b. 1980, Santa Clara, CA, USA
EDUCATION
2007
M.F.A., Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2004
B.F.A., University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025
Light in August, Carver Hill Gallery, Camden, ME
2024
Reasons I Stay, Online, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2023
Brian Rego, The Blackwell Prize in Painting, Vault Gallery with the School of the Arts, University of West Georgia, Newnan, GA
2021
Present Memory, Online, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2019
Tiny Mirrors, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2017
Recent Paintings, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2010
Millbank, The Etheridge Center, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2026
Quantum Observations: The Alchemy of Faith and Science, Steven Francis Fine Art, Lynchburg, VA
2024
Lay It On: Impasto, Stacking, + Layering, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
A Room with a View, Vardan Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
Rooms For Strangers, 2-Person Exhibition with Pierce Scantlin, Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Hudson, NY
AIM, Evoke Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Working Small, A Group Exhibition, Online, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
Like a Bird On a Wire: A Selection of Contemporary Landscapes, Indian Hill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
In Depth: An Exploration of Pictorial Space, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
2022
Activated Spaces, Nancy Margolis Gallery Pop-Up Show, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
Horizons, Online 2-Person Exhibition with Charity Baker, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2020
Tapped, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019
In the Neighborhood, Zeuxis, THERE, New York, NY
Van Gogh and His Inspirations, Columbia Museum of Fine Art, Columbia, SC
2018
Art at Kings Oaks, Newtown, PA
2017
Perceptual Painters, Flippo Gallery, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA
2016
Night Sun, Curated by Philip Jackson, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
Imagination Land, 2-Person Exhibition with David Campbell, Visual Arts Center, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA
2015
Subject and Subjectivity, Cade Center for the Fine Arts, Anne Arundel Community College, Baltimore, MD
2014
The Metaphysics of Presence, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA
Perceptual Painters: A Contemporary Movement, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Observation and Invention: The Space of Desire, Curated by Scott Noel, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Color: Imagined and Observed, Andrews Gallery, The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2013
On the Horizon: Contemporary Landscape Painting, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY
Real & Remembrance, 39th Street Gallery, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
Perceptual Painters, Kentucky School of Art at Spalding University, Louisville, KY
Everything in its Right Place, University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum, Hattiesburg, MS
AWARDS
2023
The Blackwell Prize in Painting, Blackwell Trust, the School of the Arts at the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
2004
Ed Yaghjian Award for Distinguished Undergraduate Work, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
1998
Gold Key, The Scholastic Art and Writing Award for Excellence in Visual Arts, Lander University, Greenwood, SC
RESIDENCIES
2026
JSS Master Class Residency, Guest of Honor Brian Rego, Jerusalem Studio School in Civita Castellana, IT
2023
The Newnan Artist-in-Residency Program, Blackwell Trust, the School of the Arts at the University of West Georgia, Newnan, GA
PRESS, PUBLICATIONS & INTERVIEWS
2024
O’Hern, John, Looking and Seeing - Brian Rego: Faulkner’s Cabin, Evoke Contemporary Gallery
2023
Lowery, Peyton, UWG to host exhibit by award-winning artist, The Newnan Times-Herald, September 12, 2023
University of West Georgia - Painting the Landscapes of Life: Blackwell Prize Brings Nationally Acclaimed Artist to UWG, UWG Visual Art Exhibitions and Galleries
Hunter, Dawn. The Artistic Vision of Brian Rego, Dawn Hunter South Carolina Sunshine
2022
Benson, Christopher & Nicholas. Art In The Making: Essays by Artists About What They Do (featured in pages 228 - 231), The Fisher Press & The John Stevens Shop
Arango, S. Jorge, Art Review: Painters Go To Different Depths in Portland, Rockland Shows, Press Herald
2017
Burak, Greg, Artist Interview: Brian Rego, CMD-ZINE, July 2017
Minnis, Lianne, Artist Interview: Brian Rego, The Beverly Street Studio School
2016
Groff, Larry, Review of Blue Mountain Gallery Group Show, Painting Perceptions, January 2016
2015
Groff, Larry, A Lineage of American Perceptual Painters, Two Exhibitions, Painting Perceptions, January 2015
2014
Baker, Brett, From Edwin Dickinson to the Perceptual Painters, The Painter’s Table, April 2014
Groff, Larry, Observation and Invention: The Space of Desire, PAFA, Painting Perceptions, January 2014
2012
Heid, Karen; Artist Brian Rego, ArtSee Publication
Day, Jeffrey, Reviews Local Art Show - Brian Rego, The Jasper Project at Jasper Magazine
2011
Baker, Brett, Painters’ Table Features Brian Rego, The Painters’ Table
Groff, Larry, Upcoming Painter: Brian Rego, Painting Perceptions, May 2011
2009
Groff, Larry, Perceptual Painters Group, Painting Perceptions, July 2009
2008
Day, Jeffery. Artist’s Off-Kilter Paintings Reflect His New Life, South Carolina’s The State: Arts
SELECTED TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2026
Guest Artist and Instructor of Painting, Jerusalem Studio School Master Class Residency, Civita Castellana, IT
2025
Visiting Instructor of Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Adjunct Faculty, Painting 1 & 2, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2024
Visiting Instructor of Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2023
Visiting Instructor of Painting, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2022
Visiting Artist and Lecturer: Image and Meaning, Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel
2019
Visiting Instructor of Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2018
Instructor of Painting: The Fiction of Sight, Art New England at Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Visiting Instructor of Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Visiting Artist and Lecturer: First-Timeness, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
Visiting Artist and Lecturer: Phenomena of Sight, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2017
Instructor of Painting: Painting the Landscape, Art New England at Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Visiting Instructor of Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Teacher, Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC
2016
Instructor of Painting, Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA
Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Visiting Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
2015
Visiting Instructor of Painting, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
Teacher and Co-Founder, Drawing, Painting, and Principles of Observation, Midlands School of Art, Columbia, SC
2014
Guest Panelist, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2013
Visiting Instructor of Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
Adjunct Faculty, Painting 2, Drawing 2, Figure Drawing, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012
Affiliate Instructor of Painting, Jerusalem Studio School, Civita de Castellana, IT
Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
Adjunct Faculty, Intermediate Drawing 1 & 2, Columbia College, Columbia, SC
2011
Adjunct Faculty, Painting 1 & 2, Figure Drawing, Drawing 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Intro to Watercolor, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC