CV

Born in 1980, Santa Clara, CA, USA
Resides and works in Charleston, SC, USA

EDUCATION

2007:  M.F.A. Painting, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, USA
2004:  B.F.A. Painting, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024, Reasons I Stay, Online Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2023, Blackwell Prize in Painting, The Vault Gallery, University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA
2021, Present Memory, Online Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2019, Tiny Mirrors, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2019, Affections, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2017, Recent Paintings, John Davis Gallery, Hudson, NY
2012, Recent Paintings, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
2010, Millbank, Etheridge Center, University of South Carolina, Aiken, SC
2008, Millbank, City Art Gallery, Columbia, SC

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024, Summer Collage: Works/Materials/Artists, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
2024, Lay It On: Impasto, Stacking, + Layering, Blue Spiral 1 Gallery, Asheville, NC
2024, 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
2023, AIM, Evoke Contemporary Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2023, Working Small| A Group Exhibition, Online, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2023, Like a Bird On a Wire: A Selection of Contemporary Landscapes, Indian Hill Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2023, In Depth: An Exploration of Pictorial Space, Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA
2023, Perceptual Painters: Recent Work, Shasta College Art Gallery, Redding, CA
2022, Activated Spaces, Nancy Margolis Gallery Pop-Up Show, Alice Gauvin Gallery, Portland, ME
2022, Horizons, Online 2-Person Exhibition with Charity Baker, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY
2022, Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2021, NMG Summer Pop-Up, Online Exhibition, Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, NY 
2020, Tapped, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2020, Summer is Here: A Summer Exhibition, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2019, In the Neighborhood, Zeuxis, THERE, New York, NY
2019, Van Gogh and His Inspirations, Columbia Museum of Fine Art, Columbia, SC
2019, Departures From Observation, Perceptual Painters, Rusty Flack Art Gallery, Wyoming Seminary, Kingston, PA
2019, Plein Air, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
2019, A Web of Artists: Friends from Social Networks, Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2019, Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2018, Art at Kings Oaks, Newtown, PA
2018, Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2018, Summer Invitational, Lancaster Galleries, Lancaster, PA
2017, Perceptual Painters, Flippo Gallery, Randolph Macon College, Ashland, VA
2016, Night Sun, Perceptual Painters, Curated by Philip Jackson, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS
2016, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Stanley Lewis, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2016, Imagination Land, 2-Person Exhibition with David Campbell, Visual Arts Center, Tidewater Community College, Portsmouth, VA
2015, Small Works Invitational, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2015, Subject and Subjectivity, Cade Center for the Fine Arts, Anne Arundel Community College, Baltimore, MD
2014, Juried Exhibition, Juror: John Dubrow, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY
2014, The Metaphysics of Presence, Q Art Salon, Santa Ana, CA
2014, Commonplace: Landscapes, Figures, and Still-life, Meeting Street Gallery, Charleston, SC
2014, Perceptual Painters: A Contemporary Movement, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2014, Observation and Invention: The Space of Desire, Perceptual Painters, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2014, 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
2013, Landscape Painting, Southside Gallery, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 2013, En Plein Air, The Drawing Room Gallery, Cos Cob, CT
2013, Real & Remembrance, Perceptual Painters, 39th Street Gallery, Gateway Arts Center, Brentwood, MD
2013, Perceptual Painters, Kentucky School of Art at Spalding University, Louisville, KY
2013, Everything in its Right Place, Perceptual Painters, University of Southern Mississippi Art Museum, Hattiesburg, MS

AWARDS

2023, The Blackwell Prize in Painting Award, 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

