Ben Burdick is the third generation of Burdick artists.  Born in Louisiana, he was raised in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where he studied under Tara Misenheimer and discovered his natural facility with charcoal and pastel.

Ben is a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and Stanford University in California, where he received a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a focus in Architectural Design. A musician, he currently specializes in ragtime ukulele.