EDUCATION
2015
MFA, Painting and Drawing, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2004
BFA, Painting and Printmaking, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Decent Dark, Arts Visalia, Visalia, CA
2020
Metadata, Corridor 2122, Fresno, CA
2019
Double Blind, Edward A. Whitney Gallery, Sheridan College, Sheridan, WY
Thinking of a Place, COS Art Gallery, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
2013
reSITE, Project Space, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2012
Plans, Threesquared, Nashville, TN
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Desire Paths, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA. (Two-person exhibition with Marie Thiebeault)
2021
Hope & Possibility, Benefit Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (Curated by Bridgette Mayer)
2019
Surreal Spaces, Goodyear Arts, Charlotte, NC
Small Salon, Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
Huge, Arts Consortium, Visalia, CA
Primera, Oval Gallery, Visalia, CA
2018
Into the Light, Rail Park Benefit Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA (Curated by Bridgette Mayer)
2017
Small Works, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2016
Tiny Universe Two, Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
COS Faculty Exhibition, College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
Emerges IX, ATHICA (Athens Institute for Contemporary Art), Athens, GA
Preservationist, Suite Gallery, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Wunderkindred II, Mammal Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Proximity, Malone Gallery, Troy University, Troy, AL
2015
Portable Nature Graphics (.PNG), Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Summer Selections, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
Lamar Dodd School of Art MFA Exhibition, Rogue Space, New York, NY
Tracing a Reflection: Mirrors, Labyrinths, and Supervision, Atlanta Decorative Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
Tracing a Reflection: Mirrors, Labyrinths, and Supervision, The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
Southern Hospitality, The FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
The Exquisite, Gallery 101, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2014
Tiny Universe, Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
Living Room, Gallery at Hotel Indigo, Athens, GA
Latticeworks Blowout Bonanza, Latticeworks, Athens, GA
If You Lived Here, You'd Be Home By Now, Latticeworks, Bulldog Inn, Athens, GA
Crossfire, Latticeworks, Athens, GA
5th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Under the Radar, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2013
Making Masters, Madison Museum of Fine Art, Madison, GA
2012
4th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Neu Wurk, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Curious Dwellings, Twist Gallery, Nashville, TN (Two Person Exhibition)
Without Borders, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2011
Small Packages 17, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
2006
Small Packages 12, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
040 Inaugural Alumni Exhibition, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Assemblage: A Group Profile of Artists Separated by Birth, Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN (Five Person Exhibition)
2004
Fresh Cuts, Secret Show Series, Nashville, TN
Occluding the Narrative of Placeness, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2003
Student Art Alliance: Juried Exhibition, Murfreesboro, TN
Group Exhibition, Itawamba Junior College, Jackson, MS
Juried Student Show, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Untitled, UNTITLED artist organization, Nashville, TN
Group Exhibition, Ned McWherter Center for the Visual Arts, Jackson, TN
ACADEMIC INSTRUCTION
2022-Present
Reedley College, Reedley, CA
2021-Present
California State University, Stanislaus, Turlock, CA
2016 - Present
College of the Sequoias, Visalia, CA
2015 - 2016
University of Georgia, Athens, GA
RESIDENCY
2018
Jentel Foundation, Banner, WY
VISITING ARTIST
2015 Lecture and studio visits, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATIONS
2015
The Exquisite, Gallery 101, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
A4P (Air-Purifying Plant Proliferation Project), Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, GA and Southern Graphics Council International Conference, San Francisco, CA
2014
Latticeworks, Artist Collective, Athens, GA
AWARDS
2015
Willson Center Graduate Research Grant, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Lamar Dodd School of Art Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Instructor of Record, Color & Composition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2014
Lamar Dodd School of Art Graduate Teaching Assistantship, Instructor of Record, Color & Composition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2012
Honorable Mention, 4th Annual Juried Student Exhibition, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Graduate Dean Allocation Assistantship, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2003
Second Prize in Painting, SAA Juried Show, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Charles W. Brandon Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Merit Award, Juried Student Exhibition, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
2002
Rising Sophomore Scholarship, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
COLLECTION
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2019
Manifest Gallery International Painting Annual 8, April
Phoenix’s Most Inspiring Stories, Voyage Phoenix, (April, online)
2017
ArtMaze Magazine, Anniversary Autumn Issue 5
Friend of the Artist, Fall 2017 issue
2015
Fresh Paint Magazine, International Issue 9, Nicole Capozzi, Juror (October).
Number: Eighty-Four, Independant Arts Journal, John Duncan Bass, critic and writer, (Fall issue).
Dynamic Perceptions in a Digital Age, Nashville Arts Magazine, Gracie Pratt, writer (September).
2014
Under the Radar, Nashville Arts Magazine, February, Wendy White, writer.
Cumberland Gallery’s “Radar” Spots Young Artists, The Tennessean, January, MiChelle Jones, writer.
2012
Critics’ Picks, Nashville Scene, March. Joe Nolan, writer.
Mediating Abstraction, Art Now Nashville, April. Ryder Richards, writer.
http://ryderrichards.us/wp/review-mediating-abstraction-patrick-brien-at-threesquared/
2006
Nashville City Paper, (January).
2005
Nashville Scene, (December).