2023, Blackwell Prize Residency, University of West Georgia, Newnan, GA

PRESS

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 
2022, Arango, S. Jorge, Art Review: Painters Go To Different Depths in Portland, Rockland Shows, Press Herald
2017, Blog: commandzine.com, CMD-ZINE, Artist Interview: Brian Rego, Interviewed by Greg Burak
2017, Blog: bssschool.org/brian-rego-interview, Artist Interview: Brian Rego, Interviewed by Lianne Minnis
2014, Blog: paintingperceptions.com, Painting Perceptions: Observation and Invention: The Space of Desire, PAFA, Written by Larry Groff
2012, Heid, Karen; Artist Brian Rego, ArtSee Publication
2012, Blog: jasperproject.org/jasper-magazine-online/tag/Brian+Rego, Jeffery Day Reviews Local Art Show - Brian Rego, Written by Jeffrey Day
2012, Blog: powersofobservation.com, Powers of Observation – Artist Brian Rego
2011, Blog: painters-table.com, Painters Table Features Brian Rego
2011, Blog: paintingperceptions.com, Painting Perceptions: Upcoming Painter: Brian Rego, Interviewed by Larry Groff
2009, Blog: paintingperceptions.com, Painting Perceptions: Perceptual Painters Group, Written by Larry Groff
2008, Day, Jeffery, Artist’s Off-Kilter Paintings Reflect His New Life, South Carolina’s The State: Arts

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2025, Visiting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2025, Adjunct Faculty, Painting 1 & 2, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2025, Instructor, Considering the Masters: Cezanne and The Organizing Principles of Design, Penn Studio School of Art, Online
2024, Adjunct Faculty, Painting 2, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
2024, Visiting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2023, Painting Faculty, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2023, Visiting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2022, Instructor, Considering the Masters: Cezanne and The Organizing Principles of Design, Penn Studio School of Art, Online
2022, Visiting Artist, Lecture: Image and Meaning, Jerusalem Studio School, Jerusalem, Israel
2022, Visiting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2019, Visiting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2019, Head Faculty for Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC
2019, Adjunct Faculty, 2-D Design, Foundations of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2018, Painting Instructor: The Fiction of Sight, Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
2018, Co-Instructor with David Campbell: Alternating Spaces, Perceptual Painters, Williamsburg, VA
2018, Visiting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2018, Head Faculty for Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC
2018, Adjunct Faculty, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2018, Visiting Artist, Lecture: First-Timeness, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
2018, Visiting Artist, Lecture: Phenomena of Sight, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2017, Painting Instructor: Landscape Painting, Art New England, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
2017, Co-Instructor with Matt Klos: Painting Interiors With the Figure, Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA
2017, Visiting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2017, Co-Instructor with David Campbell: Landscape Painting, Perceptual Painters, Charleston, SC
2017, Head Faculty for Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC
2017, Adjunct Professor, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2016, Head Faculty for Intermediate Art Program, Heathwood Hall Episcopal School, Columbia, SC
2016, Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, Beverly Street Studio School, Staunton, VA
2016, Co-Instructor with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Figure Painting, Columbia, SC
2016, Co-Instructor with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Landscape Painting, Williamsburg, VA
2016, Co-Founder & Head Faculty, Drawing and Painting, Midlands School of Art, Columbia, SC
2016, Visiting Artist, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2016, Visiting Artist, Indiana University, Bloomington, IU
2015, Painting Faculty, Mount Gretna School of Art, Mount Gretna, PA
2015, Co-Instructor with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Landscape Painting, Columbia, SC
2015, Co-Instructor with David Campbell, Perceptual Painters, Landscape Painting, Williamsburg, VA
2015, Co-Founder & Head Faculty, Drawing and Painting, Midlands School of Art, Columbia, SC
2015, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing, Painting 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
2015, Adjunct Faculty, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2014, Guest Panelist, Perceptual Painting, Manifest Creative Research Gallery and Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH
2014, Adjunct Faculty, Painting 1, Figure Painting, Drawing 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
2014, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2013, Painting Faculty, Landscape Painting, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS
2013, Adjunct Faculty, Painting 2, Drawing 2, Figure Drawing, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
2013, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012, Painting Instructor, Landscape Painting, Jerusalem Studio School, Civita de Castellana, Italy
2012, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2012, Adjunct Faculty, Intermediate Drawing 1 & 2, Columbia College, Columbia, SC
2012, Adjunct Faculty, Painting 1, Figure Drawing, Drawing 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
2011, Adjunct Faculty, Painting 1 & 2, Figure Drawing, Drawing 2, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
2011, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Intro to Watercolor, 2-D Design, Foundations, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2010, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing, Art Seminar, Painting 1, Benedict College, Columbia, SC
2010, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2009, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1 & 2, Drawing 2, 2-D Design, Foundations of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC
2008, Adjunct Faculty, Figure Drawing 1, Drawing 1, 2-D Design, Foundations of Art, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC