A native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Ben Shacklette graduated from high school in Roswell, New Mexico and earned degrees in architecture from Texas Tech (1986) and the University of Texas in Austin (1996) where he studied with Charles Moore, FAIA. A registered architect, he retired from the Texas Tech College of Architecture in 2021 after 34 years of teaching architectural design, building technology, architectural graphics, drawing, and leading study abroad programs in Santa Fe, New Mexico (1995-2000) and Seville, Spain (2013-2017). A significant area of his academic research was funded studies of the German Country Schools of Gillespie County surrounding Fredericksburg, Texas, and outreach with service learning to small town across West Texas and Eastern New Mexico.

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His artwork emphasizes the artistic beauty, and the profound honesty expressed in the everyday buildings and places of the common people. It is this focus that today informs his art which seeks to enhance a deeper understanding of, and a refined appreciation for the distinctive history of the people and the landscapes of Texas and New Mexico.

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He and his wife live in Lubbock, Texas and have one daughter, three granddaughters, and five cats.

 

Ben Shacklette is a lifelong Dallas Cowboys fan.