Information — Kevin Brisco

Kevin Brisco Jr. [b. 1990, Memphis, TN] works across the media of painting, sculpture, installation, and performance. Brisco earned his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 2013 and his M.F.A. from Yale University in 2020. He has exhibited internationally at albertz benda, New York, NY; Union Pacific, London, UK; TONE, Memphis, TN; the Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA; Perrotin, New York, NY; Rumpelstiltskin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey; Antenna Gallery, New Orleans, LA; amongst others. He is the recipient of numerous grants and was awarded artist-in-residence fellowships at the Fine Art Works Center in Provincetown, MA, The Macedonia Institute in Chatham, NY, and the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT. Brisco lives and works in Austin, TX.

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Education

2020 MFA Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2013 BA w/ High Honors, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT

Solo Exhibitions

2026 Take Place, Hilliard Art Museum, Laffayette, LA
2024 It’s My House and I Lived Here, Albertz Benda Gallery, Los Angeles, LA

2023 But I Hear There Are New Suns, Union Pacific Gallery, London, UK

2023 Migratory Roots, Jule Collins Smith Museum, Auburn, AL
2022 Footsteps In The Dark, Albertz Benda, New York, NY
2022 You Can Dance Underwater and Not Get Wet, TONE Gallery, Memphis, TN
2017 (For) What Is(s) Worth, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 Y’all Don’t Wanna Hear Us, You Just Wanna Dance, Good Children Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2013 Build, Thesis Exhibition, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT

Misc works 2015–present

Selected Group Exhibitions

2026 The Quin’ Exhibition of Cape Art, Boston, MA
2025 On The Edge, Provincetown Art Society, Provincetown, MA

2024 Arcadia and Elsewhere, James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Genius Loci, Charles Moffett, New York, NY
2022 Emerging Fellows Provincetown, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA
2022 Fine Arts Work Center Fellows Exhibition, Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2021 Fragmented Bodies, Albertz Benda, New York, NY
2021 Everything Has Its Place, Sevil Dolmaci Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
2020 American Socialist Realism, Rumplestiltskin Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Voices, Studio 525, New York, NY
2020 Yale MFA Thesis Exhibition, Perrotin Gallery, New York, NY
2020 ONLY WHEN YOU ARE CALLED: Painting/Printmaking MFA Thesis Show, Green Hall Gallery, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2018 Run What You Brung, Green Hall, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2018 Antenna Pt. 4, Antenna Gallery, New Orleans. LA
2017 When We Were Boys, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017 Painters Painting Painters, NOCCA Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 A Building With A View, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2013 Swerved Group Show, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT
2016 Be The Art, Student of Color Group Show, Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT

Awards/Residencies

2023 Macedonia Institute Artist in Residence
2022 Artist in Residence Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA
2020 New American Paintings Issue #147
2020 Carol Schlosberg Memorial Prize for Excellence in Painting, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2018–20 Elizabeth Greenshields Grant Recipient (Three Time Recipient)

2017 Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, Johnson, VT
2012 Jamie Hulley Award Recipient
2012 Zawissa Award Recipient
2012 Wesleyan Summer Experience Grant Recipient

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