JESSICA BRILLI (B. 1977)
Awards
2021 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grantee
Education
University of Rhode Island, BFA in Painting
Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Graphic Design Certificate
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 “On the Brink” November 20, 2021 - January 20, 2022
Walker-Cunningham Fine Art, St. Louis, Missouri
2021 “Development” June 21–July 28
Talon Gallery, Portland, Oregon
2020 Idle Time
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2019 "Carpool" August 2–8
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2018 "Summertime Blues" August 3–9
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2017 "Holiday", July 7–13, 2017
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2017 Jessica Brilli: New Work, April 4–27.
University of Rhode Island, Project Space, Kingston, Rhode Island
2015 Estia's American
Darien, Connecticut
2014 "New Work" Walker-Cunningham Fine Art
Sudbury, Massachusetts
2012 “Static,” Gutman Library
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2007 “Before 30,” Holyoke Center
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Reality…and Then Some
Ric Michel Fine Art, South Hampton, NY
2020 Reality…and Then Some
Ric Michel Fine Art, South Hampton, NY
2020 Franchise
Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, California
2020 Angels in the Architecture, March 26–
Talon Gallery, Portland Oregon
2020 Vintage Road Trip, January 25–February 29
Sue Greenwood Fine Art, Laguna Beach California
2018 Fast Forward, March
Kelley Stelling Contemporary, Manchester, New Hampshire
2017 Americana Revolution, November 11
House of Roulx, Damvers, Massachusetts
2016 Jessica Brilli, Daniel Fleming & Carlos Ramirez: “What's New With You”
Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, Massachusetts
2016 Heren Magazine's 10th Anniversary Exhibition / March 9–13
PKM Gallery
Seoul, South Korea
2015 2015 Biennial Exhibition
New Hampshire Institute of Art
Manchester, New Hampshire
2015 Jealously Curated
Voltage Coffee and Art
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2014 "Museum of Fine Arts Summer Auction"
Boston, Massachusetts
2013 WGBH, Art Walk,
Quidley & Company Gallery
Boston, Massachusetts
WGBH, Art Auction
Lincoln Motor Car, “Hello Again, Boston”
Boston, Massachusetts
“Everyday”
Krause Gallery
Providence, Rhode Island
2012 “101st Exhibition”
Academy of Arts
Mystic, Connecticut
“CT+6”
West Hartford Art League
West Hartford, Connecticut
2010 “25 Emerging Boston Artists 2010”
Boston, Massachusetts
2006 “30 Under 30,” Hera Gallery
Wakefield, Rhode Island
2000 “Senior Show”
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island
Publications
2018 Kinfolk Magazine, USA
2018 Cord Magazine, Germany
2017 Fresh Paint Magazine, USA
2016 Heren Magazine, South Korea
2015 PPaper Magazine, Taiwan
Revista Viernes, Chile
Fresh Paint Magazine/December 2015
2013 Work Life 3, The Uppercase
Directory of Illustration
The Poetry Bus, Ireland
Majascule
The Moth Magazine
2011 Studio Visit Magazine
Bike Art: Bicycles in Art around the World
ABOUT ON THE BRINK at WALKER-CUNNINGHAM FINE ART
Jessica Brilli, a Long Island native, had her first solo gallery exhibition in 2014 at Walker-Cunningham Fine Art (then located in Greater Boston). Today, as Brilli moves from emerging to established, Walker-Cunningham Fine Art presents On the Brink - the first survey of Brilli’s ascendent career. With this exhibition of 19 original paintings created over the last decade including several new and showing for the first time, we celebrate the work of an artist whose unique interpretation of the American Scene is both resonant and impactful.
Brilli draws her inspiration from the objects and panoramas of mid-century American life. Finding nostalgia and meaning in the countless Kodachrome slides and photos she collects along with vintage objects, and antique automobiles, Brilli builds views of landscapes – urban and suburban as well as objects - radios, televisions, telephones, typewriters - from a quintessential collective experience.