Benjamin Orion Rush was born in Concord, NH in 1975. He studied Drawing at the Art Institute of Boston and earned his BFA in Photography with honors from the Savanna College of Art and Design in 1999. Recent exhibitions include "sites-unseen" at the Colby Museum, in Colby, Maine, "superSalon" at Sampson Projects in Boston, Massachusetts, and "Jewels in the Crown, Architecture of the Savannah Plan" at The American Institute of Architects Headquarters Gallery, Washington, DC.

In addition he has curated extensively in Georgia and Maine, including several exhibitions at the Center for Maine Contemporary Art. He teaches at the Maine Photographic Workshops and oversees the Photography Program at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. He currently lives and works in New York City.