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BRIAN REGO

EDUCATION

2007  M.F.A. Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2004  B.F.A. Painting, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Reasons I Stay, Online Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery New York, NY

2023 Brian Rego, Blackwell Prize in Painting, The Vault Gallery, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA

2021  Present Memory, Online Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

2019  Tiny Mirrors, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

2019  Affections, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS

2017  Recent Paintings, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY

2012  Recent Paintings, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC

2010  Millbank, Etheridge Center, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC

2008  Millbank, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Summer Collage: Works/Materials/Artists, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA

2024 Lay It On: Impasto, Stacking, + Layering, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC

2024 A Room with a View, Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2023 Rooms For Strangers, 2-Person Exhibition with Pierce Scantlin, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY

2023 AIM, Evoke Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2023 Working Small| A Group Exhibition, Online, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

2023 Like a Bird On a Wire: A Selection of Contemporary Landscapes, Indian Hill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2023 In Depth: An Exploration of Pictorial Space, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA

2023 Perceptual Painters: Recent Work, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA

2022  Activated Spaces, Nancy Margolis Gallery Pop-Up Show, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME

2022  Horizons, Online 2-Person Exhibition with Charity Baker, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY

2022  Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2021  NMG Summer Pop-Up, Online Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY         

2020  Tapped, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2020  Summer is Here: A Summer Exhibition, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2019  In the Neighborhood, Zeuxis, THERE, New York, NY

2019  Van Gogh and His Inspirations, Columbia Museum of Fine Art, Columbia, SC

2019  Departures From Observation, Perceptual Painters, Rusty Flack Art Gallery, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, PA

2019  Plein Air, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA

2019  A Web of Artists: Friends from Social Networks, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

2019  Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2018  Art at Kings Oaks, Newtown, PA

2018  Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2018  Summer Invitational, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA

2017  Perceptual Painters, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA

2016  Night Sun, Perceptual Painters, Curated by Philip Jackson, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS

2016  Juried Exhibition, Juror: Stanley Lewis, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

2016  Imagination Land, 2-Person Exhibition with David Campbell, Visual Arts Center, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA

2015  Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

2015  Subject and Subjectivity, Cade Center for the Fine Arts, Anne Arundel Community College, Baltimore, MD

2014  Juried Exhibition, Juror: John Dubrow, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

2014  The Metaphysics of Presence, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA

2014  Commonplace: Landscapes, Figures, and Still-life, Meeting Street Gallery, Charleston, SC

2014  Perceptual Painters: A Contemporary Movement, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH

2014  Observation and Invention: The Space of Desire, Perceptual Painters, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2014  Color: Imagined and Observed, Andrews Gallery, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

2013  On the Horizon: Contemporary Landscape Painting, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY

2013  Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2013  En Plein Air, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT

2013  Real & Remembrance, Perceptual Painters, 39th Street Gallery, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD

2013  Perceptual Painters, Kentucky School of Art at Spalding University, Louisville, KY

2013  Everything in its Right Place, Perceptual Painters, University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum, Hattiesburg, MS

HONORS AND AWARDS

2023  The Blackwell Prize in Painting Award, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA

2004  Ed Yaghjian Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

1998  Gold Key, The Scholastic Art and Writing Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, Lander University, Greenwood, SC

FEATURES AND PUBLICATIONS

2022 Benson, Christopher & Nicholas. Art In The Making, Essays by Artists About What They Do, (featured on pages 228 - 231), The Fisher Press & The John Stevens Shop 

2022  Arango, S. Jorge, Art Review: Painters Go To Different Depths in Portland, Rockland Shows, Press Herald

2017  Blog: commandzine.com, CMD-ZINE, Artist Interview: Brian Rego, Interviewed by Greg Burak

2017  Blog: bssschool.org/brian-rego-interview, Artist Interview: Brian Rego, Interviewed by Lianne Minnis

2014  Blog: paintingperceptions.com, Painting Perceptions: Observation and Invention: The Space of Desire, PAFA, Written by Larry Groff

2012  Heid, Karen; Artist Brian Rego, ArtSee Publication

2012  Blog: jasperproject.org/jasper-magazine-online/tag/Brian+Rego, Jeffery Day Reviews Local Art Show - Brian Rego, Written by Jeffrey Day

2012  Blog: powersofobservation.com, Powers of Observation – Artist Brian Rego

2011  Blog: painters-table.com, Painters Table Features Brian Rego

2011  Blog: paintingperceptions.com, Painting Perceptions: Upcoming Painter: Brian Rego, Interviewed by Larry Groff

2009  Blog: paintingperceptions.com, Painting Perceptions: Perceptual Painters Group, Written by Larry Groff

2008  Day, Jeffery, Artist’s Off-Kilter Paintings Reflect His New Life, South Carolina’s The State: Arts

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2024 Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2023 Lead Painting Faculty, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA

2023 Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2022 Online Painting Instructor, Considering the Masters: Cezanne and The Organizing Principles of Design, Penn Studio School of Art

2022  Visiting Artist, Lecture: Image and Meaning, Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel

2022  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2019  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2019  Lead Art Instructor, Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC

2019  Adjunct Professor, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2018  Painting Instructor, The Fiction of Sight, Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

2018  Painting Instructor, 2-Person Workshop with David Campbell, Alternating Spaces, Perceptual Painters, Williamsburg, VA

2018  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2018  Lead Art Instructor, Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC

2018  Adjunct Professor, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2018  Visiting Artist, Lecture: First-Timeness, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA

2018  Visiting Artist, Lecture: Phenomena of Sight, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA

2017  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT

2017  Painting Instructor, 2-Person Workshop with Matt Klos, Painting Interiors With the Figure, Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA

2017  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2017  Painting Instructor, 2-Person Workshop with David Campbell, Landscape Painting, Perceptual Painters, Charleston, SC

2017  Lead Art Instructor, Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC

2017  Adjunct Professor, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2016  Lead Art Instructor, Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC

2016  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA

2016  Painting Instructor, 2-Person Workshop with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Figure Painting, Columbia, SC

2016  Painting Instructor, 2-Person Workshop with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Landscape Painting, Williamsburg, VA

2016  Co-Founder, Lead Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Midlands School of Art, Columbia, SC

2016  Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

2016  Visiting Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IU

2015  Lead Painting Faculty, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA

2015  Painting Instructor, 2-Person Workshop with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Landscape Painting, Columbia, SC

2015  Painting Instructor, 2-Person Workshop with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Landscape Painting, Williamsburg, VA

2015  Co-Founder, Lead Instructor, Drawing and Painting, Midlands School of Art, Columbia, SC

2015  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing, Painting 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

2015  Adjunct Professor, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2014  Guest Panelist, Perceptual Painting, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH

2014  Adjunct Professor, Painting 1, Figure Painting, Drawing 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

2014  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing 1, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2013  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

2013  Adjunct Professor, Painting 2, Drawing 2, Figure Drawing, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

2013  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2012  Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, Jerusalem Studio School, Civita de Castellana, Italy

2012  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2012  Adjunct Professor, Intermediate Drawing 1 & 2, Columbia College, Columbia, SC

2012  Adjunct Professor, Painting 1, Figure Drawing, Drawing 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

2011  Adjunct Professor, Painting 1 & 2, Figure Drawing, Drawing 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

2011  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Intro to Watercolor, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2010  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing, Art Seminar, Painting 1, Benedict College, Columbia, SC

2010  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2009  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 2, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

2008  Adjunct Professor, Figure Drawing 1, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC