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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

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/