Philadelphia, PA

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Martin Brief

Summer 2008 from the series Art Forum
2008
Ink on paper
30 1/8 x 33 5/8 inches

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MARTIN BRIEF

b. Chicago, Illinois

Education

Master of Fine Arts, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

Residencies and Awards

2010
Great Rivers Biennial, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (individual artist grant)
2008
Critical Mass Economic Stimulus Award, St. Louis, MO (individual artist grant)
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska (two month residency)
2007
The Drawing Center, New York, Viewing Program (participant)
2006
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France (two month residency)

Solo Exhibitions

2010
Amazon God, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
2009
Lost, Anderson Gallery, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA
2008
Artforum Series, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2007
Martin Brief, Winfisky Gallery, Salem State College, Salem, MA
2006
_ A—acneform, (The Dictionary Series), Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2005
_You Are Here
, Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA
2004
Lost, Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, IL
Photographs, SRO Gallery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
1999
Eighteen, Department of Visual Arts, Texas Woman’s University, Denton, TX
1997
I’m Afraid To Speak (performance), Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
1996
Black Books, Bixby Gallery, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
1995
I’m Afraid To Speak (performance), Left Bank Books, St. Louis, MO
Black Books, Faner Museum, Carbondale, IL

Group Exhibitions

2010
new talent 2010 Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Exposure 13, curated by Terry Suhret. Gallery 210, St. Louis, MO
Creative Stimulus Projects, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
Old Media/Old News, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO
2009
Crossing Lines, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE
Director’s Choice: Obsession, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2008
Works on Paper, 511 Gallery, New York, NY
Spaces Between Spaces, Civilian Art Projects, Washington, D.C.
2007
Less Is More, 511 Gallery, New York, NY
SCOPE Miami, (Civilian Art Projects, Washington, D.C.), Miami, FL
Simple, Dumb Objects, 3 Person Exhibition, School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD
Simple, Dumb Objects, 3 Person Exhibition, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006
Martin Brief and Anna Cox: Coffee/Press, Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, IL
Space of Change, 4 person exhibition, D.C. Art Center, Washington, D.C.
Contained Art, Galerie Sei-un-do, Zurich, Switzerland
Brief, Devening, Lorenz and Whiting, Murray State University, Murray, KY
W. Oregon University Invitational—Martin Brief & Vincent Leandro, Monmouth, OR
Glossolalia, Gallery Aferro, Newark, NJ
2005
Lumen, Red Saw Gallery, Newark, NJ
Illuminating Developments, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, NY
Containers/Contained, Target Gallery, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA
Radius 250, Artspace, Plant Zero Art Center, Richmond, VA
National Prize Show 2005, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
Kentucky National 2005, Murray State University, Murray, KY
2003
20th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
2002
Memoire/Reve, Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, IL
Fotowerk 2002, Flatfile Galleries, Chicago, IL
1999
New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, TX
True Stories: Photography and Video, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, TX

Public Collections

Art Institute of Chicago, Joan Flasch Artist Book Collection, Chicago, IL
Newberry Library, Chicago, IL
Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
Visual Studies Workshop, Rochester, NY
State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Honolulu, HI
Special Collections, Washington University, St. Louis, MO

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