BRIAN MICHAEL REED
ARTIST | EDUCATOR | PERFOMER
www.brianmichaelreed.com | 610 W 141st Street #3 NYC, NY, 10031 | brian.reedBMR@gmail.com | +1 (304) 644-3167
EDUCATION
EXPERIENCE
• Shanghai American School 2017 • MORIUMIUS School Japan 2016 • Shanghai Community International School 2015 • Shanghai University, Guest Lecturer 2013-2015 • University of Shanghai Science and Technology, Guest Lecturer 2014
• James Madison University 2002-2006 • Virginia Common Wealth University 2008 Summer • Yale University 2008-2010 • Center for Book Arts 2016-present
AWARDS • Personal Development Grant: WV division of Culture & the National Endowment for the Arts 2016 • Washington Sculptors Group award of Excellence 2016 • West Virginia Division of Culture Governor’s award winner juried exhibition 2013-2014 • Allied Artist of WV, 3rd place, 2014 • Division of Culture Juried Exhibition, honorable mention, 2011 • 2nd place SAC invitational 2010
EXHIBITIONS S O LO
GROUP
• A Conversation with the Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington WV 2017 • Saki Cultural Park and Theater, Osaka Japan 2016 • Metamorphosis, (lecture, workshop, performance) Yuz Museum, Shanghai, 2015 • Country life, Baoshan International Folk Arts Exposition, Shanghai 2015 • When the Americas Come to China, SCIS Pudong, Shanghai 2015 • A Matter of Heart performance, The Alchemical, New York City 2015 • Pictorial Anthropology, Himalaya Museum, Shanghai China 2014 • Life of the Lobster, American Culture Center University of Shanghai Science and Technology, 2014. • Lotus Desert, 99 Art Center Fine Arts College of Shanghai University, Shanghai China, 2013 • From China to the Universe, Strictly Design Gallery, Shanghai China, 2012 • FCTU, Arteaga Gallery, Songzhuang Beijing, 2012 • 10 Year Retrospective, Charles West Gallery, NYC 2012 • A Matter of Heart, Gallery 135, NY , 2011 • Through the Heart of it All , Chair and Maiden Gallery, NYC, 2010; • The Spirit Moves, Gallery 301, Lancaster PA, 2008 • Meet my Family, Zerkle House Gallery, Harrisonburg VA, 2005
• WSG Cartes Blanches, The Delaphaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick MD, 2016 • Allied Artist of WV Biannual, Parkersburg Art Center, 2016 • West Virginia Juried Show 2015, Tamarack, WV • Wanderlust, Super China, Shanghai 2014 • West Virginia Cultural Center, Biannual Juried Exhibition, 2013 • West Virginia Cultural Center, Biannual Juried Exhibition, 2011 • Art Museum of the Americas, OAS Washington DC "Bilateral Engagement," 2009-2010 • Fund Art Now, Collective Hardware, NYC, 2010 • FIGMENT 2010, Orchard of Life, Governor's Island NYC, 2010 • Mind Your Figure, NYC, 2010 • Limner Gallery, Hudson NY "Strange Figurations," 2009 • Inside/Outside Book Arts, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles MO 2009 • Final Cut, Sawmill Gallery, Harrisonburg VA, 2006
SELECTED GUEST SPEAKING EVENTS • Minsheng Museum, “Moving Institutions” – From Paradigm to Phenomenon 2016 • United States Console General Public Affairs Talk Series, “American Artists in China” 2015 • The American Culture Center, Shanghai China "exhibition and lecture series" 2013 • Himalayas Museum Symposium, Ideas between Eastern and Western Art, Zhujiajiao, China, 2013 • Yale University TED X Talk, “Emerging Artist” 2010
ARTIST RESIDENCIES • MORIUMIUS, Ogatsu Japan 2016 • Henshun 3rd annual festival of arts, Xucun, ShanXi, China 2015 • SCIS artist in residence program, Zhoupu Pudong Shanghai 2014 • Zendai Himalaya Zhujiajiao artist in residence program, Zhujiajiao, Shanghai, 2013 • Arteaga Gallery residencies, Songzhuang Beijing, 2012
STUDIOS