Brennen Steines
brennensteines@gmail.com
B. Rockford, IL
Lives and works in New Haven, CT
Education
2022 Yale School of Art, MFA Painting/Printmaking, CT
2022 Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art
2018 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, B.F.A. with an Honors College Degree, WI
2017 Yale University Norfolk School of Art, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Dispersion Field at Dimin, New York City, NY
2020 Vestiges at The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, WI
2017 New Paintings at Chamber, Milwaukee, WI
Group Exhibitions
2024 Intersect, at Chilli Art Projects, London, UK
2023 Surface Level, at Dimin, New York City, NY
Ten at Ten, at The Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2022 Vibrant Matters, at Jeffrey Deitch, New York City, NY
By Tomorrow, at The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Vibrant Matters MFA Thesis Show, at Green Gallery in Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2021 10268#, at Green Gallery in Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
No Masters, at Green Gallery in Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2020 We Might Have Been Born Yesterday, But We Stayed Up All Night at BTG, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Bridge Work 04 at UW Oshkosh Allen Preibe Annex Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
Emerging Artists Exhibition at Var West Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Within and Against at Galerie Kenilworth, Milwaukee, WISoft Ground, Stiff Shoulder at Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Bridge Work 04 at Var West Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Hinternational Paper Project at Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI
Looking Sideways at Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Duomo V at Yours Truly, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Yale University at Norfolk School of Art Show, Norfolk, CT
44th Annual Juried Show at Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Process > Presence at Hoax Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Cambrian at The Cooperativa, Milwaukee, WI
2015 Crossing Over at Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Awards
2022 Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award for Outstanding Achievement in Painting from Nature, Yale School of Art
2021 Center for Collaborative Arts and Blended Reality Studio Fellowship, Yale University
James William Proctor Jr. Scholarship, Yale University
2019 Emerging Artist Finalist, Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Plum Blossom Initiative Bridge Work 04 professional development program
Var West Gallery, Artist-in-Residence, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Norfolk, CT
Laurence Rathsack Scholarship, University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee
2016 Laurence Rathsack Scholarship, University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee
Frederick R. Layton Scholarship, University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee
Publications and Presentations
2023 Ten Talks Series Speaker, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2022 Maquette Issue 3, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2021 Yale School of Art Open Studios, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2019 Bridge Work 04 Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Within and Against Presentation, Galerie Kenilworth, Milwaukee, WI
Bridge Work Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
2017 Duomo V, Milwaukee, WI
Duomo IV, Milwaukee, WI
Press
2018 Shane McAdams, Two Milwaukee Artists in Dialogue at Galerie Kenilworth's 'Within and
Against' At Galerie Kenilworth, Shepherd Express.
https://shepherdexpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/visual-art/two-milwaukee-artists-indialogue-at-galerie-kenilworth-s-wi/
Todd Mrozinski, The Energy of Emerging Artists, Urban Milwaukee.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/12/17/visual-art-the-energy-of-emerging-artists/
Kate Mothes, Interview for Young Space
https://yngspc.com/artists/2018/02/brennen-steines/
2016 Jeff Grygny, Primordial Ooze: “Cambrian” Brings High Abstraction Down to Earth
http://playonmke.com/primordial-ooze-cambrian-brings-high-abstraction-down-to-earth/
brennensteines@gmail.com
B. Rockford, IL
Lives and works in New Haven, CT
Education
2022 Yale School of Art, MFA Painting/Printmaking, CT
2022 Saas-Fee Summer Institute of Art
2018 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, B.F.A. with an Honors College Degree, WI
2017 Yale University Norfolk School of Art, CT
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Dispersion Field at Dimin, New York City, NY
2020 Vestiges at The Alice Wilds, Milwaukee, WI
2017 New Paintings at Chamber, Milwaukee, WI
Group Exhibitions
2024 Intersect, at Chilli Art Projects, London, UK
2023 Surface Level, at Dimin, New York City, NY
Ten at Ten, at The Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2022 Vibrant Matters, at Jeffrey Deitch, New York City, NY
By Tomorrow, at The Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Vibrant Matters MFA Thesis Show, at Green Gallery in Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2021 10268#, at Green Gallery in Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
No Masters, at Green Gallery in Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2020 We Might Have Been Born Yesterday, But We Stayed Up All Night at BTG, Milwaukee, WI
2019 Bridge Work 04 at UW Oshkosh Allen Preibe Annex Gallery, Oshkosh, WI
Emerging Artists Exhibition at Var West Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Within and Against at Galerie Kenilworth, Milwaukee, WISoft Ground, Stiff Shoulder at Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Bridge Work 04 at Var West Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Hinternational Paper Project at Real Tinsel, Milwaukee, WI
Looking Sideways at Usable Space, Milwaukee, WI
Duomo V at Yours Truly, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Yale University at Norfolk School of Art Show, Norfolk, CT
44th Annual Juried Show at Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Process > Presence at Hoax Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2016 Cambrian at The Cooperativa, Milwaukee, WI
2015 Crossing Over at Union Art Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Awards
2022 Elizabeth Canfield Hicks Award for Outstanding Achievement in Painting from Nature, Yale School of Art
2021 Center for Collaborative Arts and Blended Reality Studio Fellowship, Yale University
James William Proctor Jr. Scholarship, Yale University
2019 Emerging Artist Finalist, Mary L. Nohl Fund Fellowship, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Plum Blossom Initiative Bridge Work 04 professional development program
Var West Gallery, Artist-in-Residence, Milwaukee, WI
2017 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship, Norfolk, CT
Laurence Rathsack Scholarship, University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee
2016 Laurence Rathsack Scholarship, University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee
Frederick R. Layton Scholarship, University of Wisconsin– Milwaukee
Publications and Presentations
2023 Ten Talks Series Speaker, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI
2022 Maquette Issue 3, Center for Collaborative Arts and Media, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2021 Yale School of Art Open Studios, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
2019 Bridge Work 04 Lecture, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
2018 Within and Against Presentation, Galerie Kenilworth, Milwaukee, WI
Bridge Work Lecture, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
2017 Duomo V, Milwaukee, WI
Duomo IV, Milwaukee, WI
Press
2018 Shane McAdams, Two Milwaukee Artists in Dialogue at Galerie Kenilworth's 'Within and
Against' At Galerie Kenilworth, Shepherd Express.
https://shepherdexpress.com/arts-and-entertainment/visual-art/two-milwaukee-artists-indialogue-at-galerie-kenilworth-s-wi/
Todd Mrozinski, The Energy of Emerging Artists, Urban Milwaukee.
https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2018/12/17/visual-art-the-energy-of-emerging-artists/
Kate Mothes, Interview for Young Space
https://yngspc.com/artists/2018/02/brennen-steines/
2016 Jeff Grygny, Primordial Ooze: “Cambrian” Brings High Abstraction Down to Earth
http://playonmke.com/primordial-ooze-cambrian-brings-high-abstraction-down-to-earth/