped drawing by the 4th grade, and I didn’t look back for quite a long time. 

In the last several years, while working various jobs in the music industry, I have rediscovered the joys of art and creation. For the first time in my life, I am not frustrated by my inability to produce a respectable master copy, or by my complete and eternal confusion with perspective drawing. I have had so much fun playing with all kinds of different mediums, and trying to free myself from my own scrutiny. 

I am a very product-oriented person. I am trying, and slowly learning, to appreciate process too. And in doing so, maybe I can also become more patient, empathetic, and thoughtful. 



Proud cancer survivor 💪
My chemo blog is archived here.



Email: nick (at) nickwbenson (dot) com
Instagram: (at) nickwbenson
Education







Work
Master of Arts, Music Business
New York University | 2020

Bachelor of Arts, English Literature & Mathematics
Bowdoin College | 2017



Head of Product
Asthmatic Kitty Records
2022 - Present

Founder
13th Hour Records
2017 - 2024

Head of Production
Mexican Summer
2021 - 2022

Production Coordinator
Mexican Summer
2020 - 2021

Academic Coach
Private Prep
2018 - 2020

Production Assistant
Bowdoin International Music Festival
2019

Office Intern 
Ba Da Bing Records
2019

Conference & Awards Manager
Crenshaw Communications
2017-2018

Intern
Glue Advertising
2017

Concert Manager
WBOR 91.1 FM
2015-2017