RILEY BREWSTER
“In creating a narrative of scale, light, shape, and surface the paintings become a record of accumulated decisions; Affirmations, denials of time recorded and remarked . . .”
–Brewster
Riley Brewster, was educated at Bowdoin College, in Maine, and received his MFA in Painting, from Yale University. He has taught at many institutions, including, Hampshire College, The New York Studio School, Dartmouth University, Bowdoin College and The University of Washington. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States. Brewster's work can be found in both private and public collections including the Davis Museum of Art, the Museum of Art (Portland, Maine) Vermont Studio Center, and the Yale University Museum of Art. Riley has also been awarded many residencies and fellowship opportunities, including, Visiting Artist Residency from Vermont Studio Center, Painting Fellowship from the Ingram Merrill Foundation, Painting Fellowship from the Pollock/Krasner Foundation.
Education
1982 M.F.A., Painting, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
1978 Skowhegan School of Painting and sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1977 B.A., Studio Art, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
1977 Yale University Summer School of Art at Norfolk. Norfolk, Connecticut
1977 New York Studio School, New York, New York
1976 St. Martins School of Art, London, England
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2013
Fred Giampietro Gallery, New Haven CT (scheduled)
2009
Union League Cafe, New Haven, CT
2008
Gilbert Gallery, Miss Porter's School, Farmington, CT
2007
Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine
Wells St. Art Company, Fairbanks, Alaska
2006
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington Seattle Washington
2005
"Works on Paper", Icon Contemporary Art , Brunswick Maine
"Ten Years of Printmaking", RKLGallery, Brooklyn, New York
2004
"Paintings, Drawings, Prints", RKLGallery, Brooklyn, New York
Recent Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
“Concrete and Shadows”
Curated by Stevgen DiGiovanni. Creative Arts Workshop. New Haven, CT
“Seeing in the Dark- Nocturnes” Curated by Stephen Kobassa..
John Slade Ely House, New Haven CT (scheduled)
2015
“The Faculty of the School of Visual Arts” Western Connecticut State University
2013
“A Circulating Gallery” Curated by Stephen Kobassa, Director,
The Institute Library of New Haven
“Crossing the Line: A Collection of Drawings” The Institute Library of Connecticut
Curated by Stephen Kobassa, Director, The Institute Library of New Haven
2012
"The Sideshow Annual" Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn NY
"Inside, Outside and the Window: 3 Painters and 3 Forms of Spatial Engagement"
Curated by Steven DiGiovanni. The Institute Library Gallery; New Haven CT
“Creativity and Compassion” Higgins Hall, Western CT State University
2011
"Breaking Ground" Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2010
"New Walls Fresh Paint" The Painting Center, New York, NY
"Shelf" group exhibition curated by Jim Hobbs, Copeland Road, London, UK
Faculty Show, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
2009
"New Haven Selects" 1 Whitney Avenue, New Haven, CT
2007
"Summer" Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine
2006
"The Fifteenth Anniversary Exhibition" The Painting Center, New York, New York
"181st Annual: An invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art." Museum of the National Academy of Design New York, New York
(National invitational/juried exhibition with catalogue)
"Contemporary Maine Printmaking" Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, Maine
"Gallery Artists" ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine
2005
"University of Washington Painting Faculty Exhibition", Gallery of the Seattle Academy of Fine Art
2004
"Gallery Artists" ICON Contemporary Art, Brunswick, Maine
"The Means: Drawing" RKL Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
"Faculty of the Studio Programs" University of Washington School of Art