Artist Statement

My recent body of work has been an exploration of our natural environment and the ephemeral aspects of nature and the sublime. Subtlety and flatness merge to create a sense of a moment frozen in time.

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Artist Biography

Brian is a painter and print-maker who has lived in Philadelphia since graduating from Tyler School of Art in 2010 with a BFA in printmaking. He has studied at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, University of the Arts and Keuka College. He is a member of InLiquid, Second State Press and CFEVA. When he’s not caring for his children he’s printing t-shirts for the small printing company he owns.

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Education

2017  
Tyler School of Art Summer Painting and Sculpture Intensive Program, Philadelphia, PA. Summer

2010    
BFA Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA

2007    
Post-Baccalaureate Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005    
BA Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY

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Awards & Honors

2011 - Present
Second State Press Member

2017
Tyler School of art Summer Painting Intensive

2011 - 2012
Second State Press FOB Holder Program

2010
Plastic Club Award

Assistant with Philagrafika

Exhibitions

2022

Billsboro Winery, Geneva NY

The Shoutflower: Philiput, Philadelphia PA

2021

Inliquid Benefit: Philadelphia PA

2019
Perennial Visions II: Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA

Lean in. Plant down. Grow up, Emerge Wellness, Philadelphia, PA

A Feast for the Senses, Da Vinci Art Alliance & Atria, Philadelphia, PA

Works on Paper II, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA

The InLiquid Benefit, InLiquid @ Ice Box Project Space, Philadelphia, PA

New Now II, The InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2018
Motion Pictured, Da Vinci Art Alliance & Lightbox Film Center Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia PA

Looking Forward, Davinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia PA

2012-2018
Portfolio Exchange, Second State Press, Philadelphia, PA

2016
After Dove, Microclimate, Geneva, NY

2013
Second State, Second Edition, Metropolitan Gallery 250, Philadelphia, PA

2012
State of the State, Crane Arts Building – Gallery 102, Philadelphia, PA

2011
Small Works Show, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

New Members Show, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

Members Choice Show, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

2010
BFA Spring Thesis Exhibition, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Rittenhouse Square Fine Arts Show, Philadelphia, PA

Fall Honors Show, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2009
Fall Exhibition, Stella Elkins Gallery Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Post-Bacc, Thesis Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Keuka College, Lightner Gallery, Keuka Park, NY