Colleen Brand Art
Colleen Brand | Professional Artist
BA in Graphic Design/Advertising with a concentration in Studio Art, Moravian College ‘01
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Awards/Honors
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Honorable Mention for "See the Forest for the Trees", Reconfiguration Show at The Plastic Club, jurored by Rick Snyderman, former owner of the Snyderman Gallery, December 2018
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Second Place for "Going Coastal", Member/Student Show at Fleisher Art Memorial, Abstract Painting category, jurored by Sophie Sanders, 2018
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Honorable Mention for "Untitled", Member/Student Group Show at Fleisher Art Memorial, Works on Paper Category (Painting Intuitively), 2017
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First Place for “Puddle Dance”, Member/Student Group Show at Fleisher Art Memorial, Painting Category (Painting Intuitively), jurored by Shelley Langdale, Associate Curator, Prints and Drawings, Phila. Museum of Art, 2014
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First Place for “Smoky Horizon”, Scapes, The Plastic Club, jurored by Karen Baumeister, Adjunct Professor at Montgomery County Community College and Faculty at Fleisher Art Memorial, 2013
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Best of Show, Moravian College, Celebrating Moravian Women, 2000
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Third Place, Best of Print, Fleisher Art Memorial, 2011
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
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Colorful Visions, Solomon Levy Gallery at Mt. Airy Art Garage (MAAG), Philadelphia, PA
2022
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Colorful Horizons, Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2021
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Beyond the Brush, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA
2019
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Beyond the Horizon, Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2018
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Recent Works, Easttown Library, Berwyn, PA
2016
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Shapes and Colors, Darlington Arts Center, Garnet Valley, PA
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Colorful Spaces, Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
2015
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Evolving Horizon, Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
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Colorways, Gallery at Courtyard by Marriott Philadelphia South at The Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
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New Now V, Crane Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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Radical Love Show, Eclipse Center for Creative Community, Lansdale, PA
2021
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New Normal: Working through Quarantine, Payne Gallery at Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA
2020
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Colors/Shapes of Summer Show, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2019
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Fairmount Arts Crawl, Wallace & Nilan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2018
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Dear Fleisher Invitational, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
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What's My Line, Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
2017
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9th Annual Westhampton Beach Festival of the Arts, Westhampton Beach, NY
2016
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6th Annual Community Exhibition, 3rd Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2015
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2015 National Painting Show, North Valley Art League, Redding, CA
2014
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Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
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Small Worlds Show, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
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Member/Student Group Show, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA (1st Place in Abstract Painting)
2013
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Lucky 13 Group Show, Mesquite Fine Arts Center Gallery, Mesquite, NV
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Seven Deadly Sins, RRCA North Gallery, Millville, NJ
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Scapes, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA (1st Place)
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215/610, Delaware County Community College (DCCC) Art Gallery, Media, PA
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Women in Charge Group Show, Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
2012
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Absolutely Abstract, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2011
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The French Connection, Art in City Hall Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2009
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Select Alumni Group Show, Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
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Affiliations
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Presentations
2017
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Painting Intuitively and Energizing Your Work, Greater Norristown Art League, E. Norriton, PA
2014
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Acrylic Painting, Whitemarsh Art Center, Whitemarsh, PA
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Teaching
2023
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Abstract Painting, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
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Neurographic Art, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
2022
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Abstract Painting, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
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Neurographic Art, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
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Abstract Painting, Parke Towne Apartments, Philadelphia, PA
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Abstract Painting, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
2021
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Abstract Painting, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
2020
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Intuitive Acrylic Painting, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
2019
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Intuitive Acrylic Painting, Utility Works, Lansdowne, PA
2018
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Intuitive Painting, North Penn High School, Lansdale, PA
2017
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Intuitive Acrylic Painting, Greater Norristown Art League, E. Norriton, PA
2014
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Paint Night, Whitemarsh Art Center, Whitemarsh, PA
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