Ben Moore is the department head and an associate professor of art in the Visual and Performing Arts Department. His areas of specialty are painting, drawing, foundations, and digital media.

Ben Moore earned his B.A. in art from Luther College, M.F.A. in painting from the University of Iowa, and studied printmaking and drawing at the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice, Italy. Previously, he was an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Iowa and adjunct faculty at Kirkwood Community College.

Moore’s recent shows throughout the United States include the MacRostie Art Center in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, the Kinsey Institute at the University of Indiana, (SCENE) Metrospace Gallery in East Lansing, Michigan, Gallery 455 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, BaseSpace in Brooklyn, New York, and the Tug Boat Gallery in Lincoln, Nebraska.