Brandi Read
brandiread@hotmail.com
Education
2021 MFA -Painting and Drawing —Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2006 BFA -Painting and Drawing, magna cum laude—Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
2002 Associate of Arts, honors—Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, MI
Teaching Experience
01/24-05/24—AR142, 3D Design. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
01/24-05/24—AR311, Figure Drawing. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
01/24-05/24—ART165, Watercolor. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
01/24-12/24—ART116/117, Life Drawing I and II. Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ.
08/23-12/23—AR141, 2D Design. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
08/23-12/23—AR111, Drawing I. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
08/23-12/23—ART167, Painting I. Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ.
08/23-12/23—ART116/117, Life Drawing I and II. Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ.
01/23-05/23—ART65, Watercolor. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
01/23-05/23—ART111, Drawing I. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
01/23-05/23—AR142, 3D Design. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
01/23-05/23—AR311, Figure Drawing. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
08/22-12/22—ART167, Painting I. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
08/22-12/22—ART116/117, Life Drawing I and II. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
08/22-12/22—AR111, Drawing I. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
08/22-12/22—AR141, 2D Design. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
01/22-05/22—ART116/117, Life Drawing I and II. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
01/22-05/22—ART111, Drawing I. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
01/22-05/22—ART111, Foundation Drawing. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
08/21-12/21—ART116, Life Drawing I. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
08/21-12/21—ART112, 2D Design. Estrella Mountain Community College. Avondale, AZ.
08/21-12/21—AR111, Drawing I. Huntington University. Peoria, AZ.
08/21-12/21—ART113, Color Theory. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
01/20- 5/20—ART111, Foundation Drawing. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
08/19- 12/19—ART111, Foundation Drawing. Arizona State University. Tempe, AZ.
Employment
08/21-Present—Adjunct Faculty, Huntington University, Peoria, AZ
08/21-Present—Adjunct Faculty, Estrella Mountain Community College, Avondale, AZ
08/21-05/22—Faculty Assistant (instructor of record), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
09/19-05/20—Teaching Assistant (instructor of record), Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
09/20-09/22— artCORE Research/Faculty Assistant, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
01/20-07/20— Associate Curator, FOUND:RE Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 Evolving Myths, Sisāo Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2021 Distorted Mythologies—MFA Thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Persistence of the Figure—Greenville Center for the Arts, Greenville, SC
2016 Unset in Stone—Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Lubbock, TX
2009 Innocence & Arrogance duo show—Art Whino, National Harbor, MD
2009 9 Muses—Waterstreet Coffee Joint and Gallery, Kalamazoo, MI
2008 Capital Women— Columbia Plaza Building, Kalamazoo, MI
Selected Juried Exhibitions
2020 Artlink’s 20th Juried Exhibition—Park Central, Phoenix, AZ
2015 87th Regional Exhibition—Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, MI
2014 Alumni+ Exhibition—Kalamazoo Valley Community College, MI
2008 CPopportunity— CPoP Gallery,Detroit, MI
2007 Regional Juried Show—Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers MI
2005 Festival 2005 Regional Arts Exhibition—Grand Rapids, MI
2005 Regional Juried Show —Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI
Selected Group and Invitational Exhibitions
2023 Art For Good Grant Exhibition, Sisaó Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2023 Plus 1, Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2022 Phoenix Art Now IV, MCC Art Gallery, Mesa, AZ
2022 Autonomy, Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2022 Art D’Core Gala, Forces of Attraction— Park Central, Phoenix, AZ
2022 Reflecting and Recollecting— Modified Arts, Phoenix, AZ
2020 Capsule Collection “Figurative,” 9 The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2020 MFA Quarantine Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2019 Work Smaller, 9 The Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Every Body—Step Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2019 MFA Summer Exhibition—Harry Wood Gallery, Tempe, AZ
2019 Kinesis—New City Studio, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Expulsion—Fine Art Complex, Phoenix, AZ
2018 Of Scales and Feathers—Spoke Art Gallery, New York, NY
2017 It Came from Beneath the Sea—Haven Gallery, Northport, NY
2017 Mother May I—Thumbprint Gallery, La Jolla, CA
2016 It's Most Wondergrrrl Time of the Year—Apama Mackey Gallery, Houston, TX
2016 LAX/ORD—curated by Thinkspace Gallery for Vertical Gallery, Chicago, IL
2013 L’innamorato—The Potters Wife Gallery, Fort Wayne, IN
2013 Zombie—Last Rites Gallery, New York NY
2013 EyeCandy—WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 Wasted—The Great American Past Time, WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA
2012 Faces—Extra Large Gallery, Orlando, FL
2011 I Want My Music Video Art Show—Meltdown Gallery, Hollywood, CA
2009 Art Whino: Miami— 4-day exhibit during Art Basel Miami
2008 Price Less…2—The Hive Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007 Expanding Our Horizons— Revolution Gallery, Dallas, TX
2007 Femme XX v.2.0—Revolution Gallery Dallas, TX
2007 Featured as Contemporary Artist, February—Muskegon Museum of Art
2006 Quilts, Pottery, and Portraits—Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI
2005 Tradition and Innovation—Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI
Awards and Grants
2023 Art for Good Grant, Phoenix, AZ
2019 Special Talent Award, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2019 Katherine Herberger Art Scholarship, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
2016 Exhibition Grant, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Lubbock, TX
2015 Unset in Stone, Successful Kickstarter Campaign
2014 Directors Choice Award, Alumni+ Exhibition, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
2014 People’s Choice Award, Alumni+ Exhibition, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
2010 KADI artists grant, Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo
2007 Best Work on Canvas, Regional Juried Show 2007—Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers MI
2006 Seibert Travel Award, Western Michigan University Honors College
2005 LOMA Award, Festival 2005 Regional Arts Exhibition—Grand Rapids, MI
2005 Best of Show, Festival 2005 Regional Arts Exhibition—Grand Rapids, MI
2005 Angie Gayman Carmer Art Scholarship—Western Michigan University
2005 Best Work on Paper, Regional Juried Show —Carnegie Center for the Arts, Three Rivers, MI