CV
Education
Maine College of Art
M.F.A. Studio Art; 2018-2022
Portland, Maine
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
B.F.A. Sculpture; 2012-2018
Boston, Massachusetts
Bibliography:
Hać, Karolina. “Brian Smith Explores Aquatic Futures in ‘That Queer Fish’”. Boston Art Review, August 2023.
Arango, Jorge S. Art review: Portland galleries put the natural world in a new context, Portland Press Herald. 2023
Shifting Sequences; September 2022; The Maine Magazine. 2022
Issue 03. Divide Magazine May/June 2021.
Working Artist: III Magazine. 2021
Interview with Rochelle Roberts for Floorr Magazine Issue 26. Spring 2021. South London, England.
Irons, Hilary. “The Empaths,” The Chart: Vol.5 #2 Spring 2020. Portland, ME.
Video Interviews:
“Organic Fireworks” Lights Out Gallery January 2022
Fellowship/Residency Opportunities:
Lunder Institute for American Art Fellowship; Waterville, Maine; January-May 2024
Monson Arts; Monson, Maine; Autumn/Winter 2022
Hewnoaks Artist Residency; Lovell, Maine; Summer 2021
Commissions:
Schooling Fish; Portland International Jetport; Portland, ME; 05/2022
Making Connections; VividCloud; Brunswick, ME; 05/2022
Awards:
Maine Arts Commission Project Grant; 2023
American Rescue Plan Maine Project Grant via SPACE Gallery; 2022.
Maine Arts Commission Springboard Grant; 2022
Albert K. Murray Grant; 2019
Curatorial Projects:
Evening Botanist; SPACE Gallery; Portland, ME; 04/2023 – 05/2023
Selected Exhibitions:
2024
As We Are; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME 10/2024-04/2025
Next Gen; Cove Street Arts, Portland, ME 02/2024-03/2024
The House Support Itself; DanceHall studio at Fort Andross, Brunswick, ME TBD 2024
2023
Littles; Moss Galleries, Falmouth, ME 11/2023-12/2023
That Queer Fish; [solo] Parsonage Gallery, Searsport, ME 07/2023-09/2023
Viewfinder; Portland Public Library, Portland, ME 07/2023-09/2023
Art meets Science; Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME 06/2023-09/2023
Housewarming; 82 Parris, Portland, ME 04/2023-05/2023
Evening Botanist; SPACE Gallery; Portland, ME; 04/2023 – 05/2023
2023 CMCA Biennial; Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, ME 01/2023-05/2023
2022
Wolf Peach; Staycation Collective, Camden, ME; 08/2022
Wild Lights; Hewnoaks Artist Residency; Lovell, ME 08/2022
We Interrupt This Program; LaMontagne and Howard Yezerski Galleries; Boston, MA 08/2022
Bellèpoque; Lights Out Gallery; Bridgeton, ME; 05/2022-06/2022
2022 Alumni Triennial; Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA&D; Portland, ME; 01/2022-02/2022
2021
Laundry Day 03 Art Auction; New Systems Exhibitions; Portland, ME; 12/2021
Biafarin Awards 2021; Online international group exhibition; 11/2021-12/2021
Open Space; ICOSA Collective; Austin, TX; 11/2021
Everything Must Go; Staycation Collective; Rockport, ME; 09/2021
OnBoards Biënnale 2021; Antwerp, Belgium; 06/2021-07/2021
Flora; Gallery 263 (Juried by Mark Dion); Cambridge, MA; 05/2021-06/2021
Inaugural Exhibition; Topo Gallery; Camden, ME 03/2021-12/2021
Sorry We Missed You; Institute of Contemporary Art at MECA; Portland, ME; 03/2020-04/2021
2020
Laundry Day 2 Art Auction; New Systems Exhibitions; Portland, ME; 12/2020
Exh 05; Floorr Magazine Online Exhibition; London, England; 11/2020-02/2021
Be Seen; Projections on assorted buildings in Portland by the Maine College of Art; Portland, ME; 09/2020
AREA CODE Art Fair; New England: Virtual Art Fair; 08/2020
PLATFORM PROJECTS/WALKS 2020: ecologies of the local; Speedwell Projects; Portland, ME 08/2020-10/2020
Queer Art Summer; The Bennett Collective; Virtual Show 07/2020-08/2020
25th Annual Juried Show; Harlow Gallery; Hallowell, ME 06/2020 (date subject to change)
2019
Laundry Day Art Auction; New Systems Exhibition; Portland, ME 08/2019
The Constructed Self; New Systems Exhibition; Portland, ME 06/2019
Spring Art Festival; Maine Center for Electronic Music; Portland, ME 03/2019
2018
Regular Style; University of Montana (online exhibit) 11/2018-2019
Composed; Gallery @ Artblock; Boston, MA 12/2017-01/2018
2017
Fall Salon 2017; Greenpoint Gallery; Brooklyn, NY 09/2017
2016
MassArt Graduating Senior Show; Baklar and Paine Galleries; Boston, MA 05/2016
The Boston Biennial; Atlantic Works Gallery; Boston, MA 04/2016
AKF Art Exhibition & Student Competition; AKF Group; Boston, MA 04/2016 - 04/2017
Stephen D. Paine Exhibition; New England School of Art and Design; Boston, MA 02/2016
Furnished/City: Architecture for the Body and Soul; Doran Gallery; Boston, MA 02/2016
Speaking Roles:
2023
Visiting Artist: Michael Droge’s Visual Meaning course; Bates College; 10/2023 Lewiston, ME.
Artist Talk: Artists and Makers Conference; University of Maine; 04/2023; Belfast, ME.
Visiting Artist: Chip Barchilon Daley’s Research and Design course; Maine College of Art & Design; 04/2023 Portland, ME.
2021
Panelist:Sorry We Missed You Artist Talk; Maine College of Art & Design; 04/2021; Portland, ME.
2019
Visiting Lecturer—Super(vision): Art & Surveillance class at Maine College of Art; Portland, ME 03/2019
Panel Moderator—Spectacle in the Digital Age at Maine College of Art; Portland, ME 02/2019
2012
Commencement Speaker; Massachusetts College of Art and Design Commencement; Boston, MA 05/2012