BRIAN WILLMONT
Untitled 1 2016 Pencil on paper 9 x 12 inches
Untitled 2 2016 Pencil on paper 9 x 12 inches
Untitled 3 2016 Pencil on paper 9 x 12 inches
Untitled 4 2016 Pencil on paper 9 x 12 inches
Untitled 5 2016 Pencil on paper 9 x 12 inches
Untitled 6 2016 Pencil on paper 9 x 12 inches
BRIAN WILLMONT
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
2007 BFA with High Distinction, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Volta Show, Victori + Mo, New York, NY
2016 Chaos and Wild Again, Victori + Mo, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Vanitas, Driscoll Babcock
2015 Nevermore, Field Projects, New York, NY
2014 Dark Light, Greenpoint Terminal, Brooklyn, NY
2012 All Black Everything, Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Skinwalker, Reciever Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2008 Know Your Shadow, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2007 Where You Begin and I End, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 New Works, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Befanas Secret Booty, Orgy Park, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Post Analog, The Hole @ Untitled Fair, Miami, FL
2015 Aqua Art, Victori + Mo, Miami, FL
2015 Natural Selection, The Hole, NY, NY
2015 Dinner for Breakfast, Victori + Mo, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Pattern::::Chaos, Cinders Gallery, Brookyn, NY
2015 Irving Variety, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 American Idle, Pop Up curated by Lydia Kutko, NY, NY
2015 Art Market Hamptons, Voctori + Mo, Long Island, NY
2015 Rock Hound Swap Meet, Junior Projects, Curated by Randy Wray, NY, NY
2015 In the Heat of the Night, Castor Gallery, NY, NY
2015 The Coyote, Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden
2015 Non-Objective, Circuit 12, Dallas, TX
2015 Jug Life, Park Life Gallery, curated by Andrew Schoultz and Patrick Martinez, San Francisco, CA
2015 Ducks, Minotaur, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Inaugural Show, Left Field, San Louis Obisbo, CA
2014 Dream Material, Dress Shop, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Mini Mansion, Gurrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014 Decade of Decadunce, Cinders Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Draw, Rewilding F.L.A. Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2014 Decline and Fall, curated by Fancesca Gavin, artsy.net
2013 Gifted, The Bedroom, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Trust In Me, Field Projects, New York, NY
2013 Dirty Fingers, curated by Cinders Gallery, See Me, Queens, NY
2013 One and Done, LaunchPad, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Dirty Fingers, curated by Cinders Gallery, F.L.A. Gallery, Gainesville, FL
2013 Calamity & Ruin, curated by Oh Nancy, Project 722, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Blank Land, Torrence Art Museum, TorranceArt Museum, Torrance, CA
2012 Dumbo Arts Festival, NY, NY
2012 Patterns of Behavior, Booklyn, NY, NY
2012 Buy Local, Fowler Arts, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Anniversary Exhibition, Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA
2012 Damned If You Doom, Small Engine Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2011 Beard Show, Aviary Gallery, Boston, MA
2011 Brutal Doodle 2.0, Fountain Projects, NY, NY
2011 Chain Letter, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2011 Brutal Doodle, Lufthansa Studios, Boston, MA
2011 Black Light Lounge, Secret Project Robot, NY, NY
2010 Inaugural Show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010 Plain Air, Cinders Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010 Art Works Every Time, Sync Space, LosAngeles, CA
2009 Beg Borrow Steal, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2009 Untold Legends - New Mythologies, Pennbrick, Santa Fe, NM
2009 GruesomeTwosome, Pennbrick, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Invisible Somethings, 92Y Tribeca, NY, NY
2009 Lore: Legends of a Different Kind, Pennbrick, Santa Fe, NM
2008 Pattern, Bathroom Hallway Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Feudal Echo (2 person w/ Alex Lukas), Park Life, San Francisco, CA
2008 This is Boston Not L.A., LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
2008 Anything But Paper Prayers, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
2007 Memory Works (catalog), Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD
2007 Frieze, Lamontagne Gallery, London, UK
2007 Pulse, Lamontagne Gallery, Miami, FL
2007 Liste Berliner, The Rhys Gallery, Berlin, DU
2007 Scope Hamptons, The Rhys Gallery, Long Island, NY
2006 Wilderland, Second Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Size Matters, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
2006 Boston Drawing Project, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Word of Mouth, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
2005 Brian Willmont & Suzy Coady, Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA
Screenings
2011 Let Us Make Cake, New Ideas Festival, New Museum, NY, NY
2009 Trans-Pecos Festival of Music and Love, El Cosmico, Marfa, TX
Awards and Honors
2012 Guest Lecture, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Santa Fe, NM
2012 SantaFe Art Institue Artist Residency, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Guest Lecture, Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, Santa Barbara, CA
2007 Guest Lecture, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Dolphin Paper Award, Boston, MA
2005 Arches Materials Award, Boston, MA
2005 Foundation Award, Boston, MA
Press
2016 Stouffer, Hannah, Desire and Advertising Create a "Plasti-Saccharine-Hallucina tory" Dreamscape, VICE Creators Project
2016 Buermann, Caro, Brian Willmont Interperets the Digital Experience, Hi Fructose
2016 SAL, Brian Willmont – “Chaos and Wild Again”, Arrestedmotion.com
2016 Kinsella, Eileen, Must-See Booths at VOLTA 2016, Artnet.com
2016 Munro, Cait, What Top Dealers are Bringing to Volta, Artnet.com
2016 Thomas, Amanda, Editors Picks, artnet.com
2011 Exhumed Book One, Exhumed Editions, October
2011 “Featured Artist”, Hardcore Magazine, July
2010 Rosplock, Dan. "Brian Willmont", futureshipwreck.com
2010 Lee, Sasha. "Kooky Cacti", Beautifuldecay.com
2010 “Featured Artist”, RRR magazine 2
2010 Artistaday.com
2009 Photos, John. "So Happy Together", Santa Fe Reporter, September 2
2009 McQuaid, Cate. “Feeling the pop, in any guise”, The Boston Globe, August 26
2009 "Featured Artist”, RRR Book 0001, June
2009 Trippe, John. “Brian Willmont Interview”, FecalFace.com, April
2009 Soliloquies, 12.1, Montreal, Canada
2009 Fryeberger, Erica, "Brian Willmont Interview", March 18
2009 Peck, Jamie. "92Y? Because We Like You", New York Press, February
2009 Republik Magazine, Feudal Echo, Bucharest, Romania
2008 Lee, Sasha. Brian Willmont Interview, Beautiful Decay Anthology, October
2008 Apenest vol. 2
2008 Dailyserving.com, May
2008 Neelon, Caleb. Profile, Juxtapoz, #87 April
2008 Ruby Magazine, #28 April
2007 Curators’ Incubator (Catalog), Maryland Art Place
2006 McQuaid, Cate. Unexpected Turns, The Boston Globe, December 28
2006 Cook, Greg, Wilderland, gregcookland.com, December 18
2006 Apenest vol.1
2006 Dodero, Camille. Apenest Doesn't Want Your Sprinkle, The Boston Phoenix, November 14
2006 Showstoppers, Juxtapoz Magazine, August, #67
2006 Mary Sherman. July Arts Picks, WBUR.org. June 30
2006 Hopkins, Mary. Buoys and Boats, The Boston Phoenix, June 7
2005 Gepner, Rachel. …Coady & Willmont @ Rhys Gallery, Big Red and Shiny, 24
2004 Tuttle, Nancy.Evos Arts, Lowell Sun, September 16
Curatorial
2010 Plain Air, Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Sunday Painting, Iceberger Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2008 Apenest vol. 2
2007 Apenest vol. 